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ABAU:adjusted business-as-usual ESCO:Energy Service Company MW:megawatt <br /> BAU:business-as-usual EV:electric vehicle MWH:megawatt hours <br /> BOCC: Board of County EVSE:electric vehicle supply NC: North Carolina <br /> Commissioners equipment <br /> N20:Nitrous oxide <br /> Btu:British thermal unit FEMA:Federal Emergency <br /> Management Agency OC:Orange County <br /> CAFE Standards:Corporate Average <br /> Fuel Economy Standards FTA:Federal Transit Administration OCCO:Orange County Commuter <br /> Options <br /> CAP:Climate Action Plan GAP Certification:Good Agricultural <br /> Practices Certification OWASA:Orange Water and Sewer <br /> CCAG:Community Climate Action Authority <br /> Grant Program GHG:greenhouse gas <br /> PACE:Property Assessed Clean <br /> C&D:construction and demolition GI:green infrastructure Energy <br /> CDC:Center for Disease Control GWP:global warming potential PFCs:Perfluorocarbons <br /> CFE:Commission for the Environment HB: House Bill PIO: Public Information Office <br /> CFI:Charging and fueling HFCs:Hydrofluorocarbons PORCH Hillsborough:Food Security <br /> infrastructure Community Organization <br /> HGL:Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids <br /> CH4:methane HOA:Homeowner Association PPP:public-private partnerships <br /> CO2:carbon dioxide PTA:Parent-Teacher Association <br /> HVAC:heating,ventilation,&air <br /> CO2e:carbon dioxide equivalent conditioning PTC:Production Tax Credit <br /> DCHC-MPO:Durham-Chapel Hill ICLEI:International Council for Local RAISE:Rebuilding American <br /> Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Environmental Initiatives Infrastructure with Sustainability and <br /> Organization Equity <br /> IPCC:Intergovernmental Panel on <br /> DEAPR: Department of Environment, Climate Change RECs: Renewable Energy Certificates <br /> Agriculture, Parks, and Recreation IRA:Inflation Reduction Act RFP:request for proposals <br /> DEQ:Department of Environmental <br /> Quality ITC: Investment Tax Credit RSPC:Renewable Energy Special <br /> kg N:kilograms of nitrogen Projects Committee <br /> DERA:Diesel Emissions Reduction SF6:Sulfur hexafluoride <br /> Act kW:kilowatt <br /> DOT:Department of Transportation kWh:kilowatt hours <br /> SFC:specific fuel consumption <br /> DOE:Department of Energy LEED:Leadership in Energy and SRVC:South East Reliability <br /> Corporation (SERC)Virginia/Carolina <br /> EIA:Energy Information Environmental Design <br /> Administration LGO:local government operations TDM:transportation demandmanagement <br /> EIE: Environmental Insights Explorer LIHEAP:Low Income Home Energy UNC:University of North Carolina <br /> EILP:Energy Improvement Loan Assistance Program <br /> USDA:United States Department of <br /> Program LMI:low-to-moderate income Agriculture <br /> EO:Executive Order LPG: Liquid Petroleum Gas USI:Utility Savings Initiative <br /> EPA:Environmental Protection MOD:Mobility on Demand VMT:vehicle miles traveled <br /> Agency <br /> MMBtu:one million British thermal WAP:Weatherization Assistance <br /> EPC:Energy Performance Contracts units Program <br /> ERA:Energy Improvements in Rural MSW:municipal solid waste <br /> or Remote Areas <br /> MTCO2e:metric tons carbon dioxide <br /> equivalent <br /> 2023 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA 159 <br />