Short-Term Credit Arrangements and Borrowings

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Short-Term Credit Arrangements and Borrowings [Abstract]

SHORT-TERM CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS AND BORROWINGS

SHORT-TERM CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS AND BORROWINGS

In August 2010, Detroit Edison entered into an amended and restated $212 million two-year unsecured revolving credit agreement and a new $63 million three-year unsecured revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of 23 banks that may be used for general corporate borrowings, but are intended to provide liquidity support for the Company's commercial paper program. No one bank provides more than 8.25% of the commitment in any facility. Borrowings under the facilities are available at prevailing short-term interest rates.

The above agreements require the Company to maintain a total funded debt to capitalization ratio of no more than 0.65 to 1. In the agreements, “total funded debt” means all indebtedness of the Company and its consolidatedsubsidiaries, including capital lease obligations, hedge agreements and guarantees of third parties' debt, but excluding contingent obligations and nonrecourse and junior subordinated debt. “Capitalization” means the sum of (a) total funded debt plus (b) “consolidated net worth,” which is equal to consolidated total stockholders' equity of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (excluding pension effects under certain FASB statements), as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. At June 30, 2011, the total funded debt to total capitalization ratio for Detroit Edison was 0.53 to 1. Should Detroit Edison have delinquent obligations of at least $50 million to any creditor, such delinquency will be considered a default under its credit agreements. Detroit Edison had $107 million in outstanding short-term borrowings at June 30, 2011.