Acronyms
| AL | Advice Letter, a regulatory process to change a provision of the utility tariff |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge, assigned to a CPUC or FERC proceeding |
| APPR | Appropriations (Senate and Assembly Committees) |
| ARB | Air Resources Board (California) |
| B&F | Banking & Finance (Assembly Committee) |
| B & FR | Budget and Fiscal Review (Senate Committee) |
| BF & I | Banking, Finance, and Insurance (Senate Committee) |
| BP & CP | Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Assembly Committee) |
| BP&ED | Business, Professions and Economic Development (Senate Committee) |
| BACT | Best Available Control Technology |
| BP&ED | Business Professions and Economic Development (Senate Committee) |
| CAEATFA | California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority |
| CAISO | California Independent System Operator |
| CAR | Climate Action Reserve |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| CCA | Community Choice Aggregator |
| CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
| CCSE | California Center for Sustainable Energy (Formerly San Diego Regional Energy Office) |
| CEC | California Energy Commission |
| CEQA | California Environmental Quality Act |
| CHP | Combined Heat & Power |
| CLECA | California Large Energy Consumers Association |
| CO2E | Carbon dioxide equivalent (equivalent global warming potential) |
| COG | California Onsite Generation (this publication) |
| CPUC | California Public Utilities Commission |
| CRS | Customer Responsibility Surcharge (exit fee) |
| CRT | Climate Reserve Tonnes |
| CSI | California Solar Initiative |
| DER | Distributed Energy Resources |
| DG | Distributed Generation |
| DOE | Department of Energy (Federal) |
| DR | Demand Response |
| DRA | Division of Ratepayer Advocates (formerly ORA), representing small consumers |
| DRP | Demand Response Provider |
| ED | Education (Senate and Assembly Committees) |
| EPUC | Energy Producers and Users Coalition |
| EQ | Environmental Quality (Senate Committee) |
| ER&CA | Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments (Senate Committee) |
| ES&TM | Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Assembly Committee) |
| ESP | Energy Service Provider |
| EU&C | Energy, Utilities and Communications (Senate Committee) |
| F & A | Food and Agriculture (Senate Committee) |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gases |
| Gov&F | Governance and Finance (Senate Committee) |
| GWP | Global Warming Potential |
| HEALTH | Health (Senate Committee) |
| IOU | Investor Owned Utility |
| ISO | (California) Independent System Operator |
| JED & E | Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (Assembly Committee) |
| L&E | Labor and Employment (Assembly Committee) |
| L&IR | Labor and Industrial Relations (Senate Committee) |
| LGOV | Local Government (Senate and Assembly Committees) |
| LSE | Load Serving Entity, any entity that provides retail electricity service. |
| MDL | Municipal Departing Load |
| MPR | Market Price Referent |
| NatRes | Natural Resources (Assembly Committee) |
| NEM | Net Energy Metering |
| NR & W | Natural Resources and Water (Senate Committee) |
| NREL | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| OIR | Order Instituting Rulemaking |
| PBI | Performance Based Incentive |
| PD | Proposed Decision |
| PGC | Public Goods Charge |
| PIER | Public Interest Energy Research program implemented by CEC |
| PPA | Power Purchase Agreement |
| PUC | Public Utilities Commission (California) |
| PURPA | Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 |
| QF | Qualifying Facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) |
| REC | Renewable Energy Credit |
| Rev&Tax | Revenue and Taxation (Senate and Assembly Committees) |
| RFO | Request for Offer |
| RLS | Rules (Senate and Assembly Committees) |
| RPS | Renewable Portfolio Standard |
| SGIP | Self Generation Incentive Program |
| SRAC | Payment by CA IOUs to QFs, based on short run avoided cost |
| T & H | Transportation and Housing (Senate Committee) |
| TCR | The Climate Registry |
| TREC | Tradable Renewable Energy Credit |
| U&C | Utilities and Commerce (Assembly Committee) |
| WCI | Western Climate Initiative |
| WP&W | Water Parks and Wildlife (Assembly Committee) |
| WREGIS | Western Region Energy Generation Information System |