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Variable Interest Entities and Unconsolidated Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Variable Interest Entities and Unconsolidated Investments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Condensed Financial Statements | Aggregated summarized financial data for our unconsolidated subsidiaries is set forth below (in millions): Condensed Combined Balance Sheets of Our Unconsolidated Subsidiaries December 31, 2013 and 2012
| 2013 |  | 2012
Assets: |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 57 |  |  | $ | 64 |
Current assets | 25 |  |  | 30 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 588 |  |  | 648 |
Other assets | 2 |  |  | 4 |
Total assets | $ | 672 |  |  | $ | 746 |
Liabilities: |  |  |
Current maturities of long-term debt | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 25 |
Current liabilities | 44 |  |  | 36 |
Long-term debt | 372 |  |  | 423 |
Long-term derivative liabilities | 35 |  |  | 84 |
Total liabilities | 474 |  |  | 568 |
Member's interest | 198 |  |  | 178 |
Total liabilities and member's interest | $ | 672 |  |  | $ | 746 |
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations of Our Unconsolidated Subsidiaries For the Years Ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Revenues | $ | 207 |  |  | $ | 247 |  |  | $ | 277 |
Operating expenses | 128 |  |  | 171 |  |  | 208 |
Income from operations | 79 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 69 |
Interest expense, net of interest income | 24 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 30 |
Other (income) expense, net | (3 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | 2 |
Net income | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 37 |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments | At December 31, 2013 and 2012, our equity method investments included on our Consolidated Balance Sheets were comprised of the following (in millions):
| Ownership Interest as of December 31, 2013 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Greenfield LP | 50% |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 69 |
Whitby | 50% |  | 17 |  |  | 12 |
Total investments in power plants |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 81 |
Income (Loss) From Unconsolidated Investments in Power Plants and Distributions | Our equity interest in the net income from Greenfield LP and Whitby for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, is recorded in (income) from unconsolidated investments in power plants. The following table sets forth details of our (income) from unconsolidated investments in power plants and distributions for the years indicated (in millions):
| (Income) from Unconsolidated Investments in Power Plants |  | Distributions
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Greenfield LP | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | (17 | ) |  | $ | (12 | ) |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Whitby | (14 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | 9 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 4 |
Total | $ | (30 | ) |  | $ | (28 | ) |  | $ | (21 | ) |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 6 |

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