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Other Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Contractual Obligations. We have certain contractual obligations requiring payments at specified periods. The obligations include long-term debt, lease obligations, energy commodity contracts and obligations for various services including pipeline capacity and outsourcing of IT services. The total contractual obligations in existence at December 31, 2020 and their maturities were:
(in millions)Total20212022202320242025After
Long-term debt (1)
$9,135.0 $— $30.0 $— $— $1,260.0 $7,845.0 
Interest payments on long-term debt6,046.3 336.3 335.7 334.1 334.1 334.1 4,372.0 
Finance leases(2)
264.7 32.7 32.2 28.8 20.8 16.1 134.1 
Operating leases(3)
48.0 11.7 5.2 4.7 4.5 3.7 18.2 
Energy commodity contracts42.1 42.1 — — — — — 
Service obligations:
Pipeline service obligations(4)
1,495.6 468.7 422.5 256.0 150.5 56.2 141.7 
IT service obligations240.3 74.9 74.0 38.1 30.5 22.8 — 
Other service obligations(5)
12.6 12.6 — — — — — 
Other liabilities(6)
116.9 26.0 0.8 90.1 — — — 
Total contractual obligations$17,401.5 $1,005.0 $900.4 $751.8 $540.4 $1,692.9 $12,511.0 
(1) Long-term debt balance excludes unamortized issuance costs and discounts of $86.9 million.
(2) Finance lease payments shown above are inclusive of interest totaling $69.7 million.
(3) Operating lease payments shown above are inclusive of interest totaling $7.8 million. Operating lease balances do not include obligations for possible fleet vehicle lease renewals beyond the initial lease term. While we have the ability to renew these leases beyond the initial term, we are not reasonably certain (as that term is defined in ASC 842) to do so as they are renewed month-to-month after the first year. If we were to continue the fleet vehicle leases outstanding at December 31, 2020, payments would be $30.0 million in 2021, $27.7 million in 2022, $24.9 million in 2023, $22.0 million in 2024, $19.0 million in 2025 and $21.5 million thereafter.
(4)In February 2021, the demand rate increased for our pipeline service obligations, resulting in a total increase of $638.6 million in addition to our future pipeline service obligations shown above.
(5)On February 9, 2021, a rail transportation contract for the transportation of coal was fully executed between NIPSCO and a counterparty, replacing the prior agreement. The minimum coal tonnage shipment commitment for 2021 was eliminated under the new agreement, reducing our contractual obligation for 2021 by $12.1 million.
(6)Other liabilities shown above are inclusive of the Rosewater Developer payment due in 2023.
Expenses Incurred and Insurance Recoveries
The following table summarizes expenses incurred and insurance recoveries recorded since the Greater Lawrence Incident. This activity is presented within "Operation and maintenance" and "Other, net" in our Statements of Consolidated Income (Loss).
Total Costs Incurred throughYear Ended
(in millions)December 31, 2019December 31, 2020Incident to Date
Third-party claims and government fines, penalties and settlements$1,041 $(5)$1,036 
Other incident-related costs420 22 442 
Total1,461 17 1,478 
Insurance recoveries recorded(800)— (800)
Total costs incurred$661 $17 $678 
Estimated Incident Expenses
The following table summarizes the total estimated incident-related expenses.
(in millions)
Current Total Estimated Amount
Third-party claims and government fines, penalties and settlements
$1,036 - $1,050
Other incident-related costs
$445 - $450
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost A rollforward of the voluntary separation program accrual for the year ended December 31, 2020 is presented below:
(in millions)
Balance as of
January 1, 2020
Changes Attributable to Costs Incurred(1)
Costs PaidAdjustments
Balance as of
December 31, 2020(2)
Voluntary Separation Program$— 33.5$(21.2)(1.2)$11.1 
(1)This activity is presented within "Operation and maintenance" in our Statements of Consolidated Income (Loss).
(2)This activity is presented within "Accrued compensation and employee benefits" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets