Duke Energy 2013 Annual Report Download - page 22

IAP ........................ State Environmental Agency of Parana
IBAMA ...................... Brazil Institute of Environment and
Renewable Natural Resources
Ibener ...................... Iberoamericana de Energia Ibener, S.A.
IBNR ....................... Incurred but not yet reported
IC ......................... Internal combustion
IFRS ....................... International Financial Reporting Standards
IGCC ....................... Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
INPO ....................... Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
IRP ........................ Integrated Resource Plan
IRS ........................ Internal Revenue Service
ISO ........................ Independent System Operator
ITC......................... Investment Tax Credit
IURC ....................... Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Investment Trusts ............. Grantor trusts of Duke Energy Progress, Duke
Energy Florida and Duke Energy Indiana
JDA ........................ Joint Dispatch Agreement
KPSC ....................... Kentucky Public Service Commission
kV ......................... Kilovolt
kWh........................ Kilowatt-hour
Lee Nuclear Station ............ William States Lee III Nuclear Station
Levy........................ Duke Energy Florida’s proposed nuclear plant in
Levy County, Fla.
Legacy Duke Energy Directors .... Members of the pre-merger Duke Energy board
of directors
LIBOR ...................... London Interbank Offered Rate
MATS....................... Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (previously
referred to as the Utility MACT Rule)
Mcf ........................ Thousand cubic feet
McGuire..................... McGuire Nuclear Station
MGP ....................... Manufactured gas plant
MISO ....................... Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
MMBtu ..................... Million British Thermal Unit
Moody’s .................... Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
MTBE....................... Methyl tertiary butyl ether
MTEP....................... MISO Transmission Expansion Planning
MW ........................ Megawatt
MVP........................ Multi Value Projects
MWh ....................... Megawatt-hour
NCAG....................... North Carolina Attorney General
NCEMC ..................... North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation
NCRC....................... Florida’s Nuclear Cost Recovery Clause
NCSC....................... North Carolina Supreme Court
NCUC ...................... North Carolina Utilities Commission
NC WARN ................... N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network
NDTF ....................... Nuclear decommissioning trust funds
NEIL ....................... Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited
NMC ....................... National Methanol Company
NOL........................ Net operating loss
NOx ........................ Nitrogen oxide
Non-GHG.................... Non Greenhouse Gas
NPNS....................... Normal purchase/normal sale
NRC........................ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSPS....................... New Source Performance Standard
NSR........................ New Source Review
NWPA ...................... Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
NYSE ....................... New York Stock Exchange
Oconee ..................... Oconee Nuclear Station
OPC........................ Florida Office of Public Counsel
OPEB....................... Other Post-Retirement Benefit Obligations
ORS........................ South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
OUCC....................... Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor
OVEC ....................... Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
the Parent ................... Duke Energy Corporation Holding Company
PJM ........................ PJM Interconnection, LLC
Progress Energy............... Progress Energy, Inc.
PSCSC...................... Public Service Commission of South Carolina
PSD........................ Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Public Staff .................. North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff
PUCO....................... Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
QF ......................... Qualified Facilities
QSPE ....................... Qualifying Special Purpose Entity
QUIPS ...................... Quarterly Income Preferred Securities
Relative TSR ................. TSR of Duke Energy stock relative to a pre-
defined peer group
REPS ....................... Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Portfolio Standard
Robinson .................... Robinson Nuclear Station
RPM ....................... Reliability Pricing Model
RSP ........................ Rate Stabilization Plan
RTO ........................ Regional Transmission Organization
SAFSTOR .................... Safe Storage Configuration
SCOA....................... Sumitomo Corporation of America
SEC ........................ Securities and Exchange Commission
Segment Income .............. Income from continuing operations net of
income attributable to noncontrolling interests
SO2 ........................ Sulfur dioxide
Spectra Energy ............... Spectra Energy Corp.
Spectra Capital ............... Spectra Energy Capital, LLC (formerly Duke
Capital LLC)
S&P........................ Standard & Poor’s Rating Services
SSO ........................ Standard Service Offer
Subsidiary Registrants.......... Duke Energy Carolinas, Progress Energy, Duke
Energy Progress, Duke Energy Florida, Duke
Energy Ohio and Duke Energy Indiana
Supreme Court................ U.S. Supreme Court
Sutton ...................... L.V. Sutton combined cycle facility
the Trust .................... FPC Capital I Trust
TSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total shareholder return
VEBA I....................... Duke Energy Corporation Employee Benefits Trust
Vermillion ................... Vermillion Generating Station
VIE......................... Variable Interest Entity
VSP ........................ Voluntary Severance Program
WACC ...................... Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WVPA....................... Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc.
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