Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income taxes included in the consolidated financial statements were as follows for the periods presented (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
ENLC income tax expense	$	3.0	$	0.2
Total income tax expense	$	3.0	$	0.2

Reconciliation of Total Income Tax Expense to Income before Income Taxes

The following schedule reconciles total income tax expense and the amount calculated by applying the statutory U.S. federal tax rate to income before income taxes (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Tax expense (benefit) at statutory federal rate (35%)	$	0.4		$	(160.5	)
State income taxes benefit, net of federal tax benefit	—			(14.9		)
Income tax expense from partnership	0.5			1.0
Unit-based compensation (1)	2.3			—
Non-deductible expense related to asset impairment	—			173.9
Other	(0.2		)	0.7
Total income tax expense	$	3.0		$	0.2

(1) Relates to tax deficiencies recorded on vested units, which are recognized on the income statement in accordance with the adoption of ASU 2016-09.