Acronyms and Abbreviations

ac alternating current G giga (109)

ACE area control error GAO U.S. Government Accountability
AGC automatic generation control Office
AMI advanced metering infrastructure GW gigawatts
AMR automatic meter reading GWh gigawatt hours
BEV battery electric vehicle HAN home-area network
CAES compressed air energy storage HEV hybrid electric vehicle
CEUD consumer electricity usage data HTSC high-temperature superconductor
CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection HVDC high-voltage direct current
CIS customer information system Hz hertz
CREZ Competitive Renewable Energy ICT information and communications
Zone (Texas) technologies
CVR conservation voltage reduction IEEE Institute of Electrical and
dc direct current Electronics Engineers
DG distributed generation IOU investor-owned utility
DHS U.S. Department of Homeland IP internet protocol
Security ISO independent system operator
DLR dynamic line rating k kilo or thousand (103)
DMS distribution management system kV kilovolt
DOE U.S. Department of Energy kVA kilovolt-ampere
EEI Edison Electric Institute kVAR kilovolt-ampere reactive
EHV extra-high voltage kW kilowatt
EIA U.S. Energy Information kWh kilowatt-hour
Administration LAN local-area network
EMS energy management system M million (106)
ENTSO-E European Network of Transmission MDMS meter data management system
System Operators for Electricity MVA megavolt-ampere
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute MW megawatt
ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas MWh megawatt-hours
EV electric vehicle NERC North American Electric Reliability
FACTS flexible alternating current Corporation
transmission system NIETC National Interest Electric
FCC U.S. Federal Communications Transmission Corridor
Commission NIMBY not in my back yard
FCL fault current limiter NIST U.S. National Institute of Standards
FDIR fault detection, isolation, and and Technology
system restoration NOAA U.S. National Oceanic and
FERC U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Atmospheric Administration
Commission NWP numerical weather prediction
FIPP Fair Information Practice Ofgem U.K. Office of Gas and Electricity
Principles Markets
FTR financial transmission right OMS outage management systems

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 Pdc power output of a direct current TEPPC Transmission Expansion Planning
source Policy Committee of the Western
PHES pumped hydro energy storage Electricity Coordinating Council
PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle UTC Utilities Telecom Council
PII personally identifiable information V volt
PMU phasor measurement unit VA volt-ampere
PUC public utility commission VAR volt-ampere reactive
PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policies VER variable energy resource
Act of 1978 VSC voltage source convertor
PV photovoltaic W watt
PWC U.S. Power and Energy Engineering WAMS wide-area measurement system
Workforce Collaborative WAN wide-area network
RETI Renewable Energy Transmission Wdc rated maximum output power
Initiative (California) of a direct current source
rms root-mean-square
RNM reference network model
RPI Retail Price Index (UK)
RTO regional transmission organization
RTU remote terminal unit
SAIDI system average interruption
duration index
SCADA supervisory control and data
acquisition
SGDP Smart Grid Demonstration
Projects
SGIG Smart Grid Investment Grants
SIPS system integrity protection scheme
SPP Southwest Power Pool
SVC static volt-ampere reactive
compensator

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