Acronyms Defined

(EAC Report – Smart Grid: Enabler of the New Energy Economy; pg 28-29)

AC alternating current

AMI advanced metering infrastructure

AMR automatic meter reading

AMS advanced metering system

CAISO California Independent System Operator

CIM Common Information Model

CPUC California Public Utilities Commission

DG distributed generation

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DR demand response

EAC Electricity Advisory Committee

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute

ESPP Energy-Smart Pricing Plan

FACTS flexible alternating current transmission systems

FLISR Fault location, isolation, and service restoration

GPS global positioning system

HAN home area network

HVAC heating, ventilation, and cooling

HVDC high-voltage direct current

IED intelligent electronic device

ISO independent system operator

IT information technology

kWh kilowatt hour

MW megawatts

MWh megawatt hour

NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation

NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

O&M operations and maintenance

OMS outage management system

PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

PUC public utility commission

PUCT Public Utilities Commission of Texas

RTP real-time pricing

SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition

SCE Southern California Edison

SG Smart Grid

SOA service-oriented architecture

SVC Static Var Compensator

T&D transmission and distribution

TASE-2 Telecontrol Application Service Element 2

Tx load tap changer

UCA Utility Communications Architecture

WAM wide-area measurement