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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Potomac Electric Power Co [Member]
 
Related Party Transactions

(12) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

PHI Service Company provides various administrative and professional services to PHI and its regulated and unregulated subsidiaries, including Pepco. The cost of these services is allocated in accordance with cost allocation methodologies set forth in the service agreement using a variety of factors, including the subsidiaries’ share of employees, operating expenses, assets and other cost methods. These intercompany transactions are eliminated by PHI in consolidation and no profit results from these transactions at PHI. PHI Service Company costs directly charged or allocated to Pepco for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $52 million and $43 million, respectively. PHI Service Company costs directly charged or allocated to Pepco for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $103 million and $86 million, respectively.

Pepco Energy Services performs utility maintenance services, including services that are treated as capital costs, for Pepco. Amounts charged to Pepco by Pepco Energy Services for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $6 million and $4 million, respectively. Amounts charged to Pepco by these companies for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $10 million and $8 million, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, Pepco had the following balances on its balance sheets due to related parties:

 

     June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

(Liability) Asset

   (millions of dollars)  

(Payable to) Receivable from Related Party (current) (a)

    

PHI Parent Company

   $ —        $ 15  

PHI Service Company

     (22 )     (32 )

Pepco Energy Services (b)

     (37 )     (40 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (59 )   $ (57 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Included in Accounts payable due to associated companies.
(b) Pepco bills customers on behalf of Pepco Energy Services where customers have selected Pepco Energy Services as their alternative energy supplier or where Pepco Energy Services has performed work for certain government agencies under a General Services Administration area-wide agreement.
Delmarva Power & Light Co/De [Member]
 
Related Party Transactions

(14) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

PHI Service Company provides various administrative and professional services to PHI and its regulated and unregulated subsidiaries, including DPL. The cost of these services is allocated in accordance with cost allocation methodologies set forth in the service agreement using a variety of factors, including the subsidiaries’ share of employees, operating expenses, assets and other cost methods. These intercompany transactions are eliminated by PHI in consolidation and no profit results from these transactions at PHI. PHI Service Company costs directly charged or allocated to DPL for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $37 million and $31 million, respectively. PHI Service Company costs directly charged or allocated to DPL for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $74 million and $62 million, respectively.

In addition to the PHI Service Company charges described above, DPL’s financial statements include the following related party transactions in its statements of income:

 

Income

   Three Months Ended
June  30,
     Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
     2012      2011      2012      2011  
     (millions of dollars)  

Purchased power under Default Electricity Supply contracts with Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. (a)

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 1   

Intercompany lease transactions (b)

     1        1        2        2  

 

(a) Included in Purchased energy expense.
(b) Included in Electric revenue.

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, DPL had the following balances on its balance sheets due to related parties:

 

Liability

   June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
     (millions of dollars)  

Payable to Related Party (current) (a)

    

PHI Service Company

   $ (21 )   $ (20 )

Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.

     —          (1 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (21 )   $ (21 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Included in Accounts payable due to associated companies.
Atlantic City Electric Co [Member]
 
Related Party Transactions

(13) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

PHI Service Company provides various administrative and professional services to PHI and its regulated and unregulated subsidiaries, including ACE. The cost of these services is allocated in accordance with cost allocation methodologies set forth in the service agreement using a variety of factors, including the subsidiaries’ share of employees, operating expenses, assets and other cost methods. These intercompany transactions are eliminated by PHI in consolidation and no profit results from these transactions at PHI. PHI Service Company costs directly charged or allocated to ACE for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $28 million and $24 million, respectively. PHI Service Company costs directly charged or allocated to ACE for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $56 million and $48 million, respectively.

In addition to the PHI Service Company charges described above, ACE’s consolidated financial statements include the following related party transactions in the consolidated statements of income:

 

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

Expenses

   2012     2011     2012     2011  
     (millions of dollars)  

Meter reading services provided by Millennium Account Services LLC (an ACE affiliate) (a)

   $ (1   $ (1 )   $ (2   $ (2 )

 

(a) Included in Other operation and maintenance expense.

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, ACE had the following balances on its consolidated balance sheets due to related parties:

 

Liability

   June 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
     (millions of dollars)  

Payable to Related Party (current) (a)

    

PHI Service Company

   $ (12   $ (12

Other

     (1 )     (2 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (13 )   $ (14 )
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Included in Accounts payable due to associated companies.