List of Energy Abbreviations - R

R

• R/P—Reserve on Production
  • —Reserves to Production
• RAB—Regional Advisory Body (US)
• RAC—Refiners' acquisition cost
• RAP—Regulatory Assistance Project
• RAR—Reasonable assured resources
• RAS—Remedial Action Scheme
• RATC—Recallable Available Transmission Capability
• RBMK—Russian: Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный = "High Power Channel Type Reactor" (RU)
• RBOB—reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending
• RC—Reliability Coordinator
• RCIS—Reliability Coordinator Information System
• RCRA—Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US)
• RDF—refuse derived fuel (electricity)
• REA—Rural Electrification Administration (US)
• RECS—Residential Energy Consumption Survey (US)
• REEEP—Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
• RES—Renewable energy source
• RET/EE—IAF Renewable Energy Technology & Energy Efficiency Investment Advisory Facility
• RF—Radio frequency
• RFA—Regulatory Flexibility Act (US)
• RFC—ReliabilityFirst Corporation (US) (electricity)
• RFG—reformulated gasoline (oil)
• RFI—Request for Interchange
• RFP—Request for proposals
• RM—Rulemaking
• RMATS—Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study (US) (electricity)
• RMR—Reliability Must Run (electricity)
• RMU—Removal Units
• ROA—Return of Assets (finance)
• ROE—Return of Equity (finance)
• ROFR—Right of First Refusal (finance)
• ROI—Return on Investment
• ROW—Right of Way
• RPM—Reliability Pricing Model. See explanation in electricity markets#Electricity market experience. (electricity)
• RRO—Regional reliability organization (US)
• RSE—Revenue Stream Estimate (finance)
• RSE—relative standard error
• RTEP—Regional transmission expansion plan
• RTG—Regional Transmission Group (US)
• RTO—Regional transmission organization (US)
• RTP—Real time Pricing
• RTU—Remote Terminal Unit
• RUS—Rural Utilities Service
• RVP—Reid vapor pressure