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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:
CL&P
The Connecticut Light and Power Company
CYAPC
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
Hopkinton
Hopkinton LNG Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of NSTAR LLC
HWP
HWP Company, formerly the Holyoke Water Power Company
MYAPC
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company
NGS
Northeast Generation Services Company and subsidiaries
NPT
Northern Pass Transmission LLC
NSTAR
Parent Company of NSTAR Electric, NSTAR Gas and other subsidiaries (prior to the merger with NU);
also the term used for NSTAR LLC and its subsidiaries
NSTAR Electric
NSTAR Electric Company
NSTAR Electric & Gas
NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation, a Northeast Utilities service company
NSTAR Gas
NSTAR Gas Company
NSTAR LLC
Post-merger parent company of NSTAR Electric, NSTAR Gas and other subsidiaries, and successor to
NSTAR
NU Enterprises
NU Enterprises, Inc., the parent company of Select Energy, NGS, NGS Mechanical, Select Energy
Contracting, Inc. and E.S. Boulos Company
NU or the Company
Northeast Utilities and subsidiaries
NU parent and other companies
NU parent and other companies is comprised of NU parent, NSTAR LLC, NSTAR Electric & Gas,
NUSCO and other subsidiaries, including NU Enterprises, NSTAR Communications, Inc., HWP, RRR (a
real estate subsidiary), the non-energy-related subsidiaries of Yankee (Yankee Energy Services
Company and Yankee Energy Financial Services Company), and the consolidated operations of CYAPC
and YAEC
NUSCO
Northeast Utilities Service Company
NUTV
NU Transmission Ventures, Inc., the parent company of NPT and Renewable Properties, Inc.
PSNH
Public Service Company of New Hampshire
Regulated companies
NU's Regulated companies, comprised of the electric distribution and transmission businesses of CL&P,
NSTAR Electric, PSNH, and WMECO, the natural gas distribution businesses of Yankee Gas and NSTAR
Gas, the generation activities of PSNH and WMECO, and NPT
RRR
The Rocky River Realty Company
Select Energy
Select Energy, Inc.
WMECO
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
YAEC
Yankee Atomic Electric Company
Yankee
Yankee Energy System, Inc.
Yankee Companies
CYAPC, YAEC and MYAPC
Yankee Gas
Yankee Gas Services Company
REGULATORS:
DEEP
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOER
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
DPU
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ISO-NE
ISO New England, Inc., the New England Independent System Operator
MA DEP
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
NHPUC
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
PURA
Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SJC
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
OTHER:
2010 Healthcare Act
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
AFUDC
Allowance For Funds Used During Construction
AOCI
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
ARO
Asset Retirement Obligation
C&LM
Conservation and Load Management
CfD
Contract for Differences
Clean Air Project
The construction of a wet flue gas desulphurization system, known as "scrubber technology," to reduce
mercury emissions of the Merrimack coal-fired generation station in Bow, New Hampshire
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CPSL
Capital Projects Scheduling List
CTA
Competitive Transition Assessment
CWIP
Construction work in progress
EPS
Earnings Per Share
ERISA
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
ES
Default Energy Service
ESOP
Employee Stock Ownership Plan