Dictionary

Below are some commonly used terms.  Clicking on the individual term or the associated button will pop up a box with the definition.

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AB 1890

Aggregator

Broker

CARE

CARW

CEQA

CLC

CLR

Competitive Transition Charge (CTC)

Consumer Affairs Branch

COPT

Cost of Capital

Cost of Service

Customer Education Program (CEP)

Direct Access Transaction

Edison

Electric Service Provider

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Highway Administration

Federal Railroad Administration

Generators

GRC

IEC

ILEC

Independent System Operator (ISO)

Landline and Wireless

LEC

LIEE

Local Number Portability (LNP)

Marketer

NRF

Passenger Carriers

PBR

PG&E

PIN

Prepaid Phone Cards

Public Goods Charge (PGC)

Retailers

Scheduling Coordinators (SCs)

SDG&E

SoCalGas

Stage 1 Emergency

Stage 2 Emergency

Stage 3 Emergency

Supply Commercial Customer

ULTS

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)