Income Tax Expense (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Expense [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2017			2016
Millions
Current Tax Expense (a)
Federal	—			—
State		$0.1		$0.1
Total Current Tax Expense		$0.1		$0.1
Deferred Tax Expense
Federal	$7.3				$4.6
State	5.9			4.8
Investment Tax Credit Amortization	(0.2		)	(0.2		)
Total Deferred Tax Expense	$13.0				$9.2
Total Income Tax Expense	$13.1				$9.3

(a) For the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, the federal and state current tax expense was minimal due to NOLs which resulted from the bonus depreciation provisions of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

Reconciliation of Taxes from Federal Statutory Rate to Total Income Tax Expense [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
Reconciliation of Taxes from Federal Statutory	March 31,
Rate to Total Income Tax Expense	2017			2016
Millions
Income Before Non-Controlling Interest and Income Taxes		$62.1			$55.7
Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate	35		%	35		%
Income Taxes Computed at 35 percent Statutory Federal Rate		$21.7			$19.5
Increase (Decrease) in Tax Due to:
State Income Taxes – Net of Federal Income Tax Benefit	3.9			3.2
Production Tax Credits	(13.0		)	(13.9		)
Regulatory Differences for Utility Plant	0.1			(0.1		)
Other	0.4			0.6
Total Income Tax Expense		$13.1			$9.3