Other Income and Expense (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Components Of Other Income and Expense

Other Income

Other income generally includes contract terminations, gains on asset sales and extinguishments of liabilities, favorable judgments on contingencies, and other income from miscellaneous transactions. The components of other income are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014			2013
	(in millions)
Contract termination (Beaver Valley)	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	60
Contingency reversal	—		10		18		(1)	10
Gain on sale of assets	3		2		13			9
Other	9		13		25			27
Total other income	$	12	$	25	$	56		$	106

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⁽¹⁾ Reversal of a liability in Kazakhstan from the expiration of a statute of limitations for the Republic of Kazakhstan to claim payment from AES.

Other Expense

Other expense generally includes losses on asset sales, legal contingencies and losses from other miscellaneous transactions. The components of other expense are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
	(in millions)
Loss on sale and disposal of assets	$	12	$	12	$	31	$	36
Contract termination	—		—		—		7
Other	—		3		6		15
Total other expense	$	12	$	15	$	37	$	58