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1 AAAC All Aluminum Alloy Conductor
2 AACSR Aluminum Alloy Conductor Steel Reinforced
3 AB Cable Aerial Bunched Cable
4 ABCB Air Blast Circuit Breaker
5 ABT Availability Based Tariff
6 AC Alternating Current
7 ACB Air Circuit Breaker
8 ACDB AC Distribution Board
9 ACIR Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
10 ACSR Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced
11 AFC Automatic Frequency control
12 AGC Automatic generation control
13 AIS Air Insulated Substation
14 ALDC Area Load Dispatch Centre
15 AMR Automatic meter reading
16 AOA Articles of Association
17 ASC Audit short Claims
18 ASD Additional Security Deposit
19 ASK Assistant Store Keeper
20 AT&C Losses Aggregate Technical & Commercial Losses
21 ATE Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
22 BBC Back Billing Charges
23 BDV Break Down Voltage
24 BELP BESCOM Efficient Lighting Programme.
25 BESCOM Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited
26 BG Bank Guarantee
27 BHM BareHand Method
28 BIL Basic Insulation Level
29 BJ Bhagya Jyothi
30 BOCB/ MOCB Bulk Oil Circuit Breaker/ Minimum Oil Circuit Breaker
31 BOD Board of Directors
32 BOM Bill of Material
33 BOO Build, Own and Operate
34 BOOT Build, Own, Operate & Transfer
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35 BOQ Bus Post Insulator
36 C.G.R.F Consumer grievance redressal forum
37 C.R Confidentail Report/ Completion Report
38 CAG Comptroller and Auditor General of India
39 CB Circuit Breaker
40 CC Carbon Copy
41 CCA City Compensation Allowance
42 CD Contract Demand
43 CDC&A Classification, Disciplinary Control & Appeal
44 CEA Central Electricity Authority
45 CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
46 CESC Chamundeshwari Electricity supply corporation Ltd.
47 CGS Central Generating Stations
48 CIN Corporate Identification Number (CIN)
49 CPI Consumer Price Index
50 CPM Critical Path Method
51 CRM Contact Resistance Meter
52 CT Current Transformer
53 CTU Central Transmission Utility
54 CVT Capacitor Voltage Transformer
55 D.O Demi Official
56 DAS Distribution Automation System
57 DCB Demand Collection Balance
58 DCDB Direct Current Distribution Board
59 DCW Deposit Contribution Work
60 DDF Dielectric Dissipation Factor
61 DDUGJY DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
62 DELP Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme
63 DFR Digital Fault Recorder
64 DGA Dissolved Gas Analysis
65 DGS&D Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal
66 DIN director identification number
67 Discom Distribution Supply Company
68 DOLO Drop Off Lift On
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69 DPR Detailed Project Report
70 DR Disturbance Recorder
71 DSM Demand Side Management
72 DTC Distribution Transformer Center
73 ECS Electronic Clearing Service
74 EFR Earth Fault Relay
75 EHT / EHV Extra High Tension/ Extra High Voltage
76 EL Earned Leave
77 ELCB Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
78 E-Mail Electronic Mail
79 EMD Earnest Money Deposit
80 EMF Electromagnetic Force
81 EMI Electromagnetic Interference
82 EPF Employees' Provident Fund
83 ERLDC Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre
84 ETV Electronic Tri Vector
85 FIR First Information Report
86 FL Full Pay Leave
87 FOREX Foreign Exchange
88 FRA frequency response analysis
89 GESCOM Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited
90 GIS Gas Insulated Substation
91 GoI Government of India
92 GOS Group operated switch/ Gang operated switch
93 GS Galvanised Steel
94 GST Goods and Services Taxes
95 HBA House Building Advance
96 HESCOM Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited
97 HLTC Hot Line Training Centre
98 HP Horse Power
99 HPL Half Pay Leave
100 HRA House Rent Allowance
101 HRC High Rupturing Capacity
102 HRECS Hukkeri Rural Electricity Co-operative Society
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103 HSM Hot Stick Method
104 HT / HV High Tension/ High Voltage
105 HTLS High Temperature Low Sag
106 HTTP Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
107 HTTPS Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol Secure
108 HVDC High Voltage Direct Curent
109 HVDS High Voltage Distribution System
110 I.P IRRIGATION PUMP
111 ICT Inter Connecting Transformer
112 IEGC Indian Electricity Grid Code
113 IEX Indian Energy Exchange
114 IFT Inter Facial Tension
115 INR Indian Rupees
116 IO Investigation Officer
117 IPDS Integrated Power Development Scheme
118 IPPs Independent Power Producers
119 IR Insulation Resistance
120 IRC Indian Roads Congress
121 IREDA Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
122 ISD Initial Security Deposit
123 IVT Inductive Voltage Transformers
124 JV Joint Venture
125 KERA Karnataka Electricity Reforms ACT
126 KERC Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission
127 KJ Kutir Jyothi
128 KKC Krishi Kalyan Cess
129 KPTCL Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd.
130 KPWD Karnataka Public Works Department
131 KREDL Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd.
132 kV Kilo Volt
133 kVA Kilo Volt- Ampere
134 KVARH Kilo Volt Amps Reactive Hour
135 KW Kilo Watt
136 KWh Kilo Watt-hour
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137 L.E.C Licensed Electrical Contractor
138 LA Lightning Arrestor
139 LBB Local Breaker Backup
140 LDC Load Despatch Centre
141 LI Lightning Impulse
142 LILO Loop in Loop out
143 LLMT Live Line Maintenance Techniques
144 LMU Line Matching Unit
145 LOA Letter of acceptance
146 Lol Letter of Intent
147 LT / LV Low Tension/ Low Voltage
148 M.B Measurement Book
149 MAS Material Acknowledgement statement
150 MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker
151 MCCB Moulded Case Circuit Breaker
152 MCVCB Metal Clad Vacuum Circuit Breaker
153 MD MAXIMUM DEMAND / Managing Director
154 MESCOM Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited
155 MNR Meter not Recording
156 MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
157 MoA Memorandum of Agreement
158 MoP Ministry of Power
159 MoU Memorandum of Understanding
160 MRI Meter Reader Instrument
161 MRT Meter and Relay Testing
162 MS Mild Steel
163 MS Building Multi-storey Building
164 MSD Meter Security Deposit
165 MSEZ Mangalore Special Economic Zone
166 MU Million Unit
167 MVA Mega Volt Ampere
168 MVAR Mega Volt Ampere Reactive
169 MW Mega Watt
170 MYT Multi Year Tariffs
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171 NBFC No Back Feed Certificate
172 NBMCT New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal
173 NEP National Electricity Plan
174 NEP National Electricity Policy
175 NIC National lnformatics Centre
176 NLDC National Load Despatch Centre
177 NOA Notification of Award
178 NOC No Objection Certificate
179 NPTI National Power Training Institute
180 NRLDC Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre
181 NRV Non-Return Valve
182 NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
183 O&M Operation and Maintenance
184 OCB Oil Circuit Breaker
185 OCR Over current Relay
186 OD operating Device
187 OH Over Head
188 OIP Oil impregnated Paper
189 OLTC On Load Tap Changer
190 OSR Oil Surge Relay
191 OTI Oil Temperature Indicator
192 P&L Profit and Loss
193 P.I Polarisation Index
194 PCC Plain Cement Concrete
195 PCVCB Porcelain Clad Vacuum Circuit Breaker
196 PD Partial Discharge
197 PERT Programme Evaluation Review Technique
198 PF Power Factor
199 PGCIL Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
200 PICC Paper Insulated Copper Conductor
201 PILC paper insulated lead covered
202 PIR Pre Insertion Resistor
203 PL Paternity Leave
204 PLCC Power Line Carrier Communication
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205 PLF Plant Load Factor
206 PLR Prime Lending Rate
207 PLR Primary Lending Rate
208 PMR Project Management Report
209 PO Purchase Order
210 POSOCO POWER SYSTEM OPERATION CORPORATION LIMITED.
211 PPM Parts per million
212 PQR Pre-Qualifying Requirement
213 PRD Pressure Relief Device
214 PRV Pressure Relief valve
215 PSB Power Swing Blocking
216 PSC Pre stressed concrete
217 PSTI Power System Training Institute
218 PXIL Power Exchange India Limited
219 QA Quality Assurance
220 R&P Recruitment and Promotion
221 R&R Releasing & Refixing
222 R.R. No REVENUE REGISTER NUMBER
223 R-APDRP Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme
224 RBP Resin Bonded Paper
225 RC Rate Contract
226 RCBO Residual Circuit Breaker with OverLoad
227 RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete
228 RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker
229 RCD Residual Current Device
230 RE Renewable Enegy
231 REF Restricted Earth Fault
232 RFQ Request for Quotation
233 RGGVY Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
234 RI Return Invoice
235 RIP Resin Impregnated Paper
236 RIS Resin Impregnated Synthetic
237 RLDC Regional Load Despatch Centre
238 RMU Ring Main Unit
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239 ROW Right of Way
240 RTCC Remote Tap Changer Control
241 RVM Recovery Voltage Measurement
242 SAS Substation Automation System
243 SBC Swachh Bharat cess
244 SBU Strategic Business Unit
245 SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition
246 SEB State Electricity Board
247 SEM Special Energy Meter
248 SF6 Sulfur Hexa Fluoride
249 SFRA Sweep frequency response analysis
250 SLD Single line Diagram
251 SLDC State Load Dispatch Centre
252 SOP Standards of Performance
253 SOTF Switch On To Fault
254 SR Schedule of Rates/ Service Register/ Service Record
255 SRLDC Southern Regional Load Despatch Center
256 T&D Transmission and Distribution
257 T&P Tools and Plants.
258 TTB Test Terminal Block
259 UDAY Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna
260 UFR Under Frequency Relay
261 UG Under Ground
262 UI Unscheduled interchange
263 ULDC Unified Load Despatch & Communication Scheme
264 USAID The United States Agency for International Development
265 VAR Voltage Ampere Reactive
266 VAT Value-added tax
267 VCB Vacuum Circuit Breaker
268 VL Vertical Lift
269 VSAT Very small aperture terminal
270 VT/PT Voltage Transformer/ Potential Transformer
271 VVNL Vishweswaraiah Vidyut Nigama Limited
272 WDV Written Down Value
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273 WO Work Order
274 WRLDC WESTERN REGIONAL LOAD DESPATCH CENTRE
275 WT Wave Trap
276 WTI Winding Temperature Indicator
277 XLPE Cross-linked polyethylene