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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations [Table Text Block] | AROs consist of the following (in millions):
| As of December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Trojan decommissioning activities | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 45 |
Utility plant | 112 |  |  | 109 |
Non-utility property | 17 |  |  | 13 |
Asset retirement obligations | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 167 |
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,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance as of beginning of year | $ | 167 |  |  | $ | 161 |  |  | $ | 151 |
Liabilities incurred | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |
Liabilities settled | (5 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
Accretion expense | 8 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Revisions in estimated cash flows | 27 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |
Balance as of end of year | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 167 |  |  | $ | 161 |

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