MECAB refers to the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing document prepared by the Billing Committee of the Ordering and Billing Forum “OBF”, which functions under the auspices of the Carrier Liaison Committee “CLC of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions “ATIS”. The MECAB document, published by ATIS as ATIS/OBF- MECAB- Issue 6, February 1998, contains the recommended guidelines for the billing of access services provided to an IXC by two or more LECs, or by one LEC in two or more states within a single LATA.
USFWS means the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the United States Department of Interior.
kWp means kilo-Watt Peak;
Flowgate means a representative modeling of facilities or groups of facilities that may act as potential constraint points.
foreshore , in relation to a port, means the area between the high-water mark and the low-water mark relating to that port;