Acronym Meanings

Acronym	Meaning
ASHP	Air-Source Heat Pump
BEV	Battery Electric Vehicle
CES	Clean Energy Standard
CO2	Carbon Dioxide
CO2e	Carbon Dioxide Equivalent obtained by converting other greenhouse gases to reflect the climate impact of CO2.
DCFC	direct current fast charging
DER	Distributed Energy Resources
DOER	Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
DPU	Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
EEA	Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
EJ	environmental justice
EOEEA	Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EV	Electric Vehicle – in this document this is primarily referring to Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)
EVSE	electric vehicle supply equipment
GHG	Greenhouse Gas
GPC	Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (also referred to as Global Protocol)
GSHP	Ground
GW	gigawatt
GWSA	Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008
HFC	hydrofluorocarbon (a greenhouse gas)
ICE	Internal Combustion Engine or internal combustion engine vehicle (i.e.
LDV	Light-Duty Vehicle
MDHDV	Medium- and Heavy- Duty Vehicle
MEI	Mass Energy Insight
MPG	Miles Per Gallon
MTCO2e	Metric ton of CO2e
MW	megawatt
MassCEC	Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
MassDEP or DEP	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
N2O	Nitrous Oxide
PHEV	Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle
RPS	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard
SF6	sulfur hexafluoride (a greenhouse gas)
SMART	Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program
VMT	Vehicle Miles Travelled
ZEV	Zero Emissions Vehicle – All vehicles which can operate without Fossil Fuels – Inclusive of BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle)
kWh	kilowatt hour