New And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,
(in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost for benefits earned	$	115		$	99		$	13		$	12
Interest cost		156			164			19			21
Expected return on plan assets		(162	)		(149	)		(20	)		(19	)
Amortization of transition obligation		-			-			-			6
Amortization of prior service cost		5			5			6			6
Amortization of unrecognized loss		27			31			1			1
Net periodic benefit cost		141			150			19			27
Less: transfer to regulatory account (1)		(57	)		(75	)		-			-
Total	$	84		$	75		$	19		$	27

 ⁽¹⁾ The Utility recorded these amounts to a regulatory account since they are probable of recovery from customers in futures rates.

Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

		Pension and
		Other
		Postretirement
(in millions)		Benefit Plans		Other		Total
Beginning balance (net of total income tax of $101)	$	(105	)	$	4	$	(101	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications (net of total
income tax of $9)		(19	)		6		(13	)
Amounts reclassified from other comprehensive income:
Amortization of prior service cost (net of total income tax of $5) (1)		6			-		6
Amortization of actuarial gains (net of total income tax of $11) (1)		17			-		17
Net current period other comprehensive income		4			6		10
Ending balance (net of total income tax of $94)	$	(101	)	$	10	$	(91	)

 ⁽¹⁾ These other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement costs.  (See the “Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” table above for additional details.)