Rate Matters (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Rate Matters [Abstract]

Sharing Mechanism Included in Settlement Agreement for Electric Rate Case

• The signing parties agreed to implement an earnings test, in which customers and shareholders will share weather normalized earnings above an ROE of 10 percent.  The sharing mechanism is as follows:

ROE	Shareholders			Customers
> 10.0% < 10.2%		40	%		60	%
> 10.2% < 10.5%		50			50
> 10.5%		-			100