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Related-Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related-Party Transactions
RELATED–PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The following represent EFIH's significant related-party transactions. Also see Note 10 for a discussion of EFH Corp. and TCEH debt securities held by EFIH.

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EFH Corp. allocates expense to EFIH for management fees owed by EFH Corp. to the Sponsor Group. This expense, which is reported in SG&A expenses, totaled zero and $3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. There was no allocation of fees to EFIH for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. Beginning with the quarterly management fee due December 31, 2013, the Sponsor Group, while reserving the right to receive the fees, directed EFH Corp. to suspend payments of the management fees for an indefinite period. Accordingly, EFIH did not reimburse EFH Corp. for the allocated management fees. Effective with the Petition Date, EFH Corp. suspended allocations of such fees to EFIH. Fees accrued as of the Petition Date have been reclassified to liabilities subject to compromise (LSTC).

In addition to amounts paid directly by EFIH, a subsidiary of EFH Corp. allocates costs to EFIH for legal and other consulting services associated with EFIH's debt restructuring activities, and EFIH reimburses the subsidiary for the allocated costs on a monthly basis. The allocated expense, which is reported in SG&A expenses, totaled zero and $4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. There was no allocation of legal and other consulting services costs to EFIH for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

A subsidiary of EFH Corp. bills EFIH for administrative services at cost, and EFIH reimburses the subsidiary for the allocated costs on a monthly basis. This expense, which is reported in SG&A expenses, totaled $2 million and $3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. There was no allocation of administrative service costs to EFIH for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

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EFH Corp. files consolidated federal income tax and Texas state margin tax returns, and under a Federal and State Income Tax Allocation Agreement, allocates income taxes to EFIH substantially as if it were filing its own corporate income tax returns. At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, EFIH had current income tax receivables from EFH Corp. totaling $211 million and $110 million, respectively, both of which were fully reserved (see Note 4). EFIH made no income tax payments to EFH Corp. for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. EFIH's income tax payments to EFH Corp. totaled $3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. See discussion below in this note regarding allocation of income tax liabilities to Oncor Holdings and Oncor.

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At December 31, 2012, EFH Corp. had demand notes payable (TCEH Demand Notes) to TCEH totaling $698 million arising from borrowings used to fund EFH Corp. debt principal and interest payments and net borrowings for general corporate purposes. EFIH was a guarantor of these demand notes. EFH Corp. settled the balance of the TCEH Demand Notes in January 2013 using the cash distribution from EFIH discussed in Note 10.

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Affiliates of the Sponsor Group have sold or acquired, and in the future may sell or acquire, debt or debt securities issued by EFIH in open market transactions or through loan syndications.

See Note 7 regarding guarantees and push-down of certain EFH Corp. pre-petition debt and Note 10 regarding distributions to, and contributions from, EFH Corp.

Significant related-party transactions between Oncor Holdings (including its consolidated subsidiary Oncor) and EFH Corp., other affiliates of EFH Corp. and the Sponsor Group are as follows:

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Oncor receives payments from subsidiaries of TCEH for services it provides, principally the delivery of electricity. Revenues recorded by Oncor for these services totaled $281 million and $273 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $746 million and $728 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The fees are based on rates regulated by the PUCT that apply to all REPs. These revenues from subsidiaries of TCEH represented 26% and 28% of Oncor Holdings' operating revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Oncor Holdings' condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 reflect receivables from affiliates totaling $152 million and $135 million, respectively, consisting almost entirely of trade receivables from subsidiaries of TCEH related to these electricity delivery fees.

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Oncor pays EFH Corp. subsidiaries for financial and other administrative services and shared facilities at cost. Such amounts increased Oncor's reported operation and maintenance expense by $8 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 and $23 million and $24 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Under Texas regulatory provisions, the trust fund for decommissioning the Comanche Peak nuclear generation facility (reported on TCEH's condensed consolidated balance sheets) is funded by a delivery fee surcharge collected from REPs by Oncor, as collection agent, and remitted monthly to TCEH. The delivery fee surcharges remitted to TCEH totaled $5 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 and $13 million and $12 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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EFH Corp. files a consolidated federal income tax return that includes Oncor Holdings' results. Oncor is not a member of EFH Corp.'s consolidated tax group, but EFH Corp.'s consolidated federal income tax return includes EFH Corp.'s portion of Oncor's results as a result of EFH Corp.'s equity ownership in Oncor. EFH Corp. also files a consolidated Texas state margin tax return that includes all of Oncor Holdings' and Oncor's results. However, under a Federal and State Income Tax Allocation Agreement, Oncor Holdings and Oncor record their federal income tax and Texas state margin taxes as if Oncor Holdings and Oncor were filing their own corporate income tax returns.

At September 30, 2014, Oncor Holdings had a current payable to EFH Corp. related to federal and state income taxes totaling $56 million, all of which related to Oncor. The Oncor payable to EFH Corp. represented a $38 million federal income tax payable and an $18 million state margin tax payable. At December 31, 2013, Oncor Holdings had a current payable totaling $7 million, which included $5 million payable by Oncor. Oncor's liability at December 31, 2013 consists of a $23 million state margin tax payable net of an $18 million federal income tax receivable.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, Oncor Holdings and Oncor made income tax payments to EFH Corp totaling $17 million and $163 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Oncor Holdings and Oncor made income tax payments to EFH Corp. totaling $24 million and $60 million, respectively. The 2013 net payment included $33 million from Oncor related to the 1997 through 2002 IRS appeals settlement and a $10 million refund paid to Oncor related to the filing of amended Texas franchise tax returns for 1997 through 2001.

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Oncor has requirements in place to assure adequate creditworthiness of any REP to support the REP's obligation to collect securitization bond-related (transition) charges on behalf of Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC. Under these requirements, and as a result of TCEH's credit rating being below investment grade, TCEH is required to post collateral support in an amount equal to estimated transition charges over specified time periods. Accordingly, at both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, TCEH had posted letters of credit and/or cash in the amount of $9 million for Oncor's benefit.

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Oncor and Texas Holdings agreed to the terms of a stipulation with major interested parties to resolve all outstanding issues in the PUCT review related to the Merger. As part of this stipulation, TCEH would be required to post a letter of credit in an amount equal to $170 million to secure its payment obligations to Oncor in the event, which has not occurred, two or more rating agencies downgrade Oncor's credit rating below investment grade.

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Affiliates of the Sponsor Group have (1) sold or acquired Oncor's debt or debt securities in open market transactions or through loan syndications, and (2) performed various financial advisory, dealer, commercial banking and investment banking services for Oncor and certain of its affiliates for which they have received customary fees and expenses.

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Oncor has participated in plans sponsored by EFH Corp. that provide pension, health care and other retiree benefits. Accordingly, Oncor Holdings' consolidated financial statements have reflected allocations to Oncor of amounts related to these retiree benefit plans. In accordance with an agreement between EFH Corp. and Oncor, Oncor ceased participation in EFH Corp.'s OPEB plan effective July 1, 2014 and established its own OPEB plan for Oncor's eligible existing and future retirees and their dependents. Additionally, the Oncor plan participants include those former participants in the EFH Corp. OPEB plan whose employment included service with both Oncor (or a predecessor regulated electricity business) and EFH Corp.'s competitive businesses (split service participants). Under the agreement, EFH Corp. will retain the liability for split service participants' benefits related to their years of service with the competitive business. The methodology for OPEB cost allocations between EFH Corp. and Oncor has not changed, and the plan separation does not materially affect the net assets or cash flows of EFIH.

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Until June 30, 2014, Oncor employees participated in a health and welfare benefit program offered by EFH Corp. In connection with Oncor establishing its own health and welfare benefits program, Oncor agreed to pay EFH Corp. $1 million to reimburse EFH Corp. for its increased costs of providing benefits under the EFH Corp. program as a result of Oncor's withdrawal and to compensate EFH Corp. for the administrative work related to the transition. This amount was paid in June 2014.

Oncor's retained liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) relates to the nonrecoverable portion of the unfunded obligation of EFH Corp.'s pension plan. In the first quarter 2014, TCEH contributed $20 million to the EFH Corp. pension plan assets, resulting in the plan being fully funded as calculated under the provisions of ERISA.