Electric Power Industry in Nontechnical Language, 2nd Edition

| A | ampere |
| AC | alternating current |
| ACA/CIPCA | American Cogeneration Association/Cogeneration and Independent Power Coalition of America |
| ACBM | asbestos-containing building material |
| AEE | Association of Energy Engineers |
| AFC | automatic frequency control |
| AFUDC | allowance for funds used during construction |
| AGA | American Gas Association |
| AIMS | Automated Interchange Matching System, Inc. |
| AM | automated mapping |
| AM/FM | automated mapping/facilities management |
| AMR | automatic meter reading |
| ANEC | American Nuclear Energy Council |
| ANS | American Nuclear Society |
| APA | Alaska Power Administration |
| APGA | American Public Gas Association |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| APM | affiliated power marketer |
| APPA | American Public Power Association |
| APU | auxiliary power unit |
| ASCC | Alaska Systems Coordinating Council |
| ASE | Alliance to Save Energy |
| ASES | American Solar Energy Society |
| ASTM | American Society for the Testing of Materials |
| ATC | available transmission capability |
| ATWT | atomic weight |
| AWEA | American Wind Energy Association |
| BACT | best available control technology |
| bbl | barrel |
| bcf | billion cubic feet |
| BERA | Biomass Energy Research Association |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BOE | barrels of oil equivalent |
| bp | boiling point |
| BPA | Bonneville Power Administration |
| BPL | broadband over power lines |
| BRPU | biennial resource planning update |
| BTU | British thermal unit |
| BTX | benzene, toluene, xylene |
| BWR | boiling water reactor |
| C | Celsius |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CAAA | Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 |
| CAMR | Clean Air Mercury Rule |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| CARE | Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy |
| CC plant | combined-cycle plant |
| CCCC | Climate Change Credit Corporation |
| CCPI | Clean Coal Power Initiative |
| CDD | cooling degree-days |
| CEC | California Energy Council |
| CECA | Consumer Energy Council of America |
| CEMS | Continuous Emission Monitoring... |