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Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
| Quarter Ended | Six Months Ended
| June 30, | June 30,
Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010
Millions |  |  |  |
Net Income | $16.9 | $19.4 | $54.0 | $42.2
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |  |  |  |
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities Net of income taxes of $0.2, $(0.4), $0.8 and $(0.4) | 0.2 | (0.6) | 1.1 | (0.5)
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Net of income taxes of $0.2, $0.2, $0.5 and $0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6
Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 0.6 | (0.3) | 1.9 | 0.1
Total Comprehensive Income | $17.5 | $19.1 | $55.9 | $42.3
Less: Non-Controlling Interest in Subsidiaries | (0.1) | - | (0.2) | (0.2)
Comprehensive Income Attributable to ALLETE | $17.6 | $19.1 | $56.1 | $42.5

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 45 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e526-108580 + Details
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