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Restricted Deposits | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Restricted Deposits [Abstract] |
Restricted Deposits |
6. | Restricted Deposits
Restricted deposits as of December 31, 2020 and 2021 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | In millions of won |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | Escrow accounts |  | ￦ |  |  |  |  | 544 |  |  |  | — |
|  | Deposits for government project and others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,066 |  |  |  | 22,286 |
|  | Collateral provided for borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  | 117,747 |  |  |  | 264,813 |
|  | Collateral provided for lawsuit |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 42 |
|  | Deposits for transmission regional support program |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,469 |  |  |  | 5,921 |
|  | Deposits for other business purposes |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,050 |
Short-term financial instruments |  | Restriction on withdrawal related to ‘win-win growth program’ for small and medium enterprises and others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 109,000 |  |  |  | 114,000 |
|  | Collateral provided for borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,745 |
Non-current financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  | Decommissioning costs of nuclear power plants |  |  |  |  |  |  | 577,481 |  |  |  | 531,720 |
Long-term financial instruments |  | Escrow accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  | 76 |  |  |  | 70 |
|  | Guarantee deposits for banking accounts at oversea branches |  |  |  |  |  |  | 306 |  |  |  | 333 |
|  | Collateral provided for borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,745 |  |  |  | — |
|  | Decommissioning costs of nuclear power plants |  |  |  |  |  |  | 258,282 |  |  |  | 324,609 |
|  | Funds for developing small and medium enterprises (*) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 210,000 |  |  |  | 10,000 |
|  |  |  | ￦ |  |  |  |  | 1,295,758 |  |  |  | 1,288,589 |
| (*) | As of December 31, 2020, it consisted of the deposits for small and medium enterprises at the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) and others for construction of Bitgaram Energy Valley and support for high potential businesses amounting to ￦200,000 million and the deposits were returned during the year ended December 31, 2021.

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