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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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7. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities |
Regulatory Assets |
As at |  | December 31 |  | December 31
millions of Canadian dollars |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Regulatory assets |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax regulatory assets | $ | 887 | $ | 862
Pension and post-retirement medical plan |  | 394 |  | 380
Deferrals related to derivative instruments |  | 65 |  | 81
Cost recovery clauses |  | 49 |  | 13
Storm restoration regulatory asset |  | 41 |  | 38
Environmental remediations |  | 28 |  | 26
Stranded cost recovery |  | 26 |  | 27
Demand side management ("DSM") deferral |  | 15 |  | 19
Unamortized defeasance costs |  | 13 |  | 19
Other |  | 66 |  | 87
| $ | 1,584 | $ | 1,552
Current | $ | 165 | $ | 121
Long-term |  | 1,419 |  | 1,431
Total regulatory assets | $ | 1,584 | $ | 1,552
Regulatory liabilities |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax regulatory liabilities |  | 933 |  | 985
Accumulated reserve - cost of remova l |  | 865 |  | 891
Storm reserve |  | 62 |  | 62
Cost recovery clauses |  | 31 |  | 53
Self-insurance fund (note 32) |  | 28 |  | 29
Regulated fuel adjustment mechanism |  | 21 |  | 115
Deferrals related to derivative instruments |  | 15 |  | 42
Other |  | 6 |  | 4
| $ | 1,961 | $ | 2,181
Current | $ | 129 | $ | 295
Long-term |  | 1,832 |  | 1,886
Total regulatory liabilities | $ | 1,961 | $ | 2,181
Regulatory Liabilities |
As at |  | December 31 |  | December 31
millions of Canadian dollars |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Regulatory assets |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax regulatory assets | $ | 887 | $ | 862
Pension and post-retirement medical plan |  | 394 |  | 380
Deferrals related to derivative instruments |  | 65 |  | 81
Cost recovery clauses |  | 49 |  | 13
Storm restoration regulatory asset |  | 41 |  | 38
Environmental remediations |  | 28 |  | 26
Stranded cost recovery |  | 26 |  | 27
Demand side management ("DSM") deferral |  | 15 |  | 19
Unamortized defeasance costs |  | 13 |  | 19
Other |  | 66 |  | 87
| $ | 1,584 | $ | 1,552
Current | $ | 165 | $ | 121
Long-term |  | 1,419 |  | 1,431
Total regulatory assets | $ | 1,584 | $ | 1,552
Regulatory liabilities |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax regulatory liabilities |  | 933 |  | 985
Accumulated reserve - cost of remova l |  | 865 |  | 891
Storm reserve |  | 62 |  | 62
Cost recovery clauses |  | 31 |  | 53
Self-insurance fund (note 32) |  | 28 |  | 29
Regulated fuel adjustment mechanism |  | 21 |  | 115
Deferrals related to derivative instruments |  | 15 |  | 42
Other |  | 6 |  | 4
| $ | 1,961 | $ | 2,181
Current | $ | 129 | $ | 295
Long-term |  | 1,832 |  | 1,886
Total regulatory liabilities | $ | 1,961 | $ | 2,181

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