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Supplemental Cash Flows Information | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Supplemental Cash Flows Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flows Information | Supplemental Cash Flows Information SCE's supplemental cash flows information is:
| Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions) | 2011 |  | 2010
Cash payments (receipts) for interest and taxes: |  |  |
Interest – net of amounts capitalized | $ | 369 |  |  | $ | 339 |
Tax refunds – net | (126 | ) |  | (309 | )
Noncash investing and financing activities: |  |  |
Accrued capital expenditures | $ | 362 |  |  | $ | 360 |
Details of debt exchange: |  |  |
Pollution-control bonds redeemed | $ | (86 | ) |  | $ | (303 | )
Pollution-control bonds issued | 86 |  |  | 303 |
Deconsolidation of variable interest entities: |  |  |
Assets other than cash | $ | — |  |  | $ | 306 |
Liabilities and noncontrolling interests | — |  |  | (398 | )
Dividends declared but not paid: |  |  |
Preferred and preference stock | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 9 |

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