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Other Income (Expense)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

		Quarter Ended								Six Months Ended
		June 30,								June 30,
		2014				2013				2014				2013
Millions
AFUDC – Equity			$2.0				$1.0				$3.8				$2.1
Gain on Sale of Available-for-sale Securities		0.2				—				0.2				0.8
Investments and Other Income (Expense)		(0.3		)		0.5				(0.1		)		1.3
Total Other Income			$1.9				$1.5				$3.9				$4.2

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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=26872669&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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