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REGULATORY ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND BALANCING ACCOUNTS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
REGULATORY ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND BALANCING ACCOUNTS | REGULATORY ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND BALANCING ACCOUNTS Regulatory Assets Noncurrent regulatory assets are comprised of the following:
| Balance at
(in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Pension benefits | $ | 321 |  |  | $ | 348 |
Environmental compliance costs | 1,176 |  |  | 1,218 |
Price risk management | 167 |  |  | 160 |
Catastrophic event memorandum account | 766 |  |  | 1,074 |
Wildfire-related accounts | 2,133 |  |  | 2,915 |
Deferred income taxes | 4,241 |  |  | 3,543 |
Financing costs | 220 |  |  | 196 |
SB 901 securitization | 5,201 |  |  | 5,249 |
General rate case memorandum accounts | 395 |  |  | 1,291 |
Other | 964 |  |  | 1,195 |
Total noncurrent regulatory assets | $ | 15,584 |  |  | $ | 17,189 |
Regulatory Liabilities Noncurrent regulatory liabilities are comprised of the following:
| Balance at
(in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Cost of removal obligations | $ | 8,836 |  |  | $ | 8,191 |
Public purpose programs | 1,367 |  |  | 1,238 |
Employee benefit plans | 1,048 |  |  | 1,032 |
Transmission tower wireless licenses | 330 |  |  | 384 |
SFGO sale | 119 |  |  | 185 |
SB 901 securitization | 6,392 |  |  | 6,628 |
Wildfire self-insurance | 703 |  |  | 407 |
Other | 1,596 |  |  | 1,379 |
Total noncurrent regulatory liabilities | $ | 20,391 |  |  | $ | 19,444 |
Regulatory Balancing Accounts Current regulatory balancing accounts receivable and payable are comprised of the following:
| Balance at
(in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Electric distribution | $ | 1,098 |  |  | $ | 1,092 |
Electric transmission | 102 |  |  | 99 |
Gas distribution and transmission | 606 |  |  | 144 |
Energy procurement | 1,634 |  |  | 1,002 |
Public purpose programs | 199 |  |  | 137 |
Wildfire-related accounts | 868 |  |  | 729 |
Insurance premium costs | 38 |  |  | 227 |
Residential uncollectibles balancing accounts | 174 |  |  | 507 |
Catastrophic event memorandum account | 580 |  |  | 413 |
General rate case memorandum accounts | 1,115 |  |  | 1,097 |
Other | 736 |  |  | 213 |
Total regulatory balancing accounts receivable | $ | 7,150 |  |  | $ | 5,660 |
| Balance at
(in millions) | September 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Electric transmission | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 200 |
Gas distribution and transmission | 31 |  |  | 224 |
Energy procurement | 1,160 |  |  | 77 |
Public purpose programs | 527 |  |  | 299 |
SFGO sale | 72 |  |  | 79 |
Wildfire-related accounts | 291 |  |  | 125 |
Nuclear decommissioning adjustment mechanism | 73 |  |  | 216 |
Other | 439 |  |  | 449 |
Total regulatory balancing accounts payable | $ | 2,670 |  |  | $ | 1,669 |
For more information, see Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of the 2023 Form 10-K.

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