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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Regulatory Assets SCE's regulatory assets included on the consolidated balance sheets are:
(in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Current: |  |  |
Regulatory balancing accounts | $ | 1,101 |  |  | $ | 484 |
Energy derivatives | 64 |  |  | 54 |
Other | 5 |  |  | — |
Total current | 1,170 |  |  | 538 |
Long-term: |  |  |
Deferred income taxes, net | 3,361 |  |  | 2,957 |
Pensions and other postretirement benefits | 506 |  |  | 369 |
Energy derivatives | 721 |  |  | 816 |
Unamortized investments, net | 275 |  |  | 332 |
San Onofre | 1,386 |  |  | 1,325 |
Unamortized loss on reacquired debt | 206 |  |  | 222 |
Regulatory balancing accounts | 545 |  |  | 818 |
Other | 329 |  |  | 402 |
Total long-term | 7,329 |  |  | 7,241 |
Total regulatory assets | $ | 8,499 |  |  | $ | 7,779 |
Regulatory Liabilities SCE's regulatory liabilities included on the consolidated balance sheets are:
(in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Current: |  |  |
Regulatory balancing accounts | $ | 750 |  |  | $ | 724 |
Other | 44 |  |  | 43 |
Total current | 794 |  |  | 767 |
Long-term: |  |  |
Costs of removal | 2,833 |  |  | 2,780 |
Asset retirement obligations | 1,769 |  |  | 1,071 |
Regulatory balancing accounts | 1,085 |  |  | 1,132 |
San Onofre | 677 |  |  | — |
Other | 23 |  |  | 12 |
Total long-term | 6,387 |  |  | 4,995 |
Total regulatory liabilities | $ | 7,181 |  |  | $ | 5,762 |
Net Regulatory Balancing Accounts The following table summarizes the significant components of regulatory balancing accounts included in the above tables of regulatory assets and liabilities:
(in millions) | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Asset (liability) |  |  |
Energy resource recovery account | $ | 1,570 |  |  | $ | 1,005 |
Four Corners memorandum account | 6 |  |  | 145 |
New system generation balancing account | 117 |  |  | 132 |
Public purpose programs and energy efficiency programs | (832 | ) |  | (1,037 | )
Base rate recovery balancing account | (243 | ) |  | (247 | )
Greenhouse gas auction revenue | (300 | ) |  | (385 | )
FERC formula rates and FERC balancing accounts | (89 | ) |  | (59 | )
FERC energy settlements | (195 | ) |  | — |
Other | (223 | ) |  | (108 | )
Net liability | $ | (189 | ) |  | $ | (554 | )

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- Definition The entire disclosure for detailed information about regulatory assets and liabilities, including current and noncurrent assets created when regulatory agencies permit the deferral of costs to the balance sheet that would otherwise be required to appear on the company's income statement and would be charged against current expenses or revenues, as well as current and noncurrent liabilities created when regulatory agencies permit. + References No definition available. + Details
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