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Transmission system (electric):
An interconnected group of electric transmission lines and equipment used to move
electric energy between different points.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
The UNFCCC was adopted in May 1992 and opened for signature at the 1992 Earth
Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It entered into force in March 1994 and as of May 2018 had
197 Parties (196 States and the European Union). The Convention's ultimate objective
is the 'stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level
that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.'
The provisions of the Convention are pursued and implemented by two treaties: the
Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. Also see Kyoto Protocol and Paris
Agreement.
United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
A federal agency founded in 1970 to coordinate governmental action for protection of
the environment via systematic lessening and control of pollution. EPA work involves
integration or research, monitoring, standards setting and enforcement activities.
United States Energy Information Association (U.S. EIA)
An independent agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that develops surveys,
collects energy data, and does analytical and modeling analyses of energy issues.
The Agency must comply with the requests of Congress, other elements within the
Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Executive Branch,
its own independent needs, and assist the general public, or other interest groups,
without taking a policy position.
