Duke Energy 2015 Annual Report Download - page 24

EE ......................... Energy efficiency
EGU........................ Electric Generating Units
EIP......................... Progress Energy’s Equity Incentive Plan
ELG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effluent Limitation Guidelines
EMC........................ North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission
EPA ........................ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPC ........................ Engineering, Procurement and Construction
agreement
EPS ........................ Earnings Per Share
ESP ........................ 2014 Electric Security Plan
ETR ........................ Effective tax rate
Exchange Act................. Exchange Act of 1934
FASB ....................... Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC ....................... Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fitch ....................... Fitch Ratings, Inc.
FMJO ....................... Florida Municipal Joint Owners – city of
Ocala, Orlando Utilities Commission, city of
Gainesville, city of Leesburg, Kissimmee Utility
Authority, Utilities Commission of City of New
Smyrna Beach, city of Alachua and city of
Bushnell
Form S-3.................... Registration statement
FPSC ....................... Florida Public Service Commission
FTC ........................ Federal Trade Commission
FTR ........................ Financial transmission rights
GAAP....................... Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the
United States
Gas Settlement ............... Settlement agreement in 2013 among Duke
Energy Ohio, PUCO Staff and intervening parties
GHG........................ Greenhouse Gas
GPC........................ Georgia Power Company
GWh ....................... Gigawatt-hours
Harris ...................... Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant
HB 998 ..................... North Carolina House Bill 998, or the North
Carolina Tax Simplification and Rate Reduction
Act
Hines....................... Hines Energy Complex
IAP ........................ State Environmental Agency of Parana
IBAMA ...................... Brazil Institute of Environment and Renewable
Natural Resources
IBNR ....................... Incurred but not yet reported
IC ......................... Internal combustion
IGCC ....................... Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Interim FERC Mitigation ......... Interim firm power sale agreements mitigation
plans related to the Progress Energy merger
IRP ........................ Integrated Resource Plans
IRS ........................ Internal Revenue Service
ISFSI ....................... Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
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
Joint Intervenors .............. Intervenors in matters related to the
Edwardsport IGCC Plan, including the Citizens
Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc., Sierra Club,
Inc., Save the Valley, Inc. and Valley Watch, Inc.
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, Florida
Legacy Duke Energy Directors .... Members of the pre-merger Duke Energy Board
of Directors
LIBOR ...................... London Interbank Offered Rate
Long-Term FERC Mitigation ...... The revised market power mitigation plan
related to the Progress Energy merger
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 Investors Service, Inc.
MTBE....................... Methyl tertiary butyl ether
MTEP....................... MISO Transmission Expansion Planning
MW ........................ Megawatt
MVP........................ Multi Value Projects
MWh ....................... Megawatt-hour
NASDAQ..................... Nasdaq Composite
NCDEQ ..................... North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality (formerly the North Carolina Department
of Environment and Natural Resources)
NCEMC ..................... North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation
NCEMPA .................... North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency
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
NOV........................ Notice of violation
NOx ........................ Nitrogen oxide
NPNS....................... Normal purchase/normal sale
NRC........................ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSR........................ New Source Review
NWPA ...................... Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
NYSE ....................... New York Stock Exchange
Oconee ..................... Oconee Nuclear Station
Ohio EPA .................... Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
OPC........................ Florida Office of Public Counsel
OPEB....................... Other Post-Retirement Benefit Obligations
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