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Accounts Payable and Other Current Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accounts Payable and Other Current Liabilities | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
(in millions) | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Trade accounts payable | $ | 554 |  | $ | 414 |
Customer and other deposits | 287 |  | 160 |
Interest payable | 218 |  | 127 |
Employee compensation and benefits payable | 178 |  | 137 |
Gas and fuel cost payable | 175 |  | 153 |
Accrued taxes other than income taxes | 168 |  | 108 |
Dividends payable | 166 |  | 113 |
Fair value of derivative instruments (Note 30) | 28 |  | 69 |
Defined benefit pension and OPEB liabilities (Note 26) | 26 |  | 13 |
MGP site remediation (Notes 8 (v) and 16) | 21 |  | 32 |
Other | 149 |  | 93 |
| $ | 1,970 |  | $ | 1,419 |
Customer and other deposits include $64 million at FortisBC Energy related to the pipeline expansion to the proposed Woodfibre LNG export facility, and US$17 million associated with refundable deposits from generators for transmission network upgrades at ITC.

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