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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

19. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following regulated and non-regulated assets:
As at		December 31		December 31
millions of Canadian dollars	Estimated useful life		2017		2016
Generation	3 to 131	$	11,010	$	10,553
Transmission	15 to 80		2,786		2,799
Distribution	4 to 80		5,660		5,715
Gas transmission and distribution	7 to 85		2,867		2,895
General plant and other	3 to 60		1,874		1,711
Total cost			24,197		23,673
Less: Accumulated depreciation			(7,824)		(7,787)
			16,373		15,886
Construction work in progress			622		1,404
Net book value		$	16,995	$	17,290

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823

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