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CEE207A (Chad's): Energy Resources > acronyms > Flashcards

acronyms Flashcards

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AB32

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Assembly Bill 32, passed in 2006, requires CA to reduce GHGemissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below by 2050

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BEV

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Battery Electric Vehicles, no emissions, at tailpipe, smooth silent operation

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BOEMRE

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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, manages mineral resources in Alaska, Gulf and Pacific Ocean

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BOS

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Balance of System. Refers to solar PV. Cell to structure to inverter. Does NOT INCLUDE Module

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BRIC

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Brazil, Russia, India, China. All in a similar stage of newly advanced economic development

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CAFE

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Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Requires Manufacturers to comply with the fuel economy standards set by the Department of Transportation.

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CAISO

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California Indepedant System Operator. Nonprofit public benefit corp that operates Californias wholesale power grid

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CREB

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Clean Renewable Energy Bond. Offered as Federal Tax Incentives, government supporting growth of PV in US

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CARB

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California Air Resources Board. power plant emissions and environmental compliance.

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CCS

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Carbon Capture and Storage. Underground storage of captured CO2

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CEC

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California Energy Commission. reports info on state energy system and policy, thermal pp siting, RD&D, sets building and appliance eff. standards

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CFL

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Compact Flourescent Lightbulb. Lasts 8-10 times longer

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CO2e

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CO2 Equivalent. everything in terms of CO2

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COP

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Coefficient of Performance. Geothermal. Heat or Cooling Delivered/Work Input

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CSP

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Concentrating Solar Plant.

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CPUC

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California Public Utilities Commission. Regulates retail rates and sets policy for IOUs, some oversee energy eff. programs

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CPV

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Concentrated PhotoVoltaics. Competitive Power Ventures (wind power producer)

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DG

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Distributed Generation. Puts smaller generators closer to loads, potentially avoiding transmission and distribution altogether

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DER

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Distributed Energy Resources. Same as DG. Also includes other “behind the meter” non-generation resources

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DR

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couldn’t find

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DSM

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Demand Side Management. Modification of consumer habits through financial incentives and education

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EIA

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Energy Information Administration. Where we get all of this information.

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EnergySTAR

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EPA program similar to LEED.

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EPRI

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Energy Policy Research Institute. Conducts research on Electric Power Industry in USA

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EV

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Electric Vehicle.

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FERC

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Regulates wholesale electricity market, generators and transmission rates

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GSHP

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ground source heap pump

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GTL

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Gas to Liquid. Process that turns gaseous HCs to liquid fuels. Fischer Tropsch

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GWP

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Global Warming Potential. A way to measure the environmental impact of a GHG in relation to that of CO2. potential radiative forcing of 1kg of a GHG compared to 1kg of a GHG

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HDI

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Human Development Index. UN metric for assessing development status.

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HEV

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Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Expand usable range of Evs

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HVAC

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Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning.

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ICE

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Internal Combustion Engine

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IOUs

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Investor-Owned Utilities. PG&E, Edison International

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IRP

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Integrated Resource Planning. Utilities analyze an optimal mix of supply-side resources and demand-side mangament to meed distribution needs

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ISO

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Independent System Operators. Maintains power and ancillary services

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ITC

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Investment Tax Credit. Provide developers with tax credits based on amt of money invested in renewable tech.

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LCA

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Life Cycle Analysis. Assess enviro impacts of all stages of a product’s life cycle

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LCOE

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Levelized Cost of Electricity. Cost per unit Energy incorporating variable costs and fixed costs

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LDC’s

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Load Duration Curve. Relationship bewteen generating capacity requirements and capacity utiliation

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LDV

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Light Duty Vehicle.

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LED

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Light Emitting Diode. Used increasingly for lighting

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LEED

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. If a building has certain environmental features, then it can be LEED certified

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LFG

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Land Fill Gas. Methane and CO2

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LNG

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Liquefied Natural Gas.

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MSW

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Municipal Solid Waste. About 1/4 as energy dense as coal

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MTBE

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Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether. Introduced as a replacement for lead as an anti-knocking agent in gasoline

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NERC

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North American Energy Reliability Corporation, technical standards

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NOAA

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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NRC

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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NRDC

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National Resources Defense Council

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NREL

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Dedicated to research, development, commercialization and deployment of renewables and energy efficiency

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OECD

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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Developed Countries working for the betterment of LDCs

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OTEC

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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Creates energy from the thermal gradient between deep water and surface water.

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PACT

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couldn’t find

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PCT

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couldn’t find

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PHEV

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

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PTC

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Production Tax Credit. Producers of Renewable Energy sources get tax credits

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PURPA

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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act. deregulation and competition by opening power markets to nonutility producers of elec. required states to set rules for QFs to sell utilities. launched independent power producers and began competitive pressures in generation.

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PV

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Photovoltaics.

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REC

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Renewable Energy Credits. Facilitate RPS compliance or green power programs

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RIM

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Rate Impact Measure. Compares the utilities avoided cost benefits with the cost of administering energy efficiency programs plus lost revenue

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RFS

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Renewable Fuel Standard. US EPAct saying that we need 7.6 billion galloons of renewable fuels by 2012

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RPS

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Renewable Portfolio Standard. Requires utilities to generate a certain portion of power from renewables

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SCT

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couldn’t find

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SEER

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Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio. Efficiency of air conditioners

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SEGS

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Solar Energy Generating Systms. Solar Thermal Technology

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TRC

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Total Resource Cost. This test compares benefits to society as a whole with cost of installation and energy efficiency

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TOU

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Time of Use. Where predetermined time periods have set electricity retail rates

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USGBC

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US Green Building Council

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USBLM

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US Bureau of Land Management. Administers subsurface mineral rights on federal lands

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USDOE

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US Department of Energy

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USDOT

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US Department of Transportation

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V2G

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Vehicle to Grid. A system in which electric or plug in hybrids communicate with the grid to sell demand reponses or throttle their charging rates.

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WTW

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Well to Wheels. Analysis looks at fuel cycle from recovery & processing to vehicle motion

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PACE

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Property Assessed Clean Energy. its how they finance rooftop PV

CEE207A (Chad's): Energy Resources (12 decks)

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