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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
Components of regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities are summarized in the table below:
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities 
 
At December 31, 2017
 
At September 30, 2017
Current regulatory assets
 
 
 
Deferred nuclear generating units
$
237

 
$
237

Unrealized losses on interest rate derivatives
89

 
93

Unrealized losses on commodity derivatives
57

 
68

Fuel cost adjustment receivable
12

 
1

Environmental agreements
3

 
2

Environmental cleanup costs - Kingston ash spill
44

 
44

Gallatin coal combustion residual facilities
10

 

Other current regulatory assets
3

 
2

Total current regulatory assets
455

 
447

 
 
 
 
Non-current regulatory assets
 

 
 

Deferred pension costs and other post-retirement benefits costs
3,945

 
4,009

Unrealized losses on interest rate derivatives
957

 
982

Gallatin coal combustion residual facilities
889

 
899

Nuclear decommissioning costs
771

 
823

Deferred nuclear generating units
703

 
759

Non-nuclear decommissioning costs
692

 
703

Environmental cleanup costs - Kingston ash spill
253

 
263

Unrealized losses on commodity derivatives
35

 
9

Environmental agreements
12

 
13

Other non-current regulatory assets
235

 
238

Total non-current regulatory assets
8,492

 
8,698

Total regulatory assets
$
8,947

 
$
9,145

 
 
 
 
Current regulatory liabilities
 

 
 

Fuel cost adjustment tax equivalents
$
149

 
$
153

Fuel cost adjustment

 
2

Unrealized gains on commodity derivatives
10

 
8

Total current regulatory liabilities
159

 
163

 
 
 
 
Non-current regulatory liabilities
 

 
 

Deferred other post-retirement benefits cost
19

 
23

Unrealized gains on commodity derivatives
6

 
2

Total non-current regulatory liabilities
25

 
25

Total regulatory liabilities
$
184

 
$
188