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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations [Table Text Block] | AROs consist of the following (in millions):
| As of December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Trojan decommissioning activities | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 37 |
Utility plant | 39 |  |  | 38 |
Non-utility property | 13 |  |  | 12 |
Asset retirement obligations | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 87 |
Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of the changes in the Company’s AROs (in millions):
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Balance as of beginning of year | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 63 |
Liabilities incurred | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Liabilities settled | (3 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (3 | )
Accretion expense | 6 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |
Revisions in estimated cash flows | 4 |  |  | 22 |  |  | (1 | )
Balance as of end of year | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 64 |

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