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Other Income and Expense | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE | 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 are summarized below:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (in millions)
Gain on sale of assets | $ | 68 |  | (1) | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 21 |
Contingency reversal | 18 |  | (2) | 10 |  |  | — |
Contract termination - Beaver Valley | — |  |  | 60 |  |  | — |
Insurance proceeds | — |  |  | — |  |  | 38 |
Gain on extinguishment of tax and other liabilities | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |
Other | 38 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 39 |
Total other income | $ | 124 |  |  | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 98 |
_____________________________ (1) Includes gain of $54 million for the property sale of Cambuci at Eletropaulo. (2) Reversal of a liability in Kazakhstan from the expiration of a statute of limitations for the Republic of Kazakhstan to claim payment from AES. Other Expense Other expense generally includes losses on disposal of assets, legal contingencies, and losses from other miscellaneous transactions. The components are summarized below:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (in millions)
Loss on sale and disposal of assets | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 64 |
Legal settlement | 11 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9 |
Contract termination | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |
Other | 10 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9 |
Total other expense | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 82 |

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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=26872669&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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