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Other Income and Expense (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of other Income and other expense [Table Text Block] | OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSE Other income generally includes gains on asset sales and liability extinguishments, favorable judgments on contingencies, and other income from miscellaneous transactions. Other expense generally includes losses on asset sales and dispositions, losses on legal contingencies and losses from other miscellaneous transactions. The components are summarized as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Other Income | Allowance for funds used during construction (US utilities) | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 4 |
| Gain on sale of assets | 2 |  |  | 5 |
| Other | 4 |  |  | 6 |
| Total other income | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Other Expense | Loss on sale and disposal of assets | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 15 |
| Legal settlement | 1 |  |  | 3 |
| Other | — |  |  | 2 |
| Total other expense | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 20 |

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