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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule Of Undiscounted Future Expected Power Purchase Agreement Payments

(in millions)
2012	$	608
2013		3,075
2014		3,405
2015		3,418
2016		3,287
Thereafter		39,341
Total	$	53,134

Undiscounted Obligations For Natural Gas Purchases, Gas Transportation Services, And Gas Storage

(in millions)
2012	$	254
2013		535
2014		198
2015		188
2016		153
Thereafter		974
Total	$	2,302

Undiscounted Obligations For Nuclear Fuel Agreements

(in millions)
2012	$	7
2013		84
2014		127
2015		192
2016		147
Thereafter		1,022
Total	$	1,579

Change In Accruals Related To Third-Party Claims

(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2010	$	-
Loss accrued		220
Less: Payments		(6	)
Balance at December 31, 2010		214
Additional loss accrued		155
Less: Payments		(92	)
Balance at December 31, 2011		277
Additional loss accrued		80
Less: Payments		(173	)
Balance at September 30, 2012	$	184

Environmental Remediation Liability Disclosure

(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	785
Additional remediation costs accrued:
Transfer to regulatory account for recovery		119
Amounts not recoverable in customer rates		127
Less: Payments		(118	)
Balance at September 30, 2012	$	913

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Liability

	Balance at
	September 30,			December, 31
(in millions)	2012			2011
Utility-owned natural gas compressor site near Hinkley, California ⁽¹⁾	$	227		$	149
Utility-owned natural gas compressor site near Topock, Arizona ⁽¹⁾		236			218
Utility-owned generation facilities (other than for fossil fuel-fired), other facilities, and third-party disposal sites		162			133
Former MGP sites owned by the Utility or third parties		178			154
Fossil fuel-fired generation facilities formerly owned by the Utility		87			81
Decommissioning fossil fuel-fired generation facilities and sites		23			50
Total environmental remediation liability	$	913		$	785

⁽¹⁾ See “Natural Gas Compressor Sites” below.

The entire disclosure for environmental loss contingencies, such as presence of hazardous waste, relevant information from reports issued by regulators, and estimated costs to achieve compliance with regulatory requirements. This element may be used for all of an entity's disclosures about environmental loss contingencies.

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Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and term of the unconditional purchase obligations; the aggregate amount of payments for each of the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet; and the combined aggregate amount of maturities and sinking fund requirements for all long-term borrowings associated with suppliers' financing arrangements.

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