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Accounting For Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense consisted of the following for the years ended December 31 (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current income tax expense

 

$

8

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

1

 

Deferred income tax benefit

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(18

)

Total income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

3

 

 

$

(34

)

 

$

(17

)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of federal income taxes derived from the statutory federal tax rate of 21 percent applied to income before income taxes is as follows for the years ended December 31 (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Federal income taxes at statutory rates

 

$

38

 

 

 

21.0

%

 

$

29

 

 

 

21.0

%

 

$

29

 

 

 

21.0

%

Increase (decrease) in tax resulting from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax effect of regulatory treatment of utility
   plant differences

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(6.6

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(8.9

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(9.0

)

State income tax expense

 

 

2

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1.5

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1.2

 

Flow through related to deduction of meters
    and mixed service costs (1)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(12.4

)

 

 

(48

)

 

 

(34.9

)

 

 

(35

)

 

 

(25.0

)

Tax credits

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(0.6

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(1.7

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.2

)

Other

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(0.8

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1.4

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(0.5

)

Total income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

3

 

 

 

1.5

%

 

$

(34

)

 

 

(24.4

)%

 

$

(17

)

 

 

(12.5

)%

 

(1)
The Company's general rate cases included approval of base rate increases, offset by tax customer credits. As the tax customer credits are returned to customers, this results in a decrease to income tax expense due to flowing through the benefits related to meters and mixed service costs. Once these tax customer credits have been applied to customers and are exhausted, income tax expense will increase.
Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities The total net deferred income tax liability consisted of the following as of December 31 (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Deferred income tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulatory liabilities

 

$

194

 

 

$

192

 

Tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards

 

 

36

 

 

 

77

 

Provisions for pensions

 

 

16

 

 

 

19

 

Other

 

 

49

 

 

 

48

 

Total gross deferred income tax assets

 

 

295

 

 

 

336

 

Valuation allowances for deferred tax assets

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(10

)

Total deferred income tax assets after valuation allowances

 

 

287

 

 

 

326

 

Deferred income tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utility property, plant, and equipment

 

 

759

 

 

 

747

 

Regulatory assets

 

 

252

 

 

 

269

 

Other

 

 

27

 

 

 

28

 

Total deferred income tax liabilities

 

 

1,038

 

 

 

1,044

 

Net long-term deferred income tax liability

 

$

751

 

 

$

718