Acronyms Working Group on Power for 11th Plan

ACRONYMS

ACRONYMS EXPANSION
AAAC All Aluminium Alloy Conductor
ABS Asset Backed Securities
ABT Availability Based Tariff
AC Alternating Current
ADB Asian Development Bank
AG&SP Accelerated Generation & Supply Programme
AHWR Advance Heavy Water Reactor
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences
ALM Asset Liability Mismatch
ALTM Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping
AMD Atomic Minerals Directorate
APC Auxiliary Power Consumption
APDRP Accelerated Power Development & Reform Programme
APH Air Pre Heater
APM Administered Price Mechanism
APY Akshay Prakash Yojna
AREP Accelerated Rural Electrification Programme
AT&C Aggregate Technical & Commercial
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Bcum, BCM
Billion cubic meter
Bm3
BE Budget Estimates
BEE Bureau of Energy Efficiency
BFP Boiler Feed Pump
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
Bay Of Bengal Initiative For Multi-Sectoral Technical &
BIMSTEC
Economic Co-orporation
BOOL Built Own Operate Lease
BOOT Built Own Operate & Transfer
BOT Built Operate & Transfer
BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
BPR Business Process Re-engineering
BSEB Bihar State Electricity Board
BSES Bombay Suburban Electric Supply
BU Billion units or Billion Kwh
C&I Control & Instrumentation
CAD & CAM Computer Aided Design & Computer Aided Management
CAGR Compounded Annual Growth Rate
CBIP Central Board of Irrigation & Power
CBM Coal Bed Methane
CCEA Cabinet Committee On Economic Affaires
CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
CD Compact Disc
CDAC Centre for Development of Advance Computing

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ACRONYMS EXPANSION
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CEA Central Electricity Authority
CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
CFBC Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion
CFL Compact Florescent Lamp
CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CFRI Central Fuel Research Institute
CIDC Construction Industry Development Council
CIL Coal India Ltd.
CIRE Centre For Insurance Research & Education
ckm Circuit Kilometer
CLA Central Loan Assistance
CMPDIL Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited
COE Centre Of Excellence
CPP Captive Power Producer
CPRI Central Power Research Institute
CPSU Central Public Sector Undertaking
CRGO Cold Rolled Grain Oriented
Crs Crores
CS Central Sector
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSMRS Central Soil & Materials Research Station
CTU Central Transmission Utilities
CVD Counter Veiling Duty
CWC Central Water Commission
CWS Circulating Water System
D/C Double Circuit
D/E Debt : Equity
DAE Department of Atomic energy
DC Direct Current
DCB Domestic Commercial Banks
DDG Decentralised Distributed Generation
DFI Domestic Financial Institution
DG Set Diesel Generating Set
DGH Director General Hydro Carbon
DISCOM Distribution Company
DMLF Data Management & Load Forecasting
DONER Development of North Eastern Region
DOPT Department of Personnel & Training
DPR Detailed Project Report
DPRS Distributed Renewable Power System
DRUM Distribution Reform Upgrade Management
DSM Demand Side Management
DST Department of Science & Technology
DSTATCOM Distribution Static Compensation
DTR Distribution Transformer Metering
DVC Damodar Valley Corporation

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ACRONYMS EXPANSION
DVR Dynamic Voltage Restorer
E&F Environment And Forest
EA 2003 Electricity Act 2003
EAB External Aided Borrowing
EAP External Aided Projects
EC Energy Conservation
ECB External Commercial Borrowing
ECBC Energy Conservation Building Code
ECIC Energy Conservation & Information Centre
ECIL Electronic Corporation of India Ltd.
ECL Eastern Coal Fields Limited
EGEAS Electric Generation Expansion Analysis System
EHV Extra High Voltage
ENS Energy Not Served
EPC Engineering Procurement Contract
EPS Electric Power Survey
ERC Electricity Regulatory Commission
ERDA Electric Research & Development Association
ERS Emergency Restoration System
ESCO Energy Service Company
ESP Electro Static Precipitator
FACTS Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
FAUP Fly Ash Utilisation Programme
FBC Fluidised Bed Combustion
FMIS Finance Management Information System
FO Forced Outage
FOR Forum Of Regulators
FPO Follow-on Public Offer
FSTA Fuel Supply And Transport Agreement
FY Financial Year
GAIL Gas Authority Of India Limited
GBS Gross Budgetary Support
GCV Gross Calorific Value
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GHG Green House Gas
GIS Gas Insulated Substation
GOI Government Of India
GPS Geographic Positioning System
GR General Review
GSPC Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
GT Gas Turbine
GVA Gega Volt Ampere
GVP Grameen Vidyut Pratinidhi
GW Gega Watt
GWe Gega Watt (Electrical)
HBJ Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur ( pipeline)
HEP Hydro Electric Project

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HFO Heavy Fuel Oil
HPS Heavy Petroleum Stock
HRD Human Resource Development
HRT Head Race Tunnel
HSD High Speed Diesel
HSIL High Surge Impedance Loading
HT High Tension
HVDC High Voltage Direct Current
HVDS High Voltage Distribution System
IBF Input Based Franchisee
ID Induced Draft
IEBR Internal and Extra Budgetary Resource
IEEMA Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association
IEP Integrated Energy Policy
IGCAR Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
IIFCL India Infrastructure Financial Corporation
IISC Indian Institute of Science
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
IOCL Indian Oil Corporation Limited
IPO Initial Public Offer
IPP Independent Power Producer
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IR Internal Resources
IRDA Insurance Regulatory And Development Authority
IS Indian Standard
ISCC Integrated Solar Combined Cycle
ISO International Standard Organisation
ISPLAN Integrated System Planning
IT Information Technology
KAPS Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station
kCal Kilo Calorie
kg Kilogram
KKNPP Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
kV Kilo Volts
kW Kilo Watt
kWh Kilo Watt hour
LEP Life Extension Programme
LF Load Factor
LILO Loop In Loop Out
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LOA Letter Of Award
LOLP Loss of Load Probability
LP Linear Programming
LRVI Loss Reduction & Voltage Improvement
LSHS Low Sulphur Heavy Stock
LT Low Tension

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ACRONYMS EXPANSION
LWR Light Water Reactor
M&E Monitoring And Evaluation
MAPS Madras Atomic Power Station
MBS Mortgage Backed Securities
MCFC Mother Carbonate Fuel Cell
Mcm, Mcum,
Million cubic meter
Mm3
MFGs Micro Financing Institutions
MHD Magneto Hydro Dynamics
MMSCMD Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter per Day
MNP Minimum Need Programme
MNRE Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
MoEF Ministry of Environment & Forest
MoP Ministry of Power
MOU Memorandum Of Understanding
MT Million Tonne
MToe Million Tonnes Oil equivalent
MTPA Million Tonnes Per Annum
MU Million Units
MVA Mega Volt Ampere
MW Mega Watt
Mwe Mega Watt (Electric)
MYT Multi Year Tariff
NABRD National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development
NAPS Narora Atomic Power Station
NCL Northern Coal Fields Limited
NCPS National Capital Power Station
NDT Non Destructive Test
NEA Nepal Elecricity Authority
NEC North Eastern Council
NELP New Exploration Liscencing Policy
NEP National Electricity Policy
NFC Nuclear Fuel Complex
NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations
NHAI National Highways Authority Of India
NHPC National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
NICMAR National Institute Of Construction Management & Research
NIT National Institute Of Technology
NLC Neyveli Lignite Corporation
NMDC National Mineral Development Corporation
NML National Metallurgical Laboratory
NOX Oxides of Nitrogen
NPC National Productivity Council
NPCIL
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
NPTI National Power Training Institute
NSC National Steering Committee

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ACRONYMS EXPANSION
NTC Nuclear Training Centre
NTP National Tariff Policy
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation
O&M Operation & Maintenance
OCGT Open Cycle Gas Turbine
OGIP Original Gas In Place
OIL Oil India Limited
ONGC Oil & Natural Gas Commission
PAFC Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
PC Pulverized Coal
PCRA Petroleum Conservation Research Association
PFBC Pressurised Fluidized Bed Combustion
PFC Power Finance Corporation
PFR Preliminary Feasibility Report
PGCIL Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
pH Hydrogen Ion concentration
PHWR Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor
PIB Public Investment Board
PIC Programme & Implementation Committee
PIE Partnership In Excellence
PLF Plant Load Factor
PMGY Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojna
PMI Power Management Institute
PMO Prime Minister’s Office
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PPM Parts Per Million
PPP Public Private Partnership
PRI Panchayati Raj Institute
PRC Project Review Committee
PRM Project Review Meetings
PS Private Sector
PSC Production Sharing Contract
PSP Power Supply Position
PSS Pumped Storage Schemes
PSTI Power System Training Institute
PSU Public Sector Undertaking.
QIB Qualified Institutional Bidder
R&D Research & Development
R&M Renovation & Modernisation
RAPP Rajasthan Atomic Power Project
RAPS Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
RBI Reserve Bank Of India
RCC Roller Compacted Concrete
REA Rural Electricity Agency
REB Regional Electricity Board
REC Rural Electrification Corporation
REDB Rural Electricity Distribution Backbone

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ACRONYMS EXPANSION
RES Renewable Energy Sources
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request For Qualification
RGGVY Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna
RHE Rural Household Electrification
RIDF Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
RIL Reliance Industries Limited
RLA Résiduel Life Assesment
RM Reserve Margin
ROE Return on Equity
RSOP Research Scheme On Power
S/C Single Circuit
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Corporation
SCADA Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition
SCCL Singereni Collieries Company Limited
SDA State Development Agency
SEB State Electricity Board
SECL South Eastern Coal Fields Limited
SERC State Electricity Regulatory Commission
SGC State Generation Corporation
SHG Self Help Group
SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SMEs Small And Medium Enterprises
SOG Sanctioned & Ongoing
SOX Oxides of Sulphur
SPIC Southern Petro India Chemicals Ltd.
SPM Suspended Particulate Matter
SPM Single Point Metering
SPS Single Point Supply
SS State Sector
SSB Solid State Breakers
SSTS Solid State Transfer Switches
ST&D Sub Transmission Distribution
STOA Short Term Open Access
STPP Super Thermal Power Project
STPS Super Thermal Power Station
T&D Transmission & Distribution
TAPP Tarapur Atomic Power Project
TAPS Tarapur Atomic Power Station
TCF Terra cubic Feet
Tckm Thousand Circuit Kilometre
TCSC Thyristorised Controlled Series Compensation
TERI The Energy Research Institute
TG Techo Generator
TIFAC Technology Information Forecasting & Assessment Council
TOD Time Of Day
TOU Time of Use

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ACRONYMS EXPANSION
TPS Thermal Power Station
U Up rating
UCIL Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.
UI Unscheduled Interchange
UMPP Ultra Mega Power Project
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nation Development Programme
UPCL Uttaranchal Power Corporation Limited
UPPCL Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited
UT Union Territory
VAMBAY Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojna
VEI Village Electrification Infrastructure
VEMB Village Electricity Management Board
WAMS Wide Area Monitoring System
WBPDCL West Bengal Power Development Corporation

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