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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions | The Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations included the following transactions with related parties in millions for the periods indicated:
Years Ended December 31, | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Revenue—Non-Regulated | $ | 1,099 |  |  | $ | 1,188 |  |  | $ | 1,110 |
Cost of Sales—Non-Regulated | 330 |  |  | 331 |  |  | 276 |
Interest Income | 25 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 20 |
Interest Expense | 33 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 8 |
Schedule of Related Party Receivables Payables | The following table summarizes the balances receivable from and payable to related parties included in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets in millions as of the periods indicated:
December 31, | 2015 |  | 2014
Receivables from related parties | $ | 181 |  |  | $ | 349 |
Accounts and notes payable to related parties | 524 |  |  | 567 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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