DC Public Service Commission: Glossary of Terms

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Abbreviation
AEP	Allegheny Electric Power
AGS	Alternative Commodity Gas Supplier
AMI	Advanced Metering Infrastructure
ANOPR	Amended Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
AOBA	Apartment and Office Building Association
CAM	Cost Allocation Manual
CITO	Chief Information Technology Officer
CLEC	Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CUB	Consumer Utility Board
CY	Calendar Year
DCEMA	District Emergency Management Agency
DCEO	DC Energy Office
DCG	DC Government
DCOP	DC Office of Personnel
DDOE	District Department of the Environment's Energy Office (formerly DCEO)
DNP	Disconnect for Non-Payment
EA	Electricity Application
ET	Electric Tariff
FC	Formal Case
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FGA	Federal Executive Agency
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FPL	Federal Poverty Level
GA	Gas Application
GT	Gas Tariff
G&T	Generation and Transmission
GPC	Generation Procurement Credit
GPR	Gas Procurement Report
GPWG	Gas Procurement Working Group
HVCA	High Volume Call Answering
IBEW	International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
ICB	Individual Case Basis
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
ISO	Independent System Operator
KWH	Kilowatt Hour
LAN	Local Area Network
LDC	Local Distribution Companies
LEC	Local Exchange Carrier
LIHEAP	Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program
LSDBE	Local, Small, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
MACRUC	Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
MADRI	Mid Atlantic Distributed Services Initiatives
MAP	Municipal Aggregation Program
MBE	Minority Business Enterprise
MMU	Market Monitoring Unit
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
NARUC	National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
NECA	National Exchange Carriers Association
NGTF	Natural Gas Trust Fund
NEM	Net Energy Metering
NOFR	Notice of Final Rulemaking
NOPR	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NOVEC	Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative
NRRI	National Regulatory Research Institute
NYMEX	New York Mercantile Exchange
OC	Offices of the Commissioners
OCMS	Office of Commission Secretary
OCS	Office of Consumer Services
OGC	Office of the General Counsel
OHR	Office of Human Resources
OIT	Office of Information Technology
OMS	Outage Management System
OPC	Office of the People’s Counsel
OPEIU	Office of Professional Employees International Union
OTR	Office of Tax and Revenue
OTRA	Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis
PAP	Performance Assurance Plan
PC	Protected Class
PCI	Potomac Capital Investment Corporation
PDF	Portable Document Format
PEPCO	Potomac Electric Power Company
PES	Pepco Energy Services
PGC	Purchased Gas Charge
PHI	PEPCO Holdings, Inc.
PIDR	Proprietary Information Designation Request
PIP	Productivity Improvement Plan
PIWG	Productivity Improvement Working Group
PJM	Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Region
PSC	Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia
PUC	Public Utility Commission
RAD	Residential Aid Discount
REC	Renewable Energy Credits
REPS	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards
RES	Residential Essential Service
RETF	Reliable Energy Trust Fund
RFP	Request for Proposals
ROW	Rights-of-Way
RTO	Regional Transmission Organization
SAIC	Science Application International Corporation
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
SMPP	Smart Meter Pilot Program
SOS	Standard Offer Service
T&D	Transmission & Distribution
TA	Telecommunications Application
TAC	Telecommunication Arbitration Case
TELRIC	Total Element Long Run Incremental Cost
TIA	Telecommunication Interconnection Agreement
TRO	Triennial Review Order
TRS	Telephone Relay Service
TT	Telephone Tariff
UDP	Utility Discount Program
UNE	Unbundled Network Elements
USDOT	US Department of Transportation
USTF	Universal Service Trust Fund
VBS	Verizon Business Services
VLE	Very Low Frequency
VOIP	Voice Over Internet Protocol
WASA	Water and Sewer Authority
WCC	Watergate Complex Council
WGL	Washington Gas Light Company
WGES	Washington Gas Energy Services
WMATA	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority