The Handbook of Microturbine Generators

| AHJ | authorities having jurisdiction |
| AMTS | advanced microturbine system |
| ANOPR | A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| APU | auxiliary power unit |
| AQMD | Air Quality Management Districts |
| ASCC | Alaskan Systems Coordination Council, a NERC Affiliate |
| BMI recorder | a power quality monitoring device |
| BOCA | Building Officials and Code Administrators International |
| BPS | Bowman Power Systems |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CAISO | California Independent System Operator |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| CCR, Title 24 | California Building Standards Code |
| CE | Conformit Europ enne, French for European Conformity |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
| CEC | California Energy Commission |
| CECA | Consumer Energy Council of America |
| CEQA | California Environmental Quality Act |
| CERA | Cambridge Energy Research Associates |
| CERTS | Consortium for Electric Reliability Solutions |
| CESIR | Coordinated Electric System Interconnection Review |
| CGI | combustible gas indicator |
| CHP | combined heat and power |
| CNG | compressed natural gas |
| CPUC | Public Utilities Commission of the State of California |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| DAS | data acquisition system |
| DE | distributed energy |
| DER | distributed energy resource |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DPC | Digital Power Controller, a generic power controller from Capstone |
| ECAR | East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement, a NERC Region |
| EESI | Elliott Energy Systems, Inc. |
| EOP | Equity Office Properties |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a NERC Region |
| ESCO | energy service company |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| GTI | Gas Technology Institute |
| HAP | hazardous air pollutants |
| HEV | hybrid electric vehicle |
| HVAC | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
| IBCO | International Conference of Building Officials |
| ICC | International Code Council |
| ITP | independent transmission provider |
| LADOT | Los Angeles Department of Transportation |