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Other Income and Other Expense | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Component of Other Income and Other Expense Nonoperating [Line Items] |
Other Income and Other Expense | Other Income and Other Expense The following table provides detail of Pinnacle West's Consolidated other income and other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Other income: |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Miscellaneous | — |  |  | 125 |
Total other income | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 235 |
Other expense: |  |  |  |  |
Non-operating costs | $ | (2,049 | ) |  | $ | (2,249 | )
Investment losses — net | (518 | ) |  | (495 | )
Miscellaneous | (1,471 | ) |  | (1,542 | )
Total other expense | $ | (4,038 | ) |  | $ | (4,286 | )
Arizona Public Service Company |
Component of Other Income and Other Expense Nonoperating [Line Items] |
Other Income and Other Expense | The following table provides detail of APS’s other income and other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Other income: |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 67 |
Gain on disposition of property | 332 |  |  | 207 |
Miscellaneous | 205 |  |  | 365 |
Total other income | $ | 610 |  |  | $ | 639 |
Other expense: |  |  |  |  |
Non-operating costs (a) | $ | (1,966 | ) |  | $ | (2,517 | )
Loss on disposition of property | (426 | ) |  | (643 | )
Miscellaneous | (2,358 | ) |  | (2,194 | )
Total other expense | $ | (4,750 | ) |  | $ | (5,354 | )
(a) As defined by FERC, includes below-the-line non-operating utility expense (items excluded from utility rate recovery).

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