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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

18. 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		2018		2017
Generation (1)	3 to 131	$	11,092	$	11,010
Transmission	11 to 80		3,047		2,786
Distribution	4 to 80		6,348		5,660
Gas transmission and distribution	7 to 85		3,398		2,867
General plant and other	2 to 60		2,158		1,874
Total cost			26,043		24,197
Less: Accumulated depreciation (1)			(8,567)		(7,824)
			17,476		16,373
Construction work in progress			1,236		622
Net book value		$	18,712	$	16,995
(1) On November 26, 2018, the Company announced an agreement to sell the NEGG facilities and as of December 31, 2018, the Company has classified these assets as held for sale. As of December 31, 2017, these assets were recorded within Property, Plant and Equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Refer to note 17 for additional information.

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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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