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Property Plant and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT The following table summarizes the components of the electric generation and distribution assets and other property, plant and equipment (in millions) with their estimated useful lives (in years). The amounts are stated net of all prior asset impairment losses recognized.
|  |  | December 31,
| Estimated Useful Life | 2016 |  | 2015
Electric generation and distribution facilities | 4 - 68 |  | $ | 25,773 |  |  | $ | 24,740 |
Other buildings | 3 - 63 |  | 2,034 |  |  | 1,856 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 3 - 31 |  | 309 |  |  | 288 |
Other | 2 - 50 |  | 423 |  |  | 398 |
Total electric generation and distribution assets and other |  |  | 28,539 |  |  | 27,282 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (9,528 | ) |  | (8,939 | )
Net electric generation and distribution assets and other |  |  | $ | 19,011 |  |  | $ | 18,343 |
The following table summarizes depreciation expense (including the amortization of assets recorded under capital leases and the amortization of asset retirement obligations) and interest capitalized during development and construction on qualifying assets for the periods indicated (in millions):
Years Ended December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Depreciation expense |  | $ | 1,105 |  |  | $ | 1,064 |  |  | $ | 1,154 |
Interest capitalized during development and construction |  | 125 |  |  | 89 |  |  | 118 |
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, of $10 billion and $11 billion was mortgaged, pledged or subject to liens as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The following table summarizes regulated and non-regulated generation and distribution property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation as of the dates indicated (in millions):
December 31, |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Regulated generation, distribution assets and other, gross |  | $ | 11,021 |  |  | $ | 10,789 |
Regulated accumulated depreciation |  | (4,194 | ) |  | (3,984 | )
Regulated generation, distribution assets and other, net |  | 6,827 |  |  | 6,805 |
Non-regulated generation, distribution assets and other, gross |  | 17,518 |  |  | 16,493 |
Non-regulated accumulated depreciation |  | (5,334 | ) |  | (4,955 | )
Non-regulated generation, distribution assets and other, net |  | 12,184 |  |  | 11,538 |
Net electric generation, distribution assets and other |  | $ | 19,011 |  |  | $ | 18,343 |
The following table presents amounts recognized related to asset retirement obligations for the periods indicated (in millions):
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance at January 1 |  | $ | 247 |  |  | $ | 209 |
Additional liabilities incurred |  | 12 |  |  | 43 |
Liabilities settled |  | (4 | ) |  | (6 | )
Accretion expense |  | 15 |  |  | 13 |
Change in estimated cash flows |  | 86 |  |  | (7 | )
Other |  | 1 |  |  | (5 | )
Balance at December 31 |  | $ | 357 |  |  | $ | 247 |
The Company's asset retirement obligations primarily include active ash landfills, water treatment basins and the removal or dismantlement of certain plants and equipment. The $86 million increase in estimated cash flows for 2016 is primarily relates to revised estimated closure expenditures and earlier plant closure dates than previously forecast at DPL. There were $1 million of legally restricted assets for the year ended December 31, 2016 and $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 for purposes of settling asset retirement obligations. Ownership of Certain Coal-Fired Facilities — DP&L has undivided ownership interests in five coal-fired generation facilities jointly owned with other utilities. DP&L's share of the operating costs of the facilities is included in Cost of Sales in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and its share of investment in the facilities is included in Property, Plant and Equipment in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. DP&L's undivided ownership interest in the facilities as of December 31, 2016 is as follows ($ in millions):
| DP&L Share |  | DP&L Investment
Production units: | Ownership |  | Gross Plant In Service |  | Accumulated Depreciation |  | Construction Work In Process
Conesville Unit 4 | 17% |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Killen Station | 67% |  | 34 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |
Miami Fort Units 7 and 8 | 36% |  | 27 |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |
Stuart Station | 35% |  | 24 |  |  | — |  |  | 23 |
Zimmer Station | 28% |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
Transmission | Various |  | 99 |  |  | 66 |  |  | — |
Total |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 41 |

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