energy
705 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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BCF | billion cubic feet | |
BCP | Blackstart Capability Plan | |
BES | Bulk electric system (Electricity transmission) | |
BfP | Bureau Fédéral du Plan (Belgium). (Has responsibilities over economic, social and environmental policy | |
BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs (US) | |
bl | Barrel | |
BLM | Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior | |
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics of United States Department of Labor | |
BOE | Barrel of oil equivalent (international) | |
BPA | Bonneville Power Administration (US) | |
BPL | Broadband over power line | |
BPS | Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission) | |
BTL | building tightness limit (building tightness) | |
BTU | British thermal unit(s) | |
BTX | from BTX process, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene (oil) | |
BuRec | United States Bureau of Reclamation (government) | |
BWR | Boiling water reactor (nuclear) | |
C&I | Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission) | |
CA | Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon neutrality | |
CA | Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO). | |
CAA | Clean Air Act (US) | |
CAEM | Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US) | |
CAFE | Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (US) | |
CAISO | California Independent System Operator Corporation, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) | |
CAP | Capacity market programs | |
CARB | California Air Resources Board | |
CBL | Customer Baseline Load | |
CBM | Capacity Benefit Margin | |
CBOB | Conventional Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (Motor Gasoline Blending Component) | |
CC | Combined cycle see also CCPP and CCGT | |
CC | Combined cycle Gas turbine electricity generator | |
CCIP | Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (New Zealand) | |
CCLIP | Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects | |
CCPG | Colorado Coordinated Planning Group | |
CCPP | Combined cycle power plant | |
CD | Contract Demand | |
CDD | Cooling degree day, a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to cool a business | |
CDH | cooling degree hours (climate) | |
CDM | Clean Development Mechanism | |
CEA | Country Environmental Analysis | |
CEC | California Energy Commission | |
CEC | Commission for Environmental Cooperation | |
CEC | Council of the European Communities | |
CEEC | Central and Eastern European Countries | |
CEP | Country Environmental Profile | |
CEP | Clean Energy Partnership, a joint hydrogen-project in Europe. | |
CEPII | Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales Economics think tank | |
CEPS | Centre for European Policy Studies | |
CEQ | Council on Environmental Quality | |
CER | Certified Emission Reduction |