Abbreviations and Acronyms
- BNEF
- Bloomberg New Energy Finance
- CCS
- carbon capture and storage
- CHP
- combined heat and power
- CO₂
- carbon dioxide
- DER
- distributed energy resource
- deX
- Decentralized Energy Exchange
- DNO
- distribution network operator
- DSO
- distribution system operator
- DSP
- distribution system platform
- EBITDA
- earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
- EDF
- Elecricité de France
- EPR
- European Pressurized Water Reactor
- EV
- electric vehicle
- FERC
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- GHG
- greenhouse gas
- GW
- gigawatt(s)
- GWh
- gigawatt hour(s)
- ICE
- internal combustion engine
- IEA
- International Energy Agency
- IIASA
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- IoT
- Internet of Things
- IPCC
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- KEPCO
- Korea Electric Power Corporation
- kWh
- kilowatt hour(s)
- LCOE
- levelized cost of electricity
- LED
- light-emitting diode
- MBTU
- million British Thermal Units
- MDA
- major domestic appliance
- MEPS
- Minimum Energy Performance Standards
- MISO
- Midcontinent Independent System Operator
- MW
- megawatt(s)
- MWh
- megawatt hour(s)
- NDC
- Nationally Determined Contribution
- NERC
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation
- NYISO
- New York Independent System Operator
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OPEC
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- PG&E
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- PMU
- phasor measurement unit
- PV
- photovoltaic
- REV
- Reforming the Energy Vision
- R&D
- research and development
- SCE
- Southern California Edison
- SDG&E
- San Diego Gas & Electric
- S&P
- Standard & Poor’s
- SIC
- system integration costs
- TEPCO
- Tokyo Electric Power Company
- TWh
- terawatt hour(s)
- UNEP
- United Nations Environment Programme
- UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- V2G
- vehicle-to-grid
- WSC
- whole-system costs