| AI | artificial intelligence |
| APPA | American Public Power Association |
| CEDS | Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems |
| CIP | Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| CISA | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency |
| CME | coronal mass ejection |
| CRISP | Cyber Risk Information Sharing Program |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DBT | design basis threat |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DPCD | digital protective control device |
| E-ISAC | Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
| EMP | electromagnetic pulse |
| EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| GIC | geomagnetically induced current |
| GMD | geomagnetic disturbance |
| HEMP | high-altitude electromagnetic pulse |
| ICS | Industrial Control System |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ISER | Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration |
| IT | information technology |
| NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NRECA | National Rural Electric Cooperative Association |
| OT | operational technology |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| PPP | public-private partnership |
| R&D | research and development |
| SCADA | supervisory control and data acquisition |
| STEP | Spare Transformer Equipment Program |
| UTC | Utilities Technologies Council |