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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The income tax provision, for the years ended December 31, differs from that computed using the statutory income tax rate for the following reasons:
millions of Canadian dollars	2016		2015
Income before provision for income taxes	$	244	$	545
Statutory income tax rate		31%		31%
Income taxes, at statutory income tax rates		76		169
Deferred income taxes on regulated income recorded as regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities		(47)		(31)
Non-taxable portion of gains on APUC transactions		(34)		-
Non-deductible (non-taxable) portion of foreign exchange and mark-to-market adjustments related to the TECO Energy acquisition		21		(18)
Financing deductions		(17)		(10)
Tax effect of equity earnings		(10)		(11)
Manufacturing and investment allowances		(7)		(5)
Foreign tax rate variance		(5)		2
Other		1		(3)
Income tax expense (recovery)	$	(22)	$	93
Effective income tax rate		(9%)		17%

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

millions of Canadian dollars	2016		2015
Current income taxes
Canada	$	13	$	42
United States		18		26
Other		15		5
Deferred income taxes
Canada	$	(113)	$	11
United States		151		14
Other		-		(1)
Operating loss carry forwards
Canada		(2)		(4)
United States		(104)		-
Income tax expense (recovery)	$	(22)	$	93
The following reflects the composition of income before provision for income taxes presented in the Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31:
millions of Canadian dollars	2016		2015
Canada	$	71	$	349
United States		44		137
Other		129		59
Income before provision for income taxes	$	244	$	545

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

The deferred income tax assets and liabilities presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31 consisted of the following:
millions of Canadian dollars	2016		2015
Deferred income tax assets:
Tax loss carry forwards	$	1,036	$	72
Regulatory liabilities - cost of removal		388		42
Tax credit carry forwards		318		7
Derivative instruments		173		204
Pension and post-retirement liabilities		147		129
Regulatory liabilities – deferrals related to derivative instruments		101		94
Asset retirement obligations		47		47
Other		355		136
Total deferred income tax assets before valuation allowance		2,565		731
Valuation allowance		(58)		(18)
Total deferred income tax assets after valuation allowance	$	2,507	$	713
Deferred income tax (liabilities):
Property, plant and equipment	$	(3,625)	$	(960)
Derivative instruments		(202)		(264)
Net investment in direct financing lease		(103)		(89)
Other		(124)		(130)
Total deferred income tax liabilities	$	(4,054)	$	(1,443)
Consolidated Balance Sheets presentation:
Long-term deferred income tax assets		125		32
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities		(1,672)		(762)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(1,547)	$	(730)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

millions of Canadian dollars	2016		2015
Canada
NOL	$	199	$	103
Capital loss		77		84
United States
Federal NOL	$	2,595	$	48
State NOL		1,183		225
Capital loss		14		4
Tax credit		318		30
Other
NOL	$	22	$	14

Summary of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes as at December 31, 2016 the deferred tax assets associated with NOL, capital loss and tax credit carry forwards and the associated expiration periods, and the valuation allowances for amounts which Emera has determined that realization is uncertain:
	Deferred Tax		Valuation		Net Deferred		Expiration
millions of Canadian dollars	Asset		Allowance		Tax Asset		Period
Canada
NOL	$	61	$	(27)	$	34	2026-2036
Capital loss		16		(16)		-	Indefinite
United States
Federal NOL	$	908	$	-	$	908	2024-2036
State NOL		45		(1)		44	2017-2036
Capital loss		3		(3)		-	2018-2019
Tax credit		318		-		318	2019-2036
Other
NOL	$	3	$	(3)	$	-	2017-2023

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

millions of Canadian dollars	2016		2015
Balance, January 1	$	6	$	5
Increases due to tax positions related to current year		12		-
Increases due to tax positions related to a prior year		-		1
Balance, December 31	$	18	$	6

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