Appendix E: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations


  Acronym Definition
A AG Washington State Attorney General's Office
  aMW Average Megawatt
  ANGU Association of Northwest Gas Utilities
  ANS Alaska North Slope
  APAC Association of Public Agency Customers
B Bonneville Bonneville Power Administration
  BPA Bonneville Power Administration
C CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency
  CARES Conservation and Renewable Energy System.
  CFO Chief Financial Officer
  COB California-Oregon Border
  Comprehensive Review Comprehensive Review of the Northwest Energy System
  COU Customer Owned Utility
  CREPC Committee for Regional Electric Power Cooperation
  CT Combustion Turbine
  CTED Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
  CTR Commute Trip Reduction
  CUB Citizens Utility Board, Oregon
D DIS Washington Department of Information Service
  DOE Washington Department of Ecology
  DOR Washington Department of Revenue
  DOT Washington State Department of Transportation
  DSI Direct Service Industry
  DSM Demand Side Management
E EFSEC Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
  EIA United States Energy Information Administration
  EIS Environmental Impact Statement
  EMD Washington Emergency Management Division
  Energy Office Washington State Energy Office (closed June 30, 1996)
  EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
  EPACT National Energy Policy Act of 1992
F FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  FHWA Federal Highway Administration
  FTE Full-time Equivalent
G GA Washington Department of General Administration
H HOV High Occupancy Vehicle
I ICNU Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities
  IGO Independent Grid Operator
  IPPC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  ISG Independent Scientific Review Group
L LIHEAP Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
  LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gases
M MPG Miles per gallon
  MW Megawatt
N NERC North American Electric Reliability Council
  NICE3 National Industrial and Competitiveness through Energy, Environment, and Economics
  NRPF Northwest Regional Power Facility
  NWPPC Northwest Power Planning Council
O OPC Office of Public Council
P PF Rate Priority Firm Rate
  PGE Portland General Electric
  POU Publicly Owned Utility
  PNUCC Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee
  PPC Public Power Council
  PUD Public Utility District
R RCW Revised Code of Washington
  RTG Regional Transmission Group
S SO2 Sulfur Dioxide
  SPI Superintendent of Public Instruction
U URL Uniform Resource Locator
  USDOE United States Department of Energy
  USDOT United States Department of Transportation
  UTC Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
W WaPUD Washington Public Utility District
  WIEB Western Interstate Energy Board
  WNG Washington Natural Gas
W WNP Washington Nuclear Project
  WNP-1 The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Hanford
  WNP-2 The Supply System's operating nuclear plant at Hanford
  WNP-3 The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Satsop
  WNP-4 The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Hanford on the same site as WNP-1
  WNP-5 The Supply System's terminated nuclear plant at Satsop, on the same site as WNP-3
  WRTA Western Regional Transmission Association
  WSCC Western Systems Coordinating Council
  WSEO Washington State Energy Office (closed June 30, 1996)
  WSU Washington State University
  WWP Washington Water Power
  WWW World Wide Web


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