Employee Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

15 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Employee Postretirement Benefits

Included in the table below is the periodic expense for pension and other postretirement benefits offered by the company.

Pension Expense
(millions)	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Three months ended June 30,	2012			2011			2012		2011
Components of net periodic benefit expense
Service cost	$	4.1		$	3.8		$	0.5	$	0.5
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations		7.6			7.7			2.6		2.7
Expected return on assets		(8.9	)		(9.5	)		0.0		0.0
Amortization of:
Transition obligation		0.0			0.0			0.5		0.6
Prior service (benefit) cost		(0.1	)		(0.1	)		0.2		0.2
Actuarial loss (gain)		3.9			2.8			0.0		(0.1	)
Net pension expense recognized in the TECO Energy Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income	$	6.6		$	4.7		$	3.8	$	3.9
Six months ended June 30,
Components of net periodic benefit expense
Service cost	$	8.5		$	8.0		$	1.2	$	1.1
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations		15.0			15.5			5.1		5.5
Expected return on assets		(18.5	)		(19.2	)		0.0		0.0
Amortization of:
Transition obligation		0.0			0.0			0.9		1.2
Prior service (benefit) cost		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		0.4		0.4
Actuarial loss		7.6			5.6			0.0		0.0
Net pension expense recognized in the TECO Energy Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income	$	12.4		$	9.7		$	7.6	$	8.2