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Related-Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Related-Party Transactions

Note 17. Related-Party Transactions

The following discussion relates to intercompany transactions, the majority of which are eliminated during the PSEG consolidation process in accordance with GAAP.

Power

The financial statements for Power include transactions with related parties presented as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Related Party Transactions

     2012         2011         2012         2011    
     Millions  

Revenue from Affiliates:

        

Billings to PSE&G through BGSS (A)

   $ 112      $ 169      $ 563      $ 867   

Billings to PSE&G through BGS (A)

     192        229        381        462   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenue from Affiliates

   $ 304      $ 398      $ 944      $ 1,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expense Billings from Affiliates:

        

Administrative Billings from Services (B)

   $ (38   $ (35   $ (72   $ (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Billings from Affiliates

   $ (38   $ (35   $ (72   $ (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Related Party Transactions

  

As of
June 30, 2012

   

As of
December 31, 2011

 
     Millions  

Receivables from PSE&G through BGS and BGSS Contracts (A)

   $ 102      $ 247   

Receivables from PSE&G Related to Gas Supply Hedges for BGSS (A)

     66        109   

Receivable from (Payable to) Services (B)

     (24     (26

Tax Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG (C)

     121        58   

Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG

     0        (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies, net

   $ 265      $ 381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Loan to Affiliate (Demand Note to PSEG) (D)

   $ 737      $ 907   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Working Capital Advances to Services (E)

   $ 17      $ 17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Accrued Taxes Receivable (Payable) (C)

   $ (53   $ (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PSE&G

The financial statements for PSE&G include transactions with related parties presented as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Related Party Transactions

  

2012

   

2011

   

2012

   

2011

 
     Millions  

Expense Billings from Affiliates:

        

Billings from Power through BGSS (A)

   $ (112   $ (169   $ (563   $ (867

Billings from Power through BGS (A)

     (192     (229     (381     (462

Administrative Billings from Services (B)

     (57     (50     (107     (101
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Billings from Affiliates

   $ (361   $ (448   $ (1,051   $ (1,430
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Related Party Transactions

  

As of
June 30, 2012

   

As of
December 31, 2011

 
     Millions  

Payable to Power through BGS and BGSS Contracts (A)

   $ (102   $ (247

Payable to Power Related to Gas Supply Hedges for BGSS (A)

     (66     (109

Payable to Power for SREC Liability (F)

     (7     (7

Receivable from (Payable to) Services (B)

     (47     (56

Tax Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG (C)

     72        131   

Receivable from PSEG

     3        8   

Receivable from Energy Holdings

     1        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies, net

   $ (146   $ (280
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Working Capital Advances to Services (E)

   $ 33      $ 33   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable (C)

   $ (18   $ (83
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A) PSE&G has entered into a requirements contract with Power under which Power provided the gas supply services needed to meet PSE&G’s BGSS and other contractual requirements through March 31, 2012 and continues on a year-to-year basis thereafter. Power has also entered into contracts to supply energy, capacity and ancillary services to PSE&G through the BGS auction process.

 

(B) Services provides and bills administrative services to Power and PSE&G at cost. In addition, Power and PSE&G have other payables to Services, including amounts related to certain common costs, such as pension and OPEB costs, which Services pays on behalf of each of the operating companies.

 

(C) PSEG files a consolidated federal income tax return with its affiliated companies. A tax allocation agreement exists between PSEG and each of its affiliated companies. The general operation of these agreements is that the subsidiary company will compute its taxable income on a stand-alone basis. If the result is a net tax liability, such amount shall be paid to PSEG. If there are net operating losses and/or tax credits, the subsidiary shall receive payment for the tax savings from PSEG to the extent that PSEG is able to utilize those benefits.

 

(D) Power’s short-term loans with PSEG are for working capital and other short-term needs. Interest Income and Interest Expense relating to these short-term funding activities were immaterial.

 

(E) Power and PSE&G have advanced working capital to Services. The amounts are included in Other Noncurrent Assets on Power’s and PSE&G’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

(F) In 2008, the BPU issued a decision that certain BGS suppliers will be reimbursed for the cost they incurred above $300 per Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) during the period June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2010. The BPU order further provided that the excess cost may be passed on to ratepayers. Following an appeal, on March 10, 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed and remanded the BPU’s 2008 order. The Court did not rule on the substantive issue of whether the pass-through of SREC costs was appropriate. The BPU subsequently held a legislative hearing process to comply with the Court’s ruling. On May 1, 2012, the BPU affirmed its earlier order and ruled that BGS suppliers could recover verified SREC expenditures above $300 per SREC. The BPU further directed the state’s Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs), including PSE&G, to file by July 1, 2012 a proposed rate recovery mechanism and a method for BGS suppliers to demonstrate that any incremental costs were reasonably and prudently incurred. The BPU has not yet acted on the EDCs’ joint proposal, which was filed on June 26, 2012. PSE&G has estimated and accrued a total liability for the excess SREC cost of $17 million as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, including approximately $7 million for Power’s share which is included in PSE&G’s Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Under current guidance, Power was unable to record the related intercompany receivable on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As a result, PSE&G’s liability to Power is not eliminated in consolidation and is included in Other Current Liabilities on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.
Power [Member]
 
Related-Party Transactions

Note 17. Related-Party Transactions

The following discussion relates to intercompany transactions, the majority of which are eliminated during the PSEG consolidation process in accordance with GAAP.

Power

The financial statements for Power include transactions with related parties presented as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Related Party Transactions

     2012         2011         2012         2011    
     Millions  

Revenue from Affiliates:

        

Billings to PSE&G through BGSS (A)

   $ 112      $ 169      $ 563      $ 867   

Billings to PSE&G through BGS (A)

     192        229        381        462   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenue from Affiliates

   $ 304      $ 398      $ 944      $ 1,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expense Billings from Affiliates:

        

Administrative Billings from Services (B)

   $ (38   $ (35   $ (72   $ (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Billings from Affiliates

   $ (38   $ (35   $ (72   $ (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Related Party Transactions

  

As of
June 30, 2012

   

As of
December 31, 2011

 
     Millions  

Receivables from PSE&G through BGS and BGSS Contracts (A)

   $ 102      $ 247   

Receivables from PSE&G Related to Gas Supply Hedges for BGSS (A)

     66        109   

Receivable from (Payable to) Services (B)

     (24     (26

Tax Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG (C)

     121        58   

Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG

     0        (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies, net

   $ 265      $ 381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Loan to Affiliate (Demand Note to PSEG) (D)

   $ 737      $ 907   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Working Capital Advances to Services (E)

   $ 17      $ 17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Accrued Taxes Receivable (Payable) (C)

   $ (53   $ (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PSE&G

The financial statements for PSE&G include transactions with related parties presented as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Related Party Transactions

  

2012

   

2011

   

2012

   

2011

 
     Millions  

Expense Billings from Affiliates:

        

Billings from Power through BGSS (A)

   $ (112   $ (169   $ (563   $ (867

Billings from Power through BGS (A)

     (192     (229     (381     (462

Administrative Billings from Services (B)

     (57     (50     (107     (101
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Billings from Affiliates

   $ (361   $ (448   $ (1,051   $ (1,430
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Related Party Transactions

  

As of
June 30, 2012

   

As of
December 31, 2011

 
     Millions  

Payable to Power through BGS and BGSS Contracts (A)

   $ (102   $ (247

Payable to Power Related to Gas Supply Hedges for BGSS (A)

     (66     (109

Payable to Power for SREC Liability (F)

     (7     (7

Receivable from (Payable to) Services (B)

     (47     (56

Tax Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG (C)

     72        131   

Receivable from PSEG

     3        8   

Receivable from Energy Holdings

     1        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies, net

   $ (146   $ (280
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Working Capital Advances to Services (E)

   $ 33      $ 33   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable (C)

   $ (18   $ (83
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A) PSE&G has entered into a requirements contract with Power under which Power provided the gas supply services needed to meet PSE&G’s BGSS and other contractual requirements through March 31, 2012 and continues on a year-to-year basis thereafter. Power has also entered into contracts to supply energy, capacity and ancillary services to PSE&G through the BGS auction process.

 

(B) Services provides and bills administrative services to Power and PSE&G at cost. In addition, Power and PSE&G have other payables to Services, including amounts related to certain common costs, such as pension and OPEB costs, which Services pays on behalf of each of the operating companies.

 

(C) PSEG files a consolidated federal income tax return with its affiliated companies. A tax allocation agreement exists between PSEG and each of its affiliated companies. The general operation of these agreements is that the subsidiary company will compute its taxable income on a stand-alone basis. If the result is a net tax liability, such amount shall be paid to PSEG. If there are net operating losses and/or tax credits, the subsidiary shall receive payment for the tax savings from PSEG to the extent that PSEG is able to utilize those benefits.

 

(D) Power’s short-term loans with PSEG are for working capital and other short-term needs. Interest Income and Interest Expense relating to these short-term funding activities were immaterial.

 

(E) Power and PSE&G have advanced working capital to Services. The amounts are included in Other Noncurrent Assets on Power’s and PSE&G’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

(F) In 2008, the BPU issued a decision that certain BGS suppliers will be reimbursed for the cost they incurred above $300 per Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) during the period June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2010. The BPU order further provided that the excess cost may be passed on to ratepayers. Following an appeal, on March 10, 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed and remanded the BPU’s 2008 order. The Court did not rule on the substantive issue of whether the pass-through of SREC costs was appropriate. The BPU subsequently held a legislative hearing process to comply with the Court’s ruling. On May 1, 2012, the BPU affirmed its earlier order and ruled that BGS suppliers could recover verified SREC expenditures above $300 per SREC. The BPU further directed the state’s Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs), including PSE&G, to file by July 1, 2012 a proposed rate recovery mechanism and a method for BGS suppliers to demonstrate that any incremental costs were reasonably and prudently incurred. The BPU has not yet acted on the EDCs’ joint proposal, which was filed on June 26, 2012. PSE&G has estimated and accrued a total liability for the excess SREC cost of $17 million as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, including approximately $7 million for Power’s share which is included in PSE&G’s Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Under current guidance, Power was unable to record the related intercompany receivable on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As a result, PSE&G’s liability to Power is not eliminated in consolidation and is included in Other Current Liabilities on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.
PSE And G [Member]
 
Related-Party Transactions

Note 17. Related-Party Transactions

The following discussion relates to intercompany transactions, the majority of which are eliminated during the PSEG consolidation process in accordance with GAAP.

Power

The financial statements for Power include transactions with related parties presented as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Related Party Transactions

     2012         2011         2012         2011    
     Millions  

Revenue from Affiliates:

        

Billings to PSE&G through BGSS (A)

   $ 112      $ 169      $ 563      $ 867   

Billings to PSE&G through BGS (A)

     192        229        381        462   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenue from Affiliates

   $ 304      $ 398      $ 944      $ 1,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expense Billings from Affiliates:

        

Administrative Billings from Services (B)

   $ (38   $ (35   $ (72   $ (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Billings from Affiliates

   $ (38   $ (35   $ (72   $ (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Related Party Transactions

  

As of
June 30, 2012

   

As of
December 31, 2011

 
     Millions  

Receivables from PSE&G through BGS and BGSS Contracts (A)

   $ 102      $ 247   

Receivables from PSE&G Related to Gas Supply Hedges for BGSS (A)

     66        109   

Receivable from (Payable to) Services (B)

     (24     (26

Tax Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG (C)

     121        58   

Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG

     0        (7
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies, net

   $ 265      $ 381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Loan to Affiliate (Demand Note to PSEG) (D)

   $ 737      $ 907   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Working Capital Advances to Services (E)

   $ 17      $ 17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Accrued Taxes Receivable (Payable) (C)

   $ (53   $ (8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PSE&G

The financial statements for PSE&G include transactions with related parties presented as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Related Party Transactions

  

2012

   

2011

   

2012

   

2011

 
     Millions  

Expense Billings from Affiliates:

        

Billings from Power through BGSS (A)

   $ (112   $ (169   $ (563   $ (867

Billings from Power through BGS (A)

     (192     (229     (381     (462

Administrative Billings from Services (B)

     (57     (50     (107     (101
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expense Billings from Affiliates

   $ (361   $ (448   $ (1,051   $ (1,430
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Related Party Transactions

  

As of
June 30, 2012

   

As of
December 31, 2011

 
     Millions  

Payable to Power through BGS and BGSS Contracts (A)

   $ (102   $ (247

Payable to Power Related to Gas Supply Hedges for BGSS (A)

     (66     (109

Payable to Power for SREC Liability (F)

     (7     (7

Receivable from (Payable to) Services (B)

     (47     (56

Tax Receivable from (Payable to) PSEG (C)

     72        131   

Receivable from PSEG

     3        8   

Receivable from Energy Holdings

     1        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies, net

   $ (146   $ (280
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Working Capital Advances to Services (E)

   $ 33      $ 33   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable (C)

   $ (18   $ (83
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A) PSE&G has entered into a requirements contract with Power under which Power provided the gas supply services needed to meet PSE&G’s BGSS and other contractual requirements through March 31, 2012 and continues on a year-to-year basis thereafter. Power has also entered into contracts to supply energy, capacity and ancillary services to PSE&G through the BGS auction process.

 

(B) Services provides and bills administrative services to Power and PSE&G at cost. In addition, Power and PSE&G have other payables to Services, including amounts related to certain common costs, such as pension and OPEB costs, which Services pays on behalf of each of the operating companies.

 

(C) PSEG files a consolidated federal income tax return with its affiliated companies. A tax allocation agreement exists between PSEG and each of its affiliated companies. The general operation of these agreements is that the subsidiary company will compute its taxable income on a stand-alone basis. If the result is a net tax liability, such amount shall be paid to PSEG. If there are net operating losses and/or tax credits, the subsidiary shall receive payment for the tax savings from PSEG to the extent that PSEG is able to utilize those benefits.

 

(D) Power’s short-term loans with PSEG are for working capital and other short-term needs. Interest Income and Interest Expense relating to these short-term funding activities were immaterial.

 

(E) Power and PSE&G have advanced working capital to Services. The amounts are included in Other Noncurrent Assets on Power’s and PSE&G’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

(F) In 2008, the BPU issued a decision that certain BGS suppliers will be reimbursed for the cost they incurred above $300 per Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) during the period June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2010. The BPU order further provided that the excess cost may be passed on to ratepayers. Following an appeal, on March 10, 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed and remanded the BPU’s 2008 order. The Court did not rule on the substantive issue of whether the pass-through of SREC costs was appropriate. The BPU subsequently held a legislative hearing process to comply with the Court’s ruling. On May 1, 2012, the BPU affirmed its earlier order and ruled that BGS suppliers could recover verified SREC expenditures above $300 per SREC. The BPU further directed the state’s Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs), including PSE&G, to file by July 1, 2012 a proposed rate recovery mechanism and a method for BGS suppliers to demonstrate that any incremental costs were reasonably and prudently incurred. The BPU has not yet acted on the EDCs’ joint proposal, which was filed on June 26, 2012. PSE&G has estimated and accrued a total liability for the excess SREC cost of $17 million as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, including approximately $7 million for Power’s share which is included in PSE&G’s Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Under current guidance, Power was unable to record the related intercompany receivable on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As a result, PSE&G’s liability to Power is not eliminated in consolidation and is included in Other Current Liabilities on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.