LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 

A: present value of future core losses ($/watt) 

AEO: Annual Energy Outlook, DOE/EIA publication 

AL: aluminum 

ANOPR: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

ANSI: American National Standards Institute 

B: present value of future coil losses ($/watt) 

BIL: basic impulse insulation level 

BBRS: Board for Building Regulations and Standards 

BC: Bill Calculator 

BEA: U.S. Bureau of Economic Affairs 

BIL: basic impulse insulation level 

BLM: Bureau of Land Management 

BT: Building Technologies 

CAPM: Capital Asset Pricing Model 

CBECS: Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey 

CEA: Canadian Electricity Association 

C&I: commercial and industrial 

CO2: carbon dioxide 

CSA: Canadian Standards Association 

CSL: Candidate Standard Level 

CU: cooper 

DL: design line (followed by a number indicating which design line) 

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DOE: Department of Energy 

DOJ: Department of Justice 

EIA: Energy Information Administration 

ELCAP: Elrick & Lavidge Computerized Audit Program 

EMM: Electricity Market Model 

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency 

EPCA: Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

ERP: equity risk premium 

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency 

FEMP: Federal Energy Management Program 

FERC: U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

GDP: Gross Domestic Product 

GRIM: Government Regulatory Impact Model 

H-O DR: laser-scribed M3 core steel 

HTS: high-temperature superconducting 

HV: high voltage 

HVAC: heating, ventilating and air-conditioning 

Hz: hertz 

ID: load identification 

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 

IMBUILD: Impact of Building 

IMPLAN: Impact Analysis for Planning 

IOUs: investor-owned utilities 

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KV: kilovolt 

KVA: kilovolt-ampere (transformer size rating)

LBNL: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 

LCC: Life-Cycle Cost 

LL: load loss 

LV: low voltage 

M*: M2, M3, M4, M6 – thickness of core steel 

MIA: Manufacturer Impact Analysis 

MVA: megavolt-amperes 

MV: megavolt 

NAICS: North American Industry Classification System 

NCI: Navigant Consulting, Inc. (formerly Arthur D. Little, Inc.) 

NEEP: Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership 

NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association 

NEMS: National Energy Modeling System 

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

NES: National Energy Savings 

NL: no-load losses 

NOM: Normas Oficiales Mexicanas–NOM (official Mexican standards)

NOPR: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

NOx: nitrogen oxides 

NPV: net present value 

NRCan: Natural Resources Canada 

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NYSERDA: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) 

OEE: Office of Energy Efficiency 

OEMs: original equipment manufacturers 

OIRA: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

OMB: Office of Management and Budget 

OPS: Optimized Program Service, Inc. 

ORNL: Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

PBP: payback period 

PC: product class 

PRF: peak responsibility factor 

Quads: quadrillion Btus 

RMS: root mean square 

RTP: real-time pricing 

SA1: Metglas amorphous core material 

SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission 

SIC: Standard Industrial Classification 

SO2: sulfur dioxide 

SMUD: Sacramento Municipal Utility District 

TDM: Tariff Data Model 

TL: total losses 

TOC: Total Owning Cost 

TOU: time of use 

TSD: Technical Support Document 

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UL: Underwriters Laboratories 

URL: uniform resource locator 

US: United States 

V: volts 

Y: w ye-type transformer terminal connection 

ZDMH: mechanically scribed, deep-domain refined core steel 

Φ: phase 

 

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