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Glossary
BF: Blast furnace
BOF: Basic oxygen furnace
Btu: British thermal unit ts)
CPI: Consumer price index
DOE/EIA: U.S. Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration
DPI: Disposable private income
DRI: Direct-reduced iron
ECAR: East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement
ELI: Ed i son Elect r ic Inst itute
Electricity intensity: Electric energy per unit of economic output,
e. g ., kilowatt hours per dollar
Electrif ication: The adoption of processes and activities based on the
use of electricity
[:PRI: Electric Power Research Institute
ERCOT: Electric Reliability Council of Texas
GNP: Gross national product
GPO: Gross product or ig inating
GW: Gigawatt (s)
GWh: Gigawatt hour (s)
kW: Kilowatt (s)
kWh: Kilowatt hour (s)
MAAC: Mid-Atlant ic Area Counc it
MAIN: Mid-America Interpool Network
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MAPP: Mid-Cont inent Area Power Pool
MIT: Massachusetts Inst itute of Technology
MW: Megawatt~s)
MWh: Megawatt hour~s)
NAS: National Academy of Sciences
NBECS: National Building Energy Consumption Survey
NERC: National Electric Reliability Council
NPCC: Northeast Power Coordinating Council
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OTA: Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress
PO&E: Pac if ic Gas and Electric Company
PPI: Producer pr ice index
Product ivity:
Output per unit of input
PURPA: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
SERC: Southeastern Electric Reliability Council
Slope: The ratio of vertical change to horizontal change i n going along
a line. Slope measures the steepness with which a line is inclined to
the horizontal axis
SPP: Southwest Power Pool
USEIA: U.S. Energy Information Administration
W: Watt (s)
SCC: Western Systems Coordinating Council
Representative terms from entire chapter:
electric reliability
