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Native load ........................ Customer demand of retail and wholesale customers that a utility has an obligation to
serve under statute or long-term contract
NEI ...............................
Nuclear Energy Institute
NOL ..............................
Net operating loss
NOx...............................
Nitrogen oxide
NOV ..............................
Notice of violation
NTC...............................
Notifications to construct
O&M.............................. Operating and maintenance
OCI ............................... Other comprehensive income
PBRP.............................. Performance-based regulatory plan
PCB ............................... Polychlorinated biphenyl
PFS ............................... Private Fuel Storage, LLC
PJM ............................... PJM Interconnection, LLC
PM ................................ Particulate matter
PPA ............................... Purchased power agreement
Provident .......................... Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company
PRP ............................... Potentially responsible party
PSP ............................... Performance share plan
PTC ............................... Production tax credit
PURPA............................ Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978
PV ................................ Photovoltaic
QF ................................ Qualifying facilities
REC............................... Renewable energy credit
RFP ............................... Request for proposal
ROE............................... Return on equity
RPS ............................... Renewable portfolio standards
RSG............................... Revenue sufficiency guarantee
RSU............................... Restricted stock unit
RTO............................... Regional Transmission Organization
SCR ............................... Selective catalytic reduction
SIP ................................ State implementation plan
SO2................................ Sulfur dioxide
SPP ............................... Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Standard & Poor’s .................. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
TSR ............................... Total shareholder return
Measurements
Bcf ................................ Billion cubic feet
GWh .............................. Gigawatt hours
KV ................................ Kilovolts
KWh .............................. Kilowatt hours
Mcf ............................... Thousand cubic feet
MMBtu............................ Million British thermal units
MW ............................... Megawatts
MWh .............................. Megawatt hours