AC alternating current

AMP Automatic Mitigation Procedures

AVOC annual variable operating cost

BWR boiling water reactor

C&D constructing and demolition

CAA Clean Air Act

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule

CC combined cycle

CDW construction and demolition waste

CHP combined heat and power

CIPP Commercial and Industrial Performance Program

CO carbon monoxide

CO₂ carbon dioxide

ConEd Consolidated Edison

CPU central processing unit

CRPP Comprehensive Reliability Planning Process

CSP curtailment service provider

CT combustion turbine

DC direct current

DER distributed energy resource

DG distributed generation

DOE Department of Energy

DR demand response

DSM demand-side management

EE energy efficiency

EESP energy efficiency service provider

EIA Energy Information Administration

EOL end of license

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ERO Electric Reliability Organization

ESP electrostatic precipitator/precipitation

ETP Enabling Technologies Program

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FF fabric filter

FGD flue-gas desulfurization

FO2 No. 2 (distillate oil)

FO6 No. 6 (residual oil)

GAP Gap Analysis Program (U.S. Geological Survey)

GE General Electric International

GHG greenhouse gas

Hg mercury

HHV higher heating value

HVAC high-voltage alternating current; or heating, ventilating, air conditioning (Chapter 2 only)

HVDC high-voltage direct current

IC internal combustion

ICAP installed capacity

ICR installed capacity requirement

IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle

IOU investor owned utility

IP2 Indian Point Unit 2

IP3 Indian Point Unit 3

IPP independent power producer

IRM installed reserve margin

ISO-NE independent system operator-New England

LBMP locational-based marginal pricing

LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LCOE levelized cost of energy

LED light-emitting diode

LHV Lower Hudson Valley

LI Long Island

LICAP locational installed capacity

LIPA Long Island Power Authority

LNG liquefied natural gas

LOLE loss-of-load expectation

LSE load serving entity

MAAC Mid-Atlantic Area Council (reliability council)

MAPS Multi-Area Production Simulation

MARS Multi-Area Reliability Simulation

MDEA methyl diethanol amine

MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MSW municipal solid waste

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NE New England

NERC North American Electric Reliability Council

NG natural gas

NGCC natural gas combined cycle

NO_x nitrogen oxide

NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council

NRC National Research Council

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

N-S north-south

NYC New York City

NYCA New York Control Area

NYDEC New York Department of Environmental Conservation

NYISO New York Independent System Operator

NYMex New York Mercantile Exchange

NYPA New York Power Authority

NYPSC New York Public Service Commission

NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

NYSRC New York State Reliability Council

O₃ ozone

O&M operation and maintenance

PC pulverized coal

PJM Pennsylvania Jersey Maryland (regional transmission organization)

PLRP Peak Load Reduction Program

PM particulate matter

PPA Power Purchase Agreement

PSEG Public Service Electric and Gas

PUC public utility commission

PV photovoltaic, photovoltaics

PWR pressurized water reactor

REAP Residential Energy Affordability Program

REPIS Renewable Plant Information System

RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

RMR Reliability-Must-Run

RNA Reliability Needs Assessment

ROS rest of state

RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard

SBC Systems Benefit Charge

SCPC supercritical pulverized coal

SCR Special Case Resource; selective catalytic reduction

SHW solar hot water

SO₂ sulfur dioxide

SO_x sulfur oxide

SPDES State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

SVC static VAR compensator

TO transmission owner

UCAP unforced capacity

UDR Unforced Delivery Rights (transmission capacity)

UPNY-SENY Upstate New York-Southeast New York (transmission interface)

U.S. NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

VOC volatile organic compound; variable operating cost

VOLL value of lost load

WESP wet electrostatic precipitator/precipitation