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GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TECHNICAL TERMS
AC
Alternating Current
ACC
Arizona Corporation Commission
ADEQ
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
AFUDC
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
ANPP
Arizona Nuclear Power Project, also known as Palo Verde
APS
Arizona Public Service Company, a subsidiary of the Company
APSES
APS Energy Services Company, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company sold on August
19, 2011
Base Fuel Rate
The portion of APS’s retail base rates attributable to fuel and purchased power costs
BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton New Mexico Coal, Inc.
BNCC
BNP Navajo Coal Company
Cholla
Cholla Power Plant
CPUC
California Public Utility Commission
DC
Direct Current
DOE
United States Department of Energy
DOI
United States Department of the Interior
DSMAC
Demand side management adjustment charge
El Dorado
El Dorado Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Company
EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
FERC
United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Four Corners
Four Corners Power Plant
GWh
Gigawatt-hour, one billion watts per hour
kV
Kilovolt, one thousand volts
kWh
Kilowatt-hour, one thousand watts per hour
LFCR
Lost Fixed Cost Recovery Mechanism
MMBtu
One million British Thermal Units
MW
Megawatt, one million watts
MWh
Megawatt-hour, one million watts per hour
Native Load
Retail and wholesale sales supplied under traditional cost-based rate regulation
Navajo Plant
Navajo Generating Station
NRC
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OCI
Other comprehensive income
OSM
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Palo Verde
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Pinnacle West
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (any use of the words “Company,” “we,” and
“our” refer to Pinnacle West)
PSA
Power supply adjustor approved by the ACC to provide for recovery or refund of
variations in actual fuel and purchased power costs compared with the Base Fuel
Rate
RES
Arizona Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff
Salt River Project or
SRP
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
SCE
Southern California Edison Company
SunCor
SunCor Development Company, a subsidiary of the Company
TCA
Transmission cost adjustor
VIE
Variable interest entity
West Phoenix
West Phoenix Power Plant