List of Energy Abbreviations - M

M

  • MAAC—Mid Atlantic Area Council (US- geographically within PJM)
  • MADRI—Mid Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (US)
  • MAIN—Mid America Interconnected Network (US)
  • MAOP—Maximum allowable operating pressure
  • MAPP—Mid Continent Area Power Pool (US)
  • MBD—million barrels per day
  • MBOED—One million barrels of oil equivalent(EU)
  • MBR—Market based Rates
  • MBS—Macro economic Budget Support
  • Mcf—Roman numeral "M" for one thousand cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
  • MDD—Maximum Daily Delivery Obligations
  • MDDQ—Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity
  • MDM—Meter Data Management
  • MDQ—Maximum Daily Quantities
  • MECS—Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
  • MEDREP—Mediterranean Renewables Energy Partnership
  • MER—Maximum efficient rate
  • MERC—Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) (US)
  • MFV—Modified fixed variable rate
  • MISO—Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. A Regional Transmission Organization. (US)
  • MLP—Maximum lawful price
  • MLRA—Major Land Resource Areas
  • MM—Used to denote million in gas usage
  • MMbbl/d—one million barrels of oil per day
  • MMBtu—1 million British thermal units, same as dekatherm
  • MMC—Market Monitoring Center
  • MMCF—one million cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
  • MMCFD—one million cubic feet per day
  • MMGAL—one million gallons
  • MMGAL/D—one million gallons per day
  • MMS—Mineral Management Service (US)
  • MMST—one million short tons
  • MODFLOW—model of groundwater flow
  • MOU—Memorandum of Understanding
  • MOX—mixed oxide fuel (nuclear)
  • MPG—Miles per gallon
  • MRO—Midwest Reliability Organization (US)
  • MSA—metropolitan statistical area
  • MSHA—Mine Safety and Health Administration (US)
  • msl—Mean sea level
  • MSW—Municipal solid waste
  • Mt—one million tons (ambiguous as to whether short tons or metric tons)
    • —one Metric ton
  • MTBE—methyl tertiary butyl ether
  • MTEF—Medium Term Expenditure Framework
  • MTEP—Midwest ISO Transmission Expansion Plan 2005 (US)
  • Mtoe—One million tons of oil equivalent(EU)
  • Muni—Municipality
  • MVA—Megavolt amperes (one million volt amperes)
  • MW—Megawatt (one million watts)
  • MWE—megawatt electric
  • MWh—Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)

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