Common Acronyms in Energy

 AC alternating current

AGC automatic generation control

BA balancing area

Btu British thermal unit

CAISO California ISO

CREZ Competitive Renewable Energy Zones

CSP concentrating solar thermal power plants

DC direct current

EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration

ELCC effective load-carrying capability

EPACT 1992 Energy Policy Act of 1992

ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas

EWITS Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement

HVDC high-voltage direct current

Hz Hertz

ISO Independent System Operator

kW kilowatt

kWh kilowatt-hour

LMPs locational marginal prices

LOLE loss-of-load expectation

LOLP loss-of-load probability

MISO Midwest ISO

MW megawatt

MWh megawatt-hour

NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation

NYISO New York ISO

PJM Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland RTO

PV photovoltaic

RE Futures Renewable Electricity Futures Study

ReEDS Regional Energy Deployment Systems

RSG reserve-sharing group

RTO Regional Transmission Organization

WWSIS Western Wind and Solar Integration Study


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