Electric Power Industry in Nontechnical Language, 2nd Edition
By Denise Warkentin-Glenn

Index

A

Abbreviations/acronyms, 253 268
Accountability, 121 129:
competition, 122;
role of FERC, 123 124;
North American Electric Reliability Council, 124 126;
independent system operators, 126 128;
regional transmission organizations, 126 128;
states respond to changes, 129
Acronyms/abbreviations, 253 268
Alaska Power Marketing Administration, 107
Alternating current (AC), 59, 62
Alternative energy, 28 39, 51 54:
sources, 28 30;
technologies, 30 39;
biomass power, 30 33;
geothermal power, 30, 33 34;
hydropower, 30, 34 35;
solar power, 30, 36 38;
wind energy, 30, 38 39;
ocean energy, 36
Anaerobic digestion, 32
Annual load graphs/forecasts, 12
Auxiliary power circuits, 14 15

B

Base load, 9
Bibliography, 283 284
Biofuels, 31
Biomass power/biopower, 30 33
Biopower, 30 33
Blackouts, 61, 148 150
Boiling water reactor (BWR), 18 20
Bonneville Power Marketing Administration, 107
Brayton cycle, 21
Broadband over power lines (BPL), 60, 164 165
Brownouts, 10, 61
Build/build on (transmission system), 166 170
Bulk power transmission system, 56 62:
power grid components and input, 59 60;
power quality and reliability, 60 62
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 112
Bureau of Reclamation, 107
Business enterprise, 179 182:
mergers and acquisitions, 180;
energy service companies, 181;
conclusion, 182

C

Capability enhancement/maintenance, 159
Capacity margins, 10
Carbon dioxide emissions, 42
Central dispatch center, 10
Chernobyl accident, 40
Clean Air Act (CAA), 42
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), 172 174
Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), 174 176:
mercury facts, 176
Clean air rules, 171 178:
Clean Air Interstate Rule, 172 174;
Clean Air Mercury Rule, 174 176;
ozone rules, 176;
fine particle rules, 177;
ultra-clean power plants, 177 178
Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI), 42, 136, 143
Clean coal technologies (CCT), 42 45:
low nitrogen-oxide burners, 44;
selective catalytic reduction, 44;
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