| Acronym | Definition | |
| A | AG | Washington State Attorney General's Office |
| aMW | Average Megawatt | |
| ANGU | Association of Northwest Gas Utilities | |
| ANS | Alaska North Slope | |
| APAC | Association of Public Agency Customers | |
| B | Bonneville | Bonneville Power Administration |
| BPA | Bonneville Power Administration | |
| C | CAFE | Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency |
| CARES | Conservation and Renewable Energy System. | |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | |
| COB | California-Oregon Border | |
| Comprehensive Review | Comprehensive Review of the Northwest Energy System | |
| COU | Customer Owned Utility | |
| CREPC | Committee for Regional Electric Power Cooperation | |
| CT | Combustion Turbine | |
| CTED | Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development | |
| CTR | Commute Trip Reduction | |
| CUB | Citizens Utility Board, Oregon | |
| D | DIS | Washington Department of Information Service |
| DOE | Washington Department of Ecology | |
| DOR | Washington Department of Revenue | |
| DOT | Washington State Department of Transportation | |
| DSI | Direct Service Industry | |
| DSM | Demand Side Management | |
| E | EFSEC | Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council |
| EIA | United States Energy Information Administration | |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement | |
| EMD | Washington Emergency Management Division | |
| Energy Office | Washington State Energy Office (closed June 30, 1996) | |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
| EPACT | National Energy Policy Act of 1992 | |
| F | FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration | |
| FTE | Full-time Equivalent | |
| G | GA | Washington Department of General Administration |
| H | HOV | High Occupancy Vehicle |
| I | ICNU | Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities |
| IGO | Independent Grid Operator | |
| IPPC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | |
| ISG | Independent Scientific Review Group | |
| L | LIHEAP | Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gases | |
| M | MPG | Miles per gallon |
| MW | Megawatt | |
| N | NERC | North American Electric Reliability Council |
| NICE3 | National Industrial and Competitiveness through Energy, Environment, and Economics | |
| NRPF | Northwest Regional Power Facility | |
| NWPPC | Northwest Power Planning Council | |
| O | OPC | Office of Public Council |
| P | PF Rate | Priority Firm Rate |
| PGE | Portland General Electric | |
| POU | Publicly Owned Utility | |
| PNUCC | Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee | |
| PPC | Public Power Council | |
| PUD | Public Utility District | |
| R | RCW | Revised Code of Washington |
| RTG | Regional Transmission Group | |
| S | SO2 | Sulfur Dioxide |
| SPI | Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
| U | URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USDOE | United States Department of Energy | |
| USDOT | United States Department of Transportation | |
| UTC | Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission | |
| W | WaPUD | Washington Public Utility District |
| WIEB | Western Interstate Energy Board | |
| WNG | Washington Natural Gas | |
| W | WNP | Washington Nuclear Project |
| WNP-1 | The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Hanford | |
| WNP-2 | The Supply System's operating nuclear plant at Hanford | |
| WNP-3 | The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Satsop | |
| WNP-4 | The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Hanford on the same site as WNP-1 | |
| WNP-5 | The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Satsop, on the same site as WNP-3 | |
| WRTA | Western Regional Transmission Association | |
| WSCC | Western Systems Coordinating Council | |
| WSEO | Washington State Energy Office (closed June 30, 1996) | |
| WSU | Washington State University | |
| WWP | Washington Water Power | |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
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