Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
AC
ACI
ALJ
AWEA
BA
BACT
BART
BO
BSER
C&I
CAA
CAIDI
CAIR
CAP
Capacity Factor
CapX2020
C-BED
CC
CCGT
CCRs
CCS
CEL
CER
CERA
CH4
CHP
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Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Alternating Current
Activated Carbon Injection
Administrative Law Judge
American Wind Energy Association
Balancing Authority
Best Available Control Technology (BACT)
Best Available Retrofit Technology
Buildout Scenario
Best System of Emission Reduction
Commercial and Industrial (Customers)
Clean Air Act
Net capacity factor of power plant, typically
expressed as percentage, is ratio of its actual
output over period of time to its potential
output if it were possible for it to operate at
full nameplate capacity indefinitely.
Clean Air Interstate Rule
Competitive Acquisition Process
Measure of how often an electric generator
runs for a specific period of time. Indicates
how much electricity a generator actually
produces relative to the maximum it could
produce at continuous full power operation
during the same period.
Coordinated transmission development
effort by group of 11 regional utilities (the
CapX2020 Utilities) in MN, ND, SD and WI.
Community-Based Energy Development
Combined Cycle
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
Coal Combustion Residuals (often referred
to as coal ash)
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Capacity Export Limit
Capital Project Module
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Methane
Combined Heat and Power
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
CIL
CIP
Circuit Breaker
CO
CO2
CO2e
CON
CONE
CPD
CPNode
CSAPR
CSG
CT
CWA
DA
DEM
DG
DIR
DNR
DOC
DOE
DOI
DR
DSD
DSM
ECC
EE
eGRID
EGU
ELCC
ELGs
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Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Capacity Import Limit
Conservation Improvement Program
An electromechanical device used to
configure the flow of electricity on the
distribution grid. A circuit breaker is
designed to open or close while electricity is
flowing through the circuit. When a circuit
breaker is open, no electricity is flowing
through the circuit.
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide Equivalents
Certificate of Need
Cost of New Entry
Coincident Peak Demand
Commercial Pricing Mode
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Community Solar Garden
Combustion Turbine
Clean Water Act
Day Ahead
Drive Electric Minnesota
Distributed Generation
Dispatch Intermittent Resource Protocol
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Energy
Department of the Interior
Demand Response
Minnesota Deemed Savings Database
Demand-Side Management
Economic Carrying Charge
Energy Efficiency
Emissions and Generation Resource
Integrated Database
Electric Generating Unit
Effective Load Carrying Capability
Effluent Limitation Guidelines
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
EPA
EPA Clean Air Act 111d Rule
EPRI
EQB
ESA
EVs
Externality Values
Fault
Feeder
FERC
FERC Order 1000
FIPs
FL&U
FWS
Gas Burn
GAF
GHG
GW
GWh
GWP
IB MACT
IBEW
ICAP
IDS
IGCC
IPPs
IRP
ITC
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Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Environmental Protection Agency
Draft regulation to reduce carbon dioxide
gas emissions from existing power plants
that burn coal and other fossil fuels.
Electric Power Research Institute
Environmental Quality Board
Endangered Species Act
Electric Vehicles
Range of environmental costs.
Abnormal condition on electric system,
such as short circuit, broken wire or
intermittent connection.
Lines connecting distribution substations
to taps.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Rule mandating how public utility
transmission providers plan for and allocate
costs of new projects on regional and
interregional basis.
Federal Implementation Plans
Fuel Lost and Unaccounted
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Energy from New Natural Gas Generation
Generation Module
Greenhouse Gas
Gigawatt
Gigawatt Hour
Global Warming Potential
Hazardous Air Pollutants from Industrial
Boilers
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
Installed Capacity Value
Interdepartmental Sales
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Independent Power Producers
Integrated Resource Plan
Investment Tax Credit
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
ISOs
kV
kVA
kWh
LAF
LBA
LCM
LCR
LED
LMF
LMPs
LOLE
LRR
LRZ
LSE
MATS
MEFF
MGP
MISO
MMBTU
MMERA
MPCA
M-RETS
MTEP-11
MTEP-13
Appendix B
Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Independent System Operators
Kilovolt
Kilovolt Amps: 1,000 Volt-Amps. Volt is
measure of force of electricity. Amp
(Ampere) is measure of flow of electricity.
Kilowatt
Load Module
Load Balancing Authorities
Life Cycle Management
Local Clearing Requirement
Solid State Lighting
Load Management Forecast
Locational Marginal Prices
Loss of Load Expectation
Local Reliability Requirement
Local Resource Zones
Load Serving Entities
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coal- and
Oil-Fired Power Plants. This rule is often
referred to as the Mercury and Air Toxics
Standard.
Minnesota Energy Future Framework
Manufactured Gas Plants
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc.: Non-profit organization
providing reliable coordination and regional
planning services including: regional
planning, generation interconnection,
maintenance coordination, market
monitoring and dispute resolution.
Million British Thermal Units
Minnesota Mercury Emissions
Reduction Act
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System
MISO 2011 Transmission Expansion Plan
MISO 2013 Transmission Expansion Plan
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
MW
MWh
MVA
MVP
N2O
NAAQS
NERC
NGEA
NMFS
NO2
NOx
NPDES
NRC
NREL
NSPM
NSPW
NSPS
NSR
O&M
O3
OFA
OSPA
Pb
PCBs
PCOR
PIRA
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Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Megawatt
Megawatt Hour
Mega Volt Amps: 1,000,000 amps or 1,000
kVA
Multi Value Project: Regional transmission
solutions that meet one or more of three
goals: reliably and economically enable
regional public policy needs, provide
multiple types of regional economic value,
and provide a combination of regional
reliability and economic value.
Nitrous Oxide
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation
Minnesota’s Next Generation
Energy Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
Nitrogen Dioxide
Nitrogen Oxide
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Northern States Power Company-Minnesota
Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin
New Source Performance Standards
New Source Review Section of the Clean
Air Act
Operating and Maintenance
Ozone
Over-Fire Air
Sales to Public Authorities
Lead
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
U.S. Department of Energy’s Plains Carbon
Dioxide Reduction Partnership
Petroleum Industry Research Associates
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
Plume Blight
PM
PM2.5
PM10
PPA
PPB
PPM
PRC
PRPs
PRM
PRMR
Proview
PSD
PSHL
PTC
PV
PVRR
PVSC
RAC
RAVI
RCRA
RDF
Recloser
RECs
Reference Case
REPI
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Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Smoke, dust, colored gas plumes, or layered
haze emitted from stacks which obscure the
sky or horizon and are relatable to a single
source or small group of sources.
Particulate Matter
Fine Particulate Matter under 2.5 micrometers
Coarse Particulate Matter under 10
micrometers
Power Purchase Agreement
Parts Per Billion
Parts Per Million
Planning Resource Credits
Potentially Responsible Parties
Planning Reserve Margin
Planning Reserve Margin Requirement
Expansion Planning Module
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Section of the Clean Air Act
Public Street and Highway Lighting
Production Tax Credit
Photovoltaic
Present Value Revenue Requirement
Present Value of Societal Costs
Reliability Assessment Commitment
Reasonably Attributable Visibility Impairment
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Refuse Derived Fuel
Circuit breaker that includes mechanism to
automatically close (reconnect) after set
period of time. Reclosers are used to restore
service after momentary fault.
Renewable Energy Credits: A certificate
representing all of the environmental
attributes of one MWh of generation from
a renewable resource.
Baseline scenario identifying necessary
resource additions.
Renewable Energy Production Incentive
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
Retrofill
RFP
RGGI
RHR
RSG
RTO
S*R
S*RC
SAIDI
SAIFI
SCADA
SCC
SCR
SEPA
SES
SFH
SIP
SO2
SOx
SolarTAC
SQ
Appendix B
Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Remove contaminated oil and replace with
clean oil.
Request For Proposal
United States’ Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative
Regional Haze Rule
Revenue Sufficiency Guarantee (Charges):
Direct result of production shortfalls relative
to earlier forecasts.
Regional Transmission Organization
Solar Rewards (Company’s Program)
Solar Rewards Community (Company’s
Community Solar Gardens Program)
System Average Interruption Frequency
Index: Measures average number of times
customer is interrupted over given period
(usually monthly or annually). Lower values
are better.
System Average Interruption Frequency
Index: Measures average number of times
customer is interrupted over given period
(usually monthly or annually). Lower values
are better.
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Social Cost of Carbon
Selective Catalytic Reduction
Solar Electric Power Association
Minnesota Solar Energy Standard: Minn.
Stat. § 216B.1691, subd. 2f, which requires
1.5% of retail sales to be sourced from new
solar resources. SES is incremental to the
Renewable Energy Standard (RES).
Single Family Housing
State Implementation Plan
Sulfur Dioxide
Sulfur Oxide
Solar Technology Acceleration Center
Status Quo
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Xcel Energy
ACRONYM / TERM
S-RECs
Switch
Tap
THI
Transcos
Transformer
Transmission Inadequacies
TRC
TSD
UCAP
USACE
V2G
VAr
VOCs
W2B
WDNR
WOTUS
WTP
ZRC
Appendix B
Acronyms, Terms and Descriptions
DEFINITION
Solar Renewable Energy Credits: Created
from a solar resource installed after August 1,
2013 and eligible to be used for compliance
with the MN Solar Energy Standard.
Electromechanical devise used to configure
the flow of electricity on distribution grid.
A switch is designed to be opened or closed
when electricity is not flowing through circuit.
When switch is open, no electricity is flowing
through circuit.
Final leg of distribution system before
connecting to customer premises.
Temperature Humidity Index
Transmission-only entities designed to
respond to the FERC Order 1000.
Electromechanical devise that converts
alternating current to higher or lower voltage.
Identified deficiencies in the transmission
system that need to be upgraded to keep the
transmission system within its defined limits.
Total Resource Cost
Technical Support Document
Production Capability Value
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Vehicle-To-Grid
Voltage and Reactive Power
Volatile Organic Compounds
Wind2Battery Project
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Waters of the United States
Worker Transition Plan
Zonal Resource Credit
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