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3
PART I
Item 1 — Business
DEFINITION OF ABBREVIATIONS AND INDUSTRY TERMS
Xcel Energy Inc.’s Subsidiaries and
Affiliates (current and former)
Cheyenne .......................... Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
CIG ............................... Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Eloigne ............................ Eloigne Company
NCE...............................
New Century Energies, Inc.
NMC ..............................
Nuclear Management Company, LLC
NSP-Minnesota ....................
Northern States Power Company, a
Minnesota corporation
NSP System........................ The integrated electric production and transmission system of NSP-Minnesota and
NSP
-Wisconsin managed by NSP-Minnesota
NSP-Wisconsin ....................
Northern States Power Company, a Wisconsin corporation
PSCo .............................. Public Service Company of Colorado
PSRI .............................. P.S.R. Investments, Inc.
SPS ............................... Southwestern Public Service Co.
Utility subsidiaries..................
NSP
-Minnesota, NSP-Wisconsin, PSCo and SPS
WGI............................... WestGas InterState, Inc.
WYCO ............................ WYCO Development LLC
Xcel Energy........................ Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries
Federal and State Regulatory
Agencies
ASLB ............................. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
CFTC ............................. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CPUC ............................. Colorado Public Utilities Commission
DOE .............................. United States Department of Energy
DOI ............................... United States Department of the Interior
DOT .............................. United States Department of Transportation
EIB ...............................
New Mexico E
nvironmental Improvement Board
EPA ............................... United States Environmental Protection Agency
FERC ............................. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
IRS................................ Internal Revenue Service
MPCA............................. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPSC ............................. Michigan Public Service Commission
MPUC............................. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
NDPSC............................
North Dakota Public Service Commission
NERC .............................
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NMPRC ...........................
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
NRC ..............................
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PSCW ............................. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
PUCT ............................. Public Utility Commission of Texas
SDPUC............................ South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
SEC ............................... Securities and Exchange Commission
WDNR ............................ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Electric, Purchased Gas and
Resource Adjustment Clauses
CIP................................ Conservation improvement program
DCRF ............................. Distribution cost recovery factor
DRC .............................. Deferred renewable cost rider
DSM .............................. Demand side management
DSMCA ........................... Demand side management cost adjustment
ECA............................... Retail electric commodity adjustment
EE ................................ Energy efficiency