C
Acronyms
AC alternating current
AMP Automatic Mitigation Procedures
AVOC annual variable operating cost
BWR boiling water reactor
C&D constructing and demolition
CAA Clean Air Act
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule
CC combined cycle
CDW construction and demolition waste
CHP combined heat and power
CIPP Commercial and Industrial Performance Program
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
ConEd Consolidated Edison
CPU central processing unit
CRPP Comprehensive Reliability Planning Process
CSP curtailment service provider
CT combustion turbine
DC direct current
DER distributed energy resource
DG distributed generation
DOE Department of Energy
DR demand response
DSM demand-side management
EE energy efficiency
EESP energy efficiency service provider
EIA Energy Information Administration
EOL end of license
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERO Electric Reliability Organization
ESP electrostatic precipitator/precipitation
ETP Enabling Technologies Program
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FF fabric filter
FGD flue-gas desulfurization
FO2 No. 2 (distillate oil)
FO6 No. 6 (residual oil)
GAP Gap Analysis Program (U.S. Geological Survey)
GE General Electric International
GHG greenhouse gas
Hg mercury
HHV higher heating value
HVAC high-voltage alternating current; or heating, ventilating, air conditioning (Chapter 2 only)
HVDC high-voltage direct current
IC internal combustion
ICAP installed capacity
ICR installed capacity requirement
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
IOU investor owned utility
IP2 Indian Point Unit 2
IP3 Indian Point Unit 3
IPP independent power producer
IRM installed reserve margin
ISO-NE independent system operator-New England
LBMP locational-based marginal pricing
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LCOE levelized cost of energy
LED light-emitting diode
LHV Lower Hudson Valley
LI Long Island
LICAP locational installed capacity
LIPA Long Island Power Authority
LNG liquefied natural gas
LOLE loss-of-load expectation
LSE load serving entity
MAAC Mid-Atlantic Area Council (reliability council)
MAPS Multi-Area Production Simulation
MARS Multi-Area Reliability Simulation
MDEA methyl diethanol amine
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSW municipal solid waste
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NE New England
NERC North American Electric Reliability Council
NG natural gas
NGCC natural gas combined cycle
NOx nitrogen oxide
NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council
NRC National Research Council
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
N-S north-south
NYC New York City
NYCA New York Control Area
NYDEC New York Department of Environmental Conservation
NYISO New York Independent System Operator
NYMex New York Mercantile Exchange
NYPA New York Power Authority
NYPSC New York Public Service Commission
NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
NYSRC New York State Reliability Council
O3 ozone
O&M operation and maintenance
PC pulverized coal
PJM Pennsylvania Jersey Maryland (regional transmission organization)
PLRP Peak Load Reduction Program
PM particulate matter
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PSEG Public Service Electric and Gas
PUC public utility commission
PV photovoltaic, photovoltaics
PWR pressurized water reactor
REAP Residential Energy Affordability Program
REPIS Renewable Plant Information System
RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
RMR Reliability-Must-Run
RNA Reliability Needs Assessment
ROS rest of state
RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard
SBC Systems Benefit Charge
SCPC supercritical pulverized coal
SCR Special Case Resource; selective catalytic reduction
SHW solar hot water
SO2 sulfur dioxide
SOx sulfur oxide
SPDES State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
SVC static VAR compensator
TO transmission owner
UCAP unforced capacity
UDR Unforced Delivery Rights (transmission capacity)
UPNY-SENY Upstate New York-Southeast New York (transmission interface)
U.S. NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
VOC volatile organic compound; variable operating cost
VOLL value of lost load
WESP wet electrostatic precipitator/precipitation