Dispositions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dispositions	21. Dispositions Sale of San José and Alborada On Sept. 27, 2012, TECO Guatemala entered into an agreement to sell all of the equity interests in the Alborada and San José power stations and their related facilities and operations in Guatemala for a total purchase price of $227.5 million in cash. The TECO Guatemala segment was accounted for as discontinued operations beginning in the third quarter of 2012. For more information regarding the sale, see Note 19. While TECO Energy and its subsidiaries will no longer have assets or operations in Guatemala, its subsidiary, TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC, has retained its rights under its arbitration claim filed against the Republic of Guatemala in October 2010 under the Dominican Republic Central America – United States Free Trade Agreement (DR – CAFTA). Net proceeds from the sale of all Guatemalan operations, after estimated transaction-related costs and the $25.3 million repayment of the San José power station project debt, were approximately $197.0 million. The sale resulted in an after-tax book loss and an after-tax charge associated with foreign tax credits of $28.6 million and $22.9 million, respectively. Sale of DECA II On Oct. 21, 2010, TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC, a TECO Energy subsidiary, sold its 30% interest in DECA II to EPM, a multi-utility company based in Medellín, Colombia, under a SPA. TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC received $181.5 million of the $605.0 million total purchase price for its 30% interest. In addition, TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC repatriated approximately $25.0 million of cash previously held offshore in a tax deferral structure. During the third quarter of 2010, TECO Guatemala recorded a $24.9 million income tax charge related to the unwinding of the tax deferral structure as the earnings from DECA II were no longer considered indefinitely reinvested. The sale resulted in a fourth quarter 2010 gain of approximately $36.1 million at TECO Guatemala. Also during the fourth quarter of 2010, the company recorded $9.0 million of Guatemalan and U.S. tax expenses as a result of the transaction.

21. Dispositions

Sale of San José and Alborada

On Sept. 27, 2012, TECO Guatemala entered into an agreement to sell all of the equity interests in the Alborada and San José power stations and their related facilities and operations in Guatemala for a total purchase price of $227.5 million in cash. The TECO Guatemala segment was accounted for as discontinued operations beginning in the third quarter of 2012. For more information regarding the sale, see Note 19.

While TECO Energy and its subsidiaries will no longer have assets or operations in Guatemala, its subsidiary, TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC, has retained its rights under its arbitration claim filed against the Republic of Guatemala in October 2010 under the Dominican Republic Central America – United States Free Trade Agreement (DR – CAFTA).

Net proceeds from the sale of all Guatemalan operations, after estimated transaction-related costs and the $25.3 million repayment of the San José power station project debt, were approximately $197.0 million. The sale resulted in an after-tax book loss and an after-tax charge associated with foreign tax credits of $28.6 million and $22.9 million, respectively.

Sale of DECA II

On Oct. 21, 2010, TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC, a TECO Energy subsidiary, sold its 30% interest in DECA II to EPM, a multi-utility company based in Medellín, Colombia, under a SPA.

TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC received $181.5 million of the $605.0 million total purchase price for its 30% interest. In addition, TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC repatriated approximately $25.0 million of cash previously held offshore in a tax deferral structure. During the third quarter of 2010, TECO Guatemala recorded a $24.9 million income tax charge related to the unwinding of the tax deferral structure as the earnings from DECA II were no longer considered indefinitely reinvested. The sale resulted in a fourth quarter 2010 gain of approximately $36.1 million at TECO Guatemala. Also during the fourth quarter of 2010, the company recorded $9.0 million of Guatemalan and U.S. tax expenses as a result of the transaction.