RATE AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Regulatory Assets

Demand reduction programs [Table Text Block]

Year	Effective	Amount
2015	First billing cycle of May	$	32.0	million
2014	First billing cycle of May	$	15.4	million
2013	First billing cycle of May	$	16.9	million

Schedule of Changes in Electric Rate BLRA [Table Text Block]

Year	Action			Amount
2015	2.6	%	Increase	$	64.5	million
2014	2.8	%	Increase	$	66.2	million
2013	2.9	%	Increase	$	67.2	million

Schedule of Changes in Gas Rate RSA [Table Text Block]

Year	Action			Amount
2015	No change			-
2014	0.6	%	Decrease	$	2.6	million
2013	No change			-

Schedule of Regulatory Assets [Table Text Block]

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Millions of dollars	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Regulatory Assets:
Accumulated deferred income taxes	$	284	$	284
Under-collections - electric fuel adjustment clause	—		20
Environmental remediation costs	39		40
AROs and related funding	376		366
Franchise agreements	23		26
Deferred employee benefit plan costs	328		350
Planned major maintenance	—		2
Deferred losses on interest rate derivatives	538		453
Deferred pollution control costs	35		36
Unrecovered plant	128		137
DSM Programs	59		56
Carrying costs on deferred tax assets related to nuclear construction	15		9
Pipeline integrity management costs	16		9
Other	43		35
Total Regulatory Assets	$	1,884	$	1,823

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Regulatory Liabilities:
Accumulated deferred income taxes	$	22	$	22
Asset removal costs	729		703
Storm damage reserve	6		6
Deferred gains on interest rate derivatives	87		82
Planned major maintenance	12		—
Other	3		1
Total Regulatory Liabilities	$	859	$	814

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Regulatory Assets

Demand reduction programs [Table Text Block]

Year	Effective	Amount
2015	First billing cycle of May	$	32.0	million
2014	First billing cycle of May	$	15.4	million
2013	First billing cycle of May	$	16.9	million

Schedule of Changes in Electric Rate BLRA [Table Text Block]

Year	Action			Amount
2015	2.6	%	Increase	$	64.5	million
2014	2.8	%	Increase	$	66.2	million
2013	2.9	%	Increase	$	67.2	million

Schedule of Changes in Gas Rate RSA [Table Text Block]

Year	Action			Amount
2015	No change			-
2014	0.6	%	Decrease	$	2.6	million
2013	No change			-

Schedule of Regulatory Assets [Table Text Block]

Millions of dollars	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Regulatory Assets:
Accumulated deferred income taxes	$	278	$	278
Under collections – electric fuel adjustment clause	—		20
Environmental remediation costs	35		36
AROs and related funding	356		347
Franchise agreements	23		26
Deferred employee benefit plan costs	296		310
Planned major maintenance	—		2
Deferred losses on interest rate derivatives	538		453
Deferred pollution control costs	35		36
Unrecovered plant	128		137
DSM Programs	59		56
Carrying costs on deferred tax assets related to nuclear construction	15		9
Other	45		35
Total Regulatory Assets	$	1,808	$	1,745

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Regulatory Liabilities:
Accumulated deferred income taxes	$	16	$	17
Asset removal costs	520		505
Storm damage reserve	6		6
Deferred gains on interest rate derivatives	87		82
Planned major maintenance	12		—
Total Regulatory Liabilities	$	641	$	610