Glossary of Energy Terms - Abbreviations

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ASP
Application Service Provider

B2B
Business to Business

B2C
Business to Consumer

B2E
Business to Employee

CRM
Customer Relationship Management

EBIT
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

EPS
Earnings Per Share

ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning

ESCO
Efficiency Service Company

FEIS
Final Environmental Impact Statement

FELCC
Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability

FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FPA
Federal Power Act

FPC
Federal Power Commission

FTC
Federal Trade Commission

FUA
Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (see also PIFUA)

Genco
Generation Company

GFN
Good faith negotiation, under FERC Order No. 451

GIC
Gas inventory charge

GRADE
Gas Revenue Accounting Data Exchange

GRI
Gas Research Institute

HE
Helium

h-p
High pressure

H2S
Hydrogen sulfide

hsfo
High-sulfur fuel oil

IER
Incremental Energy Rate

IGIC
Interim gas inventory charge

IGSC
Interim gas supply charge

IHR
Incremental Heat Rate

INGAA
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

IOCC
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
IOU
Investor-Owned Utility

IPAA
Independent Petroleum Association of America

IPP
Independent Power Producer

IRP
Integrated Resource Planning

LDC
Distribution Company

LNG
Liquefied natural gas

LPG
Liquefied petroleum gas

lsfo
Low-sulfur fuel oil

MAAC
Mid-Atlantic Area Council

MAIN
Mid-America Interconnected Network

MAOP
Maximum allowable operating pressure

MAPP
Mid-Continent Area Power Pool

MLP
Maximum lawful price

MMS
Minerals Management Service

NARUC
National Association of Regulatory Commissioners

NASUCA
National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates

NBS
National Bureau of Standards

NCD
Non-coincidental Demand

NEA
National Energy Act of 1978, which is composed of the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act (PIFUA), Energy Tax Act (ETA)

NEB
National Energy Board (Canadian)

NEPA
National Energy Policy Act of 1992

NERC
North American Electric Reliability Council

NGA
Natural Gas Act of 1938

NGL
Natural gas liquids

NGPA
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978

NGSA
Natural Gas Supply Association

NOx
Oxides of nitrogen

NOPR
Notice of Proposed Rule Making

NPCC
Northeast Power Coordinating Council

NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NUG
Non-utility Generator

O&M
Operation and maintenance

OC
Optional [expedited] certificate

OCS
Outer continental shelf

OCSLA
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

OEC
Optional expedited certificate

PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyls

P/E Ratio
Price To Earnings Ratio

PGA
Purchased gas adjustment

PHFFU
Plant held for future use

ROCE
Return on Capital Employed

ROIC
Return on Invested Capital