Other Income and Expense (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of other Income and other expense [Table Text Block]

Other income generally includes gains on insurance recoveries in excess of property damage, gains on asset sales and liability extinguishments, favorable judgments on contingencies, gains on contract terminations, allowance for funds used during construction and other income from miscellaneous transactions. Other expense generally includes losses on asset sales and dispositions, losses on legal contingencies, defined benefit plan non-service costs, and losses from other miscellaneous transactions. The components are summarized as follows (in millions):



		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2020		2019
Other Income	Gain on sale of assets ⁽¹⁾	$	43	$	—
	Gain on insurance proceeds ⁽²⁾	—		23
	Other	2		7
	Total other income	$	45	$	30

Other Expense	Loss on sale and disposal of assets	$	1	$	5
	Non-service pension and other postretirement costs	—		4
	Other	3		3
	Total other expense	$	4	$	12

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⁽¹⁾	Primarily associated with the gain on sale of Redondo Beach land at Southland. See Note 17—Held-for-Sale and Dispositions for further information.

⁽²⁾

Associated with recoveries for property damage at the Andres facility in the Dominican Republic from a lightning incident in September 2018.