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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