Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Regulatory Assets and Liabilities - Table (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	$ 506	$ 481
Non-current regulatory assets	10,418	8,994
Regulatory assets	10,924	9,475
Current regulatory liabilities	164	184
Non-current regulatory liabilities	2	0
Regulatory liabilities	166	184
Fuel cost adjustment tax equivalents
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory liabilities	164	182
Unrealized gains/losses on commodity derivatives
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory liabilities	0	2
Non-current regulatory liabilities	2	0
Deferred nuclear generating units
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	237	237
Non-current regulatory assets	1,042	1,255
Regulatory assets	1,300
Unrealized gains/losses on commodity derivatives
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	162	134
Non-current regulatory assets	63	72
Environmental agreements
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	47	54
Non-current regulatory assets	55	108
Environmental cleanup costs - Kingston ash spill
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	43	47
Non-current regulatory assets	348	421
Fuel cost adjustment receivable
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	15	9
Other current regulatory assets
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Current regulatory assets	2	0
Deferred pension costs and other post-retirement benefits costs
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Non-current regulatory assets	5,565	4,297
Unrealized losses on interest rate derivatives
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Non-current regulatory assets	1,236	957
Nuclear decommissioning costs
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Non-current regulatory assets	1,003	931
Non-nuclear decommissioning costs
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Non-current regulatory assets	828	645
Other non-current regulatory assets
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Non-current regulatory assets	$ 278	$ 308

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The amount for the individual regulatory asset as itemized in a table of regulatory assets as of the end of the period.

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