COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

		NVE
	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		Thereafter		Total
Purchased Power	$	492	$	427	$	416	$	425	$	433	$	3,081	$	5,274
Purchased Power - not commercially operable		75		119		204		239		247		5,360		6,244
Coal & Natural Gas		376		187		58		55		39		119		834
Transportation		168		217		218		155		146		1,779		2,683
Long-Term Service Agreements		49		21		21		20		17		71		199
Capital Projects		129		59		-		-		-		-		188
Operating Leases		18		17		16		11		6		74		142
Total Commitments	$	1,307	$	1,047	$	933	$	905	$	888	$	10,484	$	15,564

		NPC
	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		Thereafter		Total
Purchased Power	$	385	$	318	$	297	$	302	$	305	$	2,152	$	3,759
Purchased Power - Not Commercially Operable		75		119		204		239		247		5,360		6,244
Coal & Natural Gas		261		127		39		39		39		119		624
Transportation		85		138		158		111		111		1,601		2,204
Long-Term Service Agreements		41		16		16		15		12		55		155
Capital Projects		87		54		-		-		-		-		141
Operating Leases		10		9		9		6		5		41		80
Total Commitments	$	944	$	781	$	723	$	712	$	719	$	9,328	$	13,207

		SPPC
	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		Thereafter		Total
Purchased Power	$	177	$	126	$	119	$	123	$	128	$	929	$	1,602
Coal & Natural Gas		115		60		19		16		-		-		210
Transportation		83		78		59		44		35		178		477
Long-Term Service Agreements		8		5		5		5		5		16		44
Capital Projects		42		5		-		-		-		-		47
Operating Leases		6		5		4		3		2		33		53
Total Commitments	$	431	$	279	$	206	$	191	$	170	$	1,156	$	2,433

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are not recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and significant terms of an unconditional purchase obligation; the amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the obligation as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the aggregate and, if determinable, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years; the nature of any variable components of the obligation; the amount purchased under the obligation (for example, the take-or-pay or throughput contract) for the reporting period; and may include the amount of imputed interest necessary to reduce the obligation to present value.

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