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Acronyms
ACE | area control error |
ACOPF | alternating current, optimal power flow |
AEMO | Australian Energy Market Operator |
AGC | automatic generation control |
AMI | advanced metering infrastructure |
ARPA-E | Advanced Research Products Agency-Energy |
ARRA | (U.S.) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009) |
ASO | Ancillary Services Operator |
AVR | automatic voltage regulator |
BMSA | Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications |
BPA | Bonneville Power Administration |
CA | contingency analysis |
CAISO | California Independent System Operator |
CCVT | coupled capacitive voltage transformer |
CEII | Critical Energy Infrastructure Information |
CIP | critical infrastructure protection |
ConEdison | Consolidated Edison |
CT | current transformer |
∆-connected | delta-connected |
DA | data assimilation |
DAE | differential algebraic equation |
DER | Direct Energy Resources |
DFIG | doubly fed inductions generator |
DOE | Department of Energy |
dPIN | double Pareto-log normal (distribution) |
DS | dynamic stability |
DSO | Distribution System Operator |
EMP | electromagnetic pulse |
EMS | Energy Management System |
EP | equilibrium point |
E-Pro | electric grid protection |
ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas |
EV | electric vehicle |
FACTS | Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems |
FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FPC | Federal Power Commission |
FTR | financial transmission right |
GENI | Global Energy Network Institute |
GIC | geomagnetically induced current |
GMD | geomagnetic disturbance |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GW | gigawatt |
HEMP | high-altitude electromagnetic pulse |
HILF | high impact, low frequency |
HVDC | high-voltage direct current |
Hz | hertz |
iBA | intelligent Balancing Authority |
ICAP | installed capacity |
ICT | information and communication technology |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ISO | Independent System Operator |
ISO-NE | ISO New England |
IT SCED | intermediate-term security-constrained economic dispatch |
KCL | Kirchhoff’s current law |
kV | kilovolt |
LFC | load frequency control |
LMP | locational marginal cost |
LOLP | loss of load probability |
LP | linear programming |
LPC | locational pricing calculator |
LTC | load tap-changing |
MCRN | Mathematics Climate Research Network |
MINLP | mixed-integer nonlinear programming |
MIP | mixed-integer programming |
MISO | Midcontinent ISO |
MPC | model predictive control |
Mvar | megavar |
MVA | megavolt-ampere |
MW/MWh | megawatt |
NAPSIC | North American Power Systems Interconnection Committee |
NDA | nondisclosure agreement |
NEM | National Electricity Market |
NEPSRC | National Electric Power Systems Research Center |
NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
NR | Newton-Raphson (method) |
NRC | National Research Council |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NYISO | New York Independent Systems Operator |
ODE | ordinary differential equation |
OPF | optimal power flow |
P | power |
PC | polynomial chaos (expansion) |
PID | proportional integral derivative |
PJM | Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, LLC |
PMU | phasor measurement unit |
PSERC | Power Systems Engineering Research Center |
PSS | power system stabilizer |
PT | potential transformer |
PTDF | power transfer distribution factor |
PU | per unit |
PV | photovoltaic |
Q | Reactive Power |
QC | Quadratic Convex |
QCQP | Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Program |
RAS | Remedial Action Scheme |
RTCA | real-time contingency analysis |
RTO | Regional Transmission Organizations |
RT SCED | real-time security-constrained economic dispatch |
RTU | remote terminal unit |
SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
SciDAC | Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing |
SCOPF | security-constrained optimal power flow |
SCUC | security-constrained unit commitment |
SDE | stochastic differential equation |
SDP | semidefinite programming |
SE | state estimation |
SFT | simultaneous feasibility test |
SPD | scheduling, pricing, and dispatch |
SPP | Southwest Power Pool |
SPS | Special Protection System |
SQP | sequential quadratic programming |
SSCI | subsynchronous control instability |
SVC | static var compensator |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TCSC | thyristor-controlled series capacitor |
TEB | transient excitation boost |
TS | transient stability |
TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
TWh | terawatt |
V | voltage magnitude |
VSD | variable speed drive |
WAMS | wide-area measurement system |
WECC | Western Interconnection |
Y-connected | wye-connected |
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