Glossary
AI
artificial intelligence
B
billion
Bcf/day (or Bcf/d)
billion cubic feet per day
CAGR
compound annual growth rate
CAISO
California Independent System Operator
CAA
Clean Air Act
CEQ
Council on Environmental Quality
CWA
Clean Water Act
DER
distributed energy resource
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOI
U.S. Department of the Interior
EA
environmental assessment
EEI
Edison Electric Institute
EF
exaflop (one quintillion FLOPS)
EIS
environmental impact statement
EIA
U.S. Energy Information Administration
EO
executive order
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
ERCOT
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
EV
electric vehicle
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FLOPS
floating point operations per second
GPU
graphics processing unit
GW
gigawatt
ISO
independent system operator
ISO-NE
ISO New England
K
thousand
kW
kilowatt
M
million
MISO
Midcontinent Independent System Operator
MW
megawatt
MWh
megawatt-hour
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
NERC
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation
NPR
National Public Radio
NYISO
New York Independent System Operator
O&M
operating and maintenance
PG&E
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
PJM
PJM Interconnection LLC
PPA
power purchase agreement
PUC
public utilities commission
RFP
request for proposal
RTO
regional transmission organization
SPP
Southwest Power Pool
T
trillion
T&D
transmission and distribution