2.2.0.7 false Fair Value of Financial Instruments not Carried at Fair Value 0207 - Disclosure - Fair Value of Financial Instruments not Carried at Fair Value true false false false 1 false false 2 Fair Value of Financial Instruments not Carried at Fair Value [Abstract] 0 uns_FairValueOfFinancialInstrumentsNotCarriedAtFairValueAbstract uns false na duration Fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string Fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value. false 3 FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS NOT CARRIED AT FAIR VALUE 1 us-gaap_FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; "> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><u><b>NOTE 7. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS NOT CARRIED AT FAIR VALUE </b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">The fair value of a financial instrument is the market price that would be received to sell an asset or transfer a liability at the measurement date. We use the following methods and assumptions for estimating the fair value of our financial instruments: </div> <div style="margin-top: 10pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>The carrying amounts of our current assets and liabilities, including Current Maturities of Long-Term Debt, term loans, and amounts outstanding under our credit agreements, approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Accordingly, these items have been excluded from the table below.</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 10pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Investments in Lease Debt and Equity: TEP calculated the present value of remaining cash flows at the balance sheet date using current market rates for instruments with similar characteristics with respect to credit rating and time-to-maturity. We also incorporated the impact of counterparty credit risk using market credit default swap data.</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 10pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Fixed Rate Long-Term Debt: UniSource Energy and TEP used quoted market prices, where available, or calculated the present value of remaining cash flows at the balance sheet date using current market rates for bonds with similar characteristics with respect to credit rating and time-to-maturity. We also incorporate the impact of our own credit risk using a credit default swap rate when determining the fair value of fixed rate long-term debt.</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 10pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Variable Rate Long-Term Debt: TEP considers the principal amounts of variable rate debt outstanding to be reasonable estimates of their fair value. The fair value of variable rate long-term debt has also been adjusted for credit risk using a credit default swap rate.</td> </tr> </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; "> <div style="margin-top: 0pt"> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">The use of different estimation methods and/or market assumptions may yield different estimated fair value amounts. The amounts recorded in the balance sheet (carrying value) and the estimated fair values of our financial instruments included the following: </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="44%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="9%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="9%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="9%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="9%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6">June 30,</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6">December 31,</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2009</b></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Carrying</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Fair</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Carrying</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Fair</b></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Value</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Value</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Value</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Value</b></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="14">-Millions of Dollars-</td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>Assets:</b> </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">TEP Investment in Lease Debt and Equity </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b>$</b></td> <td align="right"><b>110</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b>$</b></td> <td align="right"><b>123</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">132</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">140</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Millennium Note Receivable </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>15</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>15</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">15</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">15</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>Liabilities:</b> </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Fixed Rate Long-Term Debt </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">TEP </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>575</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>437</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">445</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">336</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">UniSource Energy </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>925</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>806</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">795</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">693</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Variable Rate Long-Term Debt </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">UniSource Energy and TEP </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>329</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"><b>329</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">459</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">452</td> <td> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div align="left"> </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock This item represents certain of the disclosures concerning the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments, assets, and liabilities. 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