v3.19.1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Jointly Owned Utility Plants | The following table summarizes our proportionate ownership interest in jointly-owned power plants:
As of December 31, 2018 |  | Ownership Interest |  | Property, Plant & Equipment |  | Accumulated Depreciation |  | Construction in Progress
(in millions, except percentages)
Freestone Energy Center |  | 75.0 | % |  | $ | 379 |  |  | $ | (167 | ) |  | $ | 1 |
Hidalgo Energy Center |  | 78.5 | % |  | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | (114 | ) |  | $ | 4 |
Schedule of Components of Restricted Cash | The table below represents the components of our restricted cash as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 (in millions):
| 2018 |  | 2017
| Current |  | Non-Current |  | Total |  | Current |  | Non-Current |  | Total
Debt service | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 19 |
Construction/major maintenance | 23 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 44 |
Security/project/insurance | 120 |  |  | — |  |  | 120 |  |  | 92 |  |  | — |  |  | 92 |
Other | 11 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |
Total | $ | 167 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 201 |  |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 159 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the components of our intangible assets were as follows (in millions):
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | Lives
Acquired contracts | $ | 458 |  |  | $ | 458 |  |  | 0 – 9 Years
Customer relationships | 445 |  |  | 445 |  |  | 7 – 14 Years
Trademark and trade name | 40 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 15 Years
Other | 88 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 17 – 23 Years
| 1,031 |  |  | 1,031 |  |  |
Less: Accumulated amortization | 619 |  |  | 519 |  |  |
Intangible assets, net | $ | 412 |  |  | $ | 512 |  |  |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | The estimated aggregate amortization expense of our intangible assets for the next five years is as follows (in millions):
2019 | $ | 71 |
2020 | $ | 44 |
2021 | $ | 40 |
2022 | $ | 35 |
2023 | $ | 28 |
Schedule of Total Contractual Future Minimum Lease Receipts | The total contractual future minimum lease rentals for our contracts accounted for as operating leases at December 31, 2018, are as follows (in millions):
2019 | $ | 342 |
2020 | 261 |
2021 | 257 |
2022 | 224 |
2023 | 141 |
Thereafter | 239 |
Total | $ | 1,464 |
Future minimum rent payments under these lease agreements, including renewal options and rent escalation clauses, are as follows (in millions):
| Initial Year |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Land and other operating leases | various |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 174 |  |  | $ | 232 |
Power plant operating lease | 2000 |  | 31 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 31 |
Total leases |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 174 |  |  | $ | 263 |

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