Thinking about this more.
First, I can imagine Work as a sort of Sheldon-ism (Big Bang Theory): Leonard and Sheldon are standing atop a building watching a huge tsunami bear down on them. Leonard says “Gosh, the sheer power of that wave…” and Sheldon is like “actually, the total amount of Work it will end up doing is far more impressive”.
Getting more serious now, it’s interesting that Work and Energy are actually the same units (joules). Energy is basically the “capacity to do Work”. This makes a lot of sense in terms of what a dramatic circuit is supplying to the rest of the story – setting up the capacity for something to happen, for further conflict. So another term that could be used in place of Power is Energy – and the quad would be PRCE.
Coincidentally, the E would also match up to effect in the “effect of a process” definition.