AC | alternating current |
ACM | adaptive constrained model |
AGC | automatic generation control |
AGM | Adaptive Generator Model |
AHU | air handling unit |
AIMMS | Advanced Interactive Multidimensional Modeling System |
AS | ancillary service |
BPA | Bonneville Power Authority |
CAE | control area expansion |
CBP | cost-based pool |
CO | commercial operation |
COP | current operating plan |
DA | day ahead |
DC | direct current |
DD | duration-differentiated |
DER | distributed energy resource |
DMS | distribution management system |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DP | dynamic priority |
DR | demand response |
DSO | distribution system operator |
EFOR | equivalent forced outage rate |
EHV | extra high voltage |
EIA | Energy Information Administration |
EMS | energy management system |
EPRI | Electric Power Research Institute |
ESCAPE | European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects |
FACTS | flexible alternating current transmission system |
FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FTR | financial transmission right |
GARPUR | Generally Accepted Reliability Principle with Uncertainty Modelling and through Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
GBM | geometric Brownian motion |
GCA | generation control application |
GSU | generator step-up unit |
HVAC | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
HVDC | high-voltage direct-current |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ISO | independent system operator |
IT SCED | intermediate security constrained economic dispatch |
LLDF | longest leftover duration first |
LMP | locational marginal pricing |
LNG | liquefied natural gas |
LP | linear programming |
LR | Lagrangian relaxation |
LV | low voltage |
M&V | modeling and verification |
MC | market control |
MCE | market clearing engine |
MCP | marginal clearing price |
MDB | market database |
MIP | mixed-integer programming |
MISO | Midcontinent Independent System Operator |
MMS | market management system |
MOI | market operator interface |
MPI | Market Participant Index |
MSS | Market Settlements Subcommittee |
MV | medium voltage |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NEI | Nuclear Energy Institute |
NEM | National Electricity Market |
NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
OE | Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (within the Department of Energy) |
PDE | partial differential equation |
PDR | price responsive demand |
PEV | plug-in electric vehicle |
PG&E | Pacific Gas and Electric |
PHEV | plug-in hybrid electric vehicle |
PMU | phasor measurement unit |
PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
PO | physical operation |
PPA | power purchase agreement |
PV | photovoltaic |
QoS | quality of service |
RIPS | Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Processes and Systems |
RPM | reliability pricing model |
RPS | renewable portfolio standard |
RT | real-time |
RT SCED | Real-Time Security Constrained Economic Dispatch |
RTDMS | Real Time Dynamics Monitoring System |
RTP | real-time pricing |
SB | sequential bidding |
SCADA | supervisory control and data acquisition |
SCUC | security-constrained unit commitment |
SFT | simultaneous feasibility test |
SOC | service organization control |
SPP | Southwest Power Pool |
SVM | support vector machine |
T&D | transmission and distribution |
TSO | transmission system operator |
UDS | unit dispatching system |
VFD | variable frequency drive |
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