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Jointly Owned Utility Facilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Jointly Owned Utility Facilities [Abstract]  
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Disclosure [Text Block]
(4)    Jointly Owned Utility Facilities

Under joint facility ownership agreements with other utilities, PacifiCorp, as a tenant in common, has undivided interests in jointly owned generation, transmission and distribution facilities. PacifiCorp accounts for its proportionate share of each facility, and each joint owner has provided financing for its share of each facility. Operating costs of each facility are assigned to joint owners based on their percentage of ownership or energy production, depending on the nature of the cost. Operating costs and expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations include PacifiCorp's share of the expenses of these facilities.

The amounts shown in the table below represent PacifiCorp's share in each jointly owned facility as of December 31, 2011 (dollars in millions):
 
 
 
Facility
 
Accumulated
 
Construction
 
PacifiCorp
 
in
 
Depreciation and
 
Work-in-
 
Share
 
Service
 
Amortization
 
Progress
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Bridger Nos. 1 - 4
67
%
 
$
1,074

 
$
491

 
$
21

Hunter No. 1
94

 
342

 
146

 
43

Hunter No. 2
60

 
291

 
80

 
12

Wyodak
80

 
449

 
152

 
1

Colstrip Nos. 3 and 4
10

 
222

 
116

 
2

Hermiston (1)
50

 
171

 
52

 
1

Craig Nos. 1 and 2
19

 
176

 
88

 

Hayden No. 1
25

 
51

 
24

 

Hayden No. 2
13

 
32

 
15

 

Foote Creek
79

 
37

 
18

 

Transmission and distribution facilities
Various
 
315

 
50

 
1

Total
 
 
$
3,160

 
$
1,232

 
$
81


(1)
As discussed in Note 17, PacifiCorp has contracted to purchase the remaining 50% of the output of the Hermiston generating facility.