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Wind Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACE area control error
AEO Annual Energy Outlook
AEP American Electric Power
AEP Average Energy Production
AGATE Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments
AGC automatic generation control
ALA American Lung Association
AMA American Medical Association
API American Petroleum Institute
APPA American Public Power Association
ATTU Annual Turbine Technology Update
AWEA American Wind Energy Association
AWST AWS Truewind
BACI before-and-after-control impact
Berkeley Lab Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BOP Balance of Plant (everything except the turbine)
BPA Bonneville Power Administration
BSH Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie
BTM BTM Consult ApS Btu British thermal unit
BWEC Bat and Wind Energy Cooperative
CAA Clean Air Act
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAISO California Independent System Operator
CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule
CapX 2020 Capacity Expansion Plan for 2020
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CDEAC Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee
CEC California Energy Commission
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CESA Clean Energy States Alliance
CF capacity factor
CFRP carbon filament-reinforced plastic
CNV California/Nevada
CO2 carbon dioxide
Coal-IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle coal plants
Coal-new new pulverized coal plants
COD commercial operation date
COE cost of energy
CREZ Competitive Renewable Energy Zones
CT combustion turbine
dB decibels
DEA Danish Energy Authority
DEIS draft environmental impact statement
DOD U.S. Department of Defense
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOI U.S. Department of Interior
DWT distributed wind technology
ECAR East Central Area Reliability Coordinating Agreement
EEI Edison Electric Institute
EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EFTA European Free Trade Agreement
EIA Energy Information Administration
EIR environmental impact review
EIS environmental impact statement
ELCC effective load-carrying capability
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPAct Energy Policy Act
EPC engineering, procurement, and construction
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas
ERO Electric Reliability Organization
EU European Union EUI Energy Unlimited Inc.
EWEA European Wind Energy Association
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FACTS flexible AC transmission system
FEIR final environmental impact report
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FL Florida
FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
FTE full-time equivalent
GaAs gallium arsenide
Gas-CC combined cycle natural gas plants
Gas-CT gas combustion turbine
GE General Electric International
GHG greenhouse gas
GIS geographic information system
GRP glass fiber-reinforced-plastic
GS3C Grassland/Shrub-Steppe Species Collaborative
GVW gross vehicle weight
GW gigawatt
GWh gigawatt-hour
Hg mercury
HSIL high-surge impedance-loading (transmission line)
HVDC high-voltage direct current Hz hertz
IEA International Energy Agency
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
IOU investor-owned utility
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRP integrated resource planning
ISET Institute for Solar Energy Technology (Institut für Solare Energieversorgungstechnik)
ISO independent system operator
ISO-NE ISO New England
ITC investment tax credit
JEDI Jobs and Economic Development Impact (model)
kg kilogram
km2 square kilometers
kV kilovolt
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatt-hour
lb pound
LC levelized cost
LDC load duration curve
LIDAR light detection and ranging
LLC Limited Liability Company
LNG liquefied natural gas
LOLP loss of load probability
m meter
m2 square meter
MAAC Mid-Atlantic Area Council
MACRS Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System
MAIN Mid-American Interconnected Network
MAPP Mid-Continent Area Power Pool
Midwest ISO Midwest Independent System Operator
MMBtu million British thermal units
MMS Minerals Management Service
MMTCE million metric tons of carbon equivalent
MNDOC Minnesota Department of Commerce
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MRO Midwest Reliability Organization
MTEP MISO Transmission Expansion Plan
MVA megavolt amperes
MW megawatt
MWh megawatt-hour
MW-mile megawatt-mile
NAICS North American Industrial Classification System
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCEP National Commission on Energy Policy
NE New England
NEMS National Energy Modeling System
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NESCAUM Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
NGOs nongovernmental organizations nm nautical mile
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOI notice of intent NOx nitrogen oxides
NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council
NPV net present value
NRC National Research Council
NRECA National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NSTC National Science and Technology Council
NWCC National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
NWF National Wildlife Federation
NWS National Weather Service
NY New York
NYISO New York Independent System Operator
NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
O3 ozone O&M operations and maintenance
OE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
OCS Outer Continental Shelf
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PBF Public Benefits Fund
PGE Portland General Electric
PJM Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection
PMA Power Marketing Administration
PNM Public Service Company of New Mexico
POI point of interconnection
PPA power purchase agreement
PSE Puget Sound Energy
PTC production tax credit
PUC Public Utility Commission
PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
QF qualifying or qualified facility
R&D research and development
RMA Rocky Mountain Area
RD&D research, development & demonstration
REC renewable energy credit
REPI Renewable Energy Production Incentive
REPP Renewable Energy Policy Project
RFC ReliabilityFirst Corporation
RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
RMATS Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study
RPS Renewable Portfolio Standards
RTO Regional Transmission Organization
s second
Sandia Sandia National Laboratories
SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
SEAC Strategic Energy Analysis Center
SEPA Southeastern Power Administration
SERC Southeastern Electric Reliability Council
SF6 sulfur hexafluoride (one of six greenhouse gases identified in the Kyoto Protocol)
SiC silicon carbide
SO2 sulfur dioxide
SODAR sonic detection and ranging
SOx sulfur oxides
SPP Southwest Power Pool
ST steam turbine
Std. Dev. standard deviation
SWPA Southwestern Power Administration
TRE Texas Regional Entity
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
TWh terawatt-hours
UCTE Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity
UKERC UK Energy Research Centre
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USCAP U.S. Climate Action Partnership
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFS U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
USFWS U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UWIG Utility Wind Integration Group
V volt VAR volt-ampere-reactive
W watt
WEST Western EcoSystems Technology
Western Western Area Power Administration (formerly WAPA)
WCI Western Climate Initiative
WECC Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WGA Western Governors’ Association
Wh watt-hour
WinDS Wind Energy Deployment System Model
WindPACT Wind Partnerships for Advanced Component Technology
WPA Wind Powering America
WRA Western Resource Advocates
WRCAI Western Regional Climate Action Initiative
WWG Wildlife Workgroup
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