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DEFINITIONS
ASC
Accounting Standards Codification
ASU
Accounting Standards Update
Customer Choice
Statewide initiatives giving customers in Michigan the option to choose alternative suppliers for gas.
DTE Energy
DTE Energy Company, directly or indirectly the parent of Detroit Edison, MichCon and numerous non-
utility subsidiaries
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FSP
FASB Staff Position
GCR
A gas cost recovery mechanism authorized by the MPSC that allows MichCon to recover through rates its
natural gas costs.
MichCon
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of DTE Energy) and
subsidiary companies
MPSC
Michigan Public Service Commission
SFAS
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
Units of Measurement
Bcf
Billion cubic feet of gas
Bcfe
Conversion metric of natural gas, the ratio of 6 Mcf of gas to 1 barrel of oil.
Mcf
Thousand cubic feet of gas
MMcf
Million cubic feet of gas