WSP01576

• File Number: 8220.100.50
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/1/1988
• Title: Replacement Resources Processes - Final Methods Report - Appendices
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Acronyms and Glossary

CRSP
DSM
EIS
EPAMP

Colorado River Storage Project

Demand-Side Management

Environmental Impact Statement

Energy Planning and Management
Program, Western

GCp Glen Canyon Dam

IRP Integrated Resource Planning

Rec;lamation Bureau of Reclamation, Department of
the Interior

R~D Record of Decision

SLCAjlP Electric Power Marketing EIS SL~A
Salt lake City Area Integrated Projects
Electric Power Marketing EIS SLCAjlP

Salt lake City Area, Western

Salt lake City Area/Integrated Projects

Western Area Power Administration

FRN
GCPAct

Federal Reeister Notice
Grand Canyon Protection Act

Western

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The rated output of a generator. Also the capability of a transmission line to carry power.
Capacity is frequently used to define the amount of generation reserved for an entity's use
under a contract. Capacity is measured, in terms of watts, kilowatts, etc.

The energy requirement (load) placed ~pon a utility's generation at any specific point in
time. A utility's demand (e.g., capacity :needed) increases and decreases as customers turn on
or off electrical appliances. Demand is! measured in terms of watts, kilowatts, etc.

The force or action of doing work. Energy is typically converted into some other product
such as heat or light. Measurements of; energy generally reflect the quantity of power ex-
pended over a given period of time. Energy is measured in watt-hours or kilowatt-hours.

Firm Power: Power or power-producing capacity t~at is guaranteed to be available to the customer to
meet all or part of the customer's loadl requirements set forth as a commitment in a contract.
This may be marketed on either a long-term or short-term basis.
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Least-cost Option: An option for providing reliable elect~ic services to the SlCA's wholesale long-term firm
electric service customers which will,ito the extent practicable, minimize life-cycle system
costs, including adverse environment*1 effects of providing such service.

Capacity:

Demand:

Energy:

Load: See Demand.

Post-1989 Power Marketing Program: The SlCMP average annual firm capacity (1,449 MWl and energy
(6,156 GWh) commitments for the pllriodfrom October 1989 through September 2004.

Preferred Alternative: The alt~rnative which the lead ag~ncy believes would fulfill its statutory mission and
responsibilities, giving consideration :to economic, environmental, technical and other
factors. '