EX-99.(E) 17 efh-20121231xexhibit99e.htm ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EFH-2012.12.31-Exhibit 99(e)


Exhibit 99(e)

 





ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC

AN ENERGY FUTURE HOLDINGS CORP. ENTERPRISE

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012

AND

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT















 

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GLOSSARY

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below.

Bondco
Refers to Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC, a wholly-owned consolidated bankruptcy-remote financing subsidiary of Oncor that has issued securitization (transition) bonds to recover certain regulatory assets and other costs.
CREZ
Competitive Renewable Energy Zone
Deed of Trust
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of May 15, 2008, made by Oncor to and for the benefit of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly The Bank of New York), as collateral agent, as amended

EFH Corp.
Refers to Energy Future Holdings Corp., a holding company, and/or its subsidiaries, depending on context. Its major subsidiaries include Oncor and TCEH.
EFH Retirement Plan
Refers to the defined benefit pension plan sponsored by EFH Corp., in which Oncor participates. In 2012, EFH Corp. made various changes to the EFH Retirement Plan, including splitting off all of the assets and liabilities associated with Oncor employees and all retirees and terminated vested participants of EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries (including discontinued businesses) into a new plan. See Oncor Retirement Plan below.
EFIH
Refers to Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EFH Corp. and the direct parent of Oncor Holdings.
ERCOT
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., the independent system operator and the regional coordinator of various electricity systems within Texas
ERISA
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
Fitch
Fitch Ratings, Ltd. (a credit rating agency)
GAAP
generally accepted accounting principles
Investment LLC
Refers to Oncor Management Investment LLC, a limited liability company and minority membership interest owner (approximately 0.22%) of Oncor, whose managing member is Oncor and whose Class B Interests are owned by certain members of the management team and independent directors of Oncor.
IRS
US Internal Revenue Service
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate. an interest rate at which banks can borrow funds, in marketable size, from other banks in the London interbank market.
Limited Liability Company Agreement
The Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oncor, dated as of November 5, 2008, by and among Oncor Holdings, Texas Transmission and Investment LLC, as amended
Luminant
Refers to subsidiaries of TCEH engaged in competitive market activities consisting of electricity generation and wholesale energy sales and purchases as well as commodity risk management and trading activities, all largely in Texas.
Moody's
Moody's Investors Services, Inc. (a credit rating agency)
Oncor
Refers to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a direct, majority-owned subsidiary of Oncor Holdings, and/or its wholly-owned consolidated bankruptcy-remote financing subsidiary, Bondco, depending on context.
Oncor Holdings
Refers to Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EFIH and the direct majority owner (approximately 80.03%) of Oncor, and/or its subsidiaries, depending on context.
Oncor Retirement Plan
Refers to the defined benefit pension plan sponsored by Oncor. In 2012, EFH Corp. made various changes to the EFH Retirement Plan, including splitting off all of the assets and liabilities associated with Oncor employees and all retirees and terminated vested participants of EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries (including discontinued businesses) into a new plan. Effective January 1, 2013, Oncor assumed sponsorship of this new plan.
Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities
Refers to Oncor Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Oncor.
OPEB
other postretirement employee benefits
OPEB Plan
Refers to an EFH Corp.-sponsored plan (in which Oncor participates) that offers certain health care and life insurance benefits to eligible employees and their eligible dependents upon the retirement of such employees from Oncor.

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PUCT
Public Utility Commission of Texas
PURA
Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act
purchase accounting
The purchase method of accounting for a business combination as prescribed by US GAAP, whereby the cost or “purchase price” of a business combination, including the amount paid for the equity and direct transaction costs, are allocated to identifiable assets and liabilities (including intangible assets) based upon their fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the fair values of assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill.
REP
retail electric provider
S&P
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (a credit rating agency)
SARs
Stock Appreciation Rights
SARs Plan
Refers to the Oncor Stock Appreciation Rights Plan.
Sponsor Group
Refers collectively to certain investment funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR), TPG Global, LLC (together with its affiliates, TPG) and GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co., that have an ownership interest in Texas Holdings.
TCEH
Refers to Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company and an indirect subsidiary of EFH Corp., and/or its subsidiaries, depending on context. Its major subsidiaries include Luminant and TXU Energy.
TCRF
transmission cost recovery factor
Texas Holdings
Refers to Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership, a limited partnership controlled by the Sponsor Group that owns substantially all of the common stock of EFH Corp.
Texas Holdings Group
Refers to Texas Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries other than the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities.
Texas Transmission
Refers to Texas Transmission Investment LLC, a limited liability company that owns a 19.75% equity interest in Oncor. Texas Transmission is an entity indirectly owned by a private investment group led by OMERS Administration Corporation, acting through its infrastructure investment entity, Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc., and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, acting through its private equity and infrastructure arm, GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd. Texas Transmission is not affiliated with EFH Corp., any of EFH Corp.'s subsidiaries or any member of the Sponsor Group.

TXU Energy
Refers to TXU Energy Retail Company LLC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of TCEH engaged in the retail sale of electricity to residential and business customers. TXU Energy is a REP in competitive areas of ERCOT.
US
United States of America
VIE
variable interest entity

These consolidated financial statements occasionally make references to Oncor Holdings or Oncor when describing actions, rights or obligations of their respective subsidiaries. References to "we," "our," "us" and "the company" are to Oncor Holdings and/or its direct or indirect subsidiaries as apparent in the context. These references reflect the fact that the subsidiaries are consolidated with their respective parent companies for financial reporting purposes. However, these references should not be interpreted to imply that the parent company is actually undertaking the action or has the rights or obligations of the relevant subsidiary company or that the subsidiary company is undertaking an action or has the rights or obligations of its parent company or any other affiliate.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Board of Directors and Member of
Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC
Dallas, Texas

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and its subsidiary (the "Company") which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of consolidated income, comprehensive income, membership interests and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Management's Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company's preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and its subsidiary as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 19, 2013


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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME
(millions of dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Operating revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
Affiliated
$
962

 
$
1,026

 
$
1,061

Nonaffiliated
2,366

 
2,092

 
1,853

Total operating revenues
3,328

 
3,118

 
2,914

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale transmission service
502

 
439

 
393

Operation and maintenance
669

 
658

 
616

Depreciation and amortization
771

 
719

 
673

Income taxes (Note 3)
240

 
209

 
193

Taxes other than income taxes
415

 
400

 
384

Total operating expenses
2,597

 
2,425

 
2,259

Operating income
731

 
693

 
655

Other income and deductions:
 
 
 
 
 
Other income (Note 13)
26

 
30

 
36

Other deductions (Note 13)
64

 
9

 
8

Nonoperating income taxes (Note 3)
3

 
27

 
27

Interest income
24

 
32

 
38

Interest expense and related charges (Note 13)
374

 
359

 
347

Net income
340

 
360

 
347

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(70
)
 
(74
)
 
(70
)
Net income attributable to Oncor Holdings
$
270

 
$
286

 
$
277


See Notes to Financial Statements.

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(millions of dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Net income
$
340

 
$
360

 
$
347

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow hedges (Notes 1 and 6):
 
 
 
 
 
Net decrease in fair value of derivatives (net of tax benefit of — ,$17,and —)

 
(29
)
 

Derivative value net loss recognized in net income (net of tax benefit of $1, — and — )
3

 

 

Total cash flow hedges
3

 
(29
)
 

Defined benefit pension and OPEB plans (net of tax benefit of $1, — and —) (Note 10)
(3
)
 

 

Total other comprehensive loss

 
(29
)
 

Comprehensive income
340

 
331

 
347

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(70
)
 
(68
)
 
(70
)
Comprehensive income attributable to Oncor Holdings
$
270

 
$
263

 
$
277


See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(millions of dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Cash flows — operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
340

 
$
360

 
$
347

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
802

 
732

 
682

Deferred income taxes — net
182

 
229

 
155

Amortization of investment tax credits
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(5
)
Other — net

 
2

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable - trade (including affiliates)
52

 
(36
)
 
(1
)
Inventories
(3
)
 
25

 
(4
)
Accounts payable — trade (including affiliates)
(9
)
 
17

 
(17
)
Deferred revenues (Note 4)
(101
)
 
(16
)
 
11

Other — assets
(15
)
 
147

 
3

Other — liabilities
(8
)
 
(160
)
 
(74
)
Cash provided by operating activities
1,236

 
1,295

 
1,097

Cash flows — financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Issuances of long-term debt (Note 6)
900

 
300

 
475

Repayments of long-term debt (Note 6)
(1,018
)
 
(113
)
 
(108
)
Net increase (decrease) in short term borrowings (Note 5)
343

 
15

 
(239
)
Distributions to parent (Note 8)
(147
)
 
(116
)
 
(169
)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
(45
)
 
(29
)
 
(42
)
Decrease in note receivable from TCEH (Note 12)
20

 
40

 
37

Sale of related-party agreements (Note 12)
159

 

 

Debt discount, financing and reacquisition expenses — net
(46
)
 
(17
)
 
(15
)
Other
(1
)
 

 

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
165

 
80

 
(61
)
Cash flows — investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
(1,389
)
 
(1,362
)
 
(1,020
)
Other — net
21

 
(34
)
 
(12
)
Cash used in investing activities
(1,368
)
 
(1,396
)
 
(1,032
)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
33

 
(21
)
 
4

Cash and cash equivalents — beginning balance
12

 
33

 
29

Cash and cash equivalents — ending balance
$
45

 
$
12

 
$
33


See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(millions of dollars)
 
At December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
45

 
$
12

Restricted cash — Bondco (Note 13)
55

 
57

Trade accounts receivable from nonaffiliates — net (Note 13)
338

 
303

Trade accounts and other receivables from affiliates (Note 12)
53

 
179

Materials and supplies inventories — at average cost
73

 
71

Accumulated deferred income taxes (Note 3)
26

 
73

Prepayments and other current assets
82

 
74

Total current assets
672

 
769

Restricted cash — Bondco (Note 13)
16

 
16

Investments and other property (Note 13)
83

 
73

Property, plant and equipment — net (Note 13)
11,318

 
10,569

Goodwill (Notes 1 and 13)
4,064

 
4,064

Note receivable from TCEH (Note 12)

 
138

Regulatory assets — net — Oncor (Note 4)
1,453

 
1,303

Regulatory assets — net — Bondco (Note 4)
335

 
427

Other noncurrent assets
78

 
73

Total assets
$
18,019

 
$
17,432

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Short-term borrowings (Note 5)
$
735

 
$
392

Long-term debt due currently — Oncor (Note 6)

 
376

Long-term debt due currently — Bondco (Note 6)
125

 
118

Trade accounts payable
121

 
197

Income taxes payable to EFH Corp. (Note 12)
34

 
2

Accrued taxes other than income taxes
153

 
151

Accrued interest
95

 
108

Other current liabilities
110

 
112

Total current liabilities
1,373

 
1,456

Long-term debt, less amounts due currently — Oncor (Note 6)
5,090

 
4,711

Long-term debt, less amounts due currently — Bondco (Note 6)
310

 
433

Accumulated deferred income taxes (Notes 1, 3 and 12)
1,736

 
1,688

Investment tax credits
24

 
28

Other noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits (Notes 12 and 13)
1,999

 
1,832

Total liabilities
10,532

 
10,148

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)
 
 
 
Membership interests (Note 8):
 
 
 
Capital account
5,867

 
5,745

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax effects
(25
)
 
(25
)
Oncor Holdings membership interest
5,842

 
5,720

Noncontrolling interests in subsidiary
1,645

 
1,564

Total membership interests
7,487

 
7,284

Total liabilities and membership interests
$
18,019

 
$
17,432


See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
(millions of dollars)
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Capital account:
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
$
5,745

 
$
5,546

 
$
5,397

Net income attributable to Oncor Holdings
270

 
286

 
277

Distributions paid to parent
(147
)
 
(116
)
 
(169
)
Sale of related-party agreements (net of tax benefit of $1, — and — ) (Note 12)
(1
)
 

 

Capital contributions (a)

 
29

 
40

Other

 

 
1

Balance at end of period
5,867

 
5,745

 
5,546

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax effects:
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
(25
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
Net effects of cash flow hedges (net of tax expense (benefit) of $1, $(13) and — ) (Note 6)
2

 
(23
)
 

Defined benefit pension and OPEB plans (net of tax benefit of $1, — and —) (Note 10)
(2
)
 

 

Balance at end of period
(25
)
 
(25
)
 
(2
)
Oncor Holdings membership interest at end of period
5,842

 
5,720

 
5,544

Noncontrolling interests in subsidiary (Note 9):
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
1,564

 
1,452

 
1,363

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
70

 
74

 
70

Distributions to noncontrolling interests
(45
)
 
(29
)
 
(42
)
Change related to future tax distributions from Oncor
56

 
73

 
61

Net effects of cash flow hedges (net of tax benefit of — , $4, and — )
1

 
(6
)
 

Defined benefit pension and OPEB plans (net of tax) (Note 10)
(1
)
 

 

Noncontrolling interests in subsidiary at end of period
1,645

 
1,564

 
1,452

Total membership interests at end of period
$
7,487

 
$
7,284

 
$
6,996

____________
(a)
Reflects noncash settlement of certain income taxes payable arising as a result of the sale of noncontrolling interests in Oncor.


See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.
BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Business

References in this report to "we," "our," "us" and "the company" are to Oncor Holdings and/or its direct or indirect subsidiaries as apparent in the context. The financial statements reflect almost entirely the operations of Oncor; consequently, there are no separate reportable business segments. See "Glossary" for definition of terms and abbreviations.

We are a Dallas, Texas-based holding company whose financial statements reflect almost entirely the operations of our direct, majority (approximately 80%) owned subsidiary, Oncor. Oncor is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution company principally engaged in providing delivery services to REPs, including subsidiaries of TCEH, that sell power in the north-central, eastern and western parts of Texas. Revenues from TCEH represented 29%, 33% and 36% of total operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We are a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EFIH, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EFH Corp. EFH Corp. is a subsidiary of Texas Holdings, which is controlled by the Sponsor Group.

Our consolidated financial statements include our indirect, bankruptcy-remote financing subsidiary, Bondco, a VIE (see Note 13). This financing subsidiary was organized for the limited purpose of issuing certain transition bonds in 2003 and 2004. Bondco issued $1.3 billion principal amount of transition bonds to recover generation-related regulatory asset stranded costs and other qualified costs under an order issued by the PUCT in 2002.

Various "ring-fencing" measures have been taken to enhance the separateness between the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities and the Texas Holdings Group and our credit quality. These measures serve to mitigate our and Oncor's credit exposure to the Texas Holdings Group and to reduce the risk that our assets and liabilities or those of Oncor would be substantively consolidated with the assets and liabilities of the Texas Holdings Group in the event of a bankruptcy of one or more of those entities. Such measures include, among other things: Oncor's sale of a 19.75% equity interest to Texas Transmission in November 2008; maintenance of separate books and records for the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities; our board of directors and Oncor's board of directors being comprised of a majority of independent directors; and prohibitions on the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities providing credit support to, or receiving credit support from, any member of the Texas Holdings Group. The assets and liabilities of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities are separate and distinct from those of the Texas Holdings Group, including TXU Energy and Luminant, and none of the assets of the Oncor Ring-Fenced Entities are available to satisfy the debt or contractual obligations of any member of the Texas Holdings Group. We and Oncor do not bear any liability for debt or contractual obligations of the Texas Holdings Group, and vice versa. Accordingly, our operations are conducted, and our cash flows are managed, independently from the Texas Holdings Group.

See Note 9 for discussion of noncontrolling interests.

Basis of Presentation

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP and on the same basis as our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 included in EFH Corp.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed on February 21, 2012 (Commission File No. 001-12833). All intercompany items and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. All dollar amounts in the financial statements and tables in the notes are stated in millions of US dollars unless otherwise indicated. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date these consolidated financial statements were issued.

From time to time, certain prior period amounts are reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. In the statements of consolidated cash flows included in this report, amounts previously reported as changes in deferred advanced metering system revenues for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 are included in and reported as deferred revenues to conform to the current period presentation. In addition to deferred advanced metering system revenues, other reconcilable revenues (TCRF and energy efficiency surcharges), which were previously reported as changes in other operating assets and liabilities, are included in and reported as deferred revenues.

As discussed in Note 12, the balance sheet at December 31, 2011 has been restated to remove the regulatory liability for nuclear plant decommissioning and related receivable from TCEH related to nuclear plant decommissioning.


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Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

A VIE is an entity with which we have a relationship or arrangement that indicates some level of control over the entity or results in economic risks to us. We consolidate a VIE if we have: a) the power to direct the significant activities of the VIE and b) the right or obligation to absorb profit and loss from the VIE (primary beneficiary). See Note 13.


Income Taxes

EFH Corp. files a consolidated federal income tax return. Effective with the November 2008 sale of equity interests in Oncor, Oncor became a partnership for US federal income tax purposes, and subsequently only EFH Corp.'s share of partnership income is included in its consolidated federal income tax return. Our tax sharing agreement with Oncor and EFH Corp. was amended in November 2008 to include Texas Transmission and Investment LLC. The tax sharing agreement provides for the calculation of tax liability substantially as if we and Oncor file our own income tax returns, and requires tax payments to members determined on that basis (without duplication for any income taxes paid by our subsidiaries). Deferred income taxes are provided for temporary differences between our book and tax bases of assets and liabilities.

Amounts of deferred income tax assets and liabilities, as well as current and noncurrent accruals, are determined in accordance with the provisions of accounting guidance for income taxes and for uncertainty in income taxes. The accounting guidance for rate-regulated enterprises requires the recognition of regulatory assets or liabilities if it is probable such deferred tax amounts will be recovered from, or returned to customers in future rates. Investment tax credits are amortized to income over the estimated lives of the related properties.

We classify interest and penalties expense related to uncertain tax positions as current accumulated deferred income taxes as discussed in Note 3.

Use of Estimates

Preparation of our financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the reporting of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and the reported amounts of revenue and expense, including fair value measurements. In the event estimates and/or assumptions prove to be different from actual amounts, adjustments are made in subsequent periods to reflect more current information. No material adjustments, other than those disclosed elsewhere herein, were made to previous estimates or assumptions during the current year.

Derivative Instruments and Mark-to-Market Accounting

Oncor has from time-to-time entered into derivative instruments to hedge interest rate risk. If the instrument meets the definition of a derivative under accounting standards related to derivative instruments and hedging activities, the fair value of each derivative is required to be recognized on the balance sheet as a derivative asset or liability and changes in the fair value are recognized in net income, unless criteria for certain exceptions are met. This recognition is referred to as “mark-to-market” accounting.

Because derivative instruments are frequently used as economic hedges, accounting standards related to derivative instruments and hedging activities allow for "hedge accounting," which provides for the designation of such instruments as cash flow or fair value hedges if certain conditions are met. A cash flow hedge mitigates the risk associated with the variability of the future cash flows related to an asset or liability (e.g., debt with variable interest rate payments), while a fair value hedge mitigates risk associated with fixed future cash flows (e.g., debt with fixed interest rate payments). In accounting for cash flow hedges, derivative assets and liabilities are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with an offset to other comprehensive income to the extent the hedges are effective. Amounts remain in accumulated other comprehensive income and are reclassified into net income as the related transactions (hedged items) settle and affect net income. If the hedged transaction becomes probable of not occurring, hedge accounting is discontinued and the amount recorded in other comprehensive income is immediately reclassified into net income. Fair value hedges are recorded as derivative assets or liabilities with an offset to net income, and the carrying value of the related asset or liability (hedged item) is adjusted for changes in fair value with an offset to net income. If the fair value hedge is settled prior to the maturity of the hedged item, the cumulative fair value gain or loss associated with the hedge is amortized into income over the remaining life of the hedged item. To qualify for hedge accounting, a hedge must be considered highly effective in offsetting changes in fair value of the hedged item. Assessment of the hedge's effectiveness is tested at least quarterly throughout its term to continue to qualify for hedge accounting. Hedge ineffectiveness, even if the hedge continues to be assessed as effective, is immediately recognized in net income. Ineffectiveness is generally measured as the cumulative excess, if any, of the change in value of the hedging instrument over the change in value of the hedged item.

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Reconcilable Tariffs

The PUCT has designated certain tariffs (TCRF, energy efficiency and advanced meter surcharges and charges related to transition bonds) as reconcilable, which means the differences between amounts billed under these tariffs and the related incurred expenses are deferred as either regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities. Accordingly, at prescribed intervals, future tariffs are adjusted to either repay regulatory liabilities or collect regulatory assets.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue from delivery services are recorded under the accrual method of accounting. Revenues are recognized when delivery services are provided to customers on the basis of periodic cycle meter readings and include an estimate for revenues earned from the meter reading date to the end of the period adjusted for the impact of weather (unbilled revenue).

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill

We evaluate long-lived assets (including intangible assets with finite lives) for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

We also evaluate goodwill for impairment annually (at December 1) or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that an impairment may exist.

Goodwill impairment tests performed in 2012 and 2010 were based on determinations of enterprise value using discounted cash flow analyses, comparable company equity values and any relevant transactions indicative of enterprise values (quantitative assessment).

Effective with the December 1, 2011 test, we adopted new accounting guidance that provides the option of using a qualitative assessment in which we may consider macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial performance and other relevant events. Based on the results of the qualitative assessment performed, we concluded that no further testing for impairment was required in 2011.

System of Accounts

Our accounting records have been maintained in accordance with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Uniform System of Accounts as adopted by the PUCT.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Employee Benefit (OPEB) Plans

Oncor participates in pension plans that offer benefits based on either a traditional defined benefit formula or a cash balance formula and the OPEB Plan that offers certain health care and life insurance benefits to eligible employees and their eligible dependents upon the retirement of such employees from the company. Costs of pension and OPEB plans are dependent upon numerous factors, assumptions and estimates. In 2012, EFH Corp. made various changes to the EFH Retirement Plan, including splitting off into a new plan all of the assets and liabilities associated with Oncor employees and all retirees and terminated vested participants of EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries (including discontinued businesses). See Note 10 for additional information regarding the pension plans and the OPEB Plan

Stock-Based Incentive Compensation

In 2008, Oncor implemented the SARs Plan for certain management that purchased equity interests in the company indirectly by investing in Investment LLC. Oncor implemented the Director SARs Plan in 2009. SARs have been awarded under the SARs Plan and are being accounted for based upon the provisions of guidance for share-based payment. See Note 11 for information regarding stock-based compensation, including SARs granted to certain members of Oncor's board of directors and a 2012 early exercise of all outstanding SARS under both the SARs Plan and Director SARs Plan.

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Fair Value of Nonderivative Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts for financial assets classified as current assets and the carrying amounts for financial liabilities classified as current liabilities approximate fair value due to the short maturity of such instruments. The fair values of other financial instruments, for which carrying amounts and fair values have not been presented, are not materially different than their related carrying amounts. The following discussion of fair value accounting standards applies primarily to our determination of the fair value of assets in the pension and OPEB plan trusts as presented in Note 10.

Accounting standards related to the determination of fair value define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. We use a "mid-market" valuation convention (the mid-point price between bid and ask prices) as a practical expedient to measure fair value for the majority of our assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurement on a recurring basis. We primarily use the market approach for recurring fair value measurements and use valuation techniques to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

We categorize our assets and liabilities recorded at fair value based upon the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 valuations use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date. An active market is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2 valuations use inputs that, in the absence of actively quoted market prices, are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include: (a) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, (b) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, (c) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability such as interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals and (d) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Our Level 2 valuations utilize over-the-counter broker quotes, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities that are corroborated by correlations or other mathematical means and other valuation inputs.

Level 3 valuations use unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to the extent observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. We use the most meaningful information available from the market combined with internally developed valuation methodologies to develop our best estimate of fair value.

We utilize several different valuation techniques to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities, relying primarily on the market approach of using prices and other market information for identical and/or comparable assets and liabilities for those items that are measured on a recurring basis.

Franchise Taxes

Franchise taxes are assessed to Oncor by local governmental bodies, based on kilowatt-hours delivered and are the principal component of "taxes other than income taxes" as reported in the income statement. Franchise taxes are not a "pass through" item. Rates charged to customers by Oncor are intended to recover the franchise taxes, but Oncor is not acting as an agent to collect the taxes from customers.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of reporting cash and cash equivalents, temporary cash investments purchased with a remaining maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. See Note 13 for details regarding restricted cash.


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Property, Plant and Equipment

Properties are stated at original cost. The cost of self-constructed property additions includes materials and both direct and indirect labor and applicable overhead and an allowance for funds used during construction.

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated service lives of the properties based on depreciation rates approved by the PUCT. As is common in the industry, depreciation expense is recorded using composite depreciation rates that reflect blended estimates of the lives of major asset groups as compared to depreciation expense calculated on a component asset-by-asset basis. Depreciation rates include plant removal costs as a component of depreciation expense, consistent with regulatory treatment. Actual removal costs incurred are charged to accumulated depreciation. When accrued removal costs exceed incurred removal costs, the difference is reclassified as a regulatory obligation to retire assets in the future.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC is a regulatory cost accounting procedure whereby both interest charges on borrowed funds and a return on equity capital used to finance construction are included in the recorded cost of utility plant and equipment being constructed. AFUDC is capitalized on all projects involving construction periods lasting greater than thirty days. The equity portion of capitalized AFUDC is accounted for as other income. Oncor recorded $1 million of equity AFUDC in the year ended December 31, 2012 and none for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. See Note 13 for detail of amounts charged to interest expense.

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Our financial statements reflect regulatory assets and liabilities under cost-based rate regulation in accordance with accounting standards related to the effect of certain types of regulation. Regulatory decisions can have an impact on the recovery of costs, the rate earned on invested capital and the timing and amount of assets to be recovered by rates. See Note 4 for details of regulatory assets and liabilities.

Sale of Noncontrolling Interests

See Note 9 for discussion of noncontrolling interests.


2.
REGULATORY MATTERS

2011 Rate Review

In January 2011, Oncor filed a rate review with the PUCT and 203 original jurisdiction cities based on a test year ended June 30, 2010 (PUCT Docket No. 38929). In April 2011, Oncor and the other parties reached a Memorandum of Settlement that would settle and resolve all issues in the rate review. Oncor filed a stipulation (including a proposed order and proposed tariffs) in May 2011 that incorporated the Memorandum of Settlement along with pleadings and other documentation (Stipulation) for the purpose of obtaining final approval of the settlement. The terms of the Stipulation include an approximate $137 million base rate increase and additional provisions to address franchise fees (discussed below) and other expenses. Approximately $93 million of the increase became effective July 1, 2011, and the remainder became effective January 1, 2012. Under the Stipulation, amortization of regulatory assets increased by approximately $24 million ($14 million of which will be recognized as tax expense) annually beginning January 1, 2012. The Stipulation did not change Oncor's authorized regulatory capital structure of 60% debt and 40% equity or its authorized return on equity of 10.25%. Under the terms of the Stipulation, Oncor cannot file another general base rate review prior to July 1, 2013, but is not restricted from filing wholesale transmission rate, TCRF, distribution-related investment and other rate updates and adjustments permitted by Texas state law and PUCT rules.

In response to concerns raised by PUCT Commissioners at a July 2011 PUCT open meeting regarding the Stipulation, Oncor filed a modified stipulation that removed from the Stipulation a one-time payment to certain cities it serves for retrospective franchise fees (Modified Stipulation). Instead, pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement with certain cities it serves, through December 31, 2012, Oncor has made $22 million in retrospective franchise fee payments to cities that accepted the terms of the separate agreement. The payments are subject to refund from the cities or recovery from customers after final resolution of proceedings related to the appeals from Oncor's June 2008 rate review filing (discussed below). No other significant terms of the Stipulation were revised. In August 2011, the PUCT issued a final order approving the settlement terms contained in the Modified Stipulation.


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Effective July 1, 2011, pursuant to the PUCT's final order, Oncor no longer recovers the cost of wholesale transmission service through base rates, and wholesale transmission service expenses incurred are reconcilable to revenues billed under the TCRF rider. For this purpose, all wholesale transmission service expenses consist of amounts charged under a PUCT-approved transmission tariff including Oncor's own wholesale transmission tariff. Oncor accounts for the difference between amounts charged under the TCRF rate and wholesale transmission service expense as a regulatory asset or regulatory liability (under- or over-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (see Note 1)). At December 31, 2012, approximately $60 million ($40 million after tax) was deferred as under-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (see Note 4).

2008 Rate Review

In August 2009, the PUCT issued a final order with respect to Oncor's June 2008 rate review filing with the PUCT and 204 cities based on a test year ended December 31, 2007 (PUCT Docket No. 35717), and new rates were implemented in September 2009. In November 2009, the PUCT issued an order on rehearing that established a new rate class but did not change the revenue requirements. Oncor and four other parties appealed various portions of the rate review final order to a state district court, and oral argument was held in October 2010.  In January 2011, the district court signed its judgment reversing the PUCT with respect to two issues: the PUCT's disallowance of certain franchise fees and the PUCT's decision that PURA no longer requires imposition of a rate discount for state colleges and universities.  Oncor filed an appeal with the Texas Third Court of Appeals (Austin Court of Appeals) in February 2011 with respect to the issues it appealed to the district court and did not prevail upon, as well as the district court's decision to reverse the PUCT with respect to discounts for state colleges and universities. Oral argument before the Austin Court of Appeals was completed in April 2012. There is no deadline for the court to act. Oncor is unable to predict the outcome of the appeal.

Stipulation Approved by the PUCT

In April 2008, the PUCT entered an order (PUCT Docket No. 34077), which became final in June 2008, approving the terms of a stipulation relating to a filing in 2007 by Oncor and Texas Holdings with the PUCT pursuant to Section 14.101(b) of PURA and PUCT Substantive Rule 25.75. Among other things, the stipulation required Oncor to file a rate review no later than July 1, 2008 based on a test year ended December 31, 2007, which it filed in June 2008. The PUCT issued a final order with respect to the rate review in August 2009. In July 2008, Nucor Steel filed an appeal of the PUCT's order in the 200th District Court of Travis County, Texas (District Court). A hearing on the appeal was held in June 2010, and the District Court affirmed the PUCT order in its entirety. Nucor Steel appealed that ruling to the Austin Court of Appeals in July 2010. In March 2012, the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's ruling, which is now final

In addition to commitments Oncor made in its filings in the PUCT review, the stipulation included the following provisions, among others:

Oncor provided a one-time $72 million refund to its REP customers in the September 2008 billing cycle. The refund was in the form of a credit on distribution fee billings. The liability for the refund was previously recorded as part of purchase accounting.
Cash distributions paid by Oncor were limited through December 31, 2012, to an amount not to exceed its net income (determined in accordance with US GAAP, subject to certain defined adjustments) for the period beginning October 11, 2007 and ending December 31, 2012, and continue to be limited by an agreement that Oncor's regulatory capital structure, as determined by the PUCT, will be at or below the assumed debt-to-equity ratio established periodically by the PUCT for ratemaking purposes, which is currently set at 60% debt to 40% equity (see Note 8).
Oncor committed to minimum capital spending of $3.6 billion over the five-year period ending December 31, 2012, subject to certain defined conditions. This spending did not include the capital spending on CREZ facilities. Oncor satisfied this spending commitment in 2012.
Oncor committed to an additional $100 million in spending over the five-year period ending December 31, 2012 on demand-side management or other energy efficiency initiatives. These additional expenditures will not be recoverable in rates, and this amount was recorded as a regulatory liability as part of purchase accounting and consistent with accounting standards related to the effect of certain types of regulation. Oncor satisfied this spending commitment in 2012.
If Oncor's credit rating is below investment grade with two or more rating agencies, TCEH will post a letter of credit in an amount of $170 million to secure TXU Energy's payment obligations to Oncor.
Oncor agreed not to request recovery of goodwill or any future impairment of the goodwill in its rates.



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3.
INCOME TAXES

The components of our income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Reported in operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
US federal
$
23

 
$
(55
)
 
$
(6
)
State
21

 
21

 
21

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
US federal
200

 
248

 
183

State

 

 

Amortization of investment tax credits
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(5
)
Total
240

 
209

 
193

Reported in other income and deductions:
 
 
 
 
 
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
US federal
21

 
45

 
55

State

 
1

 
1

Deferred federal
(18
)
 
(19
)
 
(29
)
Total
3

 
27

 
27

Total income tax expense
$
243

 
$
236

 
$
220


Reconciliation of income taxes computed at the US federal statutory rate to income taxes:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Income before income taxes
$
583

 
$
596

 
$
567

Income taxes at the US federal statutory rate of 35%
$
204

 
$
209

 
$
198

Amortization of investment tax credits — net of deferred tax effect
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(5
)
Amortization (under regulatory accounting) of statutory tax rate changes
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Amortization of Medicare subsidy regulatory asset
14

 

 

Texas margin tax, net of federal tax benefit
14

 
14

 
13

Medicare subsidy

 

 
(1
)
Nondeductible losses (gains) on benefit plan investments
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Other, including audit settlements
20

 
22

 
19

Income tax expense
$
243

 
$
236

 
$
220

Effective rate
41.7
%
 
39.6
%
 
38.8
%

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, net amounts of $1.710 billion and $1.615 billion, respectively, were reported in the balance sheets as accumulated deferred income taxes. These amounts include $1.713 billion and $1.605 billion, respectively, related to our investment in the Oncor partnership.

We also have AMT credit carryforwards and NOL carryforwards related to our investment in the Oncor partnership. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we had $52 million and $49 million of alternative minimum tax (AMT) credit carryforwards, respectively, available to offset future tax sharing payments. The AMT credit carryforwards have no expiration date. At December 31, 2012, we had net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of $217 million that expire between 2028 and 2032.  The NOL carryforwards can be used to offset future taxable income.  We expect to use all of our NOL carryforwards prior to their expiration date.


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Accounting For Uncertainty in Income Taxes

EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries file or have filed income tax returns in US federal, state and foreign jurisdictions and are subject to examinations by the IRS and other taxing authorities. Examinations of EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries' income tax returns for the years ending prior to January 1, 2007 are complete, but the tax years 1997 through 2006 remain in appeals with the IRS. Texas franchise and margin tax returns are under examination or still open for examination for tax years beginning after 2002.

The IRS audit for the years 2003 through 2006 was concluded in June 2011.  A number of proposed adjustments are in appeals with the IRS.  The results of the audit did not affect management's assessment of issues for purposes of determining the liability for uncertain tax positions.

We have been advised by EFH Corp. that the conclusion of all issues contested from the 1997 through 2002 IRS audit, including Joint Committee review, could occur during the first quarter of 2013. Upon such conclusion, we would expect to further reduce the liability for uncertain tax positions by approximately $29 million with a cash payment to EFH Corp. as required under the tax sharing agreement. Other than these items, we do not expect the total amount of liabilities recorded related to uncertain tax positions will change significantly in the next 12 months.

The following table summarizes the changes to the uncertain tax positions, reported in other noncurrent liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet, during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Balance at January 1, excluding interest and penalties
$
126

 
$
82

 
$
71

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
18

 
44

 
31

Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years

 

 
(20
)
Balance at December 31, excluding interest and penalties
$
144

 
$
126

 
$
82


Of the balances at December 31, 2012 and 2011, $133 million and $115 million, respectively, represent tax positions for which the uncertainty relates to the timing of recognition for tax purposes. The disallowance of such positions would not affect the effective tax rate, but would accelerate the payment of cash under the tax sharing agreement to an earlier period.

Noncurrent liabilities included a total of $25 million and $21 million in accrued interest at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Amounts recorded related to interest and penalties totaled an expense of $3 million and $2 million in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and a benefit of $1 million in the year ended December 31, 2010, as a result of reversals of previously accrued amounts (all amounts after tax). The federal income tax benefit on the interest accrued on uncertain tax positions is recorded as accumulated deferred income taxes.

With respect to tax positions for which the ultimate deductibility is uncertain (permanent items), should EFH Corp. or we sustain such positions on income tax returns previously filed, our liabilities recorded would be reduced by $11 million, resulting in increased net income and a favorable impact on the effective tax rate.




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4.
REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Recognition of regulatory assets and liabilities and the amortization periods over which they are expected to be recovered or refunded through rate regulation reflect the decisions of the PUCT. Components of the regulatory assets and liabilities are provided in the table below. Regulatory liabilities at December 31, 2011 have been restated to remove the $225 million regulatory liability for nuclear plant decommissioning (see Note 12). Amounts not earning a return through rate regulation are noted

 
 
Remaining Rate Recovery/Amortization Period at December 31, 2012
 
Carrying Amount
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Regulatory assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Generation-related regulatory assets securitized by transition bonds (a)(e)
 
4 years
 
$
409

 
$
531

Employee retirement costs
 
7 years
 
87

 
103

Employee retirement costs to be reviewed (b)(c)
 
To be determined
 
186

 
74

Employee retirement liability (a)(c)(d)
 
To be determined
 
738

 
707

Self-insurance reserve (primarily storm recovery costs) — net
 
7 years
 
190

 
221

Self-insurance reserve to be reviewed (b)(c)
 
To be determined
 
128

 
71

Securities reacquisition costs (pre-industry restructure)
 
5 years
 
41

 
48

Securities reacquisition costs (post-industry restructure) — net
 
Terms of related debt
 
22

 
2

Recoverable amounts in lieu of deferred income taxes — net
 
Life of related asset or liability
 
71

 
104

Rate review expenses (a)
 
Largely 3 years
 
6

 
11

Rate review expenses to be reviewed (b)(c)
 
To be determined
 
1

 
1

Advanced meter customer education costs (c)
 
7 years
 
10

 
9

Deferred conventional meter depreciation
 
8 years
 
152

 
107

Deferred advanced metering system costs
 
7 years
 
2

 

Energy efficiency performance bonus (a)
 
1 year
 
9

 
8

Under-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (a)(c)
 
1 year
 
40

 

Wholesale transmission settlement costs
 
Not applicable
 

 
9

Energy efficiency programs (a)
 
Not applicable
 
1

 

Other regulatory assets
 
Not applicable
 

 
1

Total regulatory assets
 
 
 
2,093

 
2,007

Regulatory liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Estimated net removal costs
 
Life of utility plant
 
244

 
115

Investment tax credit and protected excess deferred taxes
 
Various
 
28

 
33

Over-collection of transition bond revenues (a)(e)
 
4 years
 
33

 
37

Deferred advanced metering system revenues
 
7 years
 
 
 
52

Committed spending for demand-side management initiatives (a)
 
Not applicable
 
 
 
25

Over-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (a)(c)
 
1 year
 

 
13

Energy efficiency programs (a)
 
Not applicable
 

 
2

Total regulatory liabilities
 
 
 
305

 
277

Net regulatory asset
 
 
 
$
1,788

 
$
1,730

____________
(a)
Not earning a return in the regulatory rate-setting process.
(b)
Costs incurred since the period covered under the last rate review.
(c)
Recovery is specifically authorized by statute or by the PUCT, subject to reasonableness review.
(d)
Represents unfunded liabilities recorded in accordance with pension and OPEB accounting standards.
(e)
Bondco net regulatory assets of $335 million at December 31, 2012 consist of $368 million included in generation-related regulatory assets net of the regulatory liability for over-collection of transition bond revenues of $33 million. Bondco net regulatory assets of $427 million at December 31, 2011 consist of $464 million included in generation-related regulatory assets net of the regulatory liability for over-collection of transition bond revenues of $37 million.

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act enacted in March 2010 reduce, effective 2013, the amount of OPEB costs deductible for federal income tax purposes by the amount of the Medicare Part D subsidy received by the EFH Corp. OPEB plans in which we participate. Under income tax accounting rules, deferred tax assets related to accrued OPEB liabilities must be reduced immediately for the future effect of the legislation. Accordingly, in the first quarter of 2010, our deferred tax assets were reduced by $42 million. All of this amount was recorded as a regulatory asset (before gross-up for liability in lieu of deferred income taxes) as the additional amounts due related to income taxes are being recovered in our rates beginning January 1, 2012.

As a result of purchase accounting, in 2007 the carrying value of certain generation-related regulatory assets securitized by transition bonds, which have been reviewed and approved by the PUCT for recovery but without earning a rate of return, was reduced by $213 million. This amount will be accreted to other income over the recovery period remaining at October 10, 2007 (approximately nine years). In August 2011, the PUCT issued a final order in Oncor's rate review filed in January 2011. The rate review included a determination of the recoverability of regulatory assets at June 30, 2010, including the recoverability period of those assets deemed allowable by the PUCT.

In September 2008, the PUCT approved a settlement for Oncor to recover its estimated future investment for advanced metering deployment. Oncor began billing the advanced metering surcharge in the January 2009 billing month cycle. The surcharge is expected to total $1.023 billion over the 11-year recovery period and includes a cost recovery factor of $2.19 per month per residential retail customer and $2.39 to $5.15 per month for non-residential retail customers. Oncor accounts for the difference between the surcharge billings for advanced metering facilities and the allowed revenues under the surcharge provisions, which are based on expenditures and an allowed return, as a regulatory asset or liability. Such differences arise principally as a result of timing of expenditures. As indicated in the table above, the regulatory asset at December 31, 2012 totaled $2 million and the regulatory liability at December 31, 2011 totaled $52 million.

In accordance with the PUCT's August 2009 order in Oncor's rate review, the remaining net book value and anticipated removal cost of existing conventional meters that are being replaced by advanced meters are being charged to depreciation and amortization expense over an 11-year cost recovery period.

See Note 12 for additional information regarding nuclear decommissioning cost recovery.

5.
BORROWINGS UNDER CREDIT FACILITIES

At December 31, 2012, Oncor had a $2.4 billion secured revolving credit facility (reflecting a May 2012 $400 million commitment increase as discussed below) to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, issuances of letters of credit and support for any commercial paper issuances. The revolving credit facility expires in October 2016, and Oncor has the option of requesting up to two one-year extensions, with such extensions subject to certain conditions and lender approval. Pursuant to the terms of the revolving credit facility, Oncor requested and received a $400 million increase in commitments under the revolving credit facility effective May 15, 2012. The terms of the revolving credit facility allow Oncor to request an additional increase in its borrowing capacity of $100 million, provided certain conditions are met, including lender approval.
Borrowings under the revolving credit facility are classified as short-term on the balance sheet and are secured equally and ratably with all of Oncor's other secured indebtedness by a first priority lien on property acquired or constructed for the transmission and distribution of electricity. The property is mortgaged under the Deed of Trust.
At December 31, 2012, Oncor had outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility totaling $735 million with an interest rate of 1.46% and outstanding letters of credit totaling $6 million. At December 31, 2011, Oncor had outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility totaling $392 million with an interest rate of 1.40% and outstanding letters of credit totaling $6 million.
Borrowings under the revolving credit facility bear interest at per annum rates equal to, at Oncor's option, (i) LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 1.00% to 1.75% depending on credit ratings assigned to Oncor's senior secured non-credit enhanced long-term debt or (ii) an alternate base rate (the highest of (1) the prime rate of JPMorgan Chase, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, and (3) daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%) plus a spread ranging from 0.00% to 0.75% depending on credit ratings assigned to Oncor's senior secured non-credit enhanced long-term debt. At December 31, 2012, all outstanding borrowings bore interest at LIBOR plus 1.25%. Amounts borrowed under the facility, once repaid, can be borrowed again from time to time.

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An unused commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears and upon termination or commitment reduction at a rate equal to 0.100% to 0.275% (such spread depending on certain credit ratings assigned to Oncor's senior secured debt) of the daily unused commitments under the revolving credit facility. Letter of credit fees on the stated amount of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility are payable to the lenders quarterly in arrears and upon termination at a rate per annum equal to the spread over adjusted LIBOR. Customary fronting and administrative fees are also payable to letter of credit fronting banks. At December 31, 2012, letters of credit bore interest at 1.25%, and a commitment fee (at a rate of 0.175% per annum) was payable on the unfunded commitments under the facility, each based on Oncor's current credit ratings.
Subject to the limitations described below, borrowing capacity available under the credit facility at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $1.659 billion and $1.602 billion, respectively. Generally, Oncor's indentures and revolving credit facility limit the incurrence of other secured indebtedness except for indebtedness secured equally and ratably with the indentures and revolving credit facility and certain permitted exceptions. As described further in Note 6, the Deed of Trust permits Oncor to secure indebtedness (including borrowings under its revolving credit facility) with the lien of the Deed of Trust up to the aggregate of (i) the amount of available bond credits, and (ii) 85% of the lower of the fair value or cost of certain property additions that could be certified to the Deed of Trust collateral agent. At December 31, 2012, the available borrowing capacity of the revolving credit facility could be fully drawn.

The revolving credit facility contains customary covenants for facilities of this type, restricting, subject to certain exceptions, Oncor and its subsidiaries from, among other things: incurring additional liens; entering into mergers and consolidations; and sales of substantial assets. In addition, the revolving credit facility requires that Oncor maintain a consolidated senior debt-to-capitalization ratio of no greater than 0.65 to 1.00 and observe certain customary reporting requirements and other affirmative covenants. For purposes of the ratio, debt is calculated as indebtedness defined in the revolving credit facility (principally, the sum of long-term debt, any capital leases, short-term debt and debt due currently in accordance with US GAAP). The debt calculation excludes transition bonds issued by Bondco, but includes the unamortized fair value discount related to Bondco. Capitalization is calculated as membership interests determined in accordance with US GAAP plus indebtedness described above. At December 31, 2012, Oncor was in compliance with this covenant with a debt-to-capitalization ratio of 0.44 to 1.00 and with all other covenants.

The revolving credit facility also contains customary events of default for facilities of this type, the occurrence of which would allow the lenders to accelerate all outstanding loans and terminate their commitments, including certain changes in control that are not permitted transactions, cross-default provisions in the event Oncor or any of its subsidiaries (other than Bondco) defaults on indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of $100 million or receives judgments for the payment of money in excess of $50 million that are not discharged within 60 days.


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6.
LONG-TERM DEBT

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, our long-term debt consisted of the following:
 
December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
Oncor (a):
 
 
 
6.375% Fixed Senior Notes due May 1, 2012
$

 
$
376

5.950% Fixed Senior Notes due September 1, 2013

 
524

6.375% Fixed Senior Notes due January 15, 2015
500

 
500

5.000% Fixed Senior Notes due September 30, 2017
324

 
324

6.800% Fixed Senior Notes due September 1, 2018
550

 
550

5.750% Fixed Senior Notes due September 30, 2020
126

 
126

4.100% Fixed Senior Notes due June 1, 2022
400

 

7.000% Fixed Debentures due September 1, 2022
800

 
800

7.000% Fixed Senior Notes due May 1, 2032
500

 
500

7.250% Fixed Senior Notes due January 15, 2033
350

 
350

7.500% Fixed Senior Notes due September 1, 2038
300

 
300

5.250% Fixed Senior Notes due September 30, 2040
475

 
475

4.550% Fixed Senior Notes due December 1, 2041
300

 
300

5.300% Fixed Senior Notes due June 1, 2042
500

 

Unamortized discount
(35
)
 
(38
)
Less amounts due currently

 
(376
)
Total Oncor
5,090

 
4,711

Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC (b):
 
 
 
4.950% Fixed Series 2003 Bonds due in semiannual installments through February 15, 2013
10

 
56

5.420% Fixed Series 2003 Bonds due in semiannual installments through August 15, 2015 (c)
145

 
145

4.810% Fixed Series 2004 Bonds due in semiannual installments through November 15, 2012

 
63

5.290% Fixed Series 2004 Bonds due in semiannual installments through May 15, 2016
281

 
290

Unamortized fair value discount related to transition bonds
(1
)
 
(3
)
Less amounts due currently
(125
)
 
(118
)
Total Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC
310

 
433

Total long-term debt (d)
$
5,400

 
$
5,144

____________
(a)
Secured by first priority lien on certain transmission and distribution assets equally and ratably with all of Oncor's other secured indebtedness. See "Deed of Trust" below for additional information.
(b)
The transition bonds are nonrecourse to Oncor and were issued to securitize a regulatory asset.
(c)
Principal payments commence in February 2013.
(d)
According to our organizational documents, Oncor Holdings (parent) is prohibited from directly incurring indebtedness for borrowed money.

Debt-Related Activity in 2012

Debt Repayments

Repayments of long-term debt in 2012 totaled $1.018 billion and represented $376 million principal amount of 6.375% senior secured notes paid at the scheduled maturity date of May 1, 2012, the redemption of $524 million principal amount of 5.950% senior secured notes due September 1, 2013 (2013 Notes) as discussed below and $118 million principal amount of transition bonds paid at scheduled maturity dates.

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In June 2012, pursuant to the terms of the indenture and officer's certificate governing the 2013 Notes, Oncor redeemed all of the 2013 Notes. Oncor paid a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2013 Notes plus a make-whole amount of $33 million. For accounting purposes, the make-whole amount has been deferred as a regulatory asset and will be amortized to interest expense until September 1, 2013, the original maturity date of the 2013 Notes (see Note 4).

Issuance of New Senior Secured Notes

In May 2012, Oncor issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.100% senior secured notes maturing in June 2022 (2022 Notes) and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.300% senior secured notes maturing in June 2042 (2042 Notes, and collectively with the 2022 Notes, the Notes). Oncor used the proceeds (net of the initial purchasers' discount, fees and expenses) of approximately $890 million from the sale of the Notes to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility, redeem the 2013 Notes (as discussed above) and for other general corporate purposes. The Notes are secured equally and ratably with all of Oncor's other secured indebtedness pursuant to the Deed of Trust by a first priority lien on property acquired or constructed for the transmission and distribution of electricity.

Interest on the Notes is payable in cash semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2012. Oncor may at its option at any time and from time to time redeem all or part of the Notes at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and a make-whole premium. The Notes also contain customary events of default, including failure to pay principal or interest on the Notes when due.

The Notes were issued in a private placement, and in August 2012 Oncor offered holders of the Notes the opportunity to exchange their respective Notes for notes that have terms identical in all material respects to the Notes (Exchange Notes), except that the Exchange Notes do not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions, registration rights and payment of additional interest for failure to observe certain obligations in a certain registration rights agreement. The Exchange Notes were registered on a Form S-4, which was declared effective in July 2012.

Deed of Trust

Oncor's secured indebtedness, including the 2022 and 2042 Notes described above and the revolving credit facility described in Note 5, are secured equally and ratably by a first priority lien on property Oncor acquired or constructed for the transmission and distribution of electricity. The property is mortgaged under the Deed of Trust. The Deed of Trust permits Oncor to secure indebtedness (including borrowings under our revolving credit facility) with the lien of the Deed of Trust up to the aggregate of (i) the amount of available bond credits, and (ii) 85% of the lower of the fair value or cost of certain property additions that could be certified to the Deed of Trust collateral agent. At December 31, 2012, the amount of available bond credits was approximately $2.2 billion and the amount of future debt Oncor could secure with property additions, subject to those property additions being certified to the Deed of Trust collateral agent, was $731 million.

Debt-Related Activity in 2011

Debt Repayments

Repayments of long-term debt in 2011 totaled $113 million and represented transition bond principal payments at scheduled maturity dates.

Interest Rate Hedge Transaction

In August 2011, Oncor entered into an interest rate hedge transaction hedging the variability of treasury bond rates used to determine interest rates on an anticipated issuance of senior secured notes (see below for information regarding the debt issuance). The hedges were terminated in November 2011 upon the issuance of the senior secured notes. In 2011, Oncor recognized the $46 million ($29 million after tax) loss related to the fair value of the hedge transaction in other comprehensive income, which is expected to be reclassified into net income over the life of the senior secured notes issued, which mature in 2041.


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Issuance of New Senior Secured Notes

In November 2011, Oncor issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.550% senior secured notes maturing in December 2041 (2041 Notes). Oncor used the net proceeds of approximately $297 million from the sale of the notes to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility, including loans under the revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The notes are secured by the first priority lien described below, and are secured equally and ratably with all of Oncor's other secured indebtedness.

Interest on the 2041 Notes is payable in cash semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on June 1, 2012. Oncor may at its option redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at any time, at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and a “make-whole” premium. The notes also contain customary events of default, including failure to pay principal or interest on the notes when due.

The 2041 Notes were issued in a private placement, and in August 2012 Oncor offered holders of the 2041 Notes the opportunity to exchange their respective 2041 Notes for notes that have terms identical in all material respects to the 2041 Notes (2041 Exchange Notes), except that the 2041 Exchange Notes do not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions, registration rights and payment of additional interest for failure to observe certain obligations in a certain registration rights agreement. The 2041 Exchange Notes were registered on a Form S-4, which was declared effective in July 2012.

Maturities

Long-term debt maturities at December 31, 2012 are as follows:
Year:
Amount
2013
$
125

2014
131

2015
639

2016
41

2017
324

Thereafter
4,301

Unamortized fair value discount
(1
)
Unamortized discount
(35
)
Total
$
5,525


Fair Value of Long-Term Debt

The estimated fair value of our long-term debt (including current maturities) totaled $6.568 billion and $6.705 billion at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and the carrying amount totaled $5.525 billion and $5.638 billion, respectively. The fair value is estimated based upon the market value as determined by quoted market prices, representing Level 1 valuations under accounting standards related to the determination of fair value.


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7.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Leases

At December 31, 2012, future minimum lease payments under operating leases (with initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year) were as follows:
Year
Amount
2013
$
7

2014
5

2015
4

2016
3

2017
1

Thereafter

Total future minimum lease payments
$
20


Rent charged to operation and maintenance expense totaled $15 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

Capital Expenditures

Oncor and Texas Holdings agreed with major interested parties to the terms of a stipulation that was approved by the PUCT in 2008 as discussed in Note 2. As one of the provisions of this stipulation, Oncor committed to minimum capital spending of $3.6 billion over the five-year period ending December 31, 2012, subject to certain defined conditions. At December 31, 2012, Oncor had satisfied this spending commitment. These expenditures did not include the CREZ facilities.

Efficiency Spending

Oncor is required to annually invest in programs designed to improve customer electricity demand efficiencies to satisfy ongoing regulatory requirements. The 2013 requirement is $62 million.

Guarantees

Oncor has entered into contracts that contain guarantees to unaffiliated parties that could require performance or payment under certain conditions as discussed below.

Oncor is the lessee under various operating leases that obligate it to guarantee the residual values of the leased assets. At December 31, 2012, both the aggregate maximum amount of residual values guaranteed and the estimated residual recoveries totaled $7 million. These leased assets consist primarily of vehicles used in distribution activities. The average life of the residual value guarantees under the lease portfolio is approximately 1.7 years.

For the purpose of obtaining greater access to materials, Oncor has guaranteed the repayment of borrowings under a nonaffiliated party's $7 million credit facility maturing on March 31, 2013. The nonaffiliated party's borrowings under the credit facility are limited to inventory produced solely to satisfy the terms of a contract with Oncor. Oncor would be entitled to the related inventory upon repayment of the credit facility (or payment to the nonaffiliated party). At December 31, 2012, the nonaffiliated party had borrowings of $4 million under the facility.


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Legal/Regulatory Proceedings

In October 2010, the PUCT established Docket No. 38780 for the remand of Docket No. 20381, the 1999 wholesale transmission charge matrix case. A joint settlement agreement was entered into effective October 6, 2003. This settlement resolves disputes regarding wholesale transmission pricing and charges for the period of January 1997 through August 1999, the period prior to the September 1, 1999 effective date of the legislation that authorized 100% postage stamp pricing for ERCOT wholesale transmission. After a series of appeals became final, the 1999 matrix docket was remanded to the PUCT to address two additional issues.

The first issue is the wholesale transmission transition mechanism for the period of September 1999 through December 1999. The disputed issue is whether the PUCT should have allowed the transition mechanism to continue for the last four months of 1999. The appealing parties (Texas Municipal Power Agency, the City of Denton, the City of Garland and GEUS (formerly known as Greenville Electric Utility System)) argued that the transition mechanism was not authorized in the September 1, 1999 100% postage stamp pricing legislation. Oncor's transmission deficit position was mitigated by approximately $8 million in the last four months of 1999 through the transition mechanism. In October 2011, certain parties filed a proposed settlement of this issue, subject to PUCT approval, in which Oncor would pay approximately $9 million including interest through October 9, 2003. The PUCT approved the settlement in January 2012. No appeals were filed prior to the appeals deadline, and the PUCT order became final in February 2012. Oncor made the payment in accordance with the settlement in February 2012. In November 2012, the PUCT gave its final approval of the TCRF application allowing Oncor recovery of the $9 million settlement payment through TCRF billings during the period of September 2012 through February 2013.

The second issue is the San Antonio City Public Service Board's (CPSB) claim that the PUCT did not have the authority to reduce CPSB's requested transmission cost of service (TCOS) revenue requirement. CPSB's initial TCOS rate was in effect from 1997 through 2000. Since the period of January 1997 through August 1999 is incorporated in the joint settlement, CPSB's remaining claim is for the period of September 1999 through December 2000. In January 2011, CPSB made a filing with the PUCT (PUCT Docket No. 39068), seeking an additional $22 million of TCOS revenue, including interest, for the 16-month period, of which Oncor would be responsible for approximately $11 million.  In late 2011, Oncor intervened in the proceeding and, along with several other parties, filed motions to dismiss CPSB's request. In January 2012, the PUCT upheld an administrative law judge's earlier decision to dismiss CPSB's request. No appeals were filed prior to the appeals deadline, and the PUCT order became final in February 2012.

We are involved in other various legal and administrative proceedings in the normal course of business, the ultimate resolution of which, in the opinion of management, should not have a material effect upon our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Labor Contracts

Certain Oncor employees are represented by a labor union and covered by a collective bargaining agreement with an expiration date of October 25, 2013.

Environmental Contingencies

Oncor must comply with environmental laws and regulations applicable to the handling and disposal of hazardous waste. Oncor is in compliance with all current laws and regulations; however, the impact, if any, of changes to existing regulations or the implementation of new regulations is not determinable. The costs to comply with environmental regulations can be significantly affected by the following external events or conditions:

changes to existing state or federal regulation by governmental authorities having jurisdiction over control of toxic substances and hazardous and solid wastes, and other environmental matters, and
the identification of additional sites requiring clean-up or the filing of other complaints in which Oncor may be asserted to be a potential responsible party.


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8.
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS

On February 13, 2013, our board of directors declared a cash distribution of $31 million , which was paid to EFIH on February 15, 2013.

During 2012, our board of directors declared, and we paid, the following cash distributions to EFIH:
Declaration Date
 
Payment Date
 
Amount Paid
October 24, 2012
 
October 30, 2012
 
$47
July 25, 2012
 
July 31, 2012
 
31
April 25, 2012
 
May 1, 2012
 
33
February 14, 2012
 
February 21, 2012
 
36

During 2011, our board of directors declared, and we paid, the following cash distributions to EFIH:
Declaration Date
 
Payment Date
 
Amount Paid
October 25, 2011
 
October 26, 2011
 
$52
July 27, 2011
 
July 28, 2011
 
32
April 27, 2011
 
April 28, 2011
 
16
February 15, 2011
 
February 16, 2011
 
16

While there are no direct restrictions on our ability to distribute our net income that are currently material, substantially all of our net income is derived from Oncor. Our board of directors and Oncor's board of directors, which are composed of a majority of independent directors, can withhold distributions to the extent the boards determine that it is necessary to retain such amounts to meet our expected future requirements.

Until December 31, 2012, Oncor's distributions were limited to its cumulative net income and regulatory capital structure restrictions. Effective January 1, 2013, distributions are limited only to the extent Oncor maintains a required regulatory capital structure as discussed below.

Oncor's distributions continue to be limited by its required regulatory capital structure to be at or below the assumed debt-to-equity ratio established periodically by the PUCT for ratemaking purposes, which is currently set at 60% debt to 40% equity. At December 31, 2012, Oncor's regulatory capitalization ratio was 58.8% debt and 41.2% equity. The PUCT has the authority to determine what types of debt and equity are included in a utility's debt-to-equity ratio. For purposes of this ratio, debt is calculated as long-term debt plus unamortized gains on reacquired debt less unamortized issuance expenses, premiums and losses on reacquired debt. The debt calculation excludes transition bonds issued by Bondco. Equity is calculated as membership interests determined in accordance with US GAAP, excluding the effects of purchase accounting (which included recording the initial goodwill and fair value adjustments and the subsequent related impairments and amortization). At December 31, 2012, $167 million was available for distribution to Oncor's members under the capital structure restriction, of which approximately 80% relates to Oncor's ownership interest.

For the period beginning October 11, 2007 and ending December 31, 2012, Oncor's cash distributions (other than distributions of the proceeds of any issuance of limited liability company units) were limited by the Limited Liability Company Agreement and a stipulation agreement with the PUCT to an amount not to exceed Oncor's cumulative net income determined in accordance with US GAAP, as adjusted by applicable orders of the PUCT. Adjustments consisted of the removal of noncash impacts of purchase accounting and deducting two specific cash commitments. The noncash impacts consisted of removing the effect of an $860 million goodwill impairment charge in 2008 and the cumulative amount of net accretion of fair value adjustments. The two specific cash commitments were the $72 million ($46 million after tax) one-time refund to customers in September 2008 and the funds spent as part of the $100 million commitment for additional energy efficiency initiatives that was completed in 2012. See Note 2 for additional information regarding the two cash commitments. At December 31, 2012, $420 million of membership interests was available for distribution under the cumulative net income restriction of which approximately 80% relates to our ownership interest. However, as discussed above, this restriction is no longer applicable.




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9.
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

At December 31, 2012, Oncor's ownership was as follows: 80.03% held by us, 19.75% held by Texas Transmission and 0.22% held indirectly by certain members of Oncor's management team and board of directors.

10.    PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (OPEB) PLANS

Regulatory Recovery of Pension and OPEB Costs

PURA provides for Oncor's recovery of pension and OPEB costs applicable to services of its active and retired employees, as well as services of other EFH Corp. active and retired employees prior to the deregulation and disaggregation of EFH Corp.'s electric utility businesses effective January 1, 2002 (recoverable service). Accordingly, Oncor entered into an agreement with EFH Corp. whereby it assumed responsibility for applicable pension and OPEB costs related to those personnel's recoverable service.

Oncor is authorized to establish a regulatory asset or liability for the difference between the amounts of pension and OPEB costs approved in current billing rates and the actual amounts that would otherwise have been recorded as charges or credits to earnings related to recoverable service. Amounts deferred are ultimately subject to regulatory approval. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, Oncor had recorded regulatory assets totaling $1.011 billion and $884 million, respectively, related to pension and OPEB costs, including amounts related to deferred expenses as well as amounts related to unfunded liabilities that otherwise would be recorded as other comprehensive income.

In a 2012 agreement described below, Oncor assumed primary responsibility for retirement costs related to certain non-recoverable service. Any retirement costs associated with non-recoverable service is not recoverable through rates.

Pension Plan

Oncor participates in two defined benefit pension plans. The EFH Retirement Plan and the Oncor Retirement Plan are qualified pension plans under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code), and are subject to the provisions of ERISA. All benefits are funded by the participating employers. The pension plans provide benefits to participants under one of two formulas: (i) a Cash Balance Formula under which participants earn monthly contribution credits based on their compensation and a combination of their age and years of service, plus monthly interest credits or (ii) a Traditional Retirement Plan Formula based on years of service and the average earnings of the three years of highest earnings. The interest component of the Cash Balance Formula is variable and is determined using the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds. Under the Cash Balance Formula, future increases in earnings will not apply to prior service costs.

All eligible employees hired after January 1, 2001 participate under the Cash Balance Formula. Certain employees, who, prior to January 1, 2002, participated under the Traditional Retirement Plan Formula, continue their participation under that formula. It is the participating employers' policy to fund the plans on a current basis to the extent deductible under existing federal tax regulations.

In August 2012, EFH Corp. approved certain amendments to the EFH Retirement Plan. These actions were completed in the fourth quarter of 2012, and the amendments resulted in:

the splitting off of assets and liabilities under the plan associated with Oncor's employees and all retirees and terminated vested participants of EFH Corp. and its subsidiaries (including discontinued businesses) to a new qualified pension plan that provides benefits identical to those provided under the EFH Retirement Plan, for which Oncor assumed sponsorship from EFH Corp. effective January 1, 2013 (Oncor Retirement Plan);

maintaining assets and liabilities under the plan associated with active collective bargaining unit (union) employees of EFH Corp.'s competitive subsidiaries under the current plan;

the splitting off of assets and liabilities under the plan associated with all other plan participants (active nonunion employees of EFH Corp.'s competitive businesses) to a terminating plan, freezing benefits and vesting all accrued plan benefits for these participants, and

the termination of, distributions of benefits under, and settlement of all of EFH Corp.'s liabilities under the terminating plan.

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As a result of these actions and in connection with assuming sponsorship of the Oncor Retirement Plan, Oncor entered into an agreement with EFH Corp. to assume primary responsibility for benefits of certain participants for whom EFH Corp. bore primary funding responsibility (a closed group of retired and terminated vested plan participants not related to Oncor's regulated utility business) at December 31, 2012. As Oncor received a corresponding amount of assets with the assumed liabilities, execution of the agreement did not have a material impact on its reported results of operations or financial condition. In the fourth quarter of 2012, EFH Corp. made cash contributions totaling $259 million to settle the terminating plan obligations and fully fund its obligations under the Oncor Retirement Plan.

Oncor also has supplemental pension plans for certain employees whose retirement benefits cannot be fully earned under the qualified retirement plan, the information for which is included below.

In July 2012, the US Congress enacted legislation that includes, among other things, pension funding stabilization provisions.  These provisions are expected to reduce required minimum pension plan contributions in the near term, but have no impact on long-term funding levels absent a sustained low interest rate environment. 

OPEB Plan

Oncor participates with EFH Corp. and other subsidiaries of EFH Corp. to offer certain health care and life insurance benefits to eligible employees and their eligible dependents upon the retirement of such employees (OPEB Plan). For employees retiring on or after January 1, 2002, the retiree contributions required for such coverage vary based on a formula depending on the retiree's age and years of service.

Pension and OPEB Costs Recognized as Expense

The pension and OPEB amounts provided herein include Oncor's allocated amounts related to EFH Corp.'s plans based on actuarial computations and reflect Oncor's employee and retiree demographics as described above. Oncor recognized the following net pension and OPEB costs as expense:

 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Components of net pension costs:
 
 
 
 
 
Pension costs (a)
$
179

 
$
95

 
$
67

OPEB costs
27

 
74

 
63

Total benefit costs
206

 
169

 
130

Less amounts deferred as a regulatory asset or property
(169
)
 
(132
)
 
(93
)
Net amounts recognized as expense
$
37

 
$
37

 
$
37


Oncor and EFH Corp. use the calculated value method to determine the market-related value of the assets held in the trust for purposes of calculating pension cost. Oncor and EFH Corp. include the realized and unrealized gains or losses in the market-related value of assets over a rolling four-year period. Each year, 25% of such gains and losses for the current year and for each of the preceding three years is included in the market-related value. Each year, the market-related value of assets is increased for contributions to the plan and investment income and is decreased for benefit payments and expenses for that year.

Oncor and EFH Corp. use the fair value method to determine the market-related value of the assets held in the trust for purposes of calculating OPEB cost.


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Detailed Information Regarding Pension and OPEB Benefits

The following pension and OPEB information is based on December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 measurement dates:
 
 
Pension Plan
 
OPEB Plan
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Assumptions Used to Determine Net Periodic Pension and Benefit Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discount rate (a)
 
5.00%
 
5.50%
 
5.90%
 
4.95%
 
5.55%
 
5.90%
Expected return on plan assets
 
7.40%
 
7.70%
 
8.00%
 
6.80%
 
7.10%
 
7.60%
Rate of compensation increase
 
3.81%
 
3.74%
 
3.71%
 
 
 
Components of Net Pension and Benefit Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
23

 
$
20

 
$
19

 
$
5

 
$
7

 
$
6

Interest cost
 
106

 
110

 
106

 
39

 
54

 
52

Expected return on assets
 
(109
)
 
(99
)
 
(97
)
 
(12
)
 
(14
)
 
(15
)
Amortization of net transition obligation
 

 

 

 
1

 
1

 
1

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
 

 
1

 
1

 
(20
)
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Amortization of net loss
 
78

 
63

 
38

 
14

 
27

 
20

Settlement charges
 
81

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
Net periodic pension and benefit cost
 
179

 
95

 
67

 
27

 
74

 
63

Other Changes in Plan Assets and Benefit Obligations Recognized as Regulatory Assets or in Other Comprehensive Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss (gain)
 
110

 
106

 
124

 
83

 
(91
)
 
75

Prior service cost (credit)
 

 

 

 

 
(127
)
 
1

Amortization of net loss
 
(78
)
 
(63
)
 
(38
)
 
(14
)
 
(27
)
 
(20
)
Amortization of transition obligation (asset)
 

 

 

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Amortization of prior service (cost) credit
 

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
20

 
1

 

Settlement charges
 
(81
)
 

 

 

 

 

Curtailment
 
(5
)
 

 

 

 

 

Total recognized as regulatory assets or other comprehensive income
 
(54
)
 
42

 
85

 
88

 
(245
)
 
55

Total recognized in net periodic pension and benefit costs and as regulatory assets or other comprehensive income
 
$
125

 
$
137

 
$
152

 
$
115

 
$
(171
)
 
$
118

____________
(a)
As a result of the amendments discussed above, the discount rate reflected in net pension costs for January through July 2012 was 5.00%, for August through September 2012 was 4.15% and for October through December 2012 was 4.20%.


 
 
Pension Plans
 
OPEB Plan
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations at Period End:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discount rate
 
4.10%
 
5.00%
 
5.50%
 
4.10%
 
4.95%
 
5.55
%
Rate of compensation increase
 
3.94
%
 
3.81%
 
3.74%
 
 
 


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Pension Plan
 
OPEB Plan
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year
 
$
2,215

 
$
2,052

 
$
809

 
$
1,004

Service cost
 
23

 
20

 
5

 
7

Interest cost
 
106

 
110

 
39

 
54

Participant contributions
 

 

 
15

 
14

Medicare Part D reimbursement
 

 

 
3

 
5

Plan amendments
 

 

 

 
(127
)
Settlement
 
(268
)
 

 

 

Curtailment
 
(5
)
 

 

 

Assumption of liabilities
 
860

 

 
6

 

Actuarial (gain) loss
 
198

 
119

 
94

 
(97
)
Benefits paid
 
(91
)
 
(86
)
 
(58
)
 
(51
)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year
 
$
3,038

 
$
2,215

 
$
913

 
$
809

Accumulated benefit obligation at end of year
 
$
2,908

 
$
2,063

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in Plan Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair value of assets at beginning of year
 
$
1,542

 
$
1,341

 
$
197

 
$
208

Actual return (loss) on assets
 
199

 
112

 
25

 
8

Employer contributions
 
93

 
175

 
11

 
18

Settlement
 
(268
)
 

 

 

Assets related to assumed liabilities
 
852

 

 

 

Participant contributions
 

 

 
15

 
14

Benefits paid
 
(91
)
 
(86
)
 
(58
)
 
(51
)
Fair value of assets at end of year
 
2,327

 
1,542

 
190

 
197

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funded Status:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projected benefit obligation at end of year
 
$
(3,038
)
 
$
(2,215
)
 
$
(913
)
 
$
(809
)
Fair value of assets at end of year
 
2,327

 
1,542

 
190

 
197

Funded status at end of year
 
$
(711
)
 
$
(673
)
 
$
(723
)
 
$
(612
)



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Pension Plan
 
OPEB Plan
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Amounts Recognized in the Balance Sheet Consist of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other current liabilities
 
$
(3
)
 
$
(3
)
 
$

 
$

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
(708
)
 
(670
)
 
(723
)
 
(612
)
Net liability recognized
 
$
(711
)
 
$
(673
)
 
$
(723
)
 
$
(612
)
Regulatory assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
602

 
$
659

 
$
247

 
$
178

Prior service cost (credit)
 

 

 
(111
)
 
(131
)
Net transition obligation
 

 

 

 
1

Net regulatory asset recognized
 
602

 
659

 
136

 
48

Accumulated other comprehensive net loss
 
$
3

 
$

 
$
1

 
$



The following tables provide information regarding the assumed health care cost trend rates
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates - Not Medicare Eligible:
 
 
 
 
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year
 
8.50%
 
9.00%
Rate to which the cost trend is expected to decline (the ultimate trend rate)
 
5.00%
 
5.00%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate
 
2022
 
2022

Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates - Medicare Eligible:
 
 
 
 
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year
 
7.50%
 
8.00%
Rate to which the cost trend is expected to decline (the ultimate trend rate)
 
5.00%
 
5.00%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate
 
2022
 
2022

 
 
1-Percentage Point Increase
 
1-Percentage Point Decrease
Sensitivity Analysis of Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates:
 
 
 
 
Effect on accumulated postretirement obligation
 
$
115

 
$
(99
)
Effect on postretirement benefits cost
 
6

 
(5
)

The following table provides information regarding pension plans with projected benefit obligations (PBO) and accumulated benefit obligations (ABO) in excess of the fair value of plan assets.
 
 
At December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Pension Plans with PBO and ABO in Excess of Plan Assets:
 
 
 
 
Projected benefit obligations
 
$
3,038

 
$
2,215

Accumulated benefit obligations
 
2,908

 
2,063

Plan assets
 
2,327

 
1,542



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Pension Plans and OPEB Plan Investment Strategy and Asset Allocations

Oncor's investment objective for the retirement plans is to invest in a suitable mix of assets to meet the future benefit obligations at an acceptable level of risk, while minimizing the volatility of contributions. Equity securities are held to achieve returns in excess of passive indexes by participating in a wide range of investment opportunities. International equity securities are used to further diversify the equity portfolio and may include investments in both developed and emerging international markets. Fixed income securities include primarily corporate bonds from a diversified range of companies, US Treasuries and agency securities and money market instruments. The investment strategy for fixed income investments is to maintain a high grade portfolio of securities, which assists Oncor in managing the volatility and magnitude of plan contributions and expense while maintaining sufficient cash and short-term investments to pay near-term benefits and expenses.

The retirement plans' investments are managed in two pools: one associated with the recoverable service portion of plan obligations related to Oncor's regulated utility business, and the other associated with plan obligations for the closed group of retired and terminated plan participants not related to Oncor's regulated utility business that it assumed from EFH Corp. in connection with Oncor's sponsorship of the Oncor Plan¸ as discussed above. The recoverable service portion is invested in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity and fixed income securities. The nonrecoverable service portion is invested in fixed income securities intended to fully hedge the obligations, within practical limitations.


The target asset allocation ranges of pension plan investments by asset category are as follows:
 
 
Target Allocation Ranges
Asset Category
 
Recoverable
 
Nonrecoverable
US equities
 
24%-31%
 
International equities
 
20%-25%
 
Fixed income
 
45%-57%
 
100%

The investment objective for the OPEB Plan primarily follows the objectives of the pension plans discussed above, while maintaining sufficient cash and short-term investments to pay near-term benefits and expenses. The actual amounts at December 31, 2012 provided below are consistent with the asset allocation targets


Fair Value Measurement of Pension Plan Assets

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, pension plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31, 2012
 
At December 31, 2011
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Asset Category
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-bearing cash
 
$

 
$
134

 
$

 
$
134

 
$

 
$
60

 
$

 
$
60

Equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US
 
206

 
95

 

 
301

 
263

 
54

 

 
317

International
 
280

 
7

 

 
287

 
152

 
50

 

 
202

Fixed income securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds (a)
 

 
1,319

 

 
1,319

 

 
859

 

 
859

US Treasuries
 

 
206

 

 
206

 

 
34

 

 
34

Other (b)
 

 
73

 

 
73

 

 
61

 

 
61

Preferred securities
 

 

 
7

 
7

 

 

 
9

 
9

Total assets
 
$
486

 
$
1,834

 
$
7

 
$
2,327

 
$
415

 
$
1,118

 
$
9

 
$
1,542

___________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Substantially all corporate bonds are rated investment grade by a major ratings agency such as Moody's.
(b) Other consists primarily of US agency securities.

There was no significant change in the fair value of Level 3 assets in the periods presented.


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Fair Value Measurement of OPEB Plan Assets

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, OPEB Plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31, 2012
 
At December 31, 2011
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Asset Category
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-bearing cash
 
$

 
$
10

 
$

 
$
10

 
$

 
$
10

 
$

 
$
10

Equity securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US
 
49

 
6

 

 
55

 
52

 
3

 

 
55

International
 
31

 

 

 
31

 
23

 
3

 

 
26

Fixed income securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate bonds (a)
 

 
42

 

 
42

 

 
54

 

 
54

US Treasuries
 

 
4

 

 
4

 

 
2

 

 
2

Other (b)
 
45

 
3

 

 
48

 
46

 
3

 

 
49

Preferred securities
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1

 
1

Total assets
 
$
125

 
$
65

 
$

 
$
190

 
$
121

 
$
75

 
$
1

 
$
197

___________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Substantially all corporate bonds are rated investment grade by a major ratings agency such as Moody's.
(b) Other consists primarily of US agency securities.

There was no significant change in the fair value of Level 3 assets in the periods presented.

Expected Long-Term Rate of Return on Assets Assumption

The retirement plans' strategic asset allocation is determined in conjunction with the plans' advisors and utilizes a comprehensive Asset-Liability modeling approach to evaluate potential long-term outcomes of various investment strategies. The modeling incorporates long-term rate of return assumptions for each asset class based on historical and future expected asset class returns, current market conditions, rate of inflation, current prospects for economic growth, and taking into account the diversification benefits of investing in multiple asset classes and potential benefits of employing active investment management.

Pension Plans
 
OPEB Plan
Asset Class
 
Expected Long-Term Rate of Return
 
Plan Type
 
Expected Long-Term Returns
US equity securities
 
7.7%
 
401(h) accounts
 
7.4%
International equity securities
 
9.3%
 
Life Insurance VEBA
 
6.4%
Fixed income securities
 
4.1%
 
Union VEBA
 
6.4%
Other
 
0.6%
 
Non-Union VEBA
 
3.2%
Weighted average (a)
 
7.4%
 
Weighted average
 
6.7%
_______________
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) The 2013 expected long-term rate of return for the nonregulated portion of the Oncor Retirement Plan is 4.10%.


Significant Concentrations of Risk

The plans' investments are exposed to risks such as interest rate, capital market and credit risks. Oncor and EFH Corp. seek to optimize return on investment consistent with levels of liquidity and investment risk which are prudent and reasonable, given prevailing capital market conditions and other factors specific to participating employers. While Oncor and EFH Corp. recognize the importance of return, investments will be diversified in order to minimize the risk of large losses unless, under the circumstances, it is clearly prudent not to do so. There are also various restrictions and guidelines in place including limitations on types of investments allowed and portfolio weightings for certain investment securities to assist in the mitigation of the risk of large losses.



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Assumed Discount Rate

Oncor and EFH Corp. selected the assumed discount rate using the Aon Hewitt AA Above Median yield curve, which is based on corporate bond yields and at December 31, 2012 consisted of 332 corporate bonds with an average rating of AA using Moody's, S&P and Fitch ratings.

Amortization in 2013

In 2013, amortization of the net actuarial loss and prior service cost for the defined benefit pension plans from regulatory assets into net periodic benefit cost is expected to be $70 million and less than $1 million, respectively. Amortization of the net actuarial loss and prior service credit for the OPEB Plan from regulatory assets into net periodic benefit cost is expected to be $26 million and a $20 million credit, respectively.

Pension and OPEB Plan Cash Contributions

Oncor's contributions to the benefit plans were as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Pension plans contributions
$
93

 
$
175

 
$
43

OPEB Plan contributions
11

 
18

 
18

Total contributions
$
104

 
$
193

 
$
61


Oncor's funding of the pension plans and the OPEB Plan is expected to be $10 million and $12 million, respectively, in 2013. Oncor's funding for the pension plans (based on the funded status at December 31, 2012) and the OPEB Plan is expected to total approximately $395 million and $115 million, respectively, for the 2013 to 2017 period.

Future Benefit Payments

Estimated future benefit payments to beneficiaries are as follows:
 
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018-22
Pension benefits
 
$
153

 
$
157

 
$
158

 
$
164

 
$
168

 
$
910

OPEB
 
$
43

 
$
45

 
$
48

 
$
51

 
$
53

 
$
291


Thrift Plan

Oncor's employees may participate in a qualified savings plan, the EFH Corp. Thrift Plan (Thrift Plan). This plan is a participant-directed defined contribution plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and is subject to the provisions of ERISA. Under the terms of the Thrift Plan, employees who do not earn more than the IRS threshold compensation limit used to determine highly compensated employees may contribute, through pre-tax salary deferrals and/or after-tax applicable payroll deductions, the lesser of 75% of their regular salary or wages or the maximum amount permitted under law. Employees who earn more than such threshold may contribute from 1% to 16% of their regular salary or wages. Employer matching contributions are also made in an amount equal to 100% of the first 6% of employee contributions for employees who are covered under the Cash Balance Formula of the Oncor Retirement Plan, and 75% of the first 6% of employee contributions for employees who are covered under the Traditional Retirement Plan Formula of the Oncor Retirement Plan. Employer matching contributions are made in cash and may be allocated by participants to any of the plan's investment options. Oncor's contributions to the Thrift Plan totaled $12 million, $12 million and $11 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.





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11.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

In 2008, Oncor established the SARs Plan under which certain of its executive officers and key employees may be granted stock appreciation rights payable in cash, or in some circumstances, Oncor membership interests. In February 2009, Oncor established the Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC Director Stock Appreciation Rights Plan (the Director SARs Plan) under which certain non-employee members of its board of directors and other persons having a relationship with Oncor may be granted SARs payable in cash, or in some circumstances, Oncor membership interests. SARs under the SARs Plan and the Director SARs Plan are generally payable in cash based on the fair market value of the SAR on the date of exercise. There were no SARs under either plan eligible for exercise at December 31, 2011.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, Oncor granted no SARS under the SARs Plan. In November 2012, Oncor accepted the early exercise of all outstanding SARs (both vested and unvested, totaling 14,322,219 SARs under the SARs Plan and 55,000 SARs under the Director SARs Plan) issued to date pursuant to both SARs Plans. The early exercise was permitted by Oncor's board of directors pursuant to the provision of the SARs Plan that permits the board to accelerate the vesting and exercisability of SARs. The early exercise of SARs entitled each participant in the SARs Plan to: (1) an exercise payment (Exercise Payment) equal to the number of SARs exercised multiplied by the difference between $14.54 and the base price of the SARs (as stated in the award letter for each SARs grant); and (2) the accrual of interest on all dividends declared to date with respect to the SARs, but no further dividend accruals. Additionally, each current executive officer agreed to defer payment of a portion of his/her Exercise Payment until the earlier of November 7, 2016 or the occurrence of an event triggering SAR exercisability pursuant to Section 5(c)(ii) of the SARs Plan. These deferred payments totaled approximately $6 million in the aggregate. As a result of the early exercise, in 2012 Oncor paid an aggregate of approximately $64 million related to Exercise Payments ($57 million charged to expense), and began accruing interest on approximately $18 million in aggregate dividends. As a result of the early exercise, no SARs are currently outstanding under either the SARs Plan or the Director SARs Plan.

Under both SARs plans, dividends that are paid in respect of Oncor membership interests while the SARs were outstanding were credited to the SARs holder's account as if the SARs were units, payable upon the earliest to occur of death, disability, separation from service, unforeseeable emergency, a change in control, or the exercise of the SARs. As a result, in 2012 Oncor recorded compensation expense of approximately $6 million relating to dividend accruals through November 2012. For accounting purposes, the liability is discounted based on an employee's or director's expected retirement date.


12.
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The following represent our significant related-party transactions:

Oncor records revenue from TCEH, principally for electricity delivery fees, which totaled $1.0 billion for each of the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and $1.1 billion for the year December 31, 2010. The fees are based on rates regulated by the PUCT that apply to all REPs. These revenues included approximately $2 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 pursuant to a transformer maintenance agreement with TCEH. The balance sheets at December 31, 2012 and 2011 reflect receivables from affiliates totaling $53 million and $138 million, respectively, primarily consisting of trade receivables from TCEH related to these electricity delivery fees.

Oncor recognized interest income from TCEH under an agreement related to its generation-related regulatory assets, which have been securitized through the issuance of transition bonds by Bondco. The interest income, which served to offset Oncor's interest expense on the transition bonds, totaled $16 million, $32 million and $37 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Incremental amounts payable related to income taxes as a result of Oncor's delivery fee surcharges to customers related to transition bonds were reimbursed by TCEH. Prior to the August 2012 sale to EFIH disclosed below, our financial statements reflected a note receivable from TCEH that totaled $179 million ($41 million reported as current in trade accounts and other receivables from affiliates) at December 31, 2011 related to these income taxes.

In August 2012, Oncor sold to EFIH all future interest reimbursements and the remaining $159 million obligation under the note with TCEH. As a result, EFIH paid, and Oncor received, an aggregate $159 million for the agreements. The sale of the related-party agreements was reported as a $2 million (after tax) decrease in total membership interests in 2012 in accordance with accounting rules for related-party matters.


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EFH Corp. subsidiaries charge Oncor for certain administrative services. EFH Corp. and Oncor also charge each other for shared facilities at cost. These net costs, which are primarily reported in operation and maintenance expenses, totaled $35 million, $38 million and $40 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Under Texas regulatory provisions, the trust fund for decommissioning TCEH's Comanche Peak nuclear generation facility is funded by a delivery fee surcharge Oncor collects from REPs and remits monthly to TCEH. Delivery fee surcharges totaled $16 million, $17 million and $16 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Oncor's sole obligation with regard to nuclear decommissioning is as the collection agent of funds charged to ratepayers for nuclear decommissioning activities. If, at the time of decommissioning, actual decommissioning costs exceed available trust funds, Oncor would not be obligated to pay any shortfalls but would be required to collect any rates approved by the PUCT to recover any additional decommissioning costs. Further, if there were to be a surplus when decommissioning is complete, such surplus would be returned to ratepayers under terms prescribed by the PUCT.

Prior to 2012, Oncor reflected the difference between the trust fund assets and the decommissioning liability (both reported on TCEH's balance sheet) in its financial statements as a regulatory liability or asset with an offsetting receivable from or payable to TCEH (the beneficiary of the nuclear decommissioning trust).  However, amounts associated with nuclear decommissioning activities were not included in Oncor's net income or accumulated other comprehensive income.  During 2012, Oncor determined that due to its role as the collection agent of funds, the recording of a regulatory liability or asset in its financial statements was an error.  As such, the balance sheet at December 31, 2011 has been restated to remove both the $225 million receivable from TCEH related to the Comanche Peak nuclear plant decommissioning and the associated regulatory liability of $225 million.  This restatement reduced the receivable from TCEH to zero and increased regulatory assets by $225 million. This error did not have a material impact on our reported results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

Oncor has a 19.5% limited partnership interest, with a carrying value of less than $1 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, in an EFH Corp. subsidiary holding principally software-related assets. Equity losses related to this interest are reported in other deductions and totaled less than $1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, and $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. These losses primarily represent amortization of software assets held by the subsidiary.

We are a member of EFH Corp.'s consolidated tax group, though Oncor is not, and EFH Corp.'s consolidated federal income tax return includes our results. Under the terms of a tax sharing agreement, we are obligated to make payments to EFH Corp. in an aggregate amount that is substantially equal to the amount of federal income taxes that we would have been required to pay if we were filing our own corporate income tax return. Also under the terms of the tax sharing agreement, Oncor makes similar payments to Texas Transmission and Investment LLC, pro rata in accordance with their respective membership interests in Oncor, in an aggregate amount that is substantially equal to the amount of federal income taxes that Oncor would have been required to pay if it were filing its own corporate income tax return. EFH Corp. also includes Oncor's results in its consolidated Texas state margin tax return, and consistent with the tax sharing agreement, Oncor remits to EFH Corp. Texas margin tax payments, which are accounted for as income taxes and calculated as if Oncor was filing its own return. Our results are also included in the consolidated Texas state margin tax return filed by EFH Corp. See discussion in Note 1 to Financial Statements under “Income Taxes.” At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we had amounts due to EFH Corp. under the agreements totaling $34 million and $2 million, respectively. In the year ended December 31, 2012, we made income tax payments to EFH Corp. totaling $35 million (including net payments of $2 million made by Oncor to EFH Corp.). Income tax refunds from EFH Corp. in the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $89 million. Income tax payments to EFH Corp. in the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $107 million. Income tax refunds from noncontrolling interests in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 totaled $5 million and $25 million, respectively, and income tax payments to noncontrolling interests in the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $21 million.

Certain transmission and distribution utilities in Texas have tariffs in place to assure adequate credit worthiness of any REP to support the REP's obligation to collect transition bond-related charges on behalf of the utility. Under these tariffs, as a result of TCEH's credit rating being below investment grade, TCEH is required to post collateral support in an amount equal to estimated transition charges over specified time periods. Accordingly, at December 31, 2012 and 2011, TCEH had posted letters of credit in the amount of $11 million and $12 million, respectively, for Oncor's benefit.


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In connection with assuming sponsorship of the Oncor Retirement Plan, Oncor entered into an agreement with EFH Corp. to assume primary responsibility for retirement benefits of a closed group of retired and terminated vested retirement plan participants not related to its regulated utility business. As the Oncor Retirement Plan received an amount of plan assets equal to the liabilities Oncor assumed for those participants, execution of the agreement did not have a material impact on its reported results of operations or financial condition. See Note 10 for further information regarding funding for the pension plans.

Affiliates of the Sponsor Group have, and from time-to-time may in the future (1) sell, acquire or participate in the offerings of Oncor's debt or debt securities in open market transactions or through loan syndications, and (2) perform various financial advisory, dealer, commercial banking and investment banking services for Oncor and certain of our affiliates for which they have received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

See Notes 3, 8 and 10 for information regarding the tax sharing agreement, distributions to EFIH and the allocation of EFH Corp.'s pension and OPEB costs, respectively.


13.
SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Variable Interest Entities

Oncor is the primary beneficiary and consolidates a wholly-owned VIE, Bondco, which was organized for the limited purpose of issuing specific transition bonds and purchasing and owning transition property acquired from Oncor that is pledged as collateral to secure the bonds. Oncor acts as the servicer for this entity to collect transition charges authorized by the PUCT. These funds are remitted to the trustee and used for interest and principal payments on the transition bonds and related costs.

The material assets and liabilities of Bondco are presented separately on the face of our Consolidated Balance Sheet because the assets are restricted and can only be used to settle the obligations of Bondco, and Bondco's creditors do not have recourse to our general credit or assets.

Our maximum exposure does not exceed our equity investment in Bondco, which was $16 million at both December 31, 2012 and 2011. We did not provide any financial support to Bondco during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Major Customers
Revenues from TCEH represented 29%, 33% and 36% of total operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Revenues from REP subsidiaries of a nonaffiliated entity collectively represented 15% of total operating revenues for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. No other customer represented 10% or more of total operating revenues in the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 or 2010.

Other Income and Deductions
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Other income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accretion of adjustment (discount) to regulatory assets due to purchase accounting
 
$
23

 
$
29

 
$
34

Net gain on sale of other properties and investments
 
3

 
1

 
2

Total other income
 
$
26

 
$
30

 
$
36

Other deductions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Professional fees
 
$
3

 
$
4

 
$
4

Equity losses in unconsolidated affiliate (Note 12)
 

 

 
2

SARs early exercise (Note 11)
 
57

 

 

Other
 
4

 
5

 
2

Total other deductions
 
$
64

 
$
9

 
$
8



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Interest Expense and Related Charges
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Interest expense
 
$
366

 
$
359

 
$
342

Amortization of fair value debt discounts resulting from purchase accounting
 

 

 
2

Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts
 
18

 
3

 
5

Allowance for funds used during construction -capitalized interest portion
 
(10
)
 
(3
)
 
(2
)
Total interest expense and related charges
 
$
374

 
$
359

 
$
347


Restricted Cash

Restricted cash amounts reported on our balance sheet consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31, 2012
 
At December 31, 2011
 
 
Current Assets
 
Noncurrent Assets
 
Current Assets
 
Noncurrent Assets
Customer collections related to transition bonds used only to service debt and pay expenses
 
$
55

 
$

 
$
57

 
$

Reserve for fees associated with transition bonds
 

 
10

 

 
10

Reserve for shortfalls of transition bond charges
 

 
6

 

 
6

Total restricted cash
 
$
55

 
$
16

 
$
57

 
$
16


Trade Accounts Receivable

Trade accounts receivable reported on our balance consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Gross trade accounts receivable
 
$
395

 
$
436

Trade accounts receivable from TCEH
 
(55
)
 
(131
)
Allowance for uncollectible accounts
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
Trade accounts receivable from nonaffiliates - net
 
$
338

 
$
303


Gross trade accounts receivable at December 31, 2012 and 2011 included unbilled revenues of $147 million and $127 million, respectively.

Under a PUCT rule relating to the Certification of Retail Electric Providers, write-offs of uncollectible amounts owed by REPs are deferred as a regulatory asset. Due to commitments made to the PUCT in 2007, we are not allowed to recover bad debt expense, or certain other costs and expenses, from ratepayers in the event of a default or bankruptcy by an affiliate REP.


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Investments and Other Property
Investments and other property reported on our balance consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Assets related to employee benefit plans, including employee savings programs, net of distributions
 
$
80

 
$
70

Land
 
3

 
3

Total investments and other property
 
$
83

 
$
73


The majority of these assets represent cash surrender values of life insurance policies that are purchased to fund liabilities under deferred compensation plans. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the face amount of these policies totaled $152 million and $137 million, respectively, and the net cash surrender values (determined using a Level 2 valuation technique) totaled $65 million and $46 million, respectively. Changes in cash surrender value are netted against premiums paid. Other investment assets held to satisfy deferred compensation liabilities are recorded at market value.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment reported on our balance consisted of the following:
 
Composite Depreciation Rate/
 
At December 31,
 
Avg. Life at December 31, 2012
 
2012
 
2011
Assets in service:
 
 
 
 
 
Distribution
4.1% / 24.5 years
 
$
9,745

 
$
9,486

Transmission
2.8% / 35.2 years
 
5,482

 
4,919

Other assets
9.3% / 10.8 years
 
856

 
822

Total
 
 
16,083

 
15,227

Less accumulated depreciation
 
 
5,407

 
5,203

Net of accumulated depreciation
 
 
10,676

 
10,024

Construction work in progress
 
 
627

 
530

Held for future use
 
 
15

 
15

Property, plant and equipment - net
 
 
$
11,318

 
$
10,569


Depreciation expense as a percent of average depreciable property approximated 3.9% for the year ended December 31, 2012 and 4.0% for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets (other than goodwill) reported on our balance sheet consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31, 2012
 
At December 31, 2011
 
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net
Identifiable intangible assets subject to amortization included in property, plant and equipment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Land easements
 
$
295

 
$
79

 
$
216

 
$
248

 
$
77

 
$
171

Capitalized software
 
409

 
220

 
189

 
378

 
181

 
197

Total
 
$
704

 
$
299

 
$
405

 
$
626

 
$
258

 
$
368



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Aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets totaled $53 million, $48 million and $39 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. At December 31, 2012, the weighted average remaining useful lives of capitalized land easements and software were 89 years and 5 years, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years is as follows:
Year
 
Amortization Expense
2013
 
$56
2014
 
56
2015
 
56
2016
 
53
2017
 
45

At both December 31, 2012 and 2011, goodwill totaling $4.1 billion was reported on the balance sheet. None of this goodwill is being deducted for tax purposes (see Note 1 regarding goodwill impairment assessment and testing). In the fourth quarter of 2008, Oncor recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $860 million, which was not deductible for income tax-related purposes.

Other Noncurrent Liabilities and Deferred Credits

Other noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits reported on our balance sheet consisted of the following:
 
 
At December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Retirement plans and other employee benefits
 
$
1,495

 
$
1,340

Liabilities related to subsidiary tax sharing agreement
 
278

 
286

Uncertain tax positions (including accrued interest)
 
169

 
147

Other
 
57

 
59

Total
 
$
1,999

 
$
1,832


Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Cash payments (receipts) related to:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest
 
$
360

 
$
339

 
$
337

Capitalized interest
 
(3
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
Interest (net of amounts capitalized).
 
357

 
337

 
335

Income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
9

 
(134
)
 
109

State
 
21

 
20

 
19

Total income taxes
 
30

 
(114
)
 
128

SARs early exercise
 
64

 

 

Noncash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Construction expenditures (a)
 
103

 
140

 
78

Capital contribution related to settlement of certain income taxes payable (b)
 

 
30

 
40

Debt exchange transactions - Oncor
 

 

 
324

____________
(a)
Represents end-of-period accruals.
(b)
Reflects noncash settlement of certain income taxes payable arising as a result of the sale of noncontrolling interests in Oncor.


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CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(millions of dollars)
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Income tax expense
 
$
(9
)
 
$
(7
)
 
$
(5
)
Equity in earnings of subsidiary
 
279

 
293

 
282

Net income
 
270

 
286

 
277

Other comprehensive income (net of tax benefit of — , $14, and — )
 

 
(23
)
 

Comprehensive income
 
270

 
263

 
277


See Notes to Financial Statements.


CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(millions of dollars)
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash provided by operating activities
 
$
146

 
$
116

 
$
169

Cash used in financing activities — distributions paid to parent
 
(147
)
 
(116
)
 
(169
)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
 
(1
)
 

 

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning balance
 
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
1

Cash and cash equivalents - ending balance
 
$

 
1

 
1


See Notes to Financial Statements.


CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(millions of dollars)
 
 
At December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents — current
 
$

 
$
1

Investments
 
6,133

 
6,028

 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
6,133

 
$
6,029

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
 
 
 
 
 
Income taxes payable to EFH Corp. — current
 
$
9

 
$

Accumulated deferred income taxes
 
4

 
23

Other noncurrent liabilities and deferred credits
 
278

 
286

Total liabilities
 
291

 
309

 
 
 
 
 
Membership interest
 
5,842

 
5,720

Total liabilities and membership interest
 
$
6,133

 
$
6,029


See Notes to Financial Statements.



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ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Basis of Presentation

References herein to "we," "our," "us" and "the company" are to Oncor Holdings and/or its direct or indirect subsidiaries as apparent in the context.

The accompanying unconsolidated condensed balance sheets are presented at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the accompanying unconsolidated statements of income and cash flows are presented for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. We are a Delaware limited liability company wholly-owned by EFIH, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of EFH Corp. As of December 31, 2012, we own approximately 80% of the membership interests in Oncor. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been omitted pursuant to the rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Because the unconsolidated condensed financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by US GAAP, they should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and Notes 1 through 13. Our subsidiary has been accounted for under the equity method. All dollar amounts in the financial statements are stated in millions of US dollars unless otherwise indicated.

Distribution Restrictions

While there are no direct restrictions on our ability to distribute our net income that are currently material, substantially all of our net income is derived from Oncor. Our board of directors and Oncor's board of directors, which are composed of a majority of independent directors, can withhold distributions to the extent the boards determine that it is necessary to retain such amounts to meet our expected future requirements.

Until December 31, 2012, Oncor's distributions were limited to its cumulative net income and regulatory capital structure restrictions. Effective January 1, 2013, distributions are limited only to the extent Oncor maintains a required regulatory capital structure as discussed below.

Oncor's distributions continue to be limited by its required regulatory capital structure to be at or below the assumed debt-to-equity ratio established periodically by the PUCT for ratemaking purposes, which is currently set at 60% debt to 40% equity. At December 31, 2012, Oncor's regulatory capitalization ratio was 58.8% debt and 41.2% equity. The PUCT has the authority to determine what types of debt and equity are included in a utility's debt-to-equity ratio. For purposes of this ratio, debt is calculated as long-term debt plus unamortized gains on reacquired debt less unamortized issuance expenses, premiums and losses on reacquired debt. The debt calculation excludes transition bonds issued by Bondco. Equity is calculated as membership interests determined in accordance with US GAAP, excluding the effects of purchase accounting (which included recording the initial goodwill and fair value adjustments and the subsequent related impairments and amortization). At December 31, 2012, $167 million was available for distribution to Oncor's members under the capital structure restriction, of which approximately 80% relates to our ownership interest.

For the period beginning October 11, 2007 and ending December 31, 2012, Oncor's cash distributions (other than distributions of the proceeds of any issuance of limited liability company units) were limited by the Limited Liability Company Agreement and a stipulation agreement with the PUCT to an amount not to exceed Oncor's cumulative net income determined in accordance with US GAAP, as adjusted by applicable orders of the PUCT. Adjustments consisted of the removal of noncash impacts of purchase accounting and deducting two specific cash commitments. The noncash impacts consisted of removing the effect of an $860 million goodwill impairment charge in 2008 and the cumulative amount of net accretion of fair value adjustments. The two specific cash commitments were the $72 million ($46 million after tax) one-time refund to customers in September 2008 and the funds spent as part of the $100 million commitment for additional energy efficiency initiatives that was completed in 2012. See Note 2 for additional information regarding the two cash commitments. At December 31, 2012, $420 million of membership interests was available for distribution under the cumulative net income restriction of which approximately 80% relates to our ownership interest. However, as discussed above, this restriction is no longer applicable.

On February 13, 2013, Oncor's board of directors declared a cash distribution of $31, which was paid to us on February 15, 2013. During 2012, 2011 and 2010, Oncor's board of directors declared, and Oncor paid to us cash distributions totaling $147 million, $116 million and $169 million, respectively.




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Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Cash payments to EFH Corp. related to federal income taxes
 
$
33

 
$

 
$

Capital contribution related to settlement of certain income taxes payable (a)
 
$

 
$
30

 
$
40

____________
(a)
Reflects noncash settlement of certain income taxes payable arising as a result of the sale of noncontrolling interests in Oncor.


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