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Other Income and Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Income and Expenses | Other Income and Expenses Other income and expenses are as follows:
|  | Years ended December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
SCE's other income: |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity allowance for funds used during construction |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 100 |
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies |  | 27 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 25 |
Other |  | 14 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 16 |
Total SCE's other income |  | 137 |  |  | 135 |  |  | 141 |
Edison International Parent and Other other income |  | 1 |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |
Total Edison International other income |  | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 141 |
SCE's other expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |
Civic, political and related activities and donations |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Contracting and consulting services |  | 6 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Other |  | 12 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 16 |
Total SCE's other expenses |  | 50 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 51 |
Edison International Parent and Other other expenses |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |
Total Edison International other expenses |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 53 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: 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 + Details
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