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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] |
| Pension Benefits |  | OPEB
| Three Months Ended March 31, |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service cost | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost | 23 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |
Expected return on assets | (44 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | )
Amortization of net actuarial loss (gain) | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Settlement (gain) loss (a) | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net benefit (credit) cost | $ | (18 | ) |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 1 |
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(a) | Reflects the gain recognized upon the February 2013 settlement of our obligations under the El Paso Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21915506&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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