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A

Affiliate
Aggregator
Ancillary Services (AS)
ATO
Authority to Operate (ATO)

C

Captive Market
Central Dispatch
Certificate of Compliance (COC)
COC
Commission
Competitive selection process for microgrid system provider (CSP)
Concession Contract
Contestable Market
Control
Co-Generation Facility
CSP
Customer Service Charge

D

Decentralized power generation (DPG)
Demand Side Management
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Finance (DOF)
Distribution Code
Distribution of Electricity
Distribution System
Distribution Utility (DU)
Distribution Wheeling Charge
DOE
DOF
DPG
DU
DU operated microgrid system

E

EC
Electric Cooperative (EC)
Electric Power Industry Participant
Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA)
End-user
Energy Regulatory Board (ERB)
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
EPIRA
ERB
ERC

F

Franchise Area

G

Generation Company
Grid
Grid Code
Grid-tied microgrid system

I

Independent Market Operator (IMO)
Independent Power Producer (IPP)
Inter-Class Cross Subsidy
Inter-Regional Grid Cross Subsidy
Intra- Regional Grid Cross Subsidy
IPP
IPP Administrator
Island mode
Isolated Distribution System
Isolated microgrid system

J

JCEC Enhancement Act
Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC)

L

Lifeline Rate
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)
MSC

N

National Electrification Administration (NEA)
National Government Projects
National Power Corporation (NPC)
National total electrification roadmap (NTER)
National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO)
NEA
NPC Graduation Plan
NTER

O

Open Access

P

PEP
Philippine Distribution Code (PDC)
Philippine Energy Plan (PEP)
Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute
Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute Act
Philippine Small Grid Guidelines
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
PIOU
pipeline transportation
Power Development Program (PDP)
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM)
Private Investor-Owned Utility (PIOU)
Privatization

Q

QTP
Qualified Third Party (QTP)

R

Related Group
Restructuring
Retail Rate

S

SPUG
Stranded contract costs of NPC or distribution utility
Stranded Debts of NPC
Subtransmission Assets
Supplier
Supplier’s charge
Supply of Electricity
Swiss Challenge
Synchronized mode

T

TDP
TRANSCO
Transmission Charge
Transmission Development Plan (TDP)
Transmission of Electricity

U

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

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Presidential Decree No. 1857 (3)
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