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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Electricity Use in Rural and Islanded Communities: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23539.
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Acronyms

ACEEE American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
ACEP Alaska Center for Energy and Power
AVEC Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
BESS Battery Energy Storage System
DG distributed generation
DOE Department of Energy
EPB Electric Power Board
GE General Electric
GMP Green Mountain Power
GWh gigawatt hour
ISO independent system operator
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatt hour
MW megawatt
MWh megawatt hour
NHEC New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
PEV plug-in electric vehicle
QER Quadrennial Energy Review
SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
SDG&E San Diego Gas and Electric
RPS renewable portfolio standard
RUS Rural Utilities Service
RUS-EECLP Rural Utilities Service Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program
TOU time-of-use
VELCO Vermont Electric Power Company
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Electricity Use in Rural and Islanded Communities: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23539.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Electricity Use in Rural and Islanded Communities: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23539.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Electricity Use in Rural and Islanded Communities: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23539.
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On behalf of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) Task Force, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop on February 8-9, 2016, titled "Electricity Use in Rural and Islanded Communities." The objective of the workshop was to help the QER Task Force public outreach efforts by focusing on communities with unique electricity challenges. The workshop explored challenges and opportunities for reducing electricity use and associated greenhouse gas emissions while improving electricity system reliability and resilience in rural and islanded communities. This report summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

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