| A |
AAC - Acceptable
ambient concentration
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AC - Alternating
current
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ACOE - Army
Corps of Engineers
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AFBC - Atmospheric
fluidized bed combustion
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AFC - Allowance
for funds used during construction
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ANR Program
- ANR Pipeline Company
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ANSI - American
National Standards Institute
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APPA - American
Public Power Association
|
AWWA - American
Water Works Association
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| B |
BACT - Best
available control technology
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BER - Bureau
of Endangered Resources
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BMP - Best Management
Practices
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BPA - Bonneville
Power Administration
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| C |
CAAA - Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990
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CBOD - Carbonaceous
biochemical oxygen demand
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CC - Coal combustion
|
CCCT - Combined-cycle
combustion turbine
|
CCHP - Combined
cooling, heating and power systems
|
CfD - Contract
for differences
|
CCR - Consumer
Confidence Report
|
CCT - Clean
coal technology
|
CH4 - Methane
|
CLEC - Competitive
local exchange company
|
CMP - Construction
and mitigation plan
|
CO - Carbon
monoxide
|
CO2 - Carbon
dioxide
|
COS - Carbonyl
sulfide
|
CPCN - Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity.
|
CPE - Customer
premises Equipment
|
CSS - Chloride-scrubbing
system
|
CT - Combustion
turbine
|
CTH - County
trunk highway
|
CWIP - Construction
work in progress
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| D |
DATCP - Department
of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
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DB - Decibels.
|
DC - Direct
current
|
DCF - Discounted
cash flow
|
DG - Distributed
generation
|
DLN - Dry low
NOx.
|
DNR - Department
of Natural Resources
|
DoC - Duration
of curtailment
|
DOE - U.S. Department
of Energy
|
DOT- Department
of Transportation
|
DSM - Demand-side
management
|
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| E |
EAS - Extended
area service
|
EEI - Edison
Electric Institute
|
EIA - U.S. Energy
Information Administration
|
EIS - Environmental
Impact Statement
|
ELCON - Electricity
Consumers Resources Council
|
ELF - Extremely
Low Frequency
|
EMF - Electromagnetic
field
|
EMS - Energy
management system
|
EOH - Equivalent
operating hours
|
EPA - U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
|
EPAct - Energy
Policy Act of 1992
|
EPRI - Electric
Power Research Institute
|
ESP - Electrostatic
precipitators
|
EWAG - Exempt
wholesale generators
|
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| F |
FAC - Fuel adjustment
clause
|
FASB - Financial
Accounting Standards Board
|
FC - Annualized
fixed cost of a peaker unit
|
FEIS - Final
environmental impact statement
|
FEMA - Federal
Emergency Management Agency
|
FERC - Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
|
FGD - Flue gas
desulphurization
|
FIRM - Flood
Insurance Rate Map
|
FPA - Federal
Power Act of 1935
|
FPC - Federal
Power Commission
|
FS - Factor
of safety.
|
FTC - Federal
Trade Commission
|
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| G |
GAMA - Gas Appliance
Manufacturers Association
|
GCRMs - Gas
cost recovery mechanisms
|
GHG - Greenhouse
gases
|
GIS - Geographic
information systems
|
GISB- Gas Industry
Standards Board
|
GRI - Gas Research
Institute
|
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| H |
H2 - Hydrogen
|
HAP - Hazardous
air pollutant
|
HCI - Hydrochloric
acid
|
HDPE - High-density
polyethylene
|
HHV - High heating
value
|
HP - High-pressure
|
HRSG - Heat
recovery steam generator
|
H2S - Hydrogen
sulfide
|
HTHRU - High-temperature
heat-recovery unit
|
|
|
| I |
ICAP - Installed
capacity
|
IGCC - Integrated
gasified combined cycle plants
|
IOU - Investor-owned
utilities
|
IPP - Independent
power producers
|
ISDN - Integrated
services digital network
|
ISO - Independent
system operator
|
ISP - Internet
service provider
|
ITC - Independent
transmission companies
Independent telephone company
|
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| J |
No Listing at this time
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| K |
No Listing at this time
|
|
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| L |
LAN - Local
area network
|
LATAs - Local
access and transport areas
|
LDC- Local distribution
company
|
LDU - Local
distribution utility
|
LEC - Local
exchange company
|
LEPC - Local
emergency planning coordinator
|
LIHEAP - Low
Income Home Energy Assistsance Program
|
LNB - Low NOx
burners
|
LNG - Liquefied
natural gas
|
LOLE - Loss
of load expectation
|
LOLP - Loss
of load probability
|
LP - Low-pressure
|
LSE - Load-serving
entity
|
LTHRU - Low-temperature
heat-recovery unit
|
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|
| M |
MAAC- Mid-Atlantic
Coordinating Council
|
MACT - Maximum
achievable control technology
|
MAOP - Maximum
allowable operating pressure
|
MCP - Market-clearing
price
|
MDQ - Maximum
daily quantity
|
MSDS - Material
safety data sheets
|
MSW - Municipal
solid waste
|
MUNI - Municipally
owned utility
|
MW - Megawatt
|
MWh - Megawatt
hour
|
|
|
| N |
NAAWS - National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
|
NARUC - National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
|
NASUCA - National
Association of Utility Consumer Advocates
|
NATA - North
American Telecommunications Association
|
NCSL - National
Conference of State Legislatures
|
NECA - National
Exchange Carriers Association
|
NEPA - National
Environmental Policy Act
|
NERC - North
American Electric Reliability Council
|
NESC - National
Electric Safety Code
|
NEV - Neutral
to earth voltage
|
NETL - National
Energy Technology Laboratory
|
NGCC - Natural
gas combined cycle
|
NH3 - Ammonia
|
NHPA - National
Historic Preservation Act
|
NID - Network
interface device
|
NIEHS- National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
|
NOI - Notice
of inquiry
|
NOPR - Notice
of proposed rulemaking
|
NOx- Nitrogen
oxides
|
NRC - Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
|
NRCS - Natural
Resources Conservation Service
|
NRTC - National
Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
|
NSPS - New Source
Performance Standards
|
NTS - Non-traffic-sensitive
costs
|
NUG - Non-utility
generator
|
|
|
| O |
O2 - Oxygen
|
O&M - Operation
and maintenance
|
OWS - Oil/water
separator
|
|
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| P |
PAR - Phase
angle regulator
|
PBF - Public
benefits fee
|
PBR - Performance-based
regulation
|
PC - Pulverized
coal
|
PCBs - Polychlorinated
biphenyls
|
PCC - Pulverized
coal combustion
|
PCR - Price-cap
regulation
|
PFBC - Pressured
fluidized bed combustion
|
PGA- Purchased
gas adjustment
|
pH - Acidity
|
PM - Particulate
matter
|
POLR - Provider
of last resort; service provider in the event of market
|
POTS - Plain
old telephone service
|
POU - Publicly-owned
utility
|
PPA - Purchased
power adjustment
|
PSC - Public
Service Commission
|
PSD - Prevention
of significant deterioration
|
PSS - Power
system stabilizer
|
PTC - Production
tax credit.
|
PUC - Public
Utilities Commission
|
PUHCA - Public
Utility Holding Company Act
|
PURPA - Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act
|
PWR - Pressurized
water reactor
|
|
|
| Q |
QF - Qualifying
Facility
|
|
|
| R |
RAPID - Research
and Public Information Dissemination
|
RDF - Refuse-derived
fuel
|
REA - Rural
Electrification Administration
|
REP - Retail
electric provider
|
REPS- Rural
Electric Power Services
|
RMS - Reliability
Management System
|
ROR - Rate of
Return
|
ROW- Right-of-way
|
RPC - Rational
price cap
|
RPS - Renewable
portfolio standard
|
RTG - Regional
Transmission Group
|
| RTO - Regional
Transmission Organization |
|
|
| S |
SACTI - Seasonal
annual cooling tower plume impact
|
SAMP - Special
area management plan
|
SCR - Selective
catalytic reduction
|
SDWA - Safe
Drinking Water Act of 1974, 1986 & 1996
|
SIL - Significant
impact level
|
SO - System
operator
|
SO2 - Sulfur
dioxide
|
SOx - Sulphur
oxides
|
SRU - Sulfur-recovery
unit
|
STH - State
trunk highway
|
SUB - Suburban
|
|
|
| T |
TDDs- Telecommunications
devices for the deaf
|
TOP- Take-or-pay
costs
|
TOU- Time-of-Use
|
TSO - Transmission
system operator
|
TSP - Total
suspended particulates
|
TSS - Total
suspended solids
|
|
|
| U |
UPS - Uninterruptible
power supply
|
USFWS - U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
|
USTA - United
State Telephone Association
|
|
|
| V |
VIU - Vertically-integrated
utility
|
VOC - Volatile
organic compounds
|
VoLL - Value
of lost load
|
|
|
| W |
WATS - Wide
area telecommunications service
|
WEPA - Wisconsin
Environmental Policy Act
|
WPDES - Wisconsin
Pollution Discharge Elimination System
|
WWI - Wisconsin
Wetland Inventory
|
|
|
| X |
No Listing at this time
|
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| Y |
No Listing at this time
|
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| Z |
No Listing at this time
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