Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Estimated average service lives [Table Text Block]

Depreciation is provided on the Company’s other classes of plant in service over their estimated average service lives, which are as follows (in years):

Generation, excluding thermal:
Hydro	95
Wind	30
Transmission	57
Distribution	45
General	12