| ACPM |
Advanced Customer Program Management |
| AEIC |
Association of Edison Illuminating
Companies |
| AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone Systems |
| AMI |
Advanced Metering Infrastructure |
| AMR |
Automated Meter Reading |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| ATP |
Acceptance Test Plan |
| BUG |
Backup Generator |
| C & I |
Commercial & Industrial |
| CDMA |
Code-Division Multiple Access |
| CSP |
Curtailment Service Provider |
| DE |
Distributed Energy |
| DG |
Distributed Generation |
| DR |
Demand Response |
| DRP |
Demand Response Provider |
| DSM |
Demand Side Management |
| EDRP |
Emergency Demand Response
Program |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
| HFC |
Hybrid Fiber Coaxial |
| HHF |
Hand Held File |
| HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure |
| IBCS |
Internet-Based Communication
System |
| ICAP |
Installed Capacity |
| ICAP/SCR |
Installed Capacity/Special Case
Resources |
| ID |
Interval Data |
| IDE |
Intelligent Drive Electronics |
| IESO |
Independent Electricity System
Operator |
| IOU |
Investor-Owned Utility |
| IPP |
Independent Power Producer |
| ISO |
Independent System Operator |
| kVA |
Kilovolt-Ampere |
| kW |
Kilowatt |
| kWh |
Kilowatt-Hour |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LC |
Load Control |
| MDMA |
Meter Data Management Agent |
| MIME |
Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension |
| MW |
Megawatt |
| NEMA |
National Electric Manufacturing Association |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NOC |
Network Operations Center |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
| PSTN |
Public Switch Telephone Network |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
| RGM |
Revenue Grade Meter |
| RMR |
Remote Meter Reading |
| RTO |
Regional Transmission
Organization |
| RTP |
Real-Time Pricing |
| RTS |
Request to Send |
| SDT |
Satellite Data Transmission |
| SFTP |
Secure File Transfer Protocol |
| SIU |
Satellite Interface Unit |
| TBP |
Time-Based Pricing |
| TIU |
Telecommunications Interface Unit |
| TOU |
Time of Use |
| VAC |
Volts Alternating Current |
| VEE |
Validation Estimation & Editing |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
