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Other Income and Expense | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE | 12. OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE Other Income Other income generally includes contract terminations, gains on asset sales and extinguishments of liabilities, favorable judgments on contingencies, and other income from miscellaneous transactions. The components of other income are summarized as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in millions)
Contract termination |  | $ | 60 |  | $ | -
Gain on sale of assets |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2
Other |  |  | 7 |  |  | 16
Total other income |  | $ | 68 |  | $ | 18
O ther income of $68 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was primarily due to the termination of the PPA at Beaver Valley. Other income of $18 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was primarily due to the release of a reserve recorded against inventory at Ballylumford and the receipt of dividends from a cost method investment at Gener. Other Expense Other expense generally includes losses on asset sales, losses on extinguishment of debt, legal contingencies and losses from other miscellaneous transactions. The components of other expense are summarized as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | March 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in millions)
Loss on extinguishment of debt |  | $ | 47 |  | $ | -
Loss on sale and disposal of assets |  |  | 15 |  |  | 24
Contract termination |  |  | 7 |  |  | -
Other |  |  | 6 |  |  | 4
Total other expense |  | $ | 75 |  | $ | 28
Other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 of $75 million was primarily due to the loss on the early extinguishment of debt at Masinloc, the loss on di sposal of assets at Eletropaulo and the termination of a coal contract at Beaver Valley. Other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 of $28 million was primarily due to losses on the dispo sal of assets at Eletropaulo.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9 -Article 5 + Details
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