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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Reconciliation of the Carrying Amount of AROs

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending aggregate carrying amount of AROs is as follows:

 

(millions)

 

Amount

 

AROs at December 31, 2019

 

$

489

 

Liabilities settled

 

 

(4

)

Accretion expense

 

 

17

 

Revisions in estimated cash flows (1)

 

 

89

 

AROs at September 30, 2020

 

$

591

 

(1)

The increase in 2020 reflects revisions from the nuclear decommissioning cost study.