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Other Income and Expenses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Income and Expenses | Other income and expenses are as follows:
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
(in millions) | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity allowance for funds used during construction | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 56 |
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 13 |
Other | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 8 |
Total other income | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 67 |  |  | $ | 77 |
Other expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Civic, political and related activities and donations | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Other | 9 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 10 |
Total other expenses | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 25 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of non-operating income or non-operating expense that may include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, gains (losses) on securities sold, equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net gain (loss) on sales of business, interest expense and other miscellaneous income or expense items. + References No definition available. + Details
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