List of Energy Abbreviations - P

P

• PA—Planning Authority
  • —Programmatic Agreement
• PADD—Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (US)
• PBR
  • —pebble bed reactor (nuclear)
  • —performance based rates (electricity)
  • —Performance based regulation
• PCB—polychlorinated biphenyl
• PCM—Project Cycle Management
• PCT—Programmable Communicating Thermostat (electricity)
• PD—Preliminary Determination
• PDC—Phasor data concentrator. See description in phasor measurement unit article. (electricity)
• PDCI—Pacific Direct Current Intertie (US) (electricity)
• PEM—Proton Exchange Membrane
• PFC—perfluorocarbons
• PG&E—Pacific Gas & Electric (US) (electricity)
• PGA—Purchased gas adjustment
• PHA—Production Handling Agreement
• PHFFU—Plant held for future use
• PIDX—Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (oil)
• PIER—Public Interest Energy Research (CEC)
• PIFUA—Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978
• PJM—PJM Interconnection, LLC, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) (electricity)
• PLC—Power line communication (electricity)
• PLMA—Peak Load Management Association (US) (electricity)
• PM—Particulate matter
• PM&E—Protection, mitigation and enhancement
• PMA—Power Marketing Administration or Fed. Power Marketing Agency (US) (electricity)
• PMU—Phasor measurement unit (electricity)
• PNNL—Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• POD—Point of Delivery
• POLES—Prospective On Long Term Energy Systems
• POLR—Provider of last resort (electricity)
• PPA—Power Purchase Agreement (electricity)
• PPI—producer price index
• ppmv—Parts Per Million by Volume
• ppp—Purchasing power parity
• PPR—Potential peak reduction
• PREP—Pacific Regional Energy Programme
• PRESSEA—Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in South East Asia (PRESSEA)
• Prim—Primary (electricity) nuclear, hydro, geothermal, wind, solar
• PSC—Public Service Commission
• PSD—Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• PSE—Puget Sound Energy (US) (electricity)
• PTDF—Power Transfer Distribution Factor (electricity)
• PTP—Point to Point Transmission Service (electricity)
• PUC—Public Utility Commission (electricity)
• PUD—Public Utility District (electricity)
• PUHCA—Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (US) (electricity)
• PURPA—Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (US) (electricity)
• PV—photovoltaic (solar)
• PVC—photovoltaic cell (solar)
• PVC—polyvinyl chloride
• PWR—pressurized water reactor (nuclear)
• PX—Power exchange