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Other Income and Other Expense (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Component of Other Income and Other Expense Nonoperating [Line Items] |
Detail of 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] |
Detail of 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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