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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
ARO Asset retirement obligations
BART Best available retrofit technology
Base Fuel Rate The portion of APS’s retail base rates attributable to fuel and purchased power costs
BCE Bright Canyon Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company
BHP Billiton BHP Billiton New Mexico Coal, Inc.
BNCC BHP Navajo Coal Company
CAISO California Independent System Operator
CCR Coal combustion residuals
Cholla Cholla Power Plant
dc Direct Current
distributed energy systems Small-scale renewable energy technologies that are located on customers’ properties, such as rooftop solar systems
DOE United States Department of Energy
DOI United States Department of the Interior
DOJ United States Department of Justice
DSM Demand side management
DSMAC Demand side management adjustment charge
EES Energy Efficiency Standard
El Dorado El Dorado Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Company
El Paso El Paso Electric 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
NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTEC Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC
OCI Other comprehensive income
OSM Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Palo Verde Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station or PVNGS
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
SIB System Improvement Benefits
TCA Transmission cost adjustor
VIE Variable interest entity
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