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Balance Sheet (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
CURRENT ASSETS:    
Cash $ 154us-gaap_Cash $ 133us-gaap_Cash
Receivables:    
Trade 42,759us-gaap_AccountsReceivableGrossCurrent 42,776us-gaap_AccountsReceivableGrossCurrent
Affiliated companies 2,039us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent 40,427us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Advances to affiliate 135,054us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent 119,168us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Other 1,249us-gaap_AccountsAndOtherReceivablesNetCurrent 1,627us-gaap_AccountsAndOtherReceivablesNetCurrent
Materials and supplies 10,066us-gaap_OtherInventoryNetOfReserves 10,269us-gaap_OtherInventoryNetOfReserves
Exchange gas due from others 4,184us-gaap_GasImbalanceAssetLiability 2,751us-gaap_GasImbalanceAssetLiability
Prepayments and other 4,881us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 3,555us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 200,386us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 220,706us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, at cost 3,269,617us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 3,205,576us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less-Accumulated depreciation 1,288,530us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment 1,220,737us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Total property, plant and equipment, net 1,981,087us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 1,984,839us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
OTHER ASSETS:    
Deferred charges 4,700us-gaap_DeferredCostsCurrentAndNoncurrent 6,408us-gaap_DeferredCostsCurrentAndNoncurrent
Regulatory assets 49,923us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsNoncurrent 58,141us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsNoncurrent
Total other assets 54,623us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 64,549us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets 2,236,096us-gaap_Assets 2,270,094us-gaap_Assets
Payables:    
Trade 12,709us-gaap_AccountsPayableTradeCurrent 24,013us-gaap_AccountsPayableTradeCurrent
Affiliated companies 13,143us-gaap_AccountsPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent 11,136us-gaap_AccountsPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Accrued liabilities:    
Taxes, other than income taxes 11,246us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent 10,974us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent
Interest 4,045us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent 4,045us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent
Exchange gas due to others 6,406nwp_ExchangeGasDueToOthers 5,847nwp_ExchangeGasDueToOthers
Exchange gas offset 3,941nwp_ExchangeGasOffsetLiability 572nwp_ExchangeGasOffsetLiability
Customer advances 2,363us-gaap_CustomerAdvancesCurrent 6,371us-gaap_CustomerAdvancesCurrent
Other 1,799us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 1,965us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities 55,652us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 64,923us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
LONG-TERM DEBT 694,420us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 694,224us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES:    
Asset retirement obligations 94,678us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent 60,753us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent
Regulatory liabilities 23,375us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityNoncurrent 19,252us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityNoncurrent
Other 8,017us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 7,479us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total other noncurrent liabilities 126,070us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent 87,484us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS (Note 3)      
OWNER'S EQUITY:    
Owner's capital 1,073,892us-gaap_MembersCapital 1,073,892us-gaap_MembersCapital
Retained earnings 285,972us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 349,419us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive income 90us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 152us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Total owner's equity 1,359,954us-gaap_MembersEquity 1,423,463us-gaap_MembersEquity
Total liabilities and owner's equity $ 2,236,096us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 2,270,094us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity