Duke Energy 2015 Annual Report Download - page 25

Osprey Plant acquisition ........ Duke Energy Florida's proposed acquisition of
Calpine Corporation's 599 MW combined-cycle
natural gas plant in Auburndale, Florida
OUCC....................... Office of Utility Consumer Counselor
OVEC ....................... Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
the Parent ................... Duke Energy Corporation Holding Company
PESC ....................... Progress Energy Service Company
PJM ........................ PJM Interconnection, LLC
Plea Agreements .............. Plea Agreements entered into by Duke
Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress
in connection with a criminal investigation
related to the Dan River ash basin release and
the management of coal ash basins in North
Carolina
Progress Energy............... Progress Energy, Inc.
PSCSC...................... Public Service Commission of South Carolina
Public Staff .................. North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff
PUCO....................... Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PURPA...................... Public Utility Regulatory Act of 1978
QF ......................... Qualifying Facility
RCA........................ Revolving Credit Agreement
RCRA....................... Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Relative TSR ................. TSR of Duke Energy stock relative to a pre-
defined peer group
the Resolutions ............... Proposed resolutions promulgated by the
Brazilian electricity regulatory agency
Robinson .................... Robinson Nuclear Station
RTO ........................ Regional Transmission Organization
Sabal Trail ................... Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
SAFSTOR .................... A method of decommissioning in which a
nuclear facility is placed and maintained in a
condition that allows the facility to be safely
stored and subsequently decontaminated to
levels that permit release for unrestricted use.
SCDHEC..................... South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
SEC ........................ Securities and Exchange Commission
SELC ....................... Southern Environmental Law Center
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
State Utility Commissions ....... NCUC, PSCSC, FPSC, PUCO, IURC and KPSC
(Collectively)
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
Suwannee project ............. Proposed 320 MW combustion turbine plant
at Duke Energy Florida's Suwannee generating
facility
TSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total shareholder return
U.S. ........................ United States
USDOJ ...................... United States Department of Justice
Environmental Crimes Section and the United
States Attorneys for the Eastern District of
North Carolina, the Middle District of North
Carolina and the Western District of North
Carolina, collectively
VDEQ....................... Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
VEBA I ...................... Duke Energy Corporation Employee Benefits
Trust
Vermillion ................... Vermillion Generating Station
VIE......................... Variable Interest Entity
WACC ...................... Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WVPA....................... Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc.
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