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ABWR Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor ACAA American Coal Ash Association (Site contains good display of ACAA member logos, including TVA.) ACORE American Council on Renewable Energy, Washington, DC. See REFF & WIREC. ADPDA AE Alternative energy, also known as renewable energy AFV Alternative Fuel Vehicle AG Attorney General, e.g. AG of North Carolina who sued TVA on Jan. 30, 2006 ALA American Lung Association ALCOA Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (plus Alcoa, TN, & other locations) AMI Automatic metering infrastrucure AMSE American Museum of Science & Energy, Oak Ridge, TN AP Associated Press APGI ALCOA Power Generating Inc. APCL Annual Product Content Label. See CRS. APPA American Public Power Assocation, Washington, DC AWEA American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC BACT Best available coal technology BFM Big Frog Mountain Corporation, Chattanooga, TN Block Unit of GPS sales = 150 kWh (At $4.00/block, 1 kWh of GPS costs a premium of 2.67 cents.) BMEC Buffalo Mountain Energy Center (15 turbines owed by Invenergy LLC), Oliver Springs, TN BMWF Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm (3 turbines owed by TVA), Oliver Springs, TN (sometimes called Wind Park) BSCol Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Palladium Group, Inc. (used by TVA) BVI BVI (originally Bicentennial Volunteers Inc.), TVA, Knoxville, TN, & Muscle Shoals, AL C&I Commercial and industrial [customers] CAA Clean Air Act CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule CATO CATO Institute, Washington, DC CDMA CEQ Council on Environmental Quality, The White House, Washington, DC. See NEPA. CF Capacity factor = Percent of time a source can actually generate electricity, e.g. 20% for wind, %90 for nuclear CIA Cumulative impact area COL Combined Construction and Operating License (now permitted by the NRC) CPI Connection Point Interruptions CPNN Certificate of public necessity and need. Also see IRP. CRBRP Clinch River Breeder Reactor Program, Oak Ridge, TN CRS Center for Resource Solutions, San Francisco, CA CSA Clean Smokestacks Act, State of North Carolina| CT Combustion turbine (burns natural gas or oil) CY Calendar year. See FY & RY. | DOE US Department of Energy, Washington, DC DEIS Drft environmental impact statement. Also see EIS, FSEIS & SEIS. DSEP Detailed Scoping, Estimating & Planning Document (TVA lingo for feasibility study). See FSAR. E85 Alcohol fuel mixture EA Environmental Assessment (TVA's name for an environmental impact statement or EIS) ECAR East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (See NERC.) EE/DR Energy Efficiency and Demand Response EERE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, DOE. (Click here for EERE at ORNL.) EESI Environmental & Energy Studies Institute, Washington, DC EGU Electric generating unit EIA Energy Information Adminisration, DOE EIS Environmental impact statement. Also see DEIS, FEIS, FSEIS & SEIS. EP&L Episcopal Power & Light, San Francisco, CA EPIR Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA energy right Home energy efficiency program, TVA, Nashville, TN EPA US Environmental Protection Agency EPB Electric Power Board, City of Chattanooga, TN EPACT Energy Policy Act of 2005 EPSA Electric Power Supply Association, Washington, DC ERC Environmental Research Center, TVA, Muscle Shoals, AL (created 1991, abolished c.2000). See PPI. ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas (not interstate & therefore not regulated by FERC) ERT Environmental Resources Trust, Arlington, VA. One of two certifiers of green tags. See Green-e. ET East Tower (One of 2 TVA buildings in Knoxville, TN. Occupied by Bechtel, TVA's contractor for Watts Bar 2. See WT. ETC Ecovillage Training Center, The Farm, Summertown, TN ETCFC East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coallition, ISSE, UT FCA Fuel Cost Adjustment FEIS Final environmental impact statement. Also see DEIS, EIS, FSEIS & SEIS. FPG Fossil Power Group, TVA FEMP Federal Energy Management Program FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (Click here for FERC Glossary.) FOIA Freedom of Information Act of 1966 (amended in 1974) FSAR Final Safety Analysis Report, as required by NRC (qv). Also see DSEP. FSEIS Final supplemental environmental impact statement. Also see DEIS, EIS, FEIS & SEIS. FY Fiscal year. TVA's FY ends September 30 (same as the federal government.) See CY & RY. GEMC Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, Tucker, GA GHG Greenhouse gases GPMDG Green Power Market Development Group, WRI, Washington, DC GPRA Government Performance & Results Act of 1993 GPS Green Power Switch program, TVA, Nashville, TN Green Environmentally "friendly" Green-e Logo of the CRS (qv) GSMNP Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinberg, TN | HMOD Hydro Modernization program of TVA IFDC International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, AL. See NFDC. INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, Atlanta, GA (NB: No public website.) Invenergy Invenergy LLC, Chicago, IL. (See BMEC.) IPCC Intergovernmental Commission on Climate Change IPP Independent power producer (i.e. not affliated with a utility) IREC Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Latham, NY IRP Integrated Resource Plan, as required by FERC (qv). Also see CPNN. ISO Independent System Operator (e.g. California ISO). See RTO. ISSE Institute for a Secure & Sustainable Environment, UT, Knoxville, TN ITC Income tax credit JEA Jackson Energy Authority, Jackson, TN KNS Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, TN KPPA KUB Knoxville Utilities Board, Knoxville, TN (Started offering GPS in March 2000.) kWh Kilowatt-hour = one kilowatt of electricity supplied for one hour. s LEAF Lindquist-Environmental Appalachian Fellowship, Church of the Savior, Knoxville, TN LBL Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, USDA Forest Service (formerly TVA) LCUB Lenoir City Utilities Board, Lenoir City, TN LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a program of the USGBC. | MEC Mountain Electric Cooperative, Inc., Mountain City, TN MED Murfreesboro Electric Department, City of Murfreesboro TN MLGW Memphis Light Gas & Water Division, Memphis, TN (Started offering GPS March 20, 2005.) MMG Marketers' Marketers Group, CRS MTR Mountain top removal (coal mining technique) MTSU Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN MW Megawatt = 1,000 kW (measure of generating capacity) MWh Megawatt-hour = 1,000 kWh (measure of electricity consumption) NAPEE National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, DOE & EPA NAPPA NCC National Consumer Council, UK NEG Net Electrical Generation = Total produced less energy consumed by generating units NEPA National Environmental Protection Act of 1969. See CEQ. NERC North American Electric Reliabilty Council, Princeton, NJ NES Nashville Electric Service, Nashville, TN NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory, DOE NETRIDA Northeast Tennessee Valley Regional Industrial Development Association, Blountville, TN New Any eligible nenewable energy facility beginning operation after Jan. 1, 1997 (per CRS). NFDC National Fertilizer Development Center, TVA, Muscle Shoals, AL. See IFDC. NMPPA NOx Nitrogen oxides NPCA National Parks Conservation Association, Washington, DC NRC US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Germantown, MD NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE, Golden, CO NREMC National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, DOE/EERE, EPA & CRS NuStart NuStart Energy Development LLC OASIS Open Access Same-Time Information System O&M Operations & maintenance OCP One Century Plaza (TVA office in Nashville, TN. Includes economic development & marketing departments) ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DOE, Oak Ridge, TN OSM Office of Surface Mining, US Department of the Interior. Has office in Knoxville, TN. PIRG's Public Interest Research Groups, Boston, MA PM Particulate matter POLR Provider of last resort (in a competitive electricity market). See SOS. PPA Power purchasing agreement PPI Public Power Institute, TVA, Muscle Shoals, AL (created 1999, abolished c.2003). See ERC & Regenesys. Premium Retail cost of green energy over & above the base rate. See "Block." PRIDE Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment, Somerset, KY PSC Public Service Commission, e.g. the Georgia PSC. All staes have PSC's except Tennessee. See PUC. PSO Power System Operations PTC Production Tax Credit PUC Public utilities commission. See PSC. PURPA Public Utilities Regulation Policies Act of 1978 PV Photovotaic, as in "PV cells" | R&D Reserch & development RCRA Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 RE Renewable energy, also known as alternative energy REC Renewable Energy Certificate or Credit = TRC = Tags Regenesys Energy storage system cancelled by TVA. Also see PPI, and click here for more info. REFF Renewable Energy Finance Forum, ACORE REPP Renewable Energy Policy Project, Washington, DC (also CREST) RES Renewable Energy Standard(s) RFP Request For Proposals RIDA Regional idustrial development association (generic) RRSC Regional Resource Stewardship Council, TVA RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard RSO&E River System Operations & Environment RTO Regional transmission organization. See ISO. RY Reporting year. See CY & FY. SACE Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Knoxville, TN SAFC Southern Appalachian Forest Coallition, Asheville, NC SAMI Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative, TVA SBU Strategic Business Unit SCR Selective catalytic reduction system (for controlling NOx) SDPDA SEC US Securities and Exchange Commission (See 10-K below) SEGS Solar Energy Generating Systems, Mohave Desert, CA SEIA Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, DC SEIS Supplemental environmental impact statement. Also see DEIS, EIS, FEIS & FSEIS. SEN Southern Energy Network, SACE, Knoxville, TN SEPA Southeastern Power Administration, DOE, Elberton, GA SERC SERC Reliability Corporation = former Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (See NERC.) SESARM Southeastern States Air Resource Managers SF Sustainable Future LLC, Harriman, TN SOCM Save Our Cumberland Mountans, Lake City, TN SOS Standard offer service. See POLR. SRS Savannah River Site, DOE SSPC Seven States Power Corporation. See TVPPA. SSREC Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference SVC Solar Valley Coallition, Crossville, TN | T&D Transmission & distribution of electricity Tags REC = TRC Taposo Tapoco Division of APGI, ALCOA, Alcoa, TN TCATF Tennessee Clean Air Task Force. See SACE. TCV Tennessee Conservation Voters, Nashville, TN TCWN Tennessee Clean Water Network, Knoxville, TN TCWP Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, Oak Ridge, TN TEC Tennessee Environmental Council, Nashville, TN TEEA Tennessee Environmental Education Association, Nashville, TN TEPCO Tennessee Electric Power Company (also Tokyo Electric Power Company) TIP&L Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light, Knoxville, TN TNG TNgreen.com TNWWG Tennessee Wind Working Group, SACE, Knoxville, TN TRC Tradable Renewable Certificate = REC = Tags TSEA Tennessee Solar Energy Association, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN TUB Tullahoma Utilities Board, Tullahoma, AL TVA Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN TVAN TVA Nuclear TVARA TVA Retirees Association, Knoxville, TN TVESAC Tennessee Valley Electric System Advisory Committee TVERC Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coallition = SACE TVIC Tennessee Valley Industrial Committee TVIG Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group, Chattanooga, TN TVPPA Tennessee Valley Public Power Association. See SSPC. UAI Utility Automation Integrators, Huntsville, AL URS URS Corporation, San Francisco, CA (former Washington Group International) USACE US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District Office USGBC US Green Building Council. See LEED. UT University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN UT-Battelle Joint venture of UT & Battelle Laboratory (management contractor for ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN Valley Tennesee River Valley (TVA often uses "Valley" to mean the entire TVA service area.) VISTAS Visibility Improvement State & Tribal Association of the Southeast WDMA WFC Wind Finance Company, Invenergy LLC WIREC Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, ACORE WRI World Resouces Institute, Washington, DC (See GPMDG.) WT West Tower (One of 2 TVA buildings in Knoxville, TN. Includes corporate HQ & adminisrative departments. See ET. ZEB Zero-Energy Building | 10-K Annual report to the SEC (Click here for TVA's most recent 10-K)
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