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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 Eversource Energy companies, segments or investments:
Eversource, ES or the Company Eversource Energy and subsidiaries
Eversource parent or ES parent Eversource Energy, a public utility holding company
ES parent and other companies ES parent and other companies are comprised of Eversource parent, Eversource Service and other
subsidiaries, which primarily includes our unregulated businesses, HWP Company, The Rocky River Realty
Company (a real estate subsidiary), and the consolidated operations of CYAPC and YAEC
CL&P The Connecticut Light and Power Company
NSTAR Electric NSTAR Electric Company
PSNH Public Service Company of New Hampshire
WMECO Western Massachusetts Electric Company
NSTAR Gas NSTAR Gas Company
Yankee Gas Yankee Gas Services Company
NPT Northern Pass Transmission LLC
Eversource Service Eversource Energy Service Company (effective January 1, 2014 includes the operations of NSTAR
Electric & Gas)
NSTAR Electric & Gas NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation, a former Eversource Energy service company (effective January 1,
2014 merged into Eversource Energy Service Company)
CYAPC Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
MYAPC Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company
YAEC Yankee Atomic Electric Company
Yankee Companies CYAPC, YAEC and MYAPC
Regulated companies The Eversource Regulated companies are 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
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 Terms and Abbreviations:
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
CO
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 2014 Form 10-K The Eversource Energy and Subsidiaries 2014 combined Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC
ESOP Employee Stock Ownership Plan
ESPP Employee Share Purchase Plan
FERC ALJ FERC Administrative Law Judge
Fitch Fitch Ratings
FMCC Federally Mandated Congestion Charge
FTR Financial Transmission Rights
GAAP Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
GSC Generation Service Charge
GSRP Greater Springfield Reliability Project