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Other Income and Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Other Income and Expenses

Other Income and Expenses

Note 15. Other Income and Expenses

Other income and expenses are as follows:

			Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
(in millions)			2011			2010			2011			2010
Other income:
	Equity AFUDC		$	27		$	25		$	56		$	54
	Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies			7			6			13			12
	Other			5			4			8			4
Total other income			$	39		$	35		$	77		$	70
Other expenses:
	Civic, political and related activities and donations		$	9		$	9		$	15		$	15
	Other			4			6			10			11
Total other expenses			$	13		$	15		$	25		$	26

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Discloses other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that should be disclosed in this note, or in the income statement, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 03
-Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9
-Article 5

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