Appendix E
Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACEEE |
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy |
AEE |
Advanced Energy Economy |
AEIC |
American Energy Innovation Council |
AEO |
Annual Energy Outlook |
AMI |
advanced metering infrastructure |
APPA |
American Public Power Association |
ARPA-E |
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy |
ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
BEETIT |
Building Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Thermodevices |
BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BNEF |
Bloomberg New Energy Finance |
Btu |
British thermal unit |
CAFE |
Corporate Average Fuel Economy |
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
CCS |
carbon capture and storage |
CCSP |
Climate Change Science Program |
CEER |
Council of European Energy Regulators |
CEIR |
Center for Integrative Environmental Research |
CES-21 |
California Electric Systems for the 21st Century |
CESP |
customer energy service provider |
CHP |
combined heat and power |
CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
COP21 |
21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
C-PACE |
commercial property assessed clean energy |
CPP |
Clean Power Plan |
CSP |
concentrating solar power |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DELTA |
Delivering Efficient Local Thermal Amenities |
DG |
distributed generation |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
DSM |
demand-side management |
DSO |
distribution system operator |
EAC |
electricity advisory committee |
EDA |
Economic Development Agency |
EEG |
Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (German Renewable Energy Sources Act) |
EEI |
Edison Electric Institute |
EERE |
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
EERS |
energy-efficiency resource standard |
EIA |
Energy Information Administration |
ELCON |
Electric Consumers Resource Council |
ELI |
Environmental Law Institute |
EOR |
enhanced oil recovery |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPACT |
Energy Policy Act of 2005 |
EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute |
ERCOT |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas |
ESCO |
energy service company |
ESPC |
energy savings performance contract |
ETIS |
energy technology innovation system |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
FEMP |
Federal Energy Management Program |
FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
FY |
fiscal year |
GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
GB |
Great Britain |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GENI |
Green Electricity Network Integration |
GHG |
greenhouse gas |
GPT |
general-purpose technology |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
GW |
gigawatt |
GWh |
gigawatt hours |
HECA |
Hydrogen Energy California Project |
HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HVAC |
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
HVDC |
high-voltage, direct current |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
ICC |
International Commerce Commission |
ICS-CERT |
Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team |
IDC |
intangible drilling cost |
IDDRI |
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations |
IEA |
International Energy Agency |
IECC |
Interventional Energy Conservation Code® |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IGCC |
integrated gasification (coal)-combined cycle |
IOU |
investor-owned electric company |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IRC |
Internal Revenue Code |
IRM |
Innovation Roll-out Mechanism |
IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
ISO |
independent system operator |
ITC |
investment tax credit |
kWh |
kilowatt hour |
LACE |
levelized avoided cost of electricity |
LBD |
learning by doing |
LBS |
learning by (re)searching |
LBW |
learning by waiting |
LCOE |
levelized cost of electricity |
LED |
light-emitting diode |
LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
LTC |
load tap changer |
LWR |
light water reactor |
MACRS |
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
MEPS |
minimum efficiency performance standards |
METI |
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) |
MHK |
marine hydrokinetic |
MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MLP |
master limited partnership |
MMBtu |
1 million British thermal units |
MMcf |
1 million cubic feet |
Mtpa |
million tons per annum |
MW |
megawatt |
MWh |
megawatt hour |
NAE |
National Academy of Engineering |
NAECA |
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act |
NAM |
National Academy of Medicine |
NAREIT |
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts |
NARUC |
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCRDS |
National Coal Resources Data System |
NEI |
Nuclear Energy Institute |
NEMS |
National Energy Modeling System |
NERC |
North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
NETL |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
NH3 |
ammonia |
NIA |
Network Innovation Allowance |
NIC |
Network Innovation Competition |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NMSS |
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
NNATCET |
National Network for Advancing Translational Clean Energy Technologies |
NNMI |
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation |
NOx |
oxide of nitrogen |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NREL |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
O&M |
operations and maintenance |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Ofgem |
Office of Gas and Electric Markets (United Kingdom) |
PAA |
Price-Anderson Act |
PACE |
property assessed clean energy |
PCAST |
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |
PLR |
private letter ruling |
PM |
particulate matter |
PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
PPA |
power purchase agreement |
PSERC |
Power Systems Engineering Research Center |
PTC |
production tax credit |
PV |
photovoltaic |
R&D |
research and development |
RAP |
Regulatory Assistance Project |
RD&D |
research, development, and demonstration |
REC |
renewable energy credit |
REIDI |
regional energy innovation and development institute |
REIT |
real estate investment trust |
REV |
“Reforming the Energy Vision” |
RFF |
Resources for the Future |
RFI |
request for information |
RIDF |
Regional Innovation Demonstration Fund |
RIIO |
Revenue set to deliver strong Incentives, Innovation and Outputs |
RNM |
reference network model |
RPS |
renewable portfolio standard |
RTO |
regional transmission organization |
SBA |
Small Business Administration |
SBIC |
Small Business Investment Company (program) |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SDSN |
Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
SEIA |
Solar Energy Industries Association |
SF6 |
sulfur hexafluoride |
SMR |
small modular reactor |
SOx |
oxide of sulfur |
SWITCHES |
Strategies for Wide-Bandgap, Inexpensive Transistors for Controlling High-Efficiency Systems |
TCEP |
Texas Clean Energy Project |
TRL |
technology readiness level |
U.S. NRC |
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
UESC |
utility energy service contract |
UN |
United Nations |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |