| COO | chief operating officer; cost of ownership [analysis] |
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| CPPD | calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition [syndrome]; cisplatin; cost per patient day |
| CQMS | cost quality management system |
| CUA | cost-utility analysis [ratio] |
| ECR | effectiveness-cost ratio; electrocardiographic response; emergency care research; emergency chemical... |
| least cost planning | (integrated resource planning) A method of power planning that recognises load uncertainty, embodies an emphasis on risk management, and reviews all available and reliable resources to meet future loads. It takes into consideration all costs of a resource, including capital, labour, fuel, maintenance, decommissioning, known environmental impacts, and the difficulty in quantifying the consequences of selecting one resource over another. Least cost planning seeks to minimise total energy costs. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| levelised life-cycle cost | The present value of the cost of a resource, including capital, financing and operating costs, expressed as a stream of equal annual payments. This stream of payments can be converted to a unit cost of energy by dividing the annual payment amount by the annual kilowatt-hours produced or saved. By levelizing costs, resources with different lifetimes and generating capabilities can be compared. (05 Dec 1998) |