Terminology

Terminology#

This is a list of definitions/acronyms that we established for R2X purposes.

Definitions#

Baseline system

Representation of the grid infrastructure with components

Acronymns#

PCM

Production Cost Model

CEM

Capacity Expansion Model

ReEDS

Regional Something. Link

reVX

The Renewable Energy Potential(V) eXchange Tool

Plexos

Energy exemplar production cost model

BESS

Battery Energy Storage System

WECC

Western interconect.

Nodal#

Node

Bus/Node equivalent

Zone

Combination of nodes

Prime mover type

EIA technology category

Fuel type

EIA fuel type category

Baseline capacity

Total capacity that exist on the PCM system

Prescribed capacity

Total capacity identified by CEM system

Investment capacity

Total capacity to be added to the PCM system based on the prescription capacity

Deactivated capacity

Amount of capacity to be turn off (unavailable) from the PCM system to meet the CEM system prescription

Uncategorized technology

Category for generators without a fuel type or technology mapping

LPF

Load participation factor that captures the contribution of each node in a given zone.

Nodal unit limit

Total amount of units to allocate in a given node