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Supplemental Cash Flows Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Supplemental Cash Flows Information

Supplemental Cash Flows Information

Note 11. Supplemental Cash Flows Information

SCE's supplemental cash flows information is:

				Six months ended June 30,
(in millions)				2011			2010
Cash payments (receipts) for interest and taxes:
	Interest – net of amounts capitalized			$	179		$	162
	Tax refunds – net				(95	)		(12	)
Noncash investing and financing activities:
	Accrued capital expenditures			$	341		$	286
	Details of debt exchange:
		Pollution-control bonds redeemed		$	(56	)	$	(203	)
		Pollution-control bonds issued			56			203
	Deconsolidation of variable interest entities:
		Assets other than cash		$	—		$	306
		Liabilities and noncontrolling interests			—			(398	)
	Dividends declared but not paid:
		Preferred and preference stock		$	15		$	13

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Designated to encapsulate the entire footnote disclosure that provides information on the supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 95
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