4.0 Abbreviations and Acronyms
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4.0 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
A. Application ACEC Areas of Critical Environmental Concern AFUDC Allowance for Funds Used During Construction ALJ Administrative Law Judge ASEI Avoidance of Significant Environmental Impacts
BAEA Bald eagle BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs BLM Bureau of Land Management BSA
CAISO California Independent System Operator Caltrans California Department of Transportation CEC California Energy Commission CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CFE Comisión de Federal Electricidad (Mexico) CHP Combined heat and power CI Cumulative Impacts CMA Cooperative Management Agreement CNF Cleveland National Forest Commission California Public Utilities Commission CPCN Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity CPUC California Public Utilities Commission CVAG Coachella Valley Association of Governments
D. Decision dB Decibels DEIR/DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Report/Draft Environmental Impact Statement DG Distributed generation
E Economic e.g. For example EGA Electric Generator Alliance EIR Environmental Impact Report EIS Environmental Impact Statement EMF Electro-magnetic field EVMWD Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
FACTS Flexible AC Transmission System
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FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement
G-1 Outage of most significant in-basin generator GE General Electric GE-PSLF General Electric Power System Planning Program – Positive Sequence Load Flow GIS Geographic Information System GO General Order GOEA Golden eagle
HCP Habitat Conservation Plan HOV High occupancy vehicle HR House Resolution
I-8 Interstate 8 I-10 Interstate 10 I-15 Interstate 15 i.e. That is IID Imperial Irrigation District ISO Independent System Operator kV Kilovolt
LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power LEAPS Lake Elsinore Advanced Pump Storage L/R Legal/Regulatory mG Milligaus MSHCP Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan MVA Megavolt amperes MW Megawatt MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
N-1 Outage of most critical transmission network element N-1/G-1 In basin generator and transmission NCCP Natural Community Conservation Plan NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NERC North American Electric Reliability Council NHC Nevada Hydro Company NRHP National Register of Historic Places NSIL Non-simultaneous import limit
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O&M Operation and maintenance ORA Office of Ratepayer Advocates
PAR Phase Angle Regulator PD Preliminary Decision PEA Proponent’s Environmental Assessment PG&E Pacific Gas & Electric PHC Pre-hearing Conference PO Project objective PTO Participating transmission owner PV Palo Verde
QCB Quino checkerspot butterfly
R. Rulemaking RARE Roadless Area Review and Evaluation RAS Remedial Action Schemes RCFCWCD Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District RMC Reserve Management Committee RMR Reliability Must Run ROW Right-of-way RSEI Reduction of Significant Environmental Impacts RT Reporter’s transcript
SAIC Science Applications International Corporation SB Senate Bill SBNF San Bernardino National Forest SCE Southern California Edison SCFF Self Contained Fluid Filled SCGS Southern California Generation Coalition SD San Diego SDG&E San Diego Gas & Electric SERA Sierra Energy & Risk Assessment SKR Stephen’s kangaroo rat SONGS San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station SP Specific Plan SR State Route SSRC Save Southwest Riverside County, City of Temecula, Pechanga Development Corporation STATCOM Static Synchronous Compensator SUP Special Use Permit SWPL South West Power Link
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T&D Transmission and Distribution TCP Traditional Cultural Resource Properties TE/SV Alt. TSP Total Suspended Particulates
U.S. United States USFS U.S. Forest Service USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
VQO Visual Quality Objective VRI Valley to Rainbow 500 kV Interconnect w/ with WECC Western Electricity Coordinating Council WSA Wilderness Study Area WSCC Western Systems Coordinating Council
XLPE Solid Dielectric Cross-Linked Polyethylene (cable)
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