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Reclassificiations out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Reclassifications Out of Accumualted Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract] |
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component [Table Text Block] | Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, were as follows:
| Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available-for-sale Securities | Defined Benefit Pension, Other Postretirement Items | Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedge | Total
Millions |  |  |  |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 |  |  |  |
Beginning Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | $(0.3) | $(20.7) | $(0.1) | $(21.1)
Other Comprehensive Income Before Reclassifications | 0.2 |  | — |  | 0.1 |  | 0.3 |
Amounts Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | (0.1 | ) | 0.3 |  | — |  | 0.2 |
Net Other Comprehensive Income | 0.1 |  | 0.3 |  | 0.1 |  | 0.5 |
Ending Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | $(0.2) | $(20.4) | — |  | $(20.6)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 |  |  |  |
Beginning Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | $(0.1) | $(16.7) | $(0.3) | $(17.1)
Other Comprehensive Income Before Reclassifications | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Amounts Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | — |  | 0.3 |  | — |  | 0.3 |
Net Other Comprehensive Income | — |  | 0.3 |  | — |  | 0.3 |
Ending Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | $(0.1) | $(16.4) | $(0.3) | $(16.8)
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, were as follows:
| Three Months Ended
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | March 31, | March 31,
2015 | 2014
Millions |  |
Unrealized Gains on Available-for-sale Securities | — |  | — |
Income Taxes (a) | $0.1 | — |
Total, Net of Income Taxes | $0.1 | — |
Amortization of Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Items |  |
Prior Service Costs (b) | $0.1 | $0.1
Actuarial Gains and Losses (b) | (0.6 | ) | (0.6 | )
Total | (0.5 | ) | (0.5 | )
Income Taxes (a) | 0.2 |  | 0.2 |
Total, Net of Income Taxes | $(0.3) | $(0.3)
Total Reclassifications | $(0.2) | $(0.3)
(a) | Included in Income Tax Expense on our Consolidated Statement of Income.
(b) | Defined benefit pension and other postretirement items excluded from our Regulated Operations are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss and are subsequently reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss as components of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit expense. (See Note 15. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans.)

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