Terms and Definitions you may not be familiar with.
If you haven't been following the wind turbine situation, there may be terms and definitions that are unclear. We'll try and list them here along with their meanings.
You may also want to try the Oxford Online Dictionary or Online Acronym Finder, in the left column.
| AET | Air Energy TCI Inc |
| AGC | Automatic Generation Control |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
| CEAA | Canadian Environmental Assessment Act |
| CEC | Canadian Electrical Code |
| CHP | Combined Heat and Power |
| CSPE | Canadian Society of Professional Engineers |
| DOE | US Department of Energy |
| EIA | Energy Information Administration, USA |
| ESR | Environmental Screening Report |
| ETF | OSPE’s Energy Task Force |
| FIT | Feed-in Tariff |
| FN | First Nations |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gases |
| HOEP | Hourly Ontario Energy Price (wholesale market) |
| HRQOL | Health Related Quality of Life |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IESO | Independent Electricity System Operator |
| IPSP | Integrated Power System Plan |
| IWT | Industrial Wind Turbine |
| LCC | Life Cycle Costing |
| LCOE | Levelized Cost of Electricity |
| LFN | Low Frequency Noise |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LTEP | Long Term Energy Plan |
| LUEC | Levelized Unit Energy Cost |
| MOE | Ontario Ministry of the Environment |
| MTC | Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture |
| MTO | Ministry of Transportation of Ontario |
| Nacelle | The housing at the top of the turbine tower, behind the blades |
| NEA | Nuclear Energy Agency |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NIABY or NAMBY | Not in anybody's backyard |
| NIMBY | Not in My Backyard |
| OEB | Ontario Energy Board |
| OECD | Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OEFC | Ontario Electricity Financial Corportation |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OME | Ontario Ministry of Energy |
| OPA | Ontario Power Authority |
| OPG | Ontario Power Generation |
| OSPE | Ontario Society of Professional Engineers |
| PV | Photovoltaic (Solar Cells) |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| REA | Renewable Energy Approvals |
| REA | Renewable Energy Act |
| SBG | Surplus Base-load Generation |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Analysis |
| SMD | Supply Mix Directive |
| SPG | Surplus Peak-load Generation |
| TOU | Time Of Use |
| TRM | Technology Roadmap |
| US | United States of America |
| VAD | Vibroacoustic Disease |
| WIMBY | Wind in My Backyard |
| WTG | Wind Turbine Generator |