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REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of regulatory assets |
(in millions) |  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Regulatory assets |  |  |  |
Pension and OPEB costs |  | $ | 1,126.5 |  |  | $ | 1,193.5 |
Plant retirements * |  | 1,032.1 |  |  | 832.3 |
Environmental remediation costs |  | 719.6 |  |  | 687.1 |
Income tax related items |  | 451.0 |  |  | 369.1 |
SSR |  | 320.1 |  |  | 316.7 |
Asset retirement obligations |  | 222.5 |  |  | 185.4 |
Uncollectible expense |  | 39.7 |  |  | 38.7 |
We Power generation |  | 29.9 |  |  | 43.0 |
Electric transmission costs |  | 16.6 |  |  | 58.1 |
Energy efficiency programs |  | 5.1 |  |  | 14.0 |
Other, net |  | 73.1 |  |  | 117.9 |
Total regulatory assets |  | $ | 4,036.2 |  |  | $ | 3,855.8 |
Balance sheet presentation |  |  |  |
Other current assets |  | $ | 36.3 |  |  | $ | 50.7 |
Regulatory assets |  | 3,999.9 |  |  | 3,805.1 |
Total regulatory assets |  | $ | 4,036.2 |  |  | $ | 3,855.8 |
* On March 31, 2019, the PIPP generating units were retired by WE. See Note 6, Property, Plant, and Equipment, for more information on the retirement of the PIPP units.
Schedule of regulatory liabilities |
(in millions) |  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Regulatory liabilities |  |  |  |
Income tax related items |  | $ | 2,358.6 |  |  | $ | 2,406.6 |
Removal costs |  | 1,313.3 |  |  | 1,329.6 |
Pension and OPEB benefits |  | 227.1 |  |  | 238.3 |
Mines deferral |  | 132.1 |  |  | 120.8 |
Decoupling |  | 46.9 |  |  | 30.5 |
Energy costs refundable through rate adjustments |  | 45.2 |  |  | 39.6 |
Energy efficiency programs |  | 33.4 |  |  | 31.7 |
Uncollectible expense |  | 32.3 |  |  | 30.5 |
Earnings sharing mechanisms |  | 28.5 |  |  | 30.0 |
Derivatives |  | 18.6 |  |  | 16.4 |
Other, net |  | 12.2 |  |  | 14.4 |
Total regulatory liabilities |  | $ | 4,248.2 |  |  | $ | 4,288.4 |
Balance sheet presentation |  |  |  |
Other current liabilities |  | $ | 49.4 |  |  | $ | 36.8 |
Regulatory liabilities |  | 4,198.8 |  |  | 4,251.6 |
Total regulatory liabilities |  | $ | 4,248.2 |  |  | $ | 4,288.4 |

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