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AEDA
ANERT
APEDA
AMC
BPL
BREDA
BSPHCL
CDM
CEA
CER
CERC
CFA
CFL
CoP
CREDA
CUF
C-WET
DDC
DGS&D
DHPD
DNRE
DPR
EA 2003
EPC
ESCOM
FI
FoR
FYP
GBI
GEDA
GERC
GFR
GHG
GRIDCO
GoI
GW
HAREDA
Himurja
HPSEB
IA
IIT

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Abbreviations
Accelerated Depreciation
Assam Energy Development Agency
Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technologies (Kerala)
Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency
Annual Maintenance Contract
Below Poverty Line
Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency
Bihar State Power Holding Corporation Limited
Clean Development Mechanism
Central Electricity Authority
Certified Emission Reduction
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Central Financial Assistance
Compact Fluorescent Lamp
Conference of Parties
Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency
Capacity Utilization Factor
Centre for Wind Energy Technology
Deputy Development Commissioner
Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals
Department of Hydro Power Development
Department of New and Renewable Energy (Nagaland)
Detailed Project Report
Electricity Act 2003
Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Electricity Supply Company
Financial Institution
Forum of Regulators
Five Year Plan
Generation Based Incentive
Gujarat Energy Development Agency
Gujarat Energy Regulatory Commission
General Financial Rules
Green House Gas
Grid Corporation of Odisha Limited
Government of India
Giga Watt
Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency
Himachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency
Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board
Implementation Agreement
Indian Institute of Technology

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IPP
IREDA
JAKEDA
JNNSM
JREDA
KL
KREDA
KREDL
KSEB
kW
LAHDC
LC
LED
LoA
LPD
LPG
LREDA
LREI
LTA
MEDA
MERC
MSEB
MHP
MNRE
MNREDA
MoEF
MoP
MoU
MPUVNL
MSEDCL
MSETCL
MW
NABARD
NAPCC
NBMMP
NIT
NREDCAP

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NGO
NISE
NIWE
NLDC

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Abbreviations
Independent Power Producer
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
Jammu & Kashmir Energy Development Agency
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency
Kilo Litre
Kargil Renewable Energy Development Agency
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited
Karnataka State Electricity Board
Kilo Watt
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council
Letter of Credit
Light Emitting Diode
Letter of Acceptance
Litre per day
Liquified Petroleum Gas
Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency
Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiative
Long Term Access
Maharashtra Energy Development Agency
Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Commission
Maharashtra State Electricity Board
Mini Hydel Power
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Meghalaya Non-Conventional and Rural Energy Development Agency
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Ministry of Power
Memorandum of Understanding
Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited
Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited
Mega Watt
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
National Action Plan on Climate Change
National Biogas and Manure Management Programme
National Institute of Technology
New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra
Pradesh Limited
Non Governmental Organisation
National Institute of Solar Energy
National Institute of Wind Energy
National Load Dispatch Centre

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NVVN
OREDA
PAC
PEDA
PCR
PGCIL
PI
PLF
POSOCO
PPA
PSA
PSPCL
RDD&D
RE
REC
REC
RED
RGGVY
RPO
RPSSGP
RRECL
RVE
SADP
SEB
SEC
SERC
SHP
SLEC
SNA
SND
SoE
SHLS
SL
SPP
SSLS
SWHS
SWP
SPD
SPSA
SPV
SRRA
SSS-NIRE

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Abbreviations
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited
Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency
Project Appraisal Committee
Punjab Energy Development Agency
Project Completion Report
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Project Investigator
Plant Load Factor
Power System Operation Corporation Limited
Power Purchase Agreement
Power Sale Agreement
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
Research, Design, Development and Demonstration
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Certificate
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
Renewable Energy Department
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
Renewable Purchase Obligation
Rooftop Photovoltaic and Small Solar Power Generation Plants
Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited
Remote Village Electrification
Special Area Demonstration Programme
State Electricity Board
Solar Energy Centre
State Electricity Regulatory Commission
Small Hydro Power
State Level Empowered Committee
State Nodal Agency
State Nodal Department
Statement of Expenditure
Solar Home Lighting System
Solar Lantern
Solar Power Plant
Solar Street Lighting System
Solar Water Heating System
Solar Water Pump
Solar Power Developer
Solar Payment Security Account
Solar Photovoltaic
Solar Radiation Resource Assessment
Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy

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ST
TANGEDCO
TANTRANSCO
TEDA
TNERC
UC
UJVNL
UNFCCC
UPNEDA
UREDA
VEC
WBGEDCL
WBREDA
WMS
WRA
ZEDA

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Solar Thermal
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited
Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited
Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency
Tamil Nadu Energy Regulatory Commission
Utilisation Certificate
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency
Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency
Village Energy Committee
West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited
West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency
Wind Monitoring Station
Wind Resource Assessment
Zoram Energy Development Agency (Mizoram)

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