List of Acronyms
A
AB - Assembly Bill
ABT - Availability Based Tariff
AC - Alternating Current
ACEC - Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
ACEEE - American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
AD - Accelerated Depreciation
ADB - Asian Development Bank
ADT - Average Daily Traffic
AFB - Air Force Base
ALUC - Airport Land Use Commission
ALUCP - Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan
AM - Air Mass
APS - Alternating Power Source
APPC - Average Pooled Purchase Cost
AQMP - Air Quality Management Plan
ARC - Asset Recovery Company
ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
ASEI - Asia Solar Energy Initiative
AUM - Assets Under Management
B
BACM - Best Available Control Measures
BAU - Business as Usual
BE - Baseline Emissions
BFPP - Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser
BIS - Bureau of Indian Standards
BM - Build Margin
BMPs - Best Management Practices
BMU - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit - Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
BOM - Bill of Materials
BOQ - Bill of Quantity
BOOT - Build Operate Own Transfer
BOS - Balance of System
BPC - Bid Process Coordinator
C
CA - Corrective Action / Clarification Action
CAA - Clean Air Act
Cal/EPA - California Environmental Protection Agency
Cal/OSHA - California Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Caltrans - California Department of Transportation
CAPEX - Capital Expenditure
CAR - Corrective Action Request
CARB - California Air Resources Board
CCD - Compulsory Convertible Debentures
CCD - Concessional Customs Duty
CCR - California Code of Regulations
CDFG - California Department of Fish and Game
CDM - Clean Development Mechanism
CDM PCP - Clean Development Mechanism Project Cycle Procedure
CDM PS - Clean Development Mechanism Project Standard
CdTe - Cadmium Telluride
CEA - Central Electricity Authority
CED - Concessional Excise Duty
CEI - Chief Electrical Engineer
CEIG - Chief Electrical Engineer to Government
CEQA - California Environmental Quality Act
CER - Certified Emission Reduction(s)
CERC - Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CESA - Clean Energy States Alliance
CESA - California Endangered Species Act
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CGS - California Geological Survey
CHP - California Highway Patrol
CIGS - Copper Indium Gallium Selenide
CL - Clarification Request
CLP - Closed Landfill Program
CM - Combined Margin
CNDDB - California Natural Diversity Database
CNEL - Community Noise Equivalent Level
CNPS - California Native Plant Society
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
CO2e - Carbon Dioxide equivalent
COD - Commercial Operation Date
CP - Certification Program
CPUC - California Public Utilities Commission
CRBRWQCB - Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board
c-Si - Crystalline Silicon
CSI - California Solar Initiative
CSP - Concentrated Solar Power
CTE - Consent to Establish
CTO - Consent to Operate
CUF - Capacity Utilization Factor
CUP - Conditional Use Permit
CUPA - Certified Unified Program Agency
CVC - California Vehicle Code
CWA - Clean Water Act
C-WET - Center for Wind Energy Technology
D
DACRE - District Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy
dB - Decibels
dBA - A-weighted decibels
DC - Direct Current
DC or D/C - Double Circuit
DFI - Development Funding Institution
DFID - U.K Department for International Development Cooperation
DGCA - Directorate General for Civil Action
DGFT - Directorate General of Foreign Trade
DISCOMS - State Distribution companies
DNA - Designated National Authority
DNI - Direct Normal Irradiation
DOE - Designated Operational Entity
DOE - United States Department of Energy
DPM - diesel exhaust emissions
DPR – Detailed Project Report
DR - Document Review
DRECP - Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
DRC - Development & Reform Commission
DRT - Debt Recovery Tribunals
DSCR - Debt Service Coverage Ratio
DSRA - Debt Service Reserve Account
DTSC - Department of Toxic Substances and Control
DWR - Department of Water Resources
E
EA - Expenditure Account
EA – Executing Agency
EB - CDM Executive Board
EBITDA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ECA - Export Credit Agency
ECB - External Commercial Borrowing
EDR - Environmental Data Resources, Inc.
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EHS - Environmental Health Services
EHV – Extra High Voltage
EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment
EIB - European Investment Bank
EIR - Environmental Impact Report
EMP – Environmental Management Plan
EMoP – Environmental Monitoring Plan
EOP - Emergency Operations Plan
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPB - Environmental Protection Bureau
EPC - Engineering, Procurement and Construction
EPC - Engineering, Procurement and Contracting
EPLI - Employment Pracitices Liability Insurance
EPS - Emissions Performance Standards
ER - Emission Reduction
ERM - Environment Resource Management
ERPA - Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement
ESA - Endangered Species Act
ESI - Environmental Site Investigation
F
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FAR - Forward Action Request
FCB - Foreign Currency Borrowing
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFA – Framework Financing Agreement
FICON - Federal Interagency Committee on Noise
FI - Financial Institution
FiT - Feed-in Tariff
FMMP - Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
FPPA - Farmland Protection Policy Act
FSR - Feasibility Study Report
FTA - Federal Transit Administration
G
GBI - Generation Based Incentive
GC - Government Code
GETCO – Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation
GHG - Greenhouse gas(es)
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – German Agency for International Cooperation
GOG – Government of Gujarat
GoI – Government of India
GPCL – Gujarat Power Corporation Limited
GPCB – Gujarat Pollution Control Board
GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism
GSC - Global Stakeholders Comments
GUVNL - Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited
GWP - Global Warming Potential
H
ha – Hectare
HCP - Habitat Conservation Plan
HRI - Historic Resources Inventory
HT - High Tension
HVDS – High-Voltage Distribution System
Hz - Hertz
I
I - Interview
IA – Implementing Agency
ICAPCB - Imperial County Air Pollution Control Board
ICAPCD - Imperial County Air Pollution Control District
ICFD - Imperial County Fire Department
ICS - Incident Command System
IDBI - Industrial Development Bank of India
IDC - Interest During Construction
IDFC - Infrastructure Development Finance Company
IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
IEE – Initial Environmental Examination
IEGC - Indian Electricity Grid Code
IEX - Indian Energy Exchange
IFC - International Finance Corporation
IFY - Indian Financial Year
IGR - Intergovernmental Review
IID - Imperial Irrigation District
IL&FS - Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited
IMD - India Meteorological Department
INR - Indian Rupees
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IREDA - Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
IRR - Internal Rate of Return
IS - Initial Study
IsDB - Islamic Development Bank
ISGGF - India Solar Generation Guarantee Facility
ISO - Insurance Services Office
IWRMP - Integrated Water Resources Management Plan
IWTMA - Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturing Association
J
JBIC - Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency
JNNSM - Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
K
KfW - Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau
KGRAs - Known Geothermal Resource Areas
kW - Kilowatt
kWh - Kilowatt-hour
kWp - kilowatt peak
L
L - Leakage
LCOE - Levelized Cost of Energy
Ldn - Day-Night Noise Levelized
Leg - Energy Equivalent Noise Level
LESA - Land Evaluation and Site Assessment
LIM - Land Inventory Monitoring
LLC - Limited Liability Company
Lmax - Maximum Noise Level
Lmin - Minimum Noise Level
LoA - Letter of Approval
LoA - Letter of Award
LoC - Letter of Credit
LOI - Letter of Intent
LOS - Level of Service
L&T - Larsen and Toubro
LT - Low Tension
M
MBCL - Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited
MBTA - Migratory Bird Treaty Act
MCA - Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MEI - Maximally Exposed Individual
MLD - Most likely descendant
MMRP - Mitigation Monitoring and Restoration Plan
MNRE - Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
MOC - Modalities of Communication
MoEF – Ministry of Environment and Forests
MoM - Minutes of Meeting
MOP – Ministry of Power
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MoV - Means of Verification
MP – Madhya Pradesh
MP - Monitoring Plan
MPCA - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPO - Metropolitan Planning Organization
MSL - Mean Sea Level
MSW - Municipal Solid Waste
MW - Megawatt
MWh - Megawatt-hour
MWp - Megawatt hour peak
N
N/A - Not Applicable
NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA-SSE - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Surface
NBFC - Non-banking Financial Company
NCP - National Contingency Plan
NDRC - National Development & Reform Commission
NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
NIMS - National Incident Management System
NIT – Notice of Inviting Tender
NLDC - National Load Dispatch Center
Nord/LB - Norddeutsche Landesbank
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOP - Notice of Preparation
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRCS - Natural Resource Conservation Service
NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NSM - National Solar Mission
NVVN - NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam
NVVNL - NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited
NWCG - Northwest China Grid
O
OA - Open Access
OA - Operational Area
ODA - Official Development Assistance
OEHHA - Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
OES - Office of Emergency Services
OHP - Office of Historic Preservation
OM - Operating Margin
O&M - Operations and Maintenance
OPEX - Operational Expenditure
OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSV - On-site Visit
OSRTI - Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
OSWER - Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
P
PCFACC - Pollution Control Financing Authority of Camden County
PDD - Project Design Document
PDR - Preliminary Design Report
PFC - Power Finance Corporation
PGA - peak ground acceleration
PGCIL – Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
PIA - Project Implementation Agreement
PLA - Prospective Leaser Agreement
PLF – Plant Load Factor
PLR - Prime Lending Rate
PMU – Project Management Unit
PP - Project Participant
PPA - Power Purchasing agreement
PPC - Public Protection Classification
PPV - peak particle velocity
PRC - Public Resources Code
PSA - Power Sale Agreement
PSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration
PTCC – Power Telecom Co-ordination Committee
PV - Photovoltaic
PVSOC - Photovoltaic-Security Operations Center
PXIL - Power Exchange of India Ltd
Q
QC/QA - Quality Control/Quality Assurance
R
RACM - Reasonably Available Control Measures
RBI - Reserve Bank of India
RCPG - Regional Comprehensive Plan and Guide
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
RE – Rural Electrification
REC - Renewable Energy Certificate
REDA - Renewable Energy Development Agency
RERC - Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission
RETI - Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
RFP - Request for Proposal
RFQ - Request for Qualifications
RFQ - Request for Quotation
RFR - Request for Registration
RfS - Request for Selection
ROG - Reactive Organic Gases
ROW – Right of Way
RP – Resettlement Plan
RPPC - Rajasthan Power Procurement Centre
RPO - Renewable Purchase Obligation
RPS - Renewable Portfolio Standard
RPSSGP - Rooftop PV and Small Solar Power Generation Programme
RREC - Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd.
RRECL - Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd.
RSP - Rajasthan Solar Policy
RTL - Rupee Term Loan
RVPN - Rajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam
RWQCB - Regional Water Quality Control Board
S
SA - Sensitivity Analysis
SARA - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SB - Senate Bill
SBC - Safe Bearing Capacities
SBI - State Bank of India
SBICAPS - State Bank of India Capital Markets
SCAG - Southern California Association of Governments
SCIC - South Coastal Information Center
SD - Sustainable Development
SDC - Seismic Design Category
SEB - State Electricity boards
SEC - Solar Energy Cover
SEIA - Social and Environmental Impact Assessment
SEL - Single Event Noise Level
SELP - Small-Scale Energy Loan Program
SEMS - Standardized Emergency Management System
SERC - State Electricity Regulatory Commission
SEZ - Special Economic Zone
SGIP - Self-Generation Incentive Program
SIP - State Implementation Plan
SItC - Supplier Information to Client
SLD - Single Line Diagram
SLDC - State Load Dispatch Center
SLP - Sea Level Pressure
SNA - State Nodal Agency
SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
SPCC - spill prevention, control, and countermeasure
SPO - Solar Purchase Obligation
SPE - Special Purpose Entity
SPPA - Solar Power Purchase Agreement
SPT - Standard Penetration Test
SPV - Solar Photovoltaic
SR - State Route
SREC - Solar Renewable Energy Certificates
SRRA - Solar Radiation Resource Assessment Station
SSC - Small-Scale
SSC - Small Scale Project Activity
SSC - Species of Special Concern
SSP - Solar Service Provider
STC - Standard Test Conditions
STHS - Stakeholder Survey
STU - State Transmission Utility
SVOCs - Semi Volatile Organic Compounds
SVP - Society for Vertebrate Paleontology
SWMU - Solid Waste Management Unit
SWPPP - Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
SWRCB - State Water Resources Control Board
T
t - Tonne
TACs - Toxic Air Contaminants
TANDEGCO - Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation
TCEQ - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
tCO2e - Tonnes of CO2 equivalents
TEDA - Tamil Nadu Energy Development Authority
TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Loads
TNEB - Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
TOU - Time of Use
U
UBC - Uniform Building Code
UNEP - United National Environment Programme
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UPRR - Union Pacific Railroad
US EXIM Bank - The Export-Import Bank of United States
USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture
USEPA - Environmental Protection Agency
USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
V
VAT - Value-added Tax
VGF - Viability Gap Funding
VOC - Volatile organic content
VVM - Validation Verification Manual
VVS - Validation and Verification Standard
W
WDR - Waste discharge requirements
WDV - Written Down Value
WRDC - World Radiation Data Centre