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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Schedule Of Costs Incurred Attributable To Each Category Of Power Purchase Agreements


(in millions)	2012			2011			2010
Qualifying facilities⁽¹⁾	$	779		$	1,069		$	1,164
Renewable energy contracts		815			622			573
Other power purchase agreements		661			690			657

⁽¹⁾Costs incurred include $286, $297, and $321 attributable to renewable energy contracts with qualifying facilities at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Schedule Of Undiscounted Future Expected Power Purchase Agreement Payments

					Renewable
(in millions)	Qualifying Facility			(Other than QF)			Other			Total Payments
2013	$	892		$	1,356		$	846		$	3,094
2014		914			1,843			677			3,434
2015		727			2,038			649			3,414
2016		618			2,054			626			3,298
2017		490			2,053			597			3,140
Thereafter		2,238			30,958			3,322			36,518
Total	$	5,879		$	40,302		$	6,717		$	52,898

Schedule Of Fixed Capacity Payments Due Under The QF Contracts Discount

(in millions)
2013	$	35
2014		27
2015		24
2016		22
2017		18
Thereafter		20
Total fixed capacity payments		146
Less: amount representing interest		21
Present value of fixed capacity payments	$	125

Undiscounted Obligations For Natural Gas Purchases, Gas Transportation Services, And Gas Storage

(in millions)
2013	$	707
2014		208
2015		192
2016		152
2017		108
Thereafter		865
Total	$	2,232

Undiscounted Obligations Under Nuclear Fuel Agreements

(in millions)
2013	$	113
2014		128
2015		194
2016		147
2017		148
Thereafter		878
Total	$	1,608

Future Minimum Payments Of Operating Leases

(in millions)
2013	$	42
2014		37
2015		32
2016		31
2017		24
Thereafter		206
Total	$	372

Change In Accruals Related To Third-Party Claims

(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2010	$	-
Loss accrued		220
Less: Payments		(6	)
Balance at December 31, 2010		214
Additional loss accrued		155
Less: Payments		(92	)
Balance at December 31, 2011		277
Additional loss accrued		80
Less: Payments		(211	)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	146

Environmental Remediation Liability Disclosure

(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	785
Additional remediation costs accrued:
Transfer to regulatory account for recovery		150
Amounts not recoverable from customers		150
Less: Payments		(175)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	910

	Balance at December 31,
(in millions)	2012			2011
Utility-owned natural gas compressor site near Hinkley, California ⁽¹⁾	$	226		$	149
Utility-owned natural gas compressor site near Topock, Arizona ⁽¹⁾		239			218
Utility-owned generation facilities (other than for fossil fuel-fired), other facilities, and third-party disposal sites		158			133
Former manufatured gas plant sites owned by the Utility or third parties		181			154
Fossil fuel-fired generation facilities formerly owned by the Utility		87			81
Decommissioning fossil fuel-fired generation facilities and sites		19			50
Total environmental remediation liability	$	910		$	785
⁽¹⁾ See “Natural Gas Compressor Site” below.

The entire disclosure for environmental loss contingencies, such as presence of hazardous waste, relevant information from reports issued by regulators, and estimated costs to achieve compliance with regulatory requirements. This element may be used for all of an entity's disclosures about environmental loss contingencies.

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