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OTHER
AFUDC Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
ARO Asset Retirement Obligation
C&LM Conservation and Load Management
CfD Contract for Differences
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
CTA Competitive Transition Assessment
CYAPC Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
EPS Earnings Per Share
ES Default Energy Service
ESOP Employee Stock Ownership Plan
ESPP Employee Stock Purchase Plan
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
FMCC Federally Mandated Congestion Charges
GAAP Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
GSC Generation Service Charge
GWh Gigawatt Hours
IPP Independent Power Producers
ISO-NE New England Independent System Operator or ISO New England, Inc.
KV Kilovolt
KWH or kWh Kilowatt-hours
LBCB Lehman Brothers Commercial Bank, Inc.
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LOC Letter of Credit
MGP Manufactured Gas Plant
Millstone Millstone Nuclear Generating station, made up Millstone 1, Millstone 2, and Millstone 3. All
three units were sold in March 2001.
Money Pool or Pool Northeast Utilities Money Pool
MW Megawatts
MWh Megawatt-hours
MYAPC Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company
NEEWS New England East-West Solutions
NU supplemental benefit trust The NU trust under SERP
NYMPA New York Municipal Power Agency
PBO Projected Benefit Obligation
PBOP Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions
PCRBs Pollution Control Revenue Bonds
PPA Pension Protection Act
Regulatory ROE The average cost of capital method for calculating the return on equity related to the
distribution and generation business segments excluding the wholesale transmission
segment.
RMR Reliability Must Run
RNS Regional Network Service
ROE Return on Equity
RRB Rate Reduction Bonds or Rate Reduction Certificates issued by the Regulated Companies
RSU Restricted Share Units
RTO Regional Transmission Organization
SBC Systems Benefits Charge
SCRC Stranded Cost Recovery Charge
SERP Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
TCAM Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism
TSO Transitional Standard Offer
UI The United Illuminating Company
VAR Voltage Ampere Reactive
VIE Variable Interest Entity
YAEC Yankee Atomic Electric Company
Yankee Companies CYAPC, MYAPC and YAEC