Wind Energy Acronyms
[Section] 48C
[Section] 1603
[Section] 9006
ACE
ACENY
ACORE
AEP
AGA
AGC
ALM
AMT
ANPR
APPA
ASI
ASOS
ATC
AWEA
BA
BACT
Bcf
BLM
BOP
BPA
Btu
BWEC
CAIR
CAISO
CAMR
CanWEA
CAPX
CCGT
CCl4
CDEAC
CDF
CEERT
CEQA
Cf
CF
CFB
The part of the 2009 Stimulus Act that
established a 30% investment tax credit
for manufacturers of clean energy
products to retool, expand or open new
manufacturing facilities
The part of the 2009 Stimulus Act that
established a 30% grant in lieu of an
investment tax credit in lieu of the
production tax credit, thus mobilizing
financing for the industry
The part of the 2002 Farm Bill that
establishes a grant program to help
farmers and rural small businesses to buy
renewable energy technologies such as
small wind
Area Control Error
Alliance for Clean Energy New York
American Council on Renewable Energy
Annual Energy Production
American Gas Association
Automatic Generation Control
Active Load Management
Alternative Minimum Tax
Advance Notice of Proposal Rulemaking
American Public Power Association
Above Sea Level
Automated Surface Observing System
Available Transfer Capability
American Wind Energy Association
Balancing Area
Best Available Control Technology
Billion cubic feet (of gas)
Bureau of Land Management
Balance of Plant
Bonneville Power Administration
British Thermal Unit (1000 Btu = 1 cubic
foot of gas)
Bats & Wind Energy Cooperative
Clean Air Interstate Rule
California Independent System Operator
Clean Air Mercury Rule
Canadian Wind Energy Association
Capital Expenditures
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
Carbon TetraChloride (an Ozone
Depleting Substance)
Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory
Committee
Computational Fluid Dynamics
The Center for Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Technologies
California Environmental Quality Act
Cubic foot (of gas)
Capacity Factor
Circulating Fluidized Bed
CFC
CFC
CFD
CH3Br
CH3CCl3
CH4
CO2
COD
CPC
CREB
CREZ
CT
Ct
DEP
DFIG
DHS
DOD
DOE
DOT
DSCR
E10
E85
ECAR
EEI
EHS
EIPC
EIR
EIS
ELCC
ENSO
EPA
EPC
EOI
ERCOT
EWEA
EWITS
EWTS
FAA
FERC
FFT
FRCC
FTR
GHG
GL
GOES
GPS
GWEC
National Rural Utilities Cooperative
Finance Corporation
ChloroFluoroCarbons (an Ozone
Depleting Substance)
Contract for Differences
Methyl Bromide (an Ozone Depleting
Substance)
Methyl Chloroform (an Ozone Depleting
Substance)
Methane (1 of 6 Kyoto greenhouse gases)
Carbon Dioxide (1 of 6 greenhouse gases)
Commercial Operation Date
Certificate of Public Convenience
Clean Renewable Energy Bond
Competitive Renewable Energy Zone
Combustion Turbine
Thrust Coefficient
Diurnal Energy Production
Doubly-Fed Induction Generator
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Transportation
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
10% Ethanol
85% Ethanol
East Central Area Reliability Coordinating
Agreement
Edison Electric Institute
Employee Health & Safety
Eastern Interconnection Planning
Collaborative
Environmental Impact Report
Environmental Impact Study
Effective Load-Carrying Capacity
El Nino / Southern Oscillation
Environmental Protection Agency
Engineering, Procurement, and
Construction
Expression of Interest
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
European Wind Energy Association
Eastern Wind Integration and
Transmission Study
European Wind Turbine Standard
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fast Fourier Transform
Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
Financial Transmission Right
Greenhouse Gas
Germanischer Lloyd (certification body)
Geostationary Operations Environmental
Satellites
Global Positioning System
Global Wind Energy Council
GW
GWh
GWP
Halons
HAWT
HCFC
HVDC
HFC
I&C
IAD
IBL
ICAP
ICT
IE
IEA
IEC
IEEE
IGCC
IIPP
INGA
IRP
IOU
IPO
IPP
IRR
ISO
ITC
JCSP
JPO
kPa
kW
kWh
LC
LD
LIDAR
LIOWI
LLC
LLP
LNG
LOLP
LOT
LOTO
LPG
LTA
LVRT
MAAC
MAIN
MAPP
MAREC
Mcf
MEP
METAR
MISO
MMBtu
MMS
MOU
MRO
Gigawatt
Gigawatt Hour
Global Warming Potential (CO2 = 1 and
SF6 = 22,200)
BromoFluoroCarbons (an Ozone
Depleting Substance)
Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine
HydroChloroFluoroCarbons (a
greenhouse gas)
High Voltage Direct Current
Hydro Fluoro Carbons (1 of 6 Kyoto
greenhouse gases)
Instrumentation and Controls
Inter-Annual Variation
Internal Boundary Layer
Installed Capacity
Independent Coordinator of Transmission
Independent Engineer
International Energy Agency
International Electrotechnical Commission
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
Interstate Natural Gas Association
Integrated Resource Planning
Investor Owned Utility
Initial Public Offering
Independent Power Producer
Internal Rate of Return
Independent System Operator
Investment Tax Credit (usable up-front by
consumers)
Joint Coordinated System Plan
Joint Program Office
Kilopascals
Kilowatt
Kilowatt hour
Letter of Credit
Liquidated Damages
Light Detection and ranging
Long Island Offshore Wind Initiative
Limited Liability Company
Limited Liability Partnership
Liquid Natural Gas
Loss of Load Probability
Letter of Intent
Lockout-Tag out
Liquid Petroleum Gas
Lost Time Accidents
Low Voltage Ride-Through
Mid-Atlantic Area Council
Mid-American Interconnected Network
Mid-Continent Area Power Pool
Mid Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition
Thousand cubic feet (of gas)
Monthly Energy Production
Meteorological Aerodrome Report
Midwest Independent System Operator
Million Btu (equals 1 Mcf gas)
Minerals Management Service
Memorandum of Understanding
Midwest Reliability Organization
M/S
MTEP
MTSA
MW
MWh
N 2O
NAO
NARR
NARUC
NCEP
NEPA
NERC
Corporation
NESC
NESDIS
NERC
NEXRAD
NIMBY
NGSA
NOx
NOPR
NPDES
NRECA
NREL
NWCC
NYISO
NYSERDA
O3
O&M
OATT
ODS
OEM
OPTF
OPX
P&L
PCIP
PDO
PEIS
PFC
PIP
PJM
PM
POT
PPA
PPE
PSD
PSI
PSIA
PSIG
PSS
PTC
PUC
PUHCA
Meters Per Second
MISO Transmission Expansion Plan
Master Turbine Supply Agreement
Megawatt
Megawatt hour
Nitrous Oxide (1 of 6 Kyoto greenhouse
gases)
North Atlantic Oscillation
North American Regional Re-analysis
National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners
National Centers for Environmental
Prediction
National Environmental Policy Act
North American Electric Reliability
National Electrical Safety Code
National Environmental Satellite, Data,
and Information Service
North American Electric Reliability Council
Next Generation Weather Radar
Not-IN-My-Back-Yard
Natural Gas Supply Association
Nitrogen oxides
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (by the
FERC)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
New York Independent System Operator
New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority
Ozone (a greenhouse gas)
Operations and Maintenance
Open Access Transmission Tariff
Ozone Depleting Substance
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Ocean Policy Task Force
Operations Expenditures
Profit and Loss
Principal Controlled Insurance Program
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Programmatic EIS
PerFluoroCarbons (1 of 6 Kyoto
greenhouse gases)
Public Involvement Program
Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland
Interconnection
Periodic Maximum
Peak over Threshold
Power Purchase Agreement
Personal Protective Equipment
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Pounds per square inch
PSI absolute
PSI gauge
Preliminary Scoping Statement
Production Tax Credit
Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Holding Company Act
PURPA
PVC
QC
Quad
RADAR
RASS
RAWS
RD
REC
REC
RES
RENEW
RGGI
RIX
RMATS
RMR
RNP
ROI
ROW
RPS
RRO
RTO
QF
S/S
SAR
SCADA
SD
SERC
SF6
SN
SO2
SODAR
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
PolyVinylChloride
Quality Control
Quadrillion Btu
Radio Detection and Ranging
Radio Acoustic Sounding System
Remote Automated Weather System
Rotor Diameter
Renewable Energy Credit
Rural Electric Cooperative
Renewable Electricity Standard
RENEW New England
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Roughness Index
Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study
Reliability – Must-Run
Renewable Northwest Project
Return on Investment
Right of Way
Renewables Portfolio Standard
Regional Reliability Organization
Regional Transmission Organization
Qualifying Facility
Substation
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
Standard Deviation
Southeastern Electric Reliability Council
Sulfur HexaFluoride (1 of 6 Kyoto
greenhouse gases)
Serial Number
Sulfur Dioxide
Sonic Detection and Ranging
SONAR
SOW
SPP
σ
SWCC
TCEQ
Quality
Tcf
TI
TSA
UCAP
ξ
URL
USACE
USFWS
USOWC
Collaborative
UTM
UWIG
VAWT
WAPA
WECC
WFMS
WGA
WOW
WRA
WREZ
WTG
WWSIS
Sound Navigation and Ranging
Scope Of Work
Southwest Power Pool
Standard Error
Small Wind Certification Council
Texas Commission on Environmental
Trillion cubic feet (of gas)
Turbulence Intensity
Turbine Supply Agreements
Unforced Capacity (a modification of
Installed Capacity)
Uncertainty
Uniform Resource Locator
United States Army Corps Engineers
US Fish & Wildlife Service
United States Offshore Wind
Universal Transverse Mercator
Utility Wind Integration Group
Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine
Western Area Power Administration
Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Wind Farm Management System
Western Governors' Association
Wind on the Wires
Wind Resources Area
Western Renewable Energy Zone
Wind Turbine Generator
Western Wind and Solar Integration Study