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Glossary of Terms
The following terms or acronyms used in this Form 10-K are defined below:
Term or Acronym Definition
the 2010 Plan ................ Duke Energy’s 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
the 2012 Edwardsport settlement... Settlement agreement in 2012 among Duke
Energy Indiana, the Office of Utility Consumer
Counselor, the Duke Energy Indiana Industrial
Group and Nucor Steel-Indiana
the 2012 Settlement ........... Settlement agreement in 2012 among Duke
Energy Florida, the OPC and other customer
advocates
the 2013 Settlement ........... Settlement agreement in 2013 among Duke
Energy Florida, the OPC and other customer
advocates
ACP ........................ Atlantic Coast Pipeline
AFUDC...................... Allowance for Funds Used During
Construction
AHFS ....................... Assets held for sale
AL J ........................ Administrative Law Judge
ANEEL ...................... Brazilian electricity regulatory agency
AOCI ....................... Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
ASRP ....................... Accelerated natural gas service line
replacement program
ASU........................ Accounting standard update
Board of Directors ............. Duke Energy Board of Directors
Bison....................... Bison Insurance Company Limited
Brunswick ................... Brunswick Nuclear Plant
CAA ........................ Clean Air Act
CAIR ....................... Clean Air Interstate Rule
Calpine ..................... Calpine Corporation
Catawba .................... Catawba Nuclear Station
Catawba Riverkeeper........... Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Inc.
CC ......................... Combined Cycle
CCR........................ Coal Combustion Residuals
CCS ........................ Carbon Capture and Storage
CECPCN..................... Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and
Public Convenience and Necessity
CEO ........................ Chief Executive Officer
Cinergy ..................... Cinergy Corp. (collectively with its
subsidiaries)
CO2 ........................ Carbon Dioxide
Coal Ash Act ................. North Carolina Coal Ash Management Act of
2014
Coal Ash Commission .......... Coal Ash Management Commission
COL ........................ Combined Construction and Operating
License
the Company ................. Duke Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Complaint......... Corrected Verified Consolidated Shareholder
Derivative Complaint
CPCN....................... Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity
CPP ........................ Clean Power Plan
CRC........................ Cinergy Receivables Company, LLC
Crescent .................... Crescent Resources LLC
Crystal River Unit 3 ............ Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Plant
CSA ........................ Comprehensive Site Assessment
CSAPR...................... Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
CT ......................... Combustion Turbine
CWA ....................... Clean Water Act
D.C. Circuit Court.............. U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia
DEBS....................... Duke Energy Business Services, LLC
DECAM ..................... Duke Energy Commercial Asset Management,
LLC
DECS....................... Duke Energy Corporate Services
DEFR ....................... Duke Energy Florida Receivables, LLC
DEGS....................... Duke Energy Generation Services, Inc.
DEIGP ...................... Duke Energy International Geracao
Paranapenema S.A.
Deloitte ..................... Deloitte & Touche LLP, and the member
firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and their
respective affiliates
DEPR....................... Duke Energy Progress Receivables, LLC
DERF ....................... Duke Energy Receivables Finance Company,
LLC
Disposal Group ............... Duke Energy Ohio’s nonregulated Midwest
generation business and Duke Energy Retail
Sales, LLC
DOE........................ U.S. Department of Energy
Dominion.................... Dominion Resources
DSM ....................... Demand Side Management
Duke Energy.................. Duke Energy Corporation (collectively with its
subsidiaries)
Duke Energy Audit Committee .... Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
Duke Energy Carolinas.......... Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Duke Energy Defendants ........ Several current and former Duke Energy
officers and directors named as defendants
in the Consolidated Complaint
Duke Energy Florida............ Duke Energy Florida, LLC (formerly Duke
Energy Florida, Inc.)
Duke Energy Indiana ........... Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. (subsequently Duke
Energy Indiana, LLC)
Duke Energy Kentucky .......... Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.
Duke Energy Ohio.............. Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.
Duke Energy Progress .......... Duke Energy Progress, LLC (formerly Duke
Energy Progress, Inc.)
Duke Energy Registrants ........ Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, Progress
Energy, Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy
Florida, Duke Energy Ohio and Duke Energy
Indiana
Duke Energy Retail............. Duke Energy Retail Sales, LLC
DukeNet..................... DukeNet Communications Holdings, LLC
Dynegy...................... Dynegy Inc.
Term or Acronym Definition