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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contractual commitments (excluding pensions and other post-retirement obligations, convertible debentures, long-term debt and AROs) for each of the next five years and in aggregate thereafter

millions of Canadian dollars		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024	Thereafter			Total
Purchased power (1)(2)	$	210	$	233	$	237	$	246	$	249	$	2,228	$	3,403
Transportation (3)		514		398		340		281		264		2,720		4,517
Capital projects (4)		411		109		103		86		-		-		709
Fuel, gas supply and storage		466		133		22		1		-		-		622
Long-term service agreements (5)(6)		52		37		36		27		26		100		278
Equity investment commitments (7)		240		-		-		-		-		-		240
Leases and other (8)		19		19		18		17		8		118		199
Demand side management		38		41		43		-		-		-		122
	$	1,950	$	970	$	799	$	658	$	547	$	5,166	$	10,090
As noted below, contractual obligations at December 31, 2019 include amounts related to Emera Maine. On completion of the sale of Emera Maine, all of the remaining future contractual obligations will be transferred to the buyer. Refer to note 4 for additional information.
(1) Annual requirement to purchase electricity production from independent power producers or other utilities over varying contract lengths.
(2) Includes $520 million related to Emera Maine ($13 million in 2020; $23 million in 2021; $27 million in 2022; $31 million in 2023; $31 million in 2024 and $395 million thereafter).
(3) Purchasing commitments for transportation of fuel and transportation capacity on various pipelines.
(4) Includes $345 million of commitments related to Tampa Electric's solar and Big Bend Power Station modernization projects.
(5) Maintenance of certain generating equipment, services related to a generation facility and wind operating agreements, outsourced management of computer and communication infrastructure and vegetation management.
(6) Includes $44 million related to various long-term service agreements Emera Maine has entered into for IT maintenance and vegetation management ($19 million in 2020; $9 million in 2021; $8 million in 2022; and $8 million in 2023).
(7) Emera has a commitment to make equity contributions to the Labrador Island Link Limited Partnership.
(8) Includes operating lease agreements for buildings, land, telecommunications services and rail cars, transmission rights and investment commitments.