CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

NOTE 2 — CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less are reported as cash equivalents.

The following is a supplemental disclosure to our statements of cash flows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
(Millions)	2013			2012
Cash paid for interest	$	4.8		$	8.9
Cash received for income taxes	(1.0		)	(33.2		)

Cash received for income taxes decreased $32.2 million primarily due to refunds received in 2012 related to prior year amended tax returns.

Significant noncash transactions were:

	Three Months Ended March 31
(Millions)	2013		2012
Construction costs funded through accounts payable	$	59.8	$	50.2
Equity issued for stock-based compensation plans	18.7		—
Equity issued for reinvested dividends	3.0		—
Risk management asset related to sale of Beaver Falls and Syracuse *	6.8		—

* See Note 5, "Discontinued Operations," for more information.