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Acronyms

ABB Asea Brown Boveri (former name)

AC Alternating current

ACSR Aluminum conductor steel reinforced

AEP American Electric Power

Al Aluminum

A Amperes

BESS Battery energy storage system

BSCCO Bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide

CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers

Association

CSA Corrugated seamless aluminum

Cu Copper

DC Direct current

Delmarva Delaware-Maryland-Virginia

DOE Department of Energy

ECAR East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement

EHV Extra-high voltage

EIA Energy Information Administration

EPACT Energy Policy Act of 1992

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute (former name)

ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas

FACTS Flexible AC transmission system

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FESS Flywheel energy storage system

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council

GW Gigawatt(s)
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HTS High-temperature superconducting

HV High voltage

HVDC High-voltage direct current

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IGC Intermagnetics General Corporation

ISO Independent system operator

ITI Information Technology Industries Council

kA Kiloamperes

kAm Kiloamperes times meters

km Kilometer(s)

kV Kilovolt(s)

kVA Kilovolt(s) amperes

kWh Kilowatt hour(s)

LTS Low-temperature superconducting

m Meter(s)

MAAC Mid-Atlantic Area Council

MAIN Mid-America Interconnected Network

MAPP Mid-Continent Area Power Pool

MJ Megajoules

MVA Megavolt amperes

MVAR Megavolt amperes reactive

MW Megawatt(s)

mW Milliwatt(s)

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NERC North American Electric Reliability Council

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NPCC Northeast Power Coordinating Council

OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy

PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation

PJM PennsylvaniaNew JerseyMaryland

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POST Power Outage Study Team

PURPA Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act

R&D Research and development

RTO Regional transmission organization

SERC Southeastern Electric Reliability Council

SMES Superconducting magnetic energy storage

SPI Superconductivity Partnership Initiative

SPP Southwest Power Pool

TLR Transmission-loading relief

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

UPS Uninterruptible power supply

VAR Volts amperes reactive

W Watt(s)

W/kAm Watts per kiloampere meter

W/kg Watts per kilogram

Wh/kg Watt hours per kilogram

W/m Watts per meter

WSCC Western Systems Coordination Council

XLPE Cross-linked polyethylene

YBCO Yttrium barium copper oxide