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REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of regulatory assets

(in millions)						September 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
Regulatory assets
Pension and OPEB costs						$	986.0					$	1,066.6
Plant retirements						841.7						856.4
Environmental remediation costs						696.6						685.5
Income tax related items						456.0						457.8
Asset retirement obligations						201.2						137.5
SSR						137.4						151.5
Uncollectible expense						66.3						52.2
COVID-19 (1)						23.3						—
Derivatives						11.6						33.8
We Power generation						7.1						25.8
Other, net						57.2						60.5
Total regulatory assets						$	3,484.4					$	3,527.6
Balance sheet presentation
Other current assets						$	22.2					$	20.9
Regulatory assets						3,462.2						3,506.7
Total regulatory assets						$	3,484.4					$	3,527.6

(1)See Note 24, Regulatory Environment, for more information.

Schedule of regulatory liabilities

(in millions)						September 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
Regulatory liabilities
Income tax related items						$	2,163.8					$	2,248.8
Removal costs						1,213.3						1,181.5
Pension and OPEB benefits						337.8						354.9
Energy costs refundable through rate adjustments						76.8						89.8
Electric transmission costs						70.8						42.2
Derivatives						35.5						6.7
Uncollectible expense						34.1						39.1
Earnings sharing mechanisms						33.6						43.5
Decoupling						25.6						36.8
Energy efficiency programs						13.3						30.7
Other, net						7.8						6.4
Total regulatory liabilities						$	4,012.4					$	4,080.4
Balance sheet presentation
Other current liabilities						$	73.1					$	87.6
Regulatory liabilities						3,939.3						3,992.8
Total regulatory liabilities						$	4,012.4					$	4,080.4

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Tabular disclosure of assets that are created when regulatory agencies permit public utilities to defer certain costs included in rate-setting to the balance sheet.

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