INVESTMENT IN AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - ATC - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Investment in ATC
Charges to ATC for services and construction	$ 4.2	$ 4.1
Charges from ATC for network transmission services	87.3	100.8
Refund from ATC per FERC ROE order	$ (28.3)	$ 0.0

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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