List of Energy Abbreviations - G

G

• G&T—Generation and transmission utility cooperative (electricity)
• GAL—gallon (measurement)
• GAO—Government Accountability Office (General Accounting Office) (US) (government)
• GATT—General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• GDP—gross domestic product (economics)
• GEF—Global Environmental Facility (environment)
• Genco—Any company doing electricity generation (US) (electricity)
• GFN—Global Footprint Network
• GFSE—Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (organization)
• GHC—Gross Inland (energy) Consumption (EU) (energy)
• GHG—Greenhouse gas (climate)
• GIC—Gas Inventory Charge (natural gas)
• GISB—Gas Industry Standards Board (now NAESB) (US) (natural gas)
• GLDF—Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
• Gm3—Billion cubic metres (measurement – gas)
• GMO—Genetically modified organism
• GMP—Green Mountain Power (US) (electricity)
• GNP—gross national product (economics)
• GNSED— Global Network for Sustainable Energy Development
• GRI—Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
• GridCo—Any company running a transmission grid (electricity). Also known as a TransCo (US) (electricity)
• GSF—Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
• GSR—Gas Supply Realignment (natural gas)
• Gt—Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
• GTCC—Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
• GTI—Gas Technology Institute (US)
• Gtoe—One billion tons of oil equivalent(EU) (measurement- oil)
• GVEP—Global Village Energy Partnership (organization)
• GVW—gross vehicle weight (transportation)
• GW—Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
• GWE—Gigawatt of electric energy (measurement- elect)
• Gwh—Gigawatt hour (one billion watt hours) (measurement- elect)
• GWP—global warming potential (climate)