Glossary
ACE Rule
Affordable Clean Energy Rule
Ass'n
Association
B
billion
BkWh
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
BPU
lignite
BSER
best system of emissions reduction
CAA
Clean Air Act
CAISO
California ISO
CCS
carbon capture and sequestration
CO2
carbon dioxide
Comm'n
Commission
CPP
Clean Power Plan
CT
combustion turbine
DER
distributed energy resources
DKK
Danish krone
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EEI
Edison Electric Institute
EHC
extreme hot and cold
EIA
U.S. Energy Information Administration
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERCOT
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
EV
electric vehicle
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GHG
greenhouse gas
GW
gigawatt
GWh
gigawatt-hour
IIJA
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
IOU
investor-owned utility
IRA
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
ISO
independent system operator
ISO-NE
ISO New England
IT
information technology
K
thousand
kg
kilogram
kWh
kilowatt-hour
lb.
pound(s)
LDC
local gas distribution company
M or mil.
million
MISO
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator
MMBtu
million British thermal units
MW
megawatt
MWh
megawatt-hour
NAESB
North American Energy Standards Board
NERC
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation
NYISO
New York ISO
O&M
operating and maintenance expense
PJM
PJM Interconnection LLC
PSC
public service commission
PtX
Power-to-X
PUC
public utility commission
PV
photovoltaic
RNG
renewable natural gas
ROE
return on equity
RTO
regional transmission organization
SEPA
Smart Electric Power Alliance
SNG
synthetic natural gas
SPP
Southwest Power Pool
T&D
transmission and distribution
TBTU
trillion British thermal units
therm
a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British
thermal units
TWh
terawatt-hours
USD
U.S. dollars
VPP
virtual power plant