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Property, Plant, and Equipment (Notes)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [abstract]  
Property, Plant, and Equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment
A reconciliation of the changes in the carrying amount of PP&E is as follows:
 
Land

Coal
generation

Gas generation

Renewable
generation

Mining property
and equipment

Assets under
construction

Capital spares
and other(1)

Total

Cost
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at Dec. 31, 2016
95

5,876

1,525

3,212

1,265

407

393

12,773

Additions





334

4

338

Additions - finance lease




14



14

Disposals


(16
)
(1
)
(1
)

(1
)
(19
)
Impairment charge - Sundance Unit 1 (Note 4)

(20
)





(20
)
Revisions and additions to decommissioning and restoration costs

82

12

15

42



151

Retirement of assets

(84
)
(3
)
(4
)
(22
)

(6
)
(119
)
Change in foreign exchange rates
(1
)
(87
)
3

(23
)
(7
)
(2
)
(2
)
(119
)
Transfers(2)(3)
1

121

461

29

24

(644
)
(18
)
(26
)
As at Dec. 31, 2017
95

5,888

1,982

3,228

1,315

95

370

12,973

Additions(4)



1


275

8

284

Additions - finance lease




10



10

Disposals
(3
)



(1
)

(3
)
(7
)
Impairment charges (Note 7)

(38
)

(11
)



(49
)
Revisions and additions to decommissioning and restoration costs

(12
)
(1
)
(3
)
(16
)


(32
)
Retirement of assets

(47
)
(17
)
(6
)
(16
)

(4
)
(90
)
Change in foreign exchange rates
2

105

(13
)
26

7

4


131

Transfers

41

13

51

39

(174
)
12

(18
)
As at Dec. 31, 2018
94

5,937

1,964

3,286

1,338

200

383

13,202

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated depreciation
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at Dec. 31, 2016

3,212

1,027

922

659


129

5,949

Depreciation

351

67

123

76


18

635

Retirement of assets

(62
)
(2
)
(3
)
(18
)

(5
)
(90
)
Disposals


(11
)
(1
)



(12
)
Change in foreign exchange rates

(67
)
(1
)
(4
)
(4
)


(76
)
Transfers(2)

(3
)
(8
)




(11
)
As at Dec. 31, 2017

3,431

1,072

1,037

713


142

6,395

Depreciation

306

79

123

125


16

649

Retirement of assets

(56
)
(13
)
(2
)
(12
)


(83
)
Disposals




(1
)

(4
)
(5
)
Change in foreign exchange rates

84

(3
)
6

5



92

Transfers


(7
)
(3
)



(10
)
As at Dec. 31, 2018

3,765

1,128

1,161

830


154

7,038

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carrying amount
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at Dec. 31, 2016
95

2,664

498

2,290

606

407

264

6,824

As at Dec. 31, 2017
95

2,457

910

2,191

602

95

228

6,578

As at Dec. 31, 2018
94

2,172

836

2,125

508

200

229

6,164

(1) Includes major spare parts and stand-by equipment available, but not in service, and spare parts used for routine, preventive or planned maintenance, and the Australian gas pipeline.
(2) In 2017, net transfers of $14 million relate to the transfer of gas equipment to finance lease receivables.
(3) During the second quarter of 2017, the Corporation reclassified approximately $13 million of capital spares and other assets to inventory.
(4) Includes $7 million related to the acquisition of Big Level.

The Corporation capitalized $2 million of interest to PP&E in 2018 (2017 - $9 million) at a weighted average rate of 4.454 per cent (20175.87 per cent). Finance lease additions in 2018 and 2017 are for mining equipment at the Highvale mine. The carrying amount of total assets under finance leases as at Dec. 31, 2018, was $65 million (2017 - $65 million).