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Other Income and Other Expense (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 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 2016, 2015 and 2014 (dollars in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | $ | 884 |  |  | $ | 493 |  |  | $ | 1,010 |
Debt return on the purchase of Four Corners units 4 & 5 | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,386 |
Miscellaneous | 17 |  |  | 128 |  |  | 212 |
Total other income | $ | 901 |  |  | $ | 621 |  |  | $ | 9,608 |
Other expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-operating costs | $ | (9,235 | ) |  | $ | (11,292 | ) |  | $ | (9,657 | )
Investment losses — net | (1,747 | ) |  | (2,080 | ) |  | (9,426 | )
Miscellaneous | (4,355 | ) |  | (4,451 | ) |  | (2,663 | )
Total other expense | $ | (15,337 | ) |  | $ | (17,823 | ) |  | $ | (21,746 | )
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 2016, 2015 and 2014 (dollars in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | $ | 261 |  |  | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | 689 |
Debt return on the purchase of Four Corners units 4 & 5 | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,386 |
Gain on disposition of property | 5,745 |  |  | 716 |  |  | 1,197 |
Miscellaneous | 2,601 |  |  | 1,955 |  |  | 1,023 |
Total other income | $ | 8,607 |  |  | $ | 2,834 |  |  | $ | 11,295 |
Other expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-operating costs (a) | $ | (11,034 | ) |  | $ | (11,648 | ) |  | $ | (10,397 | )
Loss on disposition of property | (1,246 | ) |  | (2,219 | ) |  | (615 | )
Miscellaneous | (5,234 | ) |  | (5,152 | ) |  | (2,391 | )
Total other expense | $ | (17,514 | ) |  | $ | (19,019 | ) |  | $ | (13,403 | )
(a)As defined by FERC, includes non-operating utility income and expense (items excluded from utility rate recovery).

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