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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities whose values were recognized at fair value are as follows by level within the fair value hierarchy (in millions):
As of June 30, 2020
Level 1Level 2Level 3
Other(2)
Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents$293  $—  $—  $—  $293  
Nuclear decommissioning trust: (1)
Debt securities:
Domestic government 12  —  —  19  
Corporate credit—  15  —  —  15  
Money market funds measured at NAV (2)
—  —  —  13  13  
Non-qualified benefit plan trust: (3)
Money market funds —  —  —   
Equity securities —  —  —   
Debt securities—domestic government —  —  —   
Price risk management activities: (1) (4)
Electricity—  28  —  —  28  
Natural gas—  25   —  28  
$308  $80  $ $13  $404  
Liabilities:
Price risk management activities: (1) (4)
Electricity$—  $19  $154  $—  $173  
Natural gas—  12  —  —  12  
$—  $31  $154  $—  $185  
 
(1)Activities are subject to regulation, with certain gains and losses deferred pursuant to regulatory accounting and included in Regulatory assets or Regulatory liabilities as appropriate.
(2)Assets are measured at NAV as a practical expedient and not subject to hierarchy level classification disclosure.
(3)Excludes insurance policies of $29 million, which are recorded at cash surrender value.
(4)For further information, see Note 5, Risk Management.
As of December 31, 2019
Level 1Level 2Level 3
Other (2)
Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents$26  $—  $—  $—  $26  
Nuclear decommissioning trust: (1)
Debt securities:
Domestic government 16  —  —  24  
Corporate credit—   —  —   
Money market funds measured at NAV (2)
—  —  —  13  13  
Non-qualified benefit plan trust: (3)
Debt securities—domestic government —  —  —   
Money market funds —  —  —   
Equity securities —  —  —   
Price risk management activities: (1) (4)
Electricity—    —  16  
Natural gas—  21   —  22  
$43  $55  $ $13  $119  
Liabilities:
Price risk management activities: (1) (4)
Electricity—  14  105  —  119  
Natural gas—  12  —  —  12  
$—  $26  $105  $—  $131  
 
(1)Activities are subject to regulation, with certain gains and losses deferred pursuant to regulatory accounting and included in Regulatory assets or Regulatory liabilities as appropriate.
(2)Assets are measured at NAV as a practical expedient and not subject to hierarchy level classification disclosure.
(3)Excludes insurance policies of $29 million, which are recorded at cash surrender value.
(4)For further information, see Note 5, Risk Management.
Fair Value Option, Disclosures [Table Text Block]
Quantitative information regarding the significant, unobservable inputs used in the measurement of Level 3 assets and liabilities from price risk management activities is presented below:
Fair ValueValuation TechniqueSignificant Unobservable InputPrice per Unit
Commodity ContractsAssetsLiabilitiesLowHighWeighted Average
(in millions)
As of June 30, 2020
Electricity physical forwards$—  $147  Discounted cash flowElectricity forward price (per MWh)$2.69  $38.84  $29.51  
Natural gas financial swaps —  Discounted cash flowNatural gas forward price (per Decatherm)1.44  3.91  2.12  
Electricity financial futures—   Discounted cash flowElectricity forward price (per MWh)13.25  51.03  36.29  
$ $154  
As of December 31, 2019
Electricity physical forwards$—  $104  Discounted cash flowElectricity forward price (per MWh)$12.53  $59.00  $36.92  
Natural gas financial swaps —  Discounted cash flowNatural gas forward price (per Decatherm)1.39  3.73  1.90  
Electricity financial futures  Discounted cash flowElectricity forward price (per MWh)10.57  66.32  45.11  
$ $105  
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block] Changes in the fair value of net liabilities from price risk management activities (net of assets from price risk management activities) classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy were as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2020201920202019
Balance as of the beginning of the period$134  $70  $97  $88  
Net realized and unrealized losses/(gains)*
17   56  (16) 
Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2—  (1) (2) —  
Balance as of the end of the period$151  $72  $151  $72  
* Both realized and unrealized losses/(gains), of which the unrealized portion is fully offset by the effects of regulatory accounting until settlement of the underlying transactions, are recorded in Purchased power and fuel expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.