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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Regulatory Assets [Line Items]  
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
Regulatory assets and liabilities consist of the following (dollars in millions):

 
Weighted Average Remaining
Life (1)
 
As of December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
Current
 
Noncurrent
 
Current
 
Noncurrent
Regulatory assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Price risk management (2)
6 years
 
$
36

 
$
140

 
$
123

 
$
71

Pension and other postretirement plans (2)
(3) 
 

 
194

 

 
321

Deferred income taxes (2)
(4) 
 

 
76

 

 
80

Deferred broker settlements (2)
1 year
 
12

 
1

 
20

 
1

Debt issuance costs (2)
8 years
 

 
17

 

 
22

Deferred capital projects
2 years
 
16

 
18

 

 
16

Other (5)
Various
 
2

 
18

 
1

 
13

Total regulatory assets
 
 
$
66

 
$
464

 
$
144

 
$
524

Regulatory liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset retirement removal costs (7)
(4) 
 
$

 
$
747

 
$

 
$
692

Trojan decommissioning activities
(6) 
 

 
41

 

 

Asset retirement obligations (7)
(4) 
 

 
39

 

 
39

Other
Various
 
1

 
38

 
12

 
34

Total regulatory liabilities
 
 
$
1

(8) 
$
865

 
$
12

(8) 
$
765

 
 
 
 
 
(1)
As of December 31, 2013.
(2)
Does not include a return on investment.
(3)
Recovery expected over the average service life of employees. For additional information, see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
(4)
Recovery expected over the estimated lives of the assets.
(5)
Of the total other unamortized regulatory asset balances, a return is recorded on $16 million and $15 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
(6)
Refund period not yet determined.
(7)
Included in rate base for ratemaking purposes.
(8)
Included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.