AgG	Aggregation
AMI	Advanced metering infrastructure
AVISPA	Automated validation of internet security protocols and applications
BAN	Building area network
BLH	Battery-based load hiding
BP	Bilinear paring
CC	Control centre
CCO	Computation and communication overhead
CDH	Computational diffie-Hellman
CH	Cluster head
CO	Computation overhead
CoO	Communication overhead
CoS	Cost saving
CS	Charging station
DP	Differential privacy
DR	Demand response
EMU	Energy management unit
Enc	Encryption
ETD	Energy theft detection
EV	Electric vehicle
HAN	Home area network
HE	Homomorphic encryption
HT	Hypothesis testing
HVAC	Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
LA	Local aggregator
MI	Mutual information
MPC	Model predictive controller
MRPL	Maximum reported peak load
NAN	Neighbouring area network
NILM	Non-intrusive load monitoring
NTRU	Number theory research unit
OLE	Onion-level encryption
PLC	Power line communication
PPN	Privacy-preserving nodes
RB	Rechargeable battery
Ref	Reference
RES	Renewable energy sources
RMSE	Root mean square error
ROR	Real-or-random model
RTU	Remote terminal unit
SD	Statistical distance
SDN	Software-defined network
SG	Smart grid
SM	Smart meter
SoC	State of charge
SQL	Structured query language
TS	Time slot
TTP	Trusted third party
UP	Utility provider
VAS	Value added services
VB	Vehicle battery
WAN	Wide area network
ZKP	Zero-knowledge proofs