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Variable Interest Entities Trust income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Southern California Edison |
Variable Interest Entity |
Summary of Trusts' Income Statements | The following table provides a summary of the trusts' income statements:
|  | Three months ended March 31,
(in millions) |  | Trust I |  | Trust II |  | Trust III |  | Trust IV |  | Trust V
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend income |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Dividend distributions |  | 7 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend income |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
Dividend distributions |  | 7 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |  |  | * |  |  | * |
* Not applicable.

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