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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
 Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

Regulatory assets generally represent incurred costs that have been deferred because such costs are probable of future recovery in customer rates.  Regulatory liabilities generally represent obligations to make refunds to customers for previous collections for costs that are not likely to be incurred or deferrals of gains that will be credited to customers in future periods.  Components of regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities are summarized in the table below:
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities 
 
At December 31, 2013
 
At September 30, 2013
Current regulatory assets
 
 
 
Deferred nuclear generating units
$
237

 
$
237

Unrealized losses on commodity derivatives
154

 
183

Environmental agreements
81

 
73

Environmental cleanup costs - Kingston ash spill
64

 
68

Fuel cost adjustment receivable
26

 

Total current regulatory assets
562

 
561

 
 
 
 
Non-current regulatory assets
 

 
 

Deferred pension costs and other post-retirement benefits costs
4,011

 
4,076

Unrealized losses on interest rate derivatives
669

 
808

Nuclear decommissioning costs
856

 
893

Environmental cleanup costs - Kingston ash spill
518

 
681

Non-nuclear decommissioning costs
570

 
571

Deferred nuclear generating units
1,411

 
1,438

Environmental agreements
164

 
189

Unrealized losses on commodity derivatives
133

 
139

Other non-current regulatory assets
328

 
336

Total non-current regulatory assets
8,660

 
9,131

Total regulatory assets
$
9,222

 
$
9,692

 
 
 
 
Current regulatory liabilities
 

 
 

Fuel cost adjustment tax equivalents
$
169

 
$
176

Fuel cost adjustment liability

 
29

Unrealized gains on commodity derivatives
5

 
7

Total current regulatory liabilities
174

 
212

 
 
 
 
Non-current regulatory liabilities
 

 
 

Unrealized gains on commodity derivatives
1

 
1

Total non-current regulatory liabilities
1

 
1

Total regulatory liabilities
$
175

 
$
213