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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]
Income tax expense consists of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
    Federal
$

 
$
0.3

 
$
2.5

    State and local
0.4

 
0.7

 
1.5

    Total current
0.4

 
1.0

 
4.0

Investment tax credits
(0.3
)
 
(0.3
)
 
(0.3
)
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
    Federal
24.3

 
44.0

 
59.8

    State and local
3.5

 
1.4

 
6.9

    Total deferred
27.8

 
45.4

 
66.7

Valuation allowance
(2.9
)
 
(7.2
)
 
(5.7
)
Total
$
25.0

 
$
38.9

 
$
64.7

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
The following is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate with the effective tax rate for each year:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
U.S. federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax
2.9

 
2.6

 
1.3

Change in valuation allowance, net of federal income tax
(4.4
)
 
(7.1
)
 
(2.4
)
State net operating loss adjustments
2.7

 
0.1

 
2.3

Nondeductible interest expense
15.0

 
13.3

 
3.8

Medicare drug subsidy law change

 
5.8

 

Unrecognized tax benefit changes
2.8

 
5.7

 
0.8

Nondeductible compensation
2.1

 
1.5

 
0.1

Other differences, net
1.2

 
1.0

 
1.0

Effective tax rate
57.3
 %
 
57.9
 %
 
41.9
 %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
The components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
 
December 31,
(dollars in millions)
2011
 
2010
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating loss carryforwards
$
453.9

 
$
445.8

Pension and postretirement benefits
155.0

 
134.6

Other
70.8

 
67.3

Total deferred tax assets
679.7

 
647.7

     Valuation allowance
(58.4
)
 
(60.0
)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
$
621.3

 
587.7

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
$
159.8

 
127.9

Federal deferred liability on state deferred tax assets
7.8

 
8.0

Total deferred tax liabilities
167.6

 
135.9

      Net deferred tax assets
$
453.7

 
$
451.8

Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Table Text Block]
A reconciliation of the unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Balance, beginning of year
$
20.5

 
$
16.7

 
$
15.6

Change in tax positions for the current year
1.3

 
4.0

 
1.1

Change in tax positions for prior years

 
(0.2
)
 

Balance, end of year
$
21.8

 
$
20.5

 
$
16.7