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DEBT (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Interest Rate Swap Contracts
These interest rate swaps managed the interest rate risk associated with the unsecured Notes issued by ITC Holdings described below and were terminated in June 2016 by us in conjunction with this debt issuance. A summary of the terminated interest rate swaps is provided below:
Interest Rate Swaps
 
Notional Amount
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Rate of
 Interest Rate Swaps
 
Comparable
Reference Rate
of Notes
 
Loss on
Derivative
 
Settlement
Date
(Amounts in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10-year interest rate swaps
 
$
300.0

 
1.99%
 
1.37%
 
$
17.2

 
June 2016
Schedule of Revolving Credit Agreements
At June 30, 2016, ITC Holdings and its Regulated Operating Subsidiaries had the following unsecured revolving credit facilities available:
(amounts in millions)
 Total
Available
Capacity
 
Outstanding
Balance (a)
 
Unused
Capacity
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate on
Outstanding Balance
 
 
Commitment
Fee Rate (b)
ITC Holdings
$
400.0

 
$
7.0

 
$
393.0

(c)
1.7%
(d)
 
0.175
%
ITCTransmission
100.0

 
59.8

 
40.2

 
1.4%
(e)
 
0.10
%
METC
100.0

 
28.9

 
71.1

 
1.4%
(e)
 
0.10
%
ITC Midwest
250.0

 
113.2

 
136.8

 
1.4%
(e)
 
0.10
%
ITC Great Plains
150.0

 
62.6

 
87.4

 
1.4%
(e)
 
0.10
%
Total
$
1,000.0

 
$
271.5

 
$
728.5

 
 
 
 
 
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(a)
Included within long-term debt.
(b)
Calculation based on the average daily unused commitments, subject to adjustment based on the borrower’s credit rating.
(c)
ITC Holdings’ revolving credit agreement may be used for general corporate purposes, including to repay commercial paper issued pursuant to the commercial paper program described above, if necessary. While outstanding commercial paper does not reduce available capacity under ITC Holdings’ revolving credit agreement, the unused capacity under this agreement adjusted for the commercial paper outstanding was $81.0 million as of June 30, 2016.
(d)
Loan bears interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 1.25% or at a base rate, which is defined as the higher of the prime rate, 0.50% above the federal funds rate or 1.00% above the one month LIBOR, plus an applicable margin of 0.25%, subject to adjustments based on ITC Holdings’ credit rating.
(e)
Loans bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 1.00% or at a base rate, which is defined as the higher of the prime rate, 0.50% above the federal funds rate or 1.00% above the one month LIBOR, subject to adjustments based on the borrower’s credit rating.