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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Tables) (Southern California Edison) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Southern California Edison |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |
Regulatory Assets Included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets | 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 Included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets | 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 |
Schedule of 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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