Whether assisting an entity with their compliance program or discussing compliance with a potential client, McCoy Power Consultants Inc. (MPC) strives to make the complicated subject of NERC Reliability Standard compliance comprehensible and less time consuming.
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Industry Acronyms
In the electrical industry, the use of acronyms is a very common way of communicating. This also holds true with the NERC Reliability Standards and the language of compliance. To help you understand some of the more widely used acronyms, MPC has put together a list of the more common acronyms used in the electrical utility industry and NERC Compliance.
- ANSI – American National Standards Institute
- BA – Balancing Authority
- BAA – Balancing Authority Area
- BES – Bulk Electric System
- BIL – Basic Insulation Level
- BSL – Basic (Switching) Surge Level
- CEC – California Energy Commission
- CERCLA – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- CIP – Critical Infrastructure Protocols
- CPUC – California Public Utilities Commission
- DP – Distribution Provider
- ECC – Energy Control Center
- EMS – Energy Management System
- FPA – Federal Power Act
- GO – Generator Owner
- GOP – Generator Operator
- IA – Interchange Authority
- IA – Interconnection Agreement
- IEC – International Electro-technical Commission
- IED – Intelligent Electronic Devices
- IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- kVAR – Kilovolt-Amp Reactive
- KV – Kilovolt
- KWh – Kilowatt-hour
- LGIA – Large Generator Interconnection Agreement
- LSE – Load Serving Entity
- MVAR – Megavolt-Amp Reactive
- MW – Megawatt
- MWh – Megawatt-hour
- NAESB – North American Energy Standards Board
- NEMA National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association
- NERC – North American Electric Reliability Council
- NESC – National Electrical Safety Code
- OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- PA – Planning Authority
- PLC – Programmable Logic Controller
- POI – Point of Interconnection
- PSE – Purchase Selling Entity
- RC – Reliability Coordinator
- RP – Resource Planner
- RTU – Remote Terminal Unit
- SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- SGIA – Small Generator Interconnection Agreement
- SHPO – State Historic Preservation Officer
- TO – Transmission Owner
- TOP – Transmission Operator
- TP - Transmission Planner
- WTG – Wind Turbine Generator
