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Other Income (Expense)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

Year Ended December 31	2012			2011			2010
Millions
AFUDC – Equity		$5.1			$2.5			$4.2
Investment and Other Income	0.9			1.9			0.4
Total Other Income		$6.0			$4.4			$4.6

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9

-Article 5

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