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DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES [Abstract]  
Option Premiums
Option premium amounts included in risk management assets and liabilities for NVE, NPC and SPPC were as follows (dollars in millions):


Option Premiums
                
   
June 30, 2011
  
December 31, 2010
 
   
NVE
  
NPC
  
SPPC
  
NVE
  
NPC
  
SPPC
 
Current Assets
 $0.4  $0.4  $-  $1.9  $1.4  $0.5 
                          
Current Liabilities
 $(0.4) $(0.4) $-  $(0.4) $(0.4) $
Fair Value of Open Derivative Positions
The following table shows the fair value of the open derivative positions recorded on the consolidated balance sheets of NVE, NPC and SPPC and the related regulatory assets and/or liabilities that did not meet the normal purchase and normal sales exception criteria as required by the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the FASC.  Due to regulatory accounting treatment under
 
 
 
which the utilities operate, regulatory assets and liabilities are established to the extent that derivative gains and losses are recoverable or payable through future rates, once realized.  This accounting treatment is intended to defer the recognition of mark-to-market gains and losses on derivative transactions until the period of settlement (dollars in millions):


   
June 30, 2011
  
December 31, 2010
 
Derivative Contracts
 
Level 2
  
Level 2
 
   
NVE
  
NPC
  
SPPC
  
NVE
  
NPC
  
SPPC
 
                    
Risk management assets - current (1)
 $-  $-  $-  $2.1  $2.1  $- 
Risk management liabilities- current (1)
  5.0   4.1   0.9   32.9   22.4   10.5 
Risk management regulatory assets/liabilities - net
 $(5.0) $(4.1) $(0.9) $(30.8) $(20.3) $(10.5)


(1)
When amount is negative it represents a risk management regulatory asset, when positive it represents a risk management regulatory liability.  For the three months ended June 30, 2011, NVE, NPC and SPPC would have recorded cumulative gains of $3.2 million, $2.6 and $0.6 million, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2011 NVE, NPC and SPPC would have recorded gains of $25.8 million, $16.2 and $9.6 million, respectively.  However, as permitted by the Regulated Operations Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, NVE and the Utilities deferred these gains and losses, which are included in the risk management regulatory asset amounts above.
Commodity Volume for Open Derivative Contracts
The following table shows the commodity volume for our open derivative contracts related to natural gas contracts (amounts in millions):


   
June 30, 2011
  
December 31, 2010
 
   
Commodity Volume (MMBTU)
  
Commodity Volume (MMBTU)
 
   
NVE
  
NPC
  
SPPC
  
NVE
  
NPC
  
SPPC
 
                    
Commodity volume liabilities- current (1)
  3.5   3.0   0.5   18.1   12.9   5.2 


(1)
The change in commodity volumes at June 30, 2011, as compared to December 31, 2010, is primarily due to the suspension of the Utilities' hedging program as of October 2009.  As such, the Utilities' exposure to mark-to-market hedging transactions has declined.