Section - California Public Utilities Commission



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

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

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

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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