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Regulatory Matters (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Regulatory Matters [Abstract]  
Components Of Regulatory Assets And Liabilities

Remaining Rate Recovery/Amortization Period

At September 30, 2022

At September 30, 2022

At December 31, 2021

Regulatory assets:

Employee retirement liability (a)(b)(c)

To be determined

$

309

$

328 

Employee retirement costs being amortized

5 years

166

193 

Employee retirement costs incurred since the last rate review period (b)

To be determined

93

99 

Self-insurance reserve (primarily storm recovery costs) being amortized

5 years

191

223 

Self-insurance reserve incurred since the last rate review period (primarily storm related) (b)

To be determined

542

373 

Debt reacquisition costs

Lives of related debt

16

19 

Under-recovered AMS costs

5 years

112

128 

Energy efficiency performance bonus (a)

1 year or less

36

31 

Wholesale distribution substation service

To be determined

89

75 

Unrecovered expenses related to COVID-19 (b)

To be determined

37

35 

Recoverable deferred income taxes – net

Various

22

16 

Uncollectible payments from REPs (b)

To be determined

8

9 

Other regulatory assets

Various

25

18 

Total regulatory assets

1,646

1,547 

Regulatory liabilities:

Estimated net removal costs

Lives of related assets

1,412

1,348 

Excess deferred taxes

Primarily over lives of related assets

1,392

1,442 

Over-recovered wholesale transmission service expense (a)

1 year or less

85

7 

Unamortized gain on reacquisition of debt

Lives of related debt

25

26 

Employee retirement costs over-recovered since last rate review period (b)

To be determined

55

39 

Other regulatory liabilities

Various

31

14 

Total regulatory liabilities

3,000

2,876 

Net regulatory assets (liabilities)

$

(1,354)

$

(1,329)

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(a)Not earning a return in the regulatory rate-setting process.

(b)Recovery/refund is specifically authorized by statute or by the PUCT, subject to reasonableness review.

(c)Represents unfunded liabilities recorded in accordance with pension and OPEB accounting standards.