| ACSI |
American Customer Satisfaction Index |
| AGC |
Automatic Generation Control |
| AMI |
Advanced Metering Infrastructure |
| AMR |
Automatic Meter Reading |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| APPA |
American Public Power Association |
| AVL |
Automatic Vehicle Location |
| CAD |
Computer-Aided Design |
| CFC |
Cooperative Finance Corporation |
| CIP |
Capital Improvement Project |
| CIS |
Customer Information System |
| DA |
Distribution Automation |
| DBS |
Direct Broadcast Satellite |
| DLL |
Dynamically Linked Library |
| DMS |
Distribution Management System |
| DNP |
Distributed Network Protocol |
| DR |
Demand Response |
| DVR |
Dynamic Voltage Regulation |
| EDR |
Event Data Recording |
| EMS |
Energy Management Systems |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Act |
| FDIR |
Fault Detection, Isolation & Restoration |
| FDR |
Fault Data Recorder |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HMI |
Human Machine Interface |
| ICCP |
Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IED |
Intelligent Electronic Device |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IPTV |
Internet Protocol Television |
| IVR |
Interactive Voice Response |
| KVA |
Kilovolt-Ampere |
| MUNI |
Municipality |
| NBS |
National Bureau of Standards |
| NDA |
Network Database Access |
| NEC |
National Electrical Code |
| NERC |
North American Electric Reliability Council |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NRECA |
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association |
| NREPA |
National Resource and Environmental Protection Act |
| NRTC |
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative |
| ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity |
| OFR |
Optimal Feeder Reconfiguration |
| OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding |
| OMS |
Outage Management System |
| OPC |
Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control |
| OSI |
Open Systems International |
| OTS |
Operator Training Simulator |
| PUD |
Public Utility District |
| REA |
Rural Electrification Administration |
| RTB |
Rural Telephone Bank |
| RTU |
Remote Terminal Unit |
| RUS |
Rural Utilities Service |
| SA |
Substation Automation |
| SBO |
Select Before Operate |
| SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SCS |
System Configuration Status |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
| TAP |
Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| ULTC |
Under-Load Tap Changers |
| VA |
Volt-Ampere |
| VAR |
Volt-Ampere-Reactive Unit |
| VVC |
Volt/Var Control |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
