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Appendix F: Acronyms
Pages 155-156

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... Appendix F Acronyms AC alternating current AMI advanced metering infrastructure APS Arizona Public Services BPA Bonneville Power Administration C&I commercial and industrial CAISO California Independent System Operator CAP Civil Air Patrol CHP combined heat and power CIP critical infrastructure protection DC direct current DER distributed energy resource DES distributed energy storage DG distributed generation DHS Department of Homeland Security DMS distribution management system DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DR demand response DSO distribution system operator E-ISAC Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center EEI Edison Electric Institute EIA Energy Information Administration EIM Energy Imbalance Market EMP electromagnetic pulse EMS energy management system EPAct Energy Policy Act EPB Electric Power Board EPRI Electric Power Research Institute ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas ERD entity relationship diagram FAA Federal Aviation Administration FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FPA Federal Power Act 155
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... 156 ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE OF THE NATION'S ELECTRICITY SYSTEM GMD geomagnetic disturbance GMLC Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium GPS global positioning satellites GW gigawatt ICC Illinois Commerce Commission ICS industrial control system IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ISO independent system operator JCESR Joint Center for Energy Storage Research LOLP loss of load probability LPT large power transformer MAA mutual assistance agreement MW megawatt NARUC National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPS National Preparedness System NRC National Research Council NRCC National Response Coordination Center NRDC National Resources Defense Council NSF National Science Foundation OMS outage management system OT operational technology PMU phasor measurement unit PSEG Public Service Enterprise Group PUC public utility commission PURPA Public Utility Regulation Policy Act PV photovoltaic QER Quadrennial Energy Review R&D research and development RD&D research, demonstration, and development RTO regional transmission organization RTU remote terminal unit RUS Rural Utility Service SAIDI system average interruption duration index SAIFI system average interruption frequency index SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition SoCo Southern Company T&D transmission and distribution UAV unmanned aerial vehicle

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