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Investments | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Investments [Abstract] |
Investments [Text Block] | INVESTMENTS Investments. As of June 30, 2018, the investment portfolio included the legacy real estate assets of ALLETE Properties, debt and equity securities consisting primarily of securities held in other postretirement plans to fund employee benefits, the cash equivalents within these plans and other assets consisting primarily of land in Minnesota.
Other Investments | June 30, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Millions |  |  |
ALLETE Properties |  | $25.9 |  |  |  | $26.4 |
Available-for-sale Securities (a) | 21.4 |  |  | 19.1 |
Cash Equivalents | 1.5 |  |  | 3.8 |
Other | 3.7 |  |  | 3.8 |
Total Other Investments |  | $52.5 |  |  |  | $53.1 |
(a) | As of June 30, 2018, the aggregate amount of available-for-sale corporate and governmental debt securities maturing in one year or less was $1.1 million, in one year to less than three years was $3.9 million, in three years to less than five years was $2.5 million and in five or more years was $1.1 million.
Available-for-Sale Securities. We account for our available-for-sale securities portfolio in accordance with the guidance for certain investments in debt and equity securities. Our available-for-sale securities portfolio consisted primarily of securities held in other postretirement plans to fund employee benefits. Gross realized and unrealized gains and losses on our available-for-sale securities were immaterial for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2018, and 2017.

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