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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rate
The income tax provision, for the years ended December
 
31, differs from that computed using the
enacted combined Canadian federal and provincial statutory
 
income tax rate for the following reasons:
millions of dollars
2024
2023
Income before provision for income taxes
$
 
409
$
 
1,173
Statutory income tax rate
29.0%
29.0%
Income taxes, at statutory income tax rate
 
119
 
340
Deferred income taxes on regulated income recorded as regulatory assets and
regulatory liabilities
(90)
(72)
Interest and financing expenses
(58)
-
 
Valuation allowance
(58)
 
3
Tax
 
credits
(57)
(53)
Goodwill impairment charge
 
49
-
 
Amortization of deferred income tax regulatory liabilities
(36)
(33)
Foreign tax rate variance
(31)
(36)
Additional impact from the sale of LIL equity interest
 
22
-
 
Tax
 
effect of equity earnings
(14)
(15)
Manufacturing allowance
(9)
(8)
Other
 
4
 
2
Income tax (recovery) expense
$
(159)
$
 
128
Effective income tax rate
(39%)
11%
Composition of Taxes on Income from Continuing Operations
millions of dollars
2024
2023
Current income taxes
 
Canada
$
 
29
$
 
26
 
United States
 
4
 
5
Deferred income taxes
 
Canada
(200)
 
93
 
United States
 
155
 
128
Adjustments to beginning of the year valuation allowance
 
Canada
(61)
-
Investment tax credits
 
United States
(6)
(29)
Operating loss carryforwards
 
Canada
(4)
(93)
 
United States
(76)
(2)
Income tax (recovery) expense
$
(159)
$
 
128
The following table 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 dollars
2024
2023
Canada
$
 
156
$
 
171
United States
 
203
 
964
Other
 
50
 
38
Income before provision for income taxes
$
 
409
$
 
1,173
Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
The deferred income tax assets and liabilities presented in
 
the Consolidated Balance Sheets as at
December 31 consisted of the following:
millions of dollars
2024
2023
Deferred income tax assets:
Tax
 
loss carryforwards
$
 
1,118
$
 
1,195
Tax
 
credit carryforwards
 
534
 
454
Regulatory liabilities
 
 
225
 
175
Derivative instruments
 
144
 
205
Other
 
462
 
372
Total
 
deferred income tax assets before valuation allowance
 
2,483
 
2,401
Valuation allowance
(322)
(363)
Total
 
deferred income tax assets after valuation allowance
$
 
2,161
$
 
2,038
Deferred income tax liabilities:
PP&E
$
(3,421)
$
(3,223)
Regulatory assets
(198)
(196)
Derivative instruments
(105)
(235)
Investments subject to significant influence
(46)
(216)
Other
(330)
(312)
Total
 
deferred income tax liabilities
 
$
(4,100)
$
(4,182)
Consolidated Balance Sheets presentation:
Long-term deferred income tax assets
$
 
392
$
 
208
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities
(2,331)
(2,352)
Net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(1,939)
$
(2,144)
Net Operating Loss ("NOL"), Capital Loss and Tax Credit Carryforwards and Their Expiration Periods
Emera’s NOL, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards
 
and their expiration periods as at December 31,
2024 consisted of the following:
Subject to
Tax
Valuation
Net Tax
Expiration
millions of dollars
Carryforwards
Allowance
Carryforwards
Period
Canada
 
NOL
$
 
2,420
$
(967)
$
 
1,453
2026 - 2044
 
Capital loss
 
55
(55)
-
 
Indefinite
 
Tax Credit
2
(1)
1
2028 - 2042
 
United States
 
Federal NOL
$
 
1,587
$
(1)
$
 
1,586
2036 - Indefinite
 
State NOL
 
1,351
(1)
 
1,350
2026 - Indefinite
 
Tax credit
 
533
(3)
 
530
2025 - 2044
Other
 
NOL
$
 
91
$
(23)
$
 
68
2025 - 2031
Details of Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits
millions of dollars
2024
2023
Balance, January 1
$
 
37
$
 
33
Increases due to tax positions related to current year
 
6
 
5
Increases due to tax positions related to a prior year
 
2
 
1
Decreases due to tax positions related to a prior year
(3)
(2)
Balance, December 31
$
 
42
$
 
37