Acronyms

Question 1

CGB

Answer 1

CT Green Bank

Question 2

DECD

Answer 2

Department of Economic and Community Development

Question 3

TPO

Answer 3

Third-party owner, operator of BESS through lease or PPA

Question 4

Islanding

Answer 4

Ability of BESS to provide back-up power during outrage

Question 5

LOI

Answer 5

Letter of Intent: preliminary commitment of customer to install BESS with a TPO

Question 6

DCM

Answer 6

Demand Charge Mngmt: fees (on monthly energy bill) charged to C&I customers based on their peak consumption; could be nearly half of their electricity bill

Question 7

DOD

Answer 7

Depth of Discharge: percent of total battery capacity; amount of energy that can be cycled in and out of batter. eg: 100% means you charge it all the way up to 100% then discharge to 0%, which decreases life cycle of battery.

Question 8

Microgrid

Answer 8

smaller scale grids compared to national grids. Sometimes a community, a plant, or factory. This includes a diesel/fossil fuel generator

Question 9

PPA

Answer 9

Power Purchase Agreement: between ESS owner and installer/originator/developer

Question 10

DR

Answer 10

Demand Response

Question 11

DRAM

Answer 11

Demand Response Auction Mechanism

Question 12

EOS

Answer 12

Energy Operating System

Question 13

ICF

Answer 13

Incremental Cash Flow (in price forecasting): the potential increase or decrease in a company’s cash flow related to the acceptance of a new project or investment in a new asset.

Question 14

IPP

Answer 14

Independent Power Producer

Question 15

IOU

Answer 15

Investor-owned utilities, eg: PG&E

Question 16

RTM

Answer 16

realtime market

Question 17

SAT

Answer 17

site acceptance testing

Question 18

TOU

Answer 18

Time of Use: a method of measuring and charging a utility customer’s energy consumption based on when the energy is used. Utility companies charge more during the time of day when electricity use is higher. TOU rates vary by region and utility.

Question 19

Building Load

Answer 19

amount of electricity used by a building.

Question 20

Connected Solution:
* Based on __ energy consumption during ___ compared to __ (discharge during CS hours on non-event days will * decrease baseline and thereby decrease potential revenue from this program)
* No penalty if eventday load exceeds baseline load during CS hours

Answer 20

decreasing, event days, baseline load
* Basically if one uses less electricity during low-demand hours it will decrease the baseline
* no penalty if you end up using more than usual during CS hours, the program is focused on encouraging saving not higher use