Sl.No Abbreviation Description

1 AAAC All Aluminum Alloy Conductor

2 AACSR Aluminum Alloy Conductor Steel Reinforced

3 AB Cable Aerial Bunched Cable

4 ABCB Air Blast Circuit Breaker

5 ABT Availability Based Tariff

6 AC Alternating Current

7 ACB Air Circuit Breaker

8 ACDB AC Distribution Board

9 ACIR Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

10 ACSR Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced

11 AFC Automatic Frequency control

12 AGC Automatic generation control

13 AIS Air Insulated Substation

14 ALDC Area Load Dispatch Centre

15 AMR Automatic meter reading

16 AOA Articles of Association

17 ASC Audit short Claims

18 ASD Additional Security Deposit

19 ASK Assistant Store Keeper

20 AT&C Losses Aggregate Technical & Commercial Losses

21 ATE Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

22 BBC Back Billing Charges

23 BDV Break Down Voltage

24 BELP BESCOM Efficient Lighting Programme.

25 BESCOM Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

26 BG Bank Guarantee

27 BHM BareHand Method

28 BIL Basic Insulation Level

29 BJ Bhagya Jyothi

30 BOCB/ MOCB Bulk Oil Circuit Breaker/ Minimum Oil Circuit Breaker

31 BOD Board of Directors

32 BOM Bill of Material

33 BOO Build, Own and Operate

34 BOOT Build, Own, Operate & Transfer

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

35 BOQ Bus Post Insulator

36 C.G.R.F Consumer grievance redressal forum

37 C.R Confidentail Report/ Completion Report

38 CAG Comptroller and Auditor General of India

39 CB Circuit Breaker

40 CC Carbon Copy

41 CCA City Compensation Allowance

42 CD Contract Demand

43 CDC&A Classification, Disciplinary Control & Appeal

44 CEA Central Electricity Authority

45 CERC Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

46 CESC Chamundeshwari Electricity supply corporation Ltd.

47 CGS Central Generating Stations

48 CIN Corporate Identification Number (CIN)

49 CPI Consumer Price Index

50 CPM Critical Path Method

51 CRM Contact Resistance Meter

52 CT Current Transformer

53 CTU Central Transmission Utility

54 CVT Capacitor Voltage Transformer

55 D.O Demi Official

56 DAS Distribution Automation System

57 DCB Demand Collection Balance

58 DCDB Direct Current Distribution Board

59 DCW Deposit Contribution Work

60 DDF Dielectric Dissipation Factor

61 DDUGJY DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

62 DELP Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme

63 DFR Digital Fault Recorder

64 DGA Dissolved Gas Analysis

65 DGS&D Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal

66 DIN director identification number

67 Discom Distribution Supply Company

68 DOLO Drop Off Lift On

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

69 DPR Detailed Project Report

70 DR Disturbance Recorder

71 DSM Demand Side Management

72 DTC Distribution Transformer Center

73 ECS Electronic Clearing Service

74 EFR Earth Fault Relay

75 EHT / EHV Extra High Tension/ Extra High Voltage

76 EL Earned Leave

77 ELCB Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker

78 E-Mail Electronic Mail

79 EMD Earnest Money Deposit

80 EMF Electromagnetic Force

81 EMI Electromagnetic Interference

82 EPF Employees' Provident Fund

83 ERLDC Eastern Regional Load Despatch Centre

84 ETV Electronic Tri Vector

85 FIR First Information Report

86 FL Full Pay Leave

87 FOREX Foreign Exchange

88 FRA frequency response analysis

89 GESCOM Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited

90 GIS Gas Insulated Substation

91 GoI Government of India

92 GOS Group operated switch/ Gang operated switch

93 GS Galvanised Steel

94 GST Goods and Services Taxes

95 HBA House Building Advance

96 HESCOM Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited

97 HLTC Hot Line Training Centre

98 HP Horse Power

99 HPL Half Pay Leave

100 HRA House Rent Allowance

101 HRC High Rupturing Capacity

102 HRECS Hukkeri Rural Electricity Co-operative Society

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

103 HSM Hot Stick Method

104 HT / HV High Tension/ High Voltage

105 HTLS High Temperature Low Sag

106 HTTP Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol

107 HTTPS Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol Secure

108 HVDC High Voltage Direct Curent

109 HVDS High Voltage Distribution System

110 I.P IRRIGATION PUMP

111 ICT Inter Connecting Transformer

112 IEGC Indian Electricity Grid Code

113 IEX Indian Energy Exchange

114 IFT Inter Facial Tension

115 INR Indian Rupees

116 IO Investigation Officer

117 IPDS Integrated Power Development Scheme

118 IPPs Independent Power Producers

119 IR Insulation Resistance

120 IRC Indian Roads Congress

121 IREDA Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

122 ISD Initial Security Deposit

123 IVT Inductive Voltage Transformers

124 JV Joint Venture

125 KERA Karnataka Electricity Reforms ACT

126 KERC Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission

127 KJ Kutir Jyothi

128 KKC Krishi Kalyan Cess

129 KPTCL Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd.

130 KPWD Karnataka Public Works Department

131 KREDL Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd.

132 kV Kilo Volt

133 kVA Kilo Volt- Ampere

134 KVARH Kilo Volt Amps Reactive Hour

135 KW Kilo Watt

136 KWh Kilo Watt-hour

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

137 L.E.C Licensed Electrical Contractor

138 LA Lightning Arrestor

139 LBB Local Breaker Backup

140 LDC Load Despatch Centre

141 LI Lightning Impulse

142 LILO Loop in Loop out

143 LLMT Live Line Maintenance Techniques

144 LMU Line Matching Unit

145 LOA Letter of acceptance

146 Lol Letter of Intent

147 LT / LV Low Tension/ Low Voltage

148 M.B Measurement Book

149 MAS Material Acknowledgement statement

150 MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker

151 MCCB Moulded Case Circuit Breaker

152 MCVCB Metal Clad Vacuum Circuit Breaker

153 MD MAXIMUM DEMAND / Managing Director

154 MESCOM Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

155 MNR Meter not Recording

156 MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

157 MoA Memorandum of Agreement

158 MoP Ministry of Power

159 MoU Memorandum of Understanding

160 MRI Meter Reader Instrument

161 MRT Meter and Relay Testing

162 MS Mild Steel

163 MS Building Multi-storey Building

164 MSD Meter Security Deposit

165 MSEZ Mangalore Special Economic Zone

166 MU Million Unit

167 MVA Mega Volt Ampere

168 MVAR Mega Volt Ampere Reactive

169 MW Mega Watt

170 MYT Multi Year Tariffs

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

171 NBFC No Back Feed Certificate

172 NBMCT New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal

173 NEP National Electricity Plan

174 NEP National Electricity Policy

175 NIC National lnformatics Centre

176 NLDC National Load Despatch Centre

177 NOA Notification of Award

178 NOC No Objection Certificate

179 NPTI National Power Training Institute

180 NRLDC Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre

181 NRV Non-Return Valve

182 NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation Limited

183 O&M Operation and Maintenance

184 OCB Oil Circuit Breaker

185 OCR Over current Relay

186 OD operating Device

187 OH Over Head

188 OIP Oil impregnated Paper

189 OLTC On Load Tap Changer

190 OSR Oil Surge Relay

191 OTI Oil Temperature Indicator

192 P&L Profit and Loss

193 P.I Polarisation Index

194 PCC Plain Cement Concrete

195 PCVCB Porcelain Clad Vacuum Circuit Breaker

196 PD Partial Discharge

197 PERT Programme Evaluation Review Technique

198 PF Power Factor

199 PGCIL Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

200 PICC Paper Insulated Copper Conductor

201 PILC paper insulated lead covered

202 PIR Pre Insertion Resistor

203 PL Paternity Leave

204 PLCC Power Line Carrier Communication

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

205 PLF Plant Load Factor

206 PLR Prime Lending Rate

207 PLR Primary Lending Rate

208 PMR Project Management Report

209 PO Purchase Order

210 POSOCO POWER SYSTEM OPERATION CORPORATION LIMITED.

211 PPM Parts per million

212 PQR Pre-Qualifying Requirement

213 PRD Pressure Relief Device

214 PRV Pressure Relief valve

215 PSB Power Swing Blocking

216 PSC Pre stressed concrete

217 PSTI Power System Training Institute

218 PXIL Power Exchange India Limited

219 QA Quality Assurance

220 R&P Recruitment and Promotion

221 R&R Releasing & Refixing

222 R.R. No REVENUE REGISTER NUMBER

223 R-APDRP Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme

224 RBP Resin Bonded Paper

225 RC Rate Contract

226 RCBO Residual Circuit Breaker with OverLoad

227 RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete

228 RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker

229 RCD Residual Current Device

230 RE Renewable Enegy

231 REF Restricted Earth Fault

232 RFQ Request for Quotation

233 RGGVY Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

234 RI Return Invoice

235 RIP Resin Impregnated Paper

236 RIS Resin Impregnated Synthetic

237 RLDC Regional Load Despatch Centre

238 RMU Ring Main Unit

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

239 ROW Right of Way

240 RTCC Remote Tap Changer Control

241 RVM Recovery Voltage Measurement

242 SAS Substation Automation System

243 SBC Swachh Bharat cess

244 SBU Strategic Business Unit

245 SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition

246 SEB State Electricity Board

247 SEM Special Energy Meter

248 SF6 Sulfur Hexa Fluoride

249 SFRA Sweep frequency response analysis

250 SLD Single line Diagram

251 SLDC State Load Dispatch Centre

252 SOP Standards of Performance

253 SOTF Switch On To Fault

254 SR Schedule of Rates/ Service Register/ Service Record

255 SRLDC Southern Regional Load Despatch Center

256 T&D Transmission and Distribution

257 T&P Tools and Plants.

258 TTB Test Terminal Block

259 UDAY Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna

260 UFR Under Frequency Relay

261 UG Under Ground

262 UI Unscheduled interchange

263 ULDC Unified Load Despatch & Communication Scheme

264 USAID The United States Agency for International Development

265 VAR Voltage Ampere Reactive

266 VAT Value-added tax

267 VCB Vacuum Circuit Breaker

268 VL Vertical Lift

269 VSAT Very small aperture terminal

270 VT/PT Voltage Transformer/ Potential Transformer

271 VVNL Vishweswaraiah Vidyut Nigama Limited

272 WDV Written Down Value

Sl.No Abbreviation Description

273 WO Work Order

274 WRLDC WESTERN REGIONAL LOAD DESPATCH CENTRE

275 WT Wave Trap

276 WTI Winding Temperature Indicator

277 XLPE Cross-linked polyethylene