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INCOME TAXES RECONCILIATION (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Reconciliation of federal income taxes to the provision for income taxes reported in the income statement (as a percent)      
Statutory federal income tax rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income tax rate, net (as a percent) 7.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 4.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Benefits and compensation (as a percent) (0.90%)teg_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBenefitsAndCompensation (1.00%)teg_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBenefitsAndCompensation (2.60%)teg_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBenefitsAndCompensation
Other differences, net (as a percent) (0.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (4.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rate (as a percent) 41.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 37.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 33.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Reconciliation of federal income taxes to the provision for income taxes reported in the income statement      
Statutory federal income tax $ 165.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 148.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 124.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net 35.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 15.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 17.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Benefits and compensation (4.3)teg_IncomeTaxReconciliationBenefitsAndCompensation (4.1)teg_IncomeTaxReconciliationBenefitsAndCompensation (9.3)teg_IncomeTaxReconciliationBenefitsAndCompensation
Other differences, net (2.8)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (2.7)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (15.3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Provision for income taxes 193.4us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 158.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 117.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits      
Balance at the beginning of the period 3.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 11.3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 22.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Increase related to tax positions taken in prior years 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 2.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions 0.9us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Decrease related to tax positions taken in prior years (0.1)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (8.7)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions (6.7)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Increase related to tax positions taken in current year 0.5us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0.3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 0.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions
Decrease related to settlements 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities (1.5)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities (5.7)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities
Decrease related to lapse of statutes (0.7)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations (0.2)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations
Balance at the end of the period 3.3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 3.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 11.3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits, additional disclosures      
Accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits 0.3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 0.8us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued  
Accrued penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits 0.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued 0.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued  
Unrecognized tax benefits related to continuing operations that could affect our effective tax rate, if recognized 2.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Reasonable possibility of decrease in unrecognized tax benefits with the next 12 months due to settlement of open examinations $ (1.3)us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit