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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Regulatory Assets Included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets | SCE's regulatory assets included on the consolidated balance sheets are:
| December 31,
(in millions) | 2012 |  | 2011
Current: |  |  |
Regulatory balancing accounts | $ | 502 |  |  | $ | 223 |
Energy derivatives | 70 |  |  | 264 |
Other | — |  |  | 7 |
Total Current | 572 |  |  | 494 |
Long-term: |  |  |
Deferred income taxes, net | 2,663 |  |  | 2,020 |
Pensions and other postretirement benefits | 1,550 |  |  | 1,703 |
Energy derivatives 1 | 900 |  |  | 836 |
Unamortized investments, net | 507 |  |  | 484 |
Unamortized loss on reacquired debt | 228 |  |  | 249 |
Nuclear-related investment, net | 141 |  |  | 156 |
Regulatory balancing accounts | 73 |  |  | 69 |
Other | 360 |  |  | 298 |
Total Long-term | 6,422 |  |  | 5,815 |
Total Regulatory Assets | $ | 6,994 |  |  | $ | 6,309 |
1 | Included in 2011 is the regulatory offset of a power purchase agreement between SCE and EME with a fair market value of $349 million, which was eliminated in the Edison International consolidated financial statements.
Regulatory Liabilities Included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets | Edison International's and SCE's regulatory liabilities included on the consolidated balance sheets are:
| December 31,
(in millions) | 2012 |  | 2011
Current: |  |  |
Regulatory balancing accounts | $ | 484 |  |  | $ | 661 |
Other | 52 |  |  | 9 |
Total Current | 536 |  |  | 670 |
Long-term: |  |  |
Costs of removal | 2,731 |  |  | 2,697 |
Asset Retirement Obligations | 1,385 |  |  | 1,105 |
Regulatory balancing accounts | 1,091 |  |  | 864 |
Other | 7 |  |  | 4 |
Total Long-term | 5,214 |  |  | 4,670 |
Total Regulatory Liabilities | $ | 5,750 |  |  | $ | 5,340 |

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