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Discontinued Operations And Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Discontinued Operations And Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale [Abstract] |
Assets And Liabilities Of Discontinued Operations And Held For Sale | The assets and liabilities of discontinued operations and held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2012 by segment were:
(in millions) |  |  |
Assets of discontinued operations and held for sale: | Property, plant and equipment, net | Other Assets | Total
Gas Distribution Operations | $ | 21.5 |  | $ | 4.5 |  | $ | 26.0 |
Electric Operations | — |  | 0.7 |  | 0.7 |
Total | $ | 21.5 |  | $ | 5.2 |  | $ | 26.7 |
Liabilities of discontinued operations and held for sale: |  | Other Liabilities | Total
Gas Distribution Operations |  | $ | 3.3 |  | $ | 3.3 |
Electric Operations |  | 0.6 |  | 0.6 |
Total |  | $ | 3.9 |  | $ | 3.9 |
Discontinued Operation Income Statement Disclosures | Results from discontinued operations are provided in the following table. These results are primarily from NiSource's Retail Services business, a settlement at NiSource's former exploration and production subsidiary, CER, and Columbia Propane. For additional information regarding the settlement refer to Note 17-B, “Other Legal Proceedings,” in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 | 2012
Revenues from Discontinued Operations | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9.8 |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | 20.3 |
(Loss) Income from discontinued operations | (0.7 | ) |  | 1.9 |  |  | 13.4 |  | 4.1 |
Income tax (benefit) expense | (0.3 | ) |  | 0.8 |  |  | 5.1 |  | 1.7 |
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations - net of taxes | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 8.3 |  | $ | 2.4 |
Gain on Disposition of Discontinued Operations - net of taxes | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 36.4 |  | $ | — |

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