Other Income and Expense

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]

OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE

Other income generally includes gains on insurance recoveries in excess of property damage, gains on asset sales and liability extinguishments, favorable judgments on contingencies, 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 September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2020		2019		2020		2019
Other Income	Gain on sale of assets (1)	$	—	$	—	$	43	$	—
	Gain on insurance proceeds (2)	—		73		—		108
	Other	6		5		17		18
	Total other income	$	6	$	78	$	60	$	126
Other Expense	Legal contingencies and settlements	$	12	$	—	$	14	$	1
	Loss on sale and disposal of assets	4		5		6		19
	Non-service pension and other postretirement costs	—		4		1		13
	Other	4		—		6		2
	Total other expense	$	20	$	9	$	27	$	35

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(1)    Primarily associated with the gain on sale of Redondo Beach land at Southland. See Note 18—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 and the upgrade of the tunnel lining at Changuinola.