Glossary - w
For your convenience, this page contains an alphabetically organized list of terms, definitions and common acronyms used in the electric utility industry.
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Term/Acronym |
Definition |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WGR | Wind-powered Generation Resource |
| WGRPP | Wind-powered Generation Resource Production Potential |
| WMS | Wholesale Market Subcommittee |
| WSIDR | Weather-Sensitive Interval Data Recorder |
| Watch | The third of four possible levels of communication issued by ERCOT in anticipation of a possible Emergency Condition, detailed in Section 6.5.9, Emergency Operations. |
| Weather Zone | A geographic region in which climatological characteristics are similar for all areas within such region. |
| Wholesale Customer | A NOIE receiving service at wholesale points of delivery from an LSE other than itself. |
| Wind-powered Generation Resource (WGR) | See Resource |
| Wind-powered Generation Resource Production Potential (WGRPP) | The generation in MWh per hour from a WGR that could be generated from all available units of that Resource allocated from the 80% probability of exceedance of the Total ERCOT Wind Power Forecast (TEWPF). |