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Energy Transition Planning Terms
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TECHNICAL
ECONOMIC
REGULATORY
ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE (AMI)
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
ANCILLARY MARKETS
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS)
BIOMASS
CAPACITY FACTOR
COAL
CAPACITY TRANSACTION
COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE (CAES)
COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION (CCA)
COMMUNITY SOLAR
DAY-AHEAD ENERGY MARKETS
CONCENTRATED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC
CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL
DECOUPLED ELECTRICITY MARKETS
DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY MARKET
DIESEL
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE (DER)
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATOR (DSO)
ELECTRIC CURRENT
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
ELECTRIC GENERATION SUPPLIER (EGS)
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (EDC)
ENERGY
ENERGY AUDIT
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC)
FEED-IN TARIFF
ESCALATOR VALUE
FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
FUEL CELL
FIRM SERVICES
GENERATION
GEOTHERMAL
GASOLINE
HEAT PUMP
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP
HYDROGEN FUEL
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR (ISO)
HYDRO ENERGY
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR)
INTERRUPTIBLE GAS RATE
INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITY (IOU)
LANDFILL GAS (LFG)
LOAD SERVING ENTITY (LSE)
MICROGRID
MUNICIPAL UTILITY
MUNICIPALIZATION
NON‐SYNCHRONIZED RESERVES
NET METERING
NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV)
POWER OUTAGE
NUCLEAR ENERGY
POWER
PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY (PACE)
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (PPA)
PROPANE
RATES
PUMPED HYDRO ENERGY STORAGE
RATE BASE
REGULATED MARKET
REAL-TIME ENERGY MARKETS
REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION (RTO)
RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE)
REGULATION
REGULATION MARKETS
RESERVE MARGIN (OPERATING)
RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD (RPS)
RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES OR CREDITS (RECS)
RETAIL ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS
SOLAR HOT WATER
RETAIL ELECTRIC SALES
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UTILITY
SPINNING RESERVE (SYNCHRONIZED RESERVE)
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SPARK SPREAD
SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA)
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV)
SUBSTATION
TAX DEDUCTION
STRANDED COST
TAX CREDIT
TIDAL ENERGY
TARIFF
TAXING AUTHORITY
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
TAX DEPRECIATION
TRANSMISSION LINE
UTILITY COMMISSION
UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AND OIL
VIRTUAL NET METERING
TRANSFORMER
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
WHEELING SERVICE
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR (TSO)
WAVE ENERGY
VALUE-OF-SOLAR TARIFF (VOST)
WIND ENERGY
VOLTAGE REGULATION
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS