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Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions (Tables) (Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Schedule of Changes in Fair Value of Plan Assets | Changes in Fair Value of Plan Assets and Changes in Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 were:
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS |  |
2013 |  | 2012
Fair Value of Plan Assets at Beginning of Year |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Employer Contributions |  | 2.9 |  |  | 3.0 |
Plan Participants’ Contributions |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.0 |
Benefits Paid |  | (4.1 | ) |  | (4.0 | )
Fair Value of Plan Assets at End of Year |  | — |  |  | — |
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at Beginning of Year |  | 42.8 |  |  | 44.7 |
Service Cost |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |
Interest Cost |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.6 |
Plan Participants’ Contributions |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.0 |
Benefits Paid |  | (4.1 | ) |  | (4.0 | )
Medicare Part D Subsidy Received |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |
Actuarial Gains |  | (6.2 | ) |  | (5.5 | )
Obligations Transferred Into Plan |  | — |  |  | 3.8 |
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at End of Year |  | 35.1 |  |  | 42.8 |
Funded Status—Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation in Excess of Plan Assets |  | $ | (35.1 | ) |  | $ | (42.8 | )
Actuarial Gain Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |  | $ | 18.4 |  |  | $ | 13.4 |
Schedule of Assumptions Used | The weighted-average discount rate and rate of increase in future compensation levels used to develop OPEB Expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Discount Rate |  | 3.15 | % |  | 4.25 | % |  | 4.40 | %
Rate of Increase in Future Compensation Levels |  | 2.10 |  |  | 2.10 |  |  | 1.50 |
The weighted-average discount rate and rate of increase in future compensation levels used to develop the components of the Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
Discount Rate |  | 4.00 | % |  | 3.15 | %
Rate of Increase in Future Compensation Levels |  | 2.10 |  |  | 2.10 |
Schedule of Comprehensive Other Postretirement Employee Benefit Expense | The components of Comprehensive OPEB (Income) Expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were:
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Service Cost Earned During the Year |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |
Interest Cost on Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 1.9 |
Amortization of Actuarial Gain |  | (1.2 | ) |  | (1.2 | ) |  | (0.6 | )
OPEB Expense Recognized in Consolidated Statements of Income |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 1.4 |
Unrecognized OPEB (Gain) Loss Arising During the Year |  | (6.2 | ) |  | (5.5 | ) |  | 4.4 |
Amortization of Accumulated Unrecognized OPEB Gain |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | 0.6 |
Comprehensive OPEB (Income) Expense |  | $ | (4.8 | ) |  | $ | (3.7 | ) |  | $ | 6.4 |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | The following benefit payments (net of participant contributions), which consider expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid:
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS |  | Years Ending December 31,
2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019-2023
Benefit Payments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Excluding Medicare Part D Subsidy |  | $ | 4.1 |  |  | $ | 4.2 |  |  | $ | 4.2 |  |  | $ | 4.1 |  |  | $ | 3.9 |  |  | $ | 16.4 |
Expected Medicare Part D Subsidy |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (2.0 | )
Net Benefit Payments |  | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 3.5 |  |  | $ | 14.4 |

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