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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
The following is a glossary of abbreviations or acronyms that are found in this report.
CURRENT OR FORMER NU COMPANIES, SEGMENTS OR INVESTMENTS:
Boulos E.S. Boulos Company
CL&P The Connecticut Light and Power Company
HWP HWP Company, formerly the Holyoke Water Power Company
NGS Northeast Generation Services Company and subsidiaries
NGS Mechanical NGS Mechanical, Inc.
NPT Northern Pass Transmission LLC, a jointly owned limited liability company, held
by NUTV and NSTAR Transmission Ventures, Inc. on a 75 percent and 25
percent basis, respectively
NUTV NU Transmission Ventures, Inc.
NU or the Company Northeast Utilities and subsidiaries
NU Enterprises NU Enterprises, Inc., the parent company of Select Energy, NGS, NGS
Mechanical, SECI and Boulos
NUSCO Northeast Utilities Service Company
NU parent and other companies NU parent and other companies is comprised of NU parent, NUSCO and other
subsidiaries, including HWP, RRR (a real estate subsidiary), and the non-energy-
related subsidiaries of Yankee (Yankee Energy Services Company, and Yankee
Energy Financial Services Company)
PSNH Public Service Company of New Hampshire
Regulated companies NU's Regulated companies, comprised of the electric distribution and transmission
segments of CL&P, PSNH and WMECO, the generation activities of PSNH and
WMECO, Yankee Gas, a natural gas local distribution company, and NPT
RRR The Rocky River Realty Company
SECI Select Energy Contracting, Inc.
Select Energy Select Energy, Inc.
SESI Select Energy Services, Inc., a former subsidiary of NU Enterprises
WMECO Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Yankee Yankee Energy System, Inc.
Yankee Gas Yankee Gas Services Company
REGULATORS:
CDEP Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DPU Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
DPUC Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
MA DEP Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
NHPUC New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
USDEP U.S. Department of Environmental Protection
OTHER:
2010 Healthcare Act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2010 Tax Act Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act
AFUDC Allowance For Funds Used During Construction
AMI Advanced metering infrastructure
ARO Asset Retirement Obligation
C&LM Conservation and Load Management
CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments
CERCLA The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980
CfD Contract for Differences
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CSC Connecticut Siting Council
CTA Competitive Transition Assessment
CWIP Construction work in progress
CYAPC Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
EFSB Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board
EIA Energy Independence Act
EMF Electric and Magnetic Fields