2.2.0.7 false Short-Term Debt 0203 - Disclosure - Short-Term Debt true false false false 1 false false 2 Short-Term Debt [Abstract] 0 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowingsAbstract us-gaap true na duration No definition available. 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 No definition available. false 3 Short-Term Debt 1 us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTextBlock 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"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>NOTE 3. SHORT-TERM DEBT</b> </div> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"> <div style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">  </div> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">     WGL Holdings and Washington Gas satisfy their short-term financing requirements through the sale of commercial paper or through bank borrowings. Due to the seasonal nature of the regulated utility and retail energy-marketing segments, short-term financing requirements can vary significantly during the year. We maintain revolving credit agreements to support our outstanding commercial paper and to permit short-term borrowing flexibility. Our policy is to maintain bank credit facilities in an amount equal to or greater than our expected maximum commercial paper position. The following is a summary of our committed credit available at June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009. </div> <div align="left"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="64%"> </td> <td width="2%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="2%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="2%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="6%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="13" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Committed Credit Available</b></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" colspan="13" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>As of June 30, 2010</b></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">Committed credit agreements (In millions)</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2">WGL Holdings</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2">Washington Gas</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2">Total Consolidated</td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Unsecured revolving credit facility, expires August 3, 2012 <sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(a)</sup> </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b> </b></td> <td align="right">$ 400.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b> </b></td> <td align="right">$ 300.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b> </b></td> <td align="right">$ 700.0</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Less: Commercial Paper </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(7.0</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">-</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(7.0</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net committed credit available </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b> </b></td> <td align="right">$ 393.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b> </b></td> <td align="right">$ 300.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><b> </b></td> <td align="right">$ 693.0</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </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> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>As of September 30, 2009</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> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left">Committed credit agreements (In millions)</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2">WGL Holdings</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2">Washington Gas</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2">Total Consolidated</td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Unsecured revolving credit facility, expires August 3, 2012 <sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(a)</sup> </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right">$ 400.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right">$ 300.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right">$ 700.0</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Less: Commercial Paper </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(59.0</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(124.8</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td align="right">(183.8</td> <td nowrap="nowrap">)</td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net committed credit available </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right">$ 341.0</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right">$ 175.2</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="right">$ 516.2</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div align="left" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 10%; font-size: 8pt"><sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><i>(a)</i></sup><i> Both WGL Holdings and Washington Gas have the right to</i> <i>request extensions with the banks’ approval. WGL Holdings’ revolving credit facility permits it to borrow an additional $50 million, with the banks’ approval, for a total of $450 million. Washington Gas’s revolving credit facility permits it to borrow an additional $100 million, with the banks’ approval, for a total of $400 million.</i> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">     At June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009, WGL Holdings and its subsidiaries had outstanding notes payable in the form of commercial paper of $7.0 million and $183.8 million, respectively, at a weighted average interest rate of 0.35% and 0.27%, respectively. Substantially all of the outstanding notes payable balance at June 30, 2010 was commercial paper issued by WGL Holdings. Of the outstanding notes payable balance at September 30, 2009, $59.0 million was issued by WGL Holdings and $124.8 million was issued by Washington Gas. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     As of June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009, respectively, there were no outstanding bank loans from WGL Holdings’ or Washington Gas’s revolving credit facilities. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock This element may be used as a single block of text to encapsulate the entire disclosure for short-term borrowings including data and tables. 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