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Operations and Organization (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Operations and Organization
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we,” “us,” the “Company” or “Panhandle”) are primarily engaged in the interstate transportation and storage of natural gas and are subject to the rules and regulations of the FERC.  The Company’s entities include the following:
PEPL, which is wholly-owned by SUG Holding Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ETP;
Trunkline, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL;
Sea Robin, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL; and
Southwest Gas, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PEPL.
The Company’s operations currently consist of interstate pipelines that transport natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, South Texas and the panhandle regions of Texas and Oklahoma to major U.S. markets in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, as well as owning underground storage capacity.
Southern Union Panhandle LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ETP, serves as the general partner of PEPL and owns a 1% general partnership interest in PEPL.  ETP also indirectly owns a 99% limited partnership interest in PEPL.
The unaudited financial information included in this Form 10-Q has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. In the opinion of the Company’s management, such financial information reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and the results of operations for such interim periods in accordance with GAAP. All intercompany items and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, which includes the use of estimates and assumptions made by management that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities that exist at the date of the consolidated financial statements. Although these estimates are based on management’s available knowledge of current and expected future events, actual results could be different from those estimates.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2015 presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on net income or total equity.