Energy Acronyms
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COMMON ENERGY ACRONYMS
Regulators
PSC - New York State Public Service Commission
DPS - New York State Department of Public Service
DEC - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
FERC - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Organizations
NYISO - New York State Independent System Operator, Inc.
NYSRC - New York State Reliability Council, L.L.C.
NYSERDA - New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Regulated Utilities
Central Hudson - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
Con Ed/Con - Edison Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
CNG - Corning National Gas Corporation
KEDLI - KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island
KEDNY - KeySpan Energy Delivery New York
NFG - National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
NYSEG - New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
Niagara Mohawk - Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid
O&R - Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.
RG&E - Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation
Public Authorities
LIPA - Long Island Power Authority
NYPA - New York Power Authority
Parties
IPPNY - Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.
MI - Multiple Intervenors
NRDC - Natural Resources Defense Council
RESA - Retail Energy Supply Association
SCMC - Small Customer Marketer Coalition
Staff - New York State Department of Public Service Staff
UIT - New York State Department of State Utility Intervention Unit
NYISO Committees and Working Groups
MC - Management Committee
BIC - Business Issues Committee
OC - Operating Committee
ESPWG - Electric System Planning Working Group
ICAP WG - Installed Capacity Working Group
MIWG - Market Issues Working Group
PRLWG - Price Responsive Load Working Group
NYISO Demand Response Programs
DADRP - Day Ahead Demand Response Program
EDRP - Emergency Demand Response Program
SCR - Special Case Resources
Types of NYPA Allocations
EDP - Economic Development Power
EP - Expansion Power
PFJ - Power-for-Jobs
RP - Replacement Power
RNY - Recharge New York Power
General Energy Terms
ALJ - Administrative Law Judge
BOE - brief on exceptions
CTC - Competitive Transition Charge (Niagara Mohawk’s stranded costs)
DG - distributed generation
ESCO - energy services company (marketer)
EEPS - Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard
ICAP - installed capacity
IRM - installed reserve margin
kW - kilowatt (measure of demand)
kWh - kilowatt-hour (measure of energy)
LBMP - location-based marginal pricing (NYISO’s energy pricing model)
MW - megawatt (1,000 kW)
MWh - megawatt-hour (1,000 kWh)
NBC - non-bypassable charge
NYCRR - New York Code of Rules and Regulations (PSC’s regs. in Part 16)
OATT - Open Access Transmission Tariff
O&M - operation and maintenance
OSG - on-site generation
PSL - New York Public Service Law
RD - Recommended Decision (issued by ALJ)
RDM - revenue decoupling mechanism
ROE - return on equity (measure of utility’s profit)
ROS - Rest-of-State region (NYISO – for ICAP purposes)
RPS - Renewable Portfolio Standard
RTP - real-time pricing
SAPA - State Administrative Procedures Act
SBC - System Benefits Charge
S.C. - Service Classification No.
SIR - site investigation and remediation
T&D - transmission and distribution