Acronyms
AS: Ancillary Service
CR: Competitive Retailer
DA: Day Ahead
ECAR: East Central Area Reliability Council
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
EMS: Energy Management System
EP: Energy Provider
ERCOT: Electric Reliability Council of Texas
ESI: Electric Service Identifier
FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
GW: Gigawatt
GWh: Gigawatt hours
IDR: Interval Data Recorder
IOU: Investor Owned Utilities
IPP: Independent Power Producers
kW: Kilowatts
kWh: Kilowatt-hour
LSE: Load Serving Entity
MAAC: Mid-Atlantic Interconnected Network
MAPP: Mid-Continent Area Power Pool
MCP: Market Clearing Price
MCPE: Market Clearing Price for Energy
MOU: Municipally Owned Utility
NERC: North American Electric Reliability Council
NPCC: Northeast Power Coordinating Committee
OASIS: Open Access Same-Time Information System
PGC: Power Generation Company
PM: Power Marketer
QSE: Qualified Scheduling Entity
REC: Renewable Energy Credit
REP: Retail Electric Provider
RT: Real Time
SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
T&D Losses: Transmission Losses & Distribution Losses
TDSP: Transmission and/or Distribution Service Provider
TLF: Transmission Loss Factor
TSP: Transmission Service Provider
UFE: Unaccounted For Energy
