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A

AS
ATO
Authority to Operate (ATO)

B

Biomass energy systems
Biomass resources
Board of Investments (BOI)
BOI

C

Certificate of Authority (COA)
Certificate of Compliance (COC)
COA
COC
Competitive selection process for microgrid system provider (CSP)
Connection Assets
Co-generation systems
CSP

D

Decentralized power generation (DPG)
Decommissioning
DENR
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Environment Natural Resources (DENR)
Department of Finance (DOF)
Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Distributed generation
Distribution of Electricity
Distribution System
Distribution Utility (DU)
DOE
DOF
Domestic use
DPG
DTI
DU
DU operated microgrid system

E

EC
Electric Cooperative (EC)
Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA)
Embedded Generating Facilities
Emerging RE Technologies
End-user
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
Energy Storage System (ESS)
EPIRA
ERC
ESS

G

Generating Plant
Generating Unit
Generation Company
Generation Facility
Geothermal energy
Geothermal Energy Systems
Geothermal Resources
Government Share
Green Energy Option
Green Financing
Grid
Grid-tied microgrid system

H

Hybrid Systems
Hydroelectric power
Hydroelectric Power Development
Hydroelectric Power Resources
Hydroelectric Power Systems
Hydropower Development
Hydropower Resources
Hydropower Systems

I

Integrated RE Plant and ESS (IRESS)
IRESS
Irrigation use
Island mode
Isolated microgrid system

L

Local Government
Local government share
Local total electrification roadmap (LTER)
LTER

M

MGSP
MGSP Proponent
Microgrid system
Microgrid Systems Act
Microgrid system provider service contract (MSC)
Microgrid system provider (MGSP)
Micro-scale Project
Mini-hydroelectric power developer
Mini-hydroelectric power development
Mini-hydroelectric Power Incentives Act
Mini-hydroelectric power plant
Missionary electrification
Mothballing
MSC
Municipal use

N

National government share
National Power Corporation (NPC)
National total electrification roadmap (NTER)
National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO)
Network Service Provider (NSP)
Net Metering
Non-power applications
NPC
NPC Graduation Plan
NSP
NTER

O

Ocean Energy Systems
Off-Grid Systems
On-Grid System

P

PEMC
Philippine Distribution Code (PDC)
Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC)
Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)
Philippine Small Grid Guidelines
PIOU
PNOC
Power applications
PPP Project
Private Investor-Owned Utility (PIOU)
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project

Q

QTP
Qualified End-users
Qualified Third Party (QTP)

R

Registered RE Developer
REM
Renewable Energy Contract (RE Contract)
Renewable Energy Developers (RE Developers)
Renewable Energy Market (REM)
Renewable Energy Policy Framework (REPF)
Renewable Energy Resources (RE Resources)
Renewable Energy Service Contract (RE Service Contract)
Renewable Energy Systems Developers
Renewable Energy Systems (RE Systems)
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
REPF
RE Act of 2008
RE Developers
RE generating unit with intermittent RE resources
RE Resources
RE Service Contract
RE Systems
RPS
Rural Electrification

S

Self-Generation Facility
SGSO
Small Grid System Operator (SGSO)
Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG)
Solar Energy
Solar Energy Systems
successors-in-interest
Supplier
Swiss Challenge
Synchronized mode

T

TRANSCO
Transmission of Electricity

U

UCME
Underserved area
Universal charge for missionary electrification (UCME)
Unserved area
Unsolicited Proposal (USP)
USP

W

Waste-to-energy technologies
WESM
Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM)
Wind Energy
Wind Energy Systems

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