Electric Power Industry in Nontechnical Language, 2nd Edition

Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

A

ampere

AC

alternating current

ACA/CIPCA

American Cogeneration Association/Cogeneration and Independent Power Coalition of America

ACBM

asbestos-containing building material

AEE

Association of Energy Engineers

AFC

automatic frequency control

AFUDC

allowance for funds used during construction

AGA

American Gas Association

AIMS

Automated Interchange Matching System, Inc.

AM

automated mapping

AM/FM

automated mapping/facilities management

AMR

automatic meter reading

ANEC

American Nuclear Energy Council

ANS

American Nuclear Society

APA

Alaska Power Administration

APGA

American Public Gas Association

API

American Petroleum Institute

APM

affiliated power marketer

APPA

American Public Power Association

APU

auxiliary power unit

ASCC

Alaska Systems Coordinating Council

ASE

Alliance to Save Energy

ASES

American Solar Energy Society

ASTM

American Society for the Testing of Materials

ATC

available transmission capability

ATWT

atomic weight

AWEA

American Wind Energy Association

B

BACT

best available control technology

bbl

barrel

bcf

billion cubic feet

BERA

Biomass Energy Research Association

BLM

Bureau of Land Management

BLS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

BOE

barrels of oil equivalent

bp

boiling point

BPA

Bonneville Power Administration

BPL

broadband over power lines

BRPU

biennial resource planning update

BTU

British thermal unit

BTX

benzene, toluene, xylene

BWR

boiling water reactor

C

C

Celsius

CAA

Clean Air Act

CAAA

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

CAMR

Clean Air Mercury Rule

CARB

California Air Resources Board

CARE

Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy

CC plant

combined-cycle plant

CCCC

Climate Change Credit Corporation

CCPI

Clean Coal Power Initiative

CDD

cooling degree-days

CEC

California Energy Council

CECA

Consumer Energy Council of America

CEMS

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