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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Partners' Capital and Distributions |
Per unit cash distributions and the portion of the distributions representing an excess over the MQD |
|  | Year |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  |  |  | Excess |  |  |  | Excess |  |  |  | Excess |
|  | Distribution (1) |  | over MQD |  | Distribution (1) |  | over MQD |  | Distribution (1) |  | over MQD |
First Quarter |  | $ | 0.6150 |  | $ | 0.3900 |  | $ | 0.5625 |  | $ | 0.3375 |  | $ | 0.5125 |  | $ | 0.2875 |
Second Quarter |  | $ | 0.6300 |  | $ | 0.4050 |  | $ | 0.5750 |  | $ | 0.3500 |  | $ | 0.5225 |  | $ | 0.2975 |
Third Quarter |  | $ | 0.6450 |  | $ | 0.4200 |  | $ | 0.5875 |  | $ | 0.3625 |  | $ | 0.5325 |  | $ | 0.3075 |
Fourth Quarter |  | $ | 0.6600 |  | $ | 0.4350 |  | $ | 0.6000 |  | $ | 0.3750 |  | $ | 0.5425 |  | $ | 0.3175 |
| (1) |  | Distributions represent those declared and paid in the applicable period shown.
Total cash distributions paid, net of reductions in the general partner's incentive distributions |
|  | Distributions Paid |  |  | Distributions |
|  | Common |  | General Partner |  |  |  |  | per limited |
Year |  | Units |  | 2% |  | Incentive |  | Total |  |  | partner unit |
2014 |  | $ | 934 |  | $ | 19 |  | $ | 454 |  | $ | 1,407 |  |  | $ | 2.55 |
2013 |  | $ | 791 |  | $ | 16 |  | $ | 353 |  | $ | 1,160 |  |  | $ | 2.33 |
2012 |  | $ | 684 |  | $ | 14 |  | $ | 271 |  | $ | 969 |  |  | $ | 2.11 |
Issuance of common units |
Year |  | Type of Offering |  | Units Issued |  | Net Proceeds (1) (2) |
2014 Total |  | Continuous Offering Program |  | 15,375,810 |  | $ | 866 | (3)
2013 Total |  | Continuous Offering Program |  | 8,644,807 |  | $ | 477 | (3)
2012 |  | Continuous Offering Program |  | 12,063,707 |  | $ | 524 | (3)
2012 |  | Marketed Offering |  | 11,500,000 |  | 455 | (4)
2012 Total |  |  |  | 23,563,707 |  | $ | 979 |
| (1) |  | Amounts are net of costs associated with the offerings.
| (2) |  | Amounts include our general partner’s proportionate capital contributions of $18 million, $9 million and $20 million during 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
| (3) |  | We pay commissions to our sales agents in connection with common unit issuances under our Continuous Offering Program. We paid $9 million, $5 million and $6 million of such commissions during 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
| (4) |  | Offering was an underwritten transaction that required us to pay a gross spread. The net proceeds from such offering were used to fund a portion of the BP NGL Acquisition.
Schedule of effect of changes in the entity's ownership interest in subsidiary on partner's capital |
|  | Year Ended |
|  | December 31, 2013 |
Net income attributable to PAA |  | $ | 1,361 |
Transfers to/from noncontrolling interests: |  |  |
Increase in capital from sale of PNG common units |  | 8 |
Decrease in capital from purchase of PNG common units in conjunction with the PNG Merger |  | (290 | )
Net transfers to/from noncontrolling interests |  | (282 | )
Change from net income attributable to PAA and transfers to/from noncontrolling interests |  | $ | 1,079 |

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