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GSRP Greater Springfield Reliability Project
GWh Gigawatt-Hours
HQ Hydro-Québec, a corporation wholly owned by the Québec government, including its divisions that produce,
transmit and distribute electricity in Québec, Canada
HVDC High voltage direct current
Hydro Renewable Energy Hydro Renewable Energy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec
IPP Independent Power Producers
ISO-NE Tariff ISO-NE FERC Transmission, Markets and Services Tariff
kV Kilovolt
kW Kilowatt (equal to one thousand watts)
kWh Kilowatt-Hours (the basic unit of electricity energy equal to one kilowatt of power supplied for one hour)
LBR Lost Base Revenue
LNG Liquefied natural gas
LRS Supplier of last resort service
MGP Manufactured Gas Plant
MMBtu One million British thermal units
Moody'sMoody's Investors Services, Inc.
MW Megawatt
MWh Megawatt-Hours
NEEWS New England East-West Solution
Northern Pass The high voltage direct current transmission line project from Canada into New Hampshire
NOxNitrogen oxides
NU 2013 Form 10-K The Northeast Utilities and Subsidiaries 2013 combined Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC
PAM Pension and PBOP Rate Adjustment Mechanism
PBOP Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pension
PBOP Plan Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pension Plan that provides certain retiree health care benefits, primarily
medical and dental, and life insurance benefits
PCRBs Pollution Control Revenue Bonds
Pension Plan Single uniform noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan
PPA Pension Protection Act
RECs Renewable Energy Certificates
Regulatory ROE The average cost of capital method for calculating the return on equity related to the distribution and
generation business segment excluding the wholesale transmission segment
ROE Return on Equity
RRB Rate Reduction Bond or Rate Reduction Certificate
RSUs Restricted share units
S&P Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
SBC Systems Benefits Charge
SCRC Stranded Cost Recovery Charge
SERP Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans and non-qualified defined benefit retirement plans
SIP Simplified Incentive Plan
SO
2
Sulfur dioxide
SS Standard service
TCAM Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism
TSA Transmission Service Agreement
UI The United Illuminating Company