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Acquisitions and Dispositions | 9 Months Ended
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Acquisitions and Dispositions | ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS ACQUISITIONS Acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas On October 24, 2015, Duke Energy entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merger Agreement) with Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., (Piedmont) a North Carolina corporation. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Duke Energy will acquire Piedmont for $4.9 billion in cash. Upon closing, Piedmont will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the closing of the merger, each share of Piedmont common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing will be converted automatically into the right to receive $60 in cash per share. In addition, Duke Energy will assume $1.8 billion in Piedmont existing debt. Duke Energy expects to finance the transaction with a combination of debt, between $500 million and $750 million of newly issued equity and other cash sources. Duke Energy has a fully underwritten bridge facility to support funding of the merger. Completion of the transaction is conditioned upon approval by the NCUC, expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, and Piedmont shareholder approval. The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for both Duke Energy and Piedmont, and provides that, upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, Duke Energy would be required to pay a termination fee of $250 million to Piedmont and Piedmont would be required to pay Duke Energy a termination fee of $125 million. Subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals and meeting closing conditions, Duke Energy and Piedmont target a closing by the end of 2016. See Note 4 for additional information regarding Duke Energy and Piedmont's joint investment in Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP). Purchase of NCEMPA's Generation On July 31, 2015, Duke Energy Progress completed the purchase of North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency’s (NCEMPA) ownership interests in certain generating assets, fuel and spare parts inventory jointly owned with and operated by Duke Energy Progress for approximately $1.25 billion. This purchase was accounted for as an asset acquisition. The purchase resulted in the acquisition of a total of approximately 700 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity at Brunswick Nuclear Plant, Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant, Mayo Steam Plant and Roxboro Steam Plant. The NRC approved the transfer of control of licenses for the Brunswick Nuclear Plant and Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant from NCEMPA to Duke Energy Progress on July 6, 2015. In connection with this transaction, Duke Energy Progress and NCEMPA entered into a 30-year wholesale power agreement, whereby Duke Energy Progress will sell power to NCEMPA to continue to meet the needs of NCEMPA customers. The purchase price exceeds the historical carrying value of the acquired assets by $350 million, which is a purchase acquisition adjustment, recorded in property, plant and equipment. Duke Energy Progress received FERC approval for inclusion of the purchase acquisition adjustment in wholesale power formula rates on December 9, 2014. On July 8, 2015, the NCUC adopted a new rule that enables a rider mechanism for recovery of the costs to acquire, operate and maintain interests in the assets purchased as allocated to Duke Energy Progress' North Carolina retail operations, including the purchase acquisition adjustment. Duke Energy Progress filed an application with the NCUC to implement the rider to be effective December 1, 2015. Duke Energy Progress also received an order from the PSCSC to defer the recovery of the South Carolina retail allocated costs of the asset purchased until the Company's next general rate case. Purchase Price Allocation The ownership interests in generating assets acquired are subject to rate-setting authority of the FERC, NCUC and PSCSC and accordingly, the assets are recorded at historical cost. The purchase price allocation is presented in the following table.
(in millions) |  |
Inventory |  | $ | 56 |
Net property, plant and equipment |  | 845 |
Total assets |  | 901 |
Purchase acquisition adjustment |  | 350 |
Total purchase price |  | $ | 1,251 |
In connection with the acquisition, Duke Energy Progress acquired NCEMPA's nuclear decommissioning trust fund assets of $287 million and assumed asset retirement obligations of $204 million associated with NCEMPA's interest in the generation assets. The nuclear decommissioning trust fund and the asset retirement obligation are subject to regulatory accounting treatment with any difference between the trust fund assets and the asset retirement obligation accounted for within regulatory assets and liabilities. Impact of the Acquisition Incremental costs following the acquisition are allocated between retail and wholesale operations. Costs allocated to Duke Energy Progress' retail operations are being deferred until the costs are reflected in retail rates in North Carolina through a rate rider. Costs allocated to the South Carolina jurisdiction are being deferred until the next rate case when recovery of these costs will be considered. The impact of the acquired NCEMPA assets and the 30-year wholesale power agreement on Duke Energy Progress' Operating Revenues and Net Income and Comprehensive Income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was $40 million and $7 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. DISPOSITIONS Midwest Generation Exit Duke Energy, through indirect subsidiaries, completed the sale of the nonregulated Midwest generation business and Duke Energy Retail (Disposal Group) to a subsidiary of Dynegy on April 2, 2015, for approximately $2.8 billion in cash. On April 1, 2015, prior to the sale, Duke Energy Ohio distributed its indirect ownership interest in the nonregulated Midwest generation business to a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation. The assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group prior to the sale were included in the Commercial Portfolio (formerly Commercial Power) segment and classified as held for sale in Duke Energy's and Duke Energy Ohio's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The following table presents information related to the Duke Energy Ohio generation plants included in the Disposal Group.
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Total MW |  |  | Owned MW |  |  | Ownership |
Facility | Plant Type |  | Primary Fuel |  | Location |  | Capacity(d) |  |  | Capacity(d) |  |  | Interest |
Stuart(a)(c) | Fossil Steam |  | Coal |  | OH |  | 2,308 |  |  | 900 |  |  | 39 | %
Zimmer(a) | Fossil Steam |  | Coal |  | OH |  | 1,300 |  |  | 605 |  |  | 46.5 | %
Hanging Rock | Combined Cycle |  | Natural Gas |  | OH |  | 1,226 |  |  | 1,226 |  |  | 100 | %
Miami Fort (Units 7 and 8) (b) | Fossil Steam |  | Coal |  | OH |  | 1,020 |  |  | 652 |  |  | 64 | %
Conesville(a)(c) | Fossil Steam |  | Coal |  | OH |  | 780 |  |  | 312 |  |  | 40 | %
Washington | Combined Cycle |  | Natural Gas |  | OH |  | 617 |  |  | 617 |  |  | 100 | %
Fayette | Combined Cycle |  | Natural Gas |  | PA |  | 614 |  |  | 614 |  |  | 100 | %
Killen(b)(c) | Fossil Steam |  | Coal |  | OH |  | 600 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 33 | %
Lee | Combustion Turbine |  | Natural Gas |  | IL |  | 568 |  |  | 568 |  |  | 100 | %
Dick's Creek | Combustion Turbine |  | Natural Gas |  | OH |  | 136 |  |  | 136 |  |  | 100 | %
Miami Fort | Combustion Turbine |  | Oil |  | OH |  | 56 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 100 | %
Total Midwest Generation |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,225 |  |  | 5,884 |  |  |
(a) | Jointly owned with America Electric Power Generation Resources and The Dayton Power & Light Company.
(b) | Jointly owned with The Dayton Power & Light Company.
(c) | Facility was not operated by Duke Energy Ohio.
(d) | Total megawatt (MW) capacity is based on summer capacity.
The Disposal Group also included a retail sales business owned by Duke Energy. In the second quarter of 2014, Duke Energy Ohio removed Ohio Valley Electric Corporation's (OVEC) purchase power agreement from the Disposal Group as it no longer intended to sell it with the Disposal Group. The results of operations of the Disposal Group prior to the date of sale are classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Certain immaterial costs that may be eliminated as a result of the sale have remained in continuing operations. The following table presents the results of discontinued operations. Duke Energy
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
(in millions) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Operating Revenues | $ | — |  |  | $ | 620 |  |  | $ | 543 |  |  | $ | 1,233 |
(Loss) Gain on disposition(a) | (5 | ) |  | 460 |  |  | (42 | ) |  | (847 | )
(Loss) Income before income taxes(b) | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | (864 | )
Income tax (benefit) expense | (1 | ) |  | 218 |  |  | 29 |  |  | (321 | )
(Loss) Income from discontinued operations of the Disposal Group | (4 | ) |  | 405 |  |  | 33 |  |  | (543 | )
Other, net of tax(c) | (1 | ) |  | (27 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (35 | )
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations, net of tax | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 378 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | (578 | )
(a) | The (Loss) Gain on disposition includes impairments and reversals to the impairments recorded to adjust the carrying amount of the assets to the estimated fair value of the business, based on the selling price to Dynegy less cost to sell.
(b) | The (Loss) Income before income taxes includes the pretax impact of an $81 million charge for the settlement agreement reached in a lawsuit related to the Disposal Group for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Refer to Note 5 for further information related to the lawsuit.
(c) | Includes other discontinued operations related to prior sales of businesses and includes indemnifications provided for certain legal, tax and environmental matters, and foreign currency translation adjustments.
Duke Energy Ohio
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
(in millions) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Operating Revenues | $ | — |  |  | $ | 536 |  |  | $ | 412 |  |  | $ | 853 |
(Loss) Gain on disposition(a) | (4 | ) |  | 466 |  |  | (48 | ) |  | (878 | )
(Loss) Income before income taxes(b) | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 647 |  |  | $ | 48 |  |  | $ | (917 | )
Income tax (benefit) expense | (2 | ) |  | 234 |  |  | 25 |  |  | (320 | )
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations, net of tax | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | 413 |  |  | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | (597 | )
(a) | The (Loss) Gain on disposition includes impairments and reversals to the impairments recorded to adjust the carrying amount of the assets to the estimated fair value of the business, based on the selling price to Dynegy less cost to sell.
(b) | The (Loss) Income before income taxes includes the pretax impact of an $81 million charge for the settlement agreement reached in a lawsuit related to the Disposal Group for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. Refer to Note 5 for further information related to the lawsuit.
Commercial Portfolio has a revolving credit agreement (RCA) which was used to support the operations of the nonregulated Midwest generation business. Interest expense associated with the RCA was allocated to discontinued operations. No other interest expense related to corporate level debt was allocated to discontinued operations. Duke Energy Ohio had a power purchase agreement with the Disposal Group for a portion of its standard service offer (SSO) supply requirement. The agreement and the SSO expired in May 2015. Duke Energy will also provide, and receive reimbursement for, transition services provided to Dynegy for a period of up to 12 months. The continuing cash flows are not considered direct cash flows and are not expected to be material. Duke Energy or Duke Energy Ohio will not significantly influence the operations of the Disposal Group during the transition service period. See Notes 4 and 5 for a discussion of contingencies related to the Disposal Group that are retained by Duke Energy Ohio subsequent to the sale.

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