For your convenience, NewsData has compiled a list of the acronyms we utilize throughout the Clearing Up publication.
- AC: alternating current
- AMI: advanced metering infrastructure
- APPA: America Public Power Association
- aMW: average megawatt
- BA/BAA: balancing authority/balancing authority area
- Bcf: billion cubic feet
- BCUC: British Columbia Utilities Commission
- BiOp: Biological Opinion
- BPA: Bonneville Power Administration
- Btu: British thermal unit
- BuRec: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- CAISO: California Independent System Operator
- CARB: California Air Resources Board
- CCA: community choice aggregation
- CDFW: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- CFL: compact fluorescent lamp
- CEC: California Energy Commission
- CEQA: California Environmental Quality Act
- CHP: combined heat and power, also known as cogeneration
- COB: California/Oregon Border
- CO2: carbon dioxide
- CPUC: California Public Utilities Commission
- CRITFC: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- CRT: Columbia River Treaty
- CUB: Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon
- DC: direct current
- DER: distributed energy resource(s)
- DOE: U.S. Department of Energy
- DR: demand response
- DRECP: Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
- DSI: Direct Service Industries (primarily Northwest aluminum, served directly by BPA)
- DSM: demand-side management
- DWR: California Department of Water Resources
- EIA: U. S. Energy Information Administration
- EIM: energy imbalance market
- EIR: environmental impact report
- EIS: environmental impact statement
- ENW: Energy Northwest
- EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPRI: Electric Power Research Institute
- ESA: Endangered Species Act
- ESU: evolutionarily significant unit
- EV: electric vehicle
- FBS: Federal Base System
- FCRPS: Federal Columbia River Power System
- FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- FIT: feed-in tariff
- GHG: greenhouse gas
- GW: gigawatt
- GWh: gigawatt-hour
- HCP: habitat conservation plan
- ICIP: Industrial Customers of Idaho Power
- ICNU: Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities
- IDFG: Idaho Department of Fish and Game
- IID: Imperial Irrigation District
- IOU: investor-owned utility
- IPUC: Idaho Public Utilities Commission
- IRP: integrated resource plan
- ISAB: Independent Scientific Advisory Board
- ISO: independent system operator
- ISRP: Independent Scientific Review Panel
- kV: kilovolt
- kVA: kilovolt-ampere
- kW: kilowatt
- kWh: kilowatt-hour
- LED: light-emitting diode
- LMP: locational marginal pricing
- LNG: liquefied natural gas
- MECA: Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association
- Mid-C: Mid-Columbia trading hub and a geographical region in Central Washington
- MMBtu: 1 million British thermal units
- MOU: memorandum of understanding
- MPSC: Montana Public Service Commission
- MW: megawatt
- MWh: megawatt-hour
- NARUC: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
- NCPA: Northern California Power Agency
- NEEA: Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- NEM: net energy metering
- NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
- NERC: North American Electric Reliability Corp.
- NHA: National Hydropower Association
- NIPPC: Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition
- NPCC: Northwest Power and Conservation Council (originally Northwest Power Planning Council)
- NRC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council
- NRECA: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- NRTA: Northwest Regional Transmission Association
- NOAA Fisheries: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, also known in legal and historical documents as National Marine Fisheries Service
- NWEC: NW Energy Coalition
- NWPP: Northwest Power Pool
- NWPPA: Northwest Public Power Association
- OATT: open access transmission tariff
- ODFW: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Oregon EFSC: Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council
- OPUC: Oregon Public Utility Commission
- OPUDA: Oregon People's Utility District Association
- ORECA: Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- PF: BPA priority firm power rate
- PGP: Public Generating Pool
- PIT: passive integrated transponder, a reference to fish-tracking tags
- PMA: power marketing administration
- PNGC Power: Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative
- PNUCC: Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee
- PPA: power purchase agreement
- PPC: Public Power Council
- PUCN: Public Utilties Commission of Nevada
- PUD: public utility district
- PURPA: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
- PV: photovoltaics
- QF: qualifying facility under PURPA
- REA: rural electric association
- REC: renewable energy credit
- RETI: Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
- RFP: request for proposals
- RFQ: request for qualifications
- ROD: record of decision
- RPS: renewables portfolio standard
- RTO: regional transmission organization
- SAR: smolt-to-adult returns
- SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- SCPPA: Southern California Public Power Authority
- SEPA: Washington State Environmental Policy Act
- SWRCB: California State Water Resources Control Board
- TAC: Technical Advisory Committee (Columbia River fisheries)
- TOU: time of use
- USACE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, also abbreviated COE
- USFS: U.S. Forest Service
- USFWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- WAPA: Western Area Power Administration
- WDFW: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- WECC: Western Electricity Coordinating Council, formerly WSCC (Western Systems Coordinating Council)
- Washington EFSEC: Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
- WPUDA: Washington Public Utility Districts Association
- WRECA: Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- WPAG: Western Public Agency Group
- WPPSS: the former Washington Public Power Supply System, now known as Energy Northwest
- WUTC: Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
