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Industry Acronyms

Acronym Term
ADT Anomaly Detection Threshold
ALC Auxiliary Load Control 
ALTHANCo Alt HAN Company
AMI Accredited Meter Installer 
AMICoP Approved Meter Installers Code of Practice (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
AMR Automated Meter Reading
AoE Abstraction of Electricity
APCs Auxiliary Proportional Controllers
API Application Programming Interface
ASP AMR Service Provider
ASPCoP Automated Meter Reading Service Providers Code of Practice (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
BEIS Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
BSC Balancing and Settlement Code 
BSCCo Balancing and Settlement Code Company
BSCP(s) BSC Procedure(s)
CACoP Code Administration Code of Practice
CCAG Cross Code Advisory Group 
CCDG  Code Change & Development Group 
CCSG Cross Code Steering Group
CDSP Central Data Service Provider
CDSP FS  CDSP Further Services
CFSB Consumer-Facing Switching and Billing
CIP CSS Interface Provider
CISP Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership
CME Controlled Market Entry
CMEC Controlled Market Entry Conditions
CMRP Crossed Meter Resolution Portal
CMRS Central Metering Registration Service
CMSP Code Manager Service Provider
CoMC  Change of Measurement Class 
CoMCoP Consolidated Metering Code of Practice
CoP  Code of Practice
CP Change Proposal
CRS Centralised Registration Service
CSM Customer Specific Message
CSS Central Switching Service
CSS SI CSS Systems Integrator
CT Current Transformer
CV Calorific Value
DA Data Aggregator
DAM  Data Access Matrix
DC Data Collector
DCC Data Communications Company
DCUSA Distribution, Connection and Use of System Agreement 
DIP  Data Integration Platform 
DNO Distribution Network Operator
DPA Delivery Point Address
DPI Domestic Premises Indicator 
DPIA Data Privacy Impact Assessment
DSA Data Sharing Agreement
DSR Demand Side Response 
DTN Data Transfer Network
DTSA Data Transfer Services Agreement
ECOES Electricity Central Online Enquiry Service
EES Electricity Enquiry Service 
EMAR Energy Market Architecture Repository
EMR  Electricity Market Reform 
EMRS Electricity Market Reform Settlement
EPC Energy Performance Certificate
EPG Energy Price Guarantee 
ERDA Electricity Retail Data Agent
ERDS Electricity Retail Data Service
ESA Energy Smart Appliances 
ESG Energy Switch Guarantee
ESME Electricity Smart Meter
ESP Enquiry Service Provider
ETTOS Energy Theft Tip-Off Service
ETREG Energy Theft Reduction Expert Group
GD Green Deal
GD ORB Green Deal Oversight & Registration Body
GDAA Green Deal Arrangements Agreement
GDCC Green Deal Central Charge Database
GEMA Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
GES Gas Enquiry Service 
GRDS Gas Retail Data Service
GSOP Guaranteed Standards of Performance
GT Gas Transporter
ICP Independent Connection Provider
IDNO Independent Distribution Network Operator
IGT Independent Gas Transporter
IGT UNC Independent Gas Transporter Uniform Network Code
ISDP Information Security and Data Protection Assessment
LPI Land and Property Identified
LV Low Voltage
MA Meter Administrator
MAMCoP Meter Asset Managers Code of Practice (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
MAP Meter Asset Provider
MAU Master Admin User
MCR Market Compliance Review
MCoP Metering Code of Practice (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
MDD  Market Domain Data
MEM Metering Equipment Manager 
MHHS Marketwide Half Hourly Settlement 
MHHSP Marketwide Half Hourly Settlement Programme 
MI Meter Installer 
MM Market Message
MOCoP Meter Operation Code of Practice (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
MOCoPA Meter Operators Code of Practice Agreement (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
MPAD Metering Point Administration Data
MPAN Meter Point Administration Number
MPAS Metering Point Administration Service
MPID Market Participant Identifier
MPRN Meter Point Reference Number
MPRS Metering Point Registration System 
MPU Meter Pulse Utilisation
MPxN MPAN and/or MPRN
MRA Master Registration Agreement 
MSC Market Stabilisation Charge
MSN Meter Serial Number
MTD Meter Technical Details
NDC Non-Domestic Consumers 
NExA  Network Exit Agreements 
NSP Prepayment Network Service Provider
OAM Operational Account Manager
Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
PAB Performance Assurance Board 
PAF Performance Assurance Framework 
PAOP Performance Assurance Operating Plan 
PARC Performance Assurance Report Catalogue 
PATs Performance Assurance Techniques 
PCW Price Comparison Website 
PEMS  Post Emergency Metering Service 
PIA Privacy Impact Assessment
PIT Pre–Integration Testing
PoA Point of Acquisition
PoS Unit Point of Sale Unit
PPMIP Prepayment Meter Infrastructure Provider
PSR Priority Services Register
RCC Retail Code Consolidation
RDM Resolution of Duplicate Supply Meter Points
RIG REC Issues Group
REC Retail Energy Code
REC Renewable Energy Certificate 
RECCo Retail Energy Code Company
REL Retail Energy Location
RGMA Review of Gas Metering Arrangements
RMP Registrable Measurement Point
RPA REC Performance Assurance
RPS REC Professional Services
RTS REC Technical Services
RTS Radio TeleSwitch 
SCR Significant Code Review
SCR Smart Meter Data Service
SDEP Secure Data Exchange Portal
SDES  Secure Data Exchange Service
SDSP Switching Data Service Provider 
SEC Smart Energy Code
SECAS Smart Energy Code Administrator and Secretariat
SES Stay Energy Safe
SIP Safe Isolation Provider
SIR Switching Incentive Regime
SIT Systems Integration Testing
SLC Standard Licence Condition
SMDR Smart Meter Data Retriever
SMDSP Smart Meter Data Service Provider
SMETS Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specifications
SMICoP Smart Meter Installation Code of Practice (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
SMIP Smart Metering Implementation Programme
SMIS Smart Meter Installation Schedule (now forms part of the Consolidated Metering Code of Practice)
SMP Supply Meter Point
SMRS Supply & Meter Registration Service 
SMS Smart Metering System
SoLR Supplier of Last Resort
SPAA Supply Point Administration Agreement 
SPF Seasonal Performance Factor 
SSES Secure Smart Energy Systems 
SSC Standard Settlement Configuration
TDA Technical Design Authority 
TDIS Theft Detection Incentive Scheme 
TEM Theft Estimation Methodology 
ToG Theft of Gas
ToE Theft of Energy
TPI Third-Party Intermediary
TRAS Theft Risk Assessment Service
TRF Transaction Routing Flag
TTM Theft Target Methodology
UKRPA UK Revenue Protection Association
UNC  Uniform Network Code 
UPRN Unique Property Reference Number
UTRN Unique Transaction Reference Number
VLP Virtual Lead Party
VT Voltage Transformer
Energy Ombudsman Previous

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