| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition | DG | Distributed Generation |
| SGs | Smart Grids | DER | Distributed Energy Resource |
| IED | Smart Electronic Device | HEMS | Home Energy Management Systems |
| IoT | Internet of Things | I-Energy | Integrated-Energy |
| ToU | Time of Use | ACP | Active Consumer Participation |
| VPP | Virtual Power Plant | Pros (ϕ) | Prosumer Energy |
| VPSs | Virtual Power Stations | Erse | Charging stations |
| SG 2.0s | Multi-Agent Systems | HEMS | Home Energy Management System |
| AMI | Advanced Metering Infrastructure | EEA | Energy Efficiency/conservation Agent |
| DRA | Demand Response Agent | TOUA | Time Of Use Agent |
| LSA | Load shifting Agent | SHA | Smart Home Agent |
| SMA | Meter Agents | GNSS | Global Satellite Navigation System |
| PBNM | Uniform Communication Standard BNM | GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| UC | User Comfort | ADLs | Daily Activities |
| AWT | Average Waiting Time | HEMS_OST | Operation schedule time |
| PAR | Peak-to-Average Ratio | HEMS_ODA | Operation duration for activity |
| ϕ | Scheduling time horizon | SHES_OST | Scheduling Time |
| SPEED | Sequence Prediction via Enhanced Episode Disco | PESM | Prosumer Energy Sharing and Management |
| PAg | Smart meter information shows how Prosumer | DSM | Demand-Side Management |
| FIPA | Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents | JADE | Java Agent Development Framework |
| JIAC | Java-based Intelligent Agent Component ware | AgSpr | Intelligent Agents SPRINGS |
| JACK | Intelligent Agents | AgTra | Intelligent Agents Tracy |
| JADEX | Intelligent Agents | AgServ | Intelligent Agent Service |
| SGNM | Smart Grid Network Management | PCGs | Prosumer Community Groups |
| MAL | Microgrid Agents Layer | DAGL | DER Agents Layer |
| PAL | Prosumer Agents Layer | CAL | Component agent Layer |
| LLAL | Loads Layer agents Layer | SGFH | Fault Handling |
| SGCM | SG Configuration Management | SGPM | SG Perfermance Management |
| PMDC | PM Data Collection | PMSG | PM Statics Generation |
| DDAM | Device Direct for Access Management | PMTG | PM Trend Generation |
| DMSDU | DM Smart Devices Upgarding | DMTA | DM Time Alignments |
| ICMPS | IC Multi-Protocol Support | ICMVS | Multi-Vendor Support |
| ICWSS | IC Web Services Support | FHSM | FH Status Management |
| FHECRT | FH Event Collection Real Time | FHTM | FH Threshold Management |
| FHRA | FH Root Analysis | FHAA | FH Automatic Actuations |
| PSP | Power Service Provider | SME | Small-to-Medium-Enterprises |
| IEA | International Energy Agency | LEP | Lumin Energy Project |
| ProG | Prosumer Groups | CHP | Combined Heat and Power |
| LCOE | Levelized Energy Cost | ESA | Energy System Analyses |
| MPS | Market Participation Strategy | CPGs | Community Prosumer Groups |
| ProM | Prosumer Market Design | ProA | Prosumer Alliances |
| ProSG | Prosumer smart Grid | ProE | Prosumer Engagement |
| ProSET | Prosumer Social Economical and Technological | ProM | Prosumer Management |
| ProGM | Prosumer Goals and Motivations | PMC | Prosumer Management Class |
| PEC | Prosumer Engagement Class | ESS | Energy Storage Systems |
| ProPO | Prosumer Production-Oriented | ProCO | Prosumer Consumer-Oriented |
| EGC | Energy Generation Company | HESS | Home Energy Storage System |
| BESS | Building Energy Storage System | EVCS | Electric Vehicle Charging Station |
| GEV | Green Electric Vehicle | PSH | Prosumer Smart Home |
| PSB | Prosumer Smart Buildings | SEC | Solar Energy Company |
| PES | Prices of Electricity Sold | WPGC | Wind Power Generation Company |
| BSSLC | BSS with Large Capacity | HDSM | Home Demand-Side Management |
| DR | Demand Response | WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service | MDL | Maximum Demand Limit |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | PLC | Power Line Communication |
| PEM | Prosumer Energy Management | POT | Prosumer-Optimization Technique |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm | PMILP | Prosumer Mixed Integer Linear Programming |
| PGA | Prosumer Genetic Algorithm | PPSO | Prosumer Particle swarm optimization |
| PSO | Particle Swarm Optimization | IES | Information Engine Services |
| PLP | Prosumer Linear programming | PILP | Prosumer Integer Linear Programming |
| DGs | Decentralized Generators | LP | Linear programming |
| PPGL | Prosumer Power Grid Level | ICTL | Prosumer Information and communication technology Level |
| PML | Prosumer management Level | PBL | Prosumer Business Level |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network | AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| 5G | Fifth-generation wireless | BEM | Blockchain Energy Management |
| BSS | Building Storage System | DSOs | Distribution System Operators |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol | X25 | Packet Switching Protocol |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |