Acronyms
<h1><strong>List of Acronyms </strong></h1>
<p>ΔV - voltage change</p>
<p>ANSI - <a href="https://www.ansi.org/">American National Standards Institute </a></p>
<p>BPL - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines">broadband over power line </a></p>
<p>CAES - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_energy_storage">compressed air energy storage </a></p>
<p>CERTS - <a href="https://certs.lbl.gov/">Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions </a></p>
<p>AEP - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Electric_Power">American Electric Power </a></p>
<p>CHP - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration">combined heat and power </a></p>
<p>CT - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_turbine">combustion turbine </a></p>
<p>DER - <a href="https://arena.gov.au/blog/distributed-energy-resources/">distributed energy resources </a></p>
<p>DG - <a href="https://www.dg.history.vt.edu/ch1/introduction.html">distributed generators or generation </a></p>
<p>DOE - <a href="https://www.energy.gov/">U.S. Department of Energy </a></p>
<p>DR - <a href="http://www.distributed-generation.com/">distributed resources </a></p>
<p>DUIT - Distributed Utility Integration Test</p>
<p>EEN - energy exceeding normal</p>
<p>EMS - energy management systems</p>
<p>EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute</p>
<p>FCC - Federal Communications Commission</p>
<p>HV - high voltage</p>
<p>I 2 R - power flow losses</p>
<p>IA - IntelliGrid Architecture</p>
<p>ICE - internal combustion engine</p>
<p>IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission</p>
<p>IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</p>
<p>IGBT - insulated gate bipolar transistors</p>
<p>ISO - independent system operator</p>
<p>IUT - intelligent universal transformer</p>
<p>LCOE - levelized cost of energy</p>
<p>LTC - load tap changing</p>
<p>LV - low voltage</p>
<p>MCFC - molten carbonate fuel cells</p>
<p>MEM - Microgrid Energy Management</p>
<p>MV - medium voltage</p>
<p>NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory</p>
<p>NTUA - National Technical University of Athens</p>
<p>OMS - outage management system</p>
<p>PAFC - phosphoric acid fuel cells</p>
<p>PHEVs - plug-in hybrid electric vehicles</p>
<p>PURPA - Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (1978)</p>
<p>PV -photovoltaics</p>
<p>PWM - pulse-width modulated</p>
<p>RSI - Renewable Systems Interconnection</p>
<p>RTU - remote terminal unit</p>
<p>SCADA - supervisory control and data acquisition</p>
<p>SEIA - Solar Energy Industries Association vii</p>
<p>SMES - superconductive magnetic energy storage</p>
<p>SNL - Sandia National Laboratories</p>
<p>T&D - transmission and distribution</p>
<p>TC - Technical Committee (of the IEC)</p>
<p>UL - Underwriters Laboratories</p>
<p>VAC - volts alternating current</p>
<p>VAR - volt ampere reactive</p>
<p>WG - Working Goal (of the IEC TC)</p>
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