AHJ

authorities having jurisdiction

AMTS

advanced microturbine system

ANOPR

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

APU

auxiliary power unit

AQMD

Air Quality Management Districts

ASCC

Alaskan Systems Coordination Council, a NERC Affiliate

BMI recorder

a power quality monitoring device

BOCA

Building Officials and Code Administrators International

BPS

Bowman Power Systems

CAA

Clean Air Act

CAISO

California Independent System Operator

CARB

California Air Resources Board

CCR, Title 24

California Building Standards Code

CE

Conformit Europ enne, French for European Conformity

CSA

Canadian Standards Association

CEC

California Energy Commission

CECA

Consumer Energy Council of America

CEQA

California Environmental Quality Act

CERA

Cambridge Energy Research Associates

CERTS

Consortium for Electric Reliability Solutions

CESIR

Coordinated Electric System Interconnection Review

CGI

combustible gas indicator

CHP

combined heat and power

CNG

compressed natural gas

CPUC

Public Utilities Commission of the State of California

CWA

Clean Water Act

DAS

data acquisition system

DE

distributed energy

DER

distributed energy resource

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

DPC

Digital Power Controller, a generic power controller from Capstone

ECAR

East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement, a NERC Region

EESI

Elliott Energy Systems, Inc.

EOP

Equity Office Properties

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute

ERCOT

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a NERC Region

ESCO

energy service company

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

GTI

Gas Technology Institute

HAP

hazardous air pollutants

HEV

hybrid electric vehicle

HVAC

heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

IBCO

International Conference of Building Officials

ICC

International Code Council

ITP

independent transmission provider

LADOT

Los Angeles Department of Transportation