COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

		NVE
	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		Thereafter		Total
Purchased Power	$	521.9	$	508.6	$	515.7	$	518.9	$	522.4	$	4,555.8	$	7,143.3
Purchased Power - Not Commercially Operable		3.9		90.1		109.4		117.7		118.5		2,836.3		3,275.9
Coal & Natural Gas		472.3		221.8		59.3		43.5		44.4		93.1		934.4
Transportation		139.3		173.7		160.9		142.7		135.1		1,719.3		2,471.0
Long-Term Service Agreements		20.7		20.0		21.4		19.5		18.1		51.1		150.8
Capital Projects		99.7		1.8		0.4		0.0		0.0		0.0		101.9
Operating Leases		17.4		15.8		11.5		6.6		5.3		128.3		184.9
Total Commitments	$	1,275.2	$	1,031.8	$	878.6	$	848.9	$	843.8	$	9,383.9	$	14,262.2

		NPC
	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		Thereafter		Total
Purchased Power	$	430.3	$	411.4	$	416.7	$	417.9	$	419.7	$	3,779.2	$	5,875.2
Purchased Power - Not Commercially Operable		3.9		85.7		103.9		112.1		112.9		2,718.0		3,136.5
Coal & Natural Gas		350.9		160.6		45.8		43.5		44.4		93.1		738.3
Transportation		75.8		115.4		127.8		114.1		110.7		1,601.3		2,145.1
Long-Term Service Agreements		15.6		15.2		15.9		15.0		14.0		32.3		108.0
Capital Projects		94.5		1.2		0.3		0.0		0.0		0.0		96.0
Operating Leases		9.4		8.7		6.1		4.7		4.1		95.0		128.0
Total Commitments	$	980.4	$	798.2	$	716.5	$	707.3	$	705.8	$	8,318.9	$	12,227.1

		SPPC
	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		Thereafter		Total
Purchased Power	$	124.4	$	97.2	$	99.0	$	101.0	$	102.7	$	776.6	$	1,300.9
Purchased Power - Not Commercially Operable		-		4.4		5.5		5.6		5.6		118.3		139.4
Coal & Natural Gas		121.4		61.2		13.5		-		-		-		196.1
Transportation		63.5		58.3		33.1		28.6		24.4		118.0		325.9
Long-Term Service Agreements		5.1		4.8		5.5		4.5		4.1		18.8		42.8
Capital Projects		5.2		0.6		0.1		-		-		-		5.9
Operating Leases		5.5		4.6		3.0		1.9		1.2		33.3		49.5
Total Commitments	$	325.1	$	231.1	$	159.7	$	141.6	$	138.0	$	1,065.0	$	2,060.5

- 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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