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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Additional Cash Flow Elements and Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract] |
Schedule of supplemental cash flow information |
|  | Six Months Ended June 30
(in millions) |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Cash paid for interest, net of amount capitalized |  | $ | 377.7 |  |  | $ | 312.8 |
Cash paid (received) for income taxes, net (1) |  | (172.8) |  |  | 15.8 |
Significant non-cash investing and financing transactions: |  |  |  |
Accounts payable related to construction costs |  | 167.1 |  |  | 156.7 |
Common stock issued for stock-based compensation plans |  | 6.4 |  |  | — |
Increase in receivables related to insurance proceeds |  | 2.2 |  |  | 5.6 |
(1) Cash received for income taxes in 2024 includes $173.0 million related to 2023 and 2024 PTCs that were sold to third parties.
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | The following table reconciles the cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash amounts reported within the balance sheets to the total of these amounts shown on the statements of cash flows:
(in millions) |  | June 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 224.0 |  |  | $ | 42.9 |
Restricted cash included in other current assets |  | 51.3 |  |  | 70.1 |
Restricted cash included in other long-term assets |  | 27.6 |  |  | 52.2 |
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |  | $ | 302.9 |  |  | $ | 165.2 |

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