Other Income and Expense

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other income generally includes gains on insurance recoveries in excess of property damage, gains on asset sales and liability extinguishments, favorable judgments on contingencies, gains on contract terminations, allowance for funds used during construction and other income from miscellaneous transactions. Other expense generally includes losses on asset sales and dispositions, losses on legal contingencies, defined benefit plan non-service costs, and losses from other miscellaneous transactions. The components are summarized as follows (in millions):



	Year Ended December 31,	2019		2018		2017
Other Income	Gain on insurance proceeds ⁽¹⁾	$	118	$	—	$	—
	Gain on remeasurement of contingent consideration ⁽²⁾	—		32		—
	AFUDC (US Utilities)	3		8		26
	Legal settlements ⁽³⁾	—		—		60
	Other	24		32		34
	Total other income	$	145	$	72	$	120

Other Expenses	Loss on commencement of sales-type leases ⁽⁴⁾	36		—		—
	Loss on sale and disposal of assets ⁽⁵⁾	22		30		28
	Non-service pension and other postretirement costs	17		10		1
	Allowance for other receivables	—		7		—
	Water rights write-off	—		—		19
	Other	5		11		10
	Total other expense	$	80	$	58	$	58

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⁽¹⁾	Associated with recoveries for property damage at the Andres facility in the Dominican Republic from a lightning incident in September 2018 and the upgrade of the tunnel lining at Changuinola.


⁽²⁾	Related to the amendment of the Oahu purchase agreement. See Note 26 —Acquisitions for further information.


⁽³⁾	In December 2016, the Company and YPF entered into a settlement in which all parties agreed to give up any and all legal action related to gas supply contracts that were terminated in 2008 and have been in dispute since 2009. In January 2017, the YPF board approved the agreement and paid the Company $60 million, thereby resolving all uncertainties around the dispute.


⁽⁴⁾	Related to losses recognized at commencement of sales-type leases at Distributed Energy. See Note 14—Leases for further information.

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Associated with a loss due to damage from a lightning incident at the Andres facility in the Dominican Republic in September 2018 and a loss associated with upgrading the tunnel lining at Changuinola in 2019.