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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, Impact of Derivative Activity (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Financial Impact of Qualifying Fair Value Hedges on Earnings [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Fair Value Hedges, Net |  | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Cash Flow Hedges |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | (7,000,000) |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in regulatory (assets) and liabilities |  | 0 |  |
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 6,000,000
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from regulatory assets and (liabilities) |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized during the period in income |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Designated as Hedging Instrument | Cash Flow Hedges | Interest Rate |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | (7,000,000) |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in regulatory (assets) and liabilities |  | 0 |  |
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from accumulated other comprehensive loss | [1] | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 6,000,000
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from regulatory assets and (liabilities) |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized during the period in income |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Other Derivative Instruments |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in regulatory (assets) and liabilities |  | 11,000,000 | (3,000,000) | 18,000,000
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from regulatory assets and (liabilities) |  | (7,000,000) | (12,000,000) | 7,000,000
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized during the period in income |  | 10,000,000 | 4,000,000 | (6,000,000)
Other Derivative Instruments | Commodity Trading |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from regulatory assets and (liabilities) |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized during the period in income | [2] | 14,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 2,000,000
Other Derivative Instruments | Electric Commodity |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in regulatory (assets) and liabilities |  | 1,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 17,000,000
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from regulatory assets and (liabilities) | [3] | (1,000,000) | (15,000,000) | (8,000,000)
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized during the period in income |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Other Derivative Instruments | Natural Gas Commodity |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in regulatory (assets) and liabilities |  | 10,000,000 | (13,000,000) | 1,000,000
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Pre-tax (gains) losses reclassified into income during the period from regulatory assets and (liabilities) | [4] | (6,000,000) | 3,000,000 | 15,000,000
Pre-tax gains (losses) recognized during the period in income | [4] | (4,000,000) | $ (6,000,000) | $ (8,000,000)
Other Derivative Instruments | Natural Gas Commodity for Electric Generation |  |  |  |
Impact of Derivative Activity on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Regulatory Assets and Liabilities, and Income [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Pre-tax fair value gains (losses) recognized during the period in regulatory (assets) and liabilities |  | $ 0 |  |
[1] | Amounts recorded to interest charges.
[2] | Amounts recorded to electric operating revenues. Portions of these gains and losses are subject to sharing with electric customers through margin-sharing mechanisms and deducted from gross revenue, as appropriate.
[3] | Amounts recorded to electric fuel and purchased power. These derivative settlement gains and losses are shared with electric customers through fuel and purchased energy cost-recovery mechanisms, and reclassified out of income as regulatory assets or liabilities, as appropriate
[4] | Amounts for the year ended Dec. 31, 2018 included $1 million of settlement losses on derivatives entered to mitigate natural gas price risk for electric generation recorded to electric fuel and purchased power, subject to cost-recovery mechanisms and reclassified to a regulatory asset, as appropriate. Such gains and losses for the years ended Dec. 31, 2017 and 2016 were immaterial. Remaining settlement losses for the years ended Dec. 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 related to natural gas operations and were recorded to cost of natural gas sold and transported. These losses are subject to cost-recovery mechanisms and reclassified out of income to a regulatory asset, as appropriate.

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