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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER  
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER

 

7.ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER

 

December 31,

 

2015

 

2014

 

(millions of Canadian dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

Unbilled revenues

 

2,476

 

2,218

 

Trade receivables

 

1,079

 

1,168

 

Taxes receivable

 

175

 

522

 

Regulatory assets

 

216

 

567

 

Short-term portion of derivative assets (Note 24)

 

791

 

568

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

181

 

103

 

Current deferred income taxes (Note 25)

 

367

 

245

 

Dividends receivable

 

26

 

26

 

Other

 

164

 

129

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(45

)

(42

)

 

 

5,430

 

5,504

 

 

Pursuant to a Receivables Purchase Agreement (the Receivables Agreement) executed in 2013, certain trade and accrued receivables (the Receivables) have been sold by certain of EEP’s subsidiaries to an Enbridge wholly-owned special purpose entity (SPE). The Receivables owned by the SPE are not available to Enbridge except through its 100% ownership in such SPE. The Receivables Agreement provides for purchases to occur on a monthly basis through to December 2016, provided accumulated purchases net of collections do not exceed US$450 million at any one point. The value of trade and accrued receivables outstanding owned by the SPE totalled US$317 million ($439 million) and US$378 million ($439 million) as at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.