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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |
Related Party Transactions, Income Statement Effect | The following table summarizes our related party transactions for the periods indicated:
| For the Year Ended December 31, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Revenues – related parties: |  |  |  |  |  |
Unconsolidated affiliates |  | $ | 71.5 |  |  | $ | 65.9 |  |  | $ | 73.3 |
Costs and expenses – related parties: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
EPCO and affiliates |  | $ | 939.9 |  |  | $ | 892.2 |  |  | $ | 816.9 |
Unconsolidated affiliates |  |  | 183.0 |  |  |  | 160.0 |  |  |  | 40.2 |
Total |  | $ | 1,122.9 |  |  | $ | 1,052.2 |  |  | $ | 857.1 |
Related Party Transactions, Balance Sheet Effect | The following table summarizes our related party accounts receivable and accounts payable balances at the dates indicated:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Accounts receivable - related parties: |  |  |  |  |  |
Unconsolidated affiliates |  | $ | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 6.8 |
Accounts payable - related parties: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
EPCO and affiliates |  | $ | 98.1 |  |  | $ | 116.3 |
Unconsolidated affiliates |  |  | 20.8 |  |  |  | 34.2 |
Total |  | $ | 118.9 |  |  | $ | 150.5 |
EPCO and affiliates [Member] |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |
Related Party Transactions, Income Statement Effect | The following table presents our costs and expenses attributable to the ASA and other related party transactions with EPCO for the periods indicated:
| For the Year Ended December 31, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Operating costs and expenses |  | $ | 801.7 |  |  | $ | 770.7 |  |  | $ | 719.4 |
General and administrative expenses |  |  | 138.2 |  |  |  | 121.5 |  |  |  | 97.5 |
Total costs and expenses |  | $ | 939.9 |  |  | $ | 892.2 |  |  | $ | 816.9 |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions | We have an extensive and ongoing relationship with EPCO and its privately held affiliates (including Enterprise GP, our general partner), which are not a part of our consolidated group of companies. At December 31, 2014, EPCO and its privately held affiliates (including Dan Duncan LLC and certain Duncan family trusts, the beneficiaries of which include the estate of Dan L. Duncan) beneficially owned the following limited partner interests in us:
Number of Units | Percentage of Total Units Outstanding
684,721,631 | 35.3%

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