Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations

[Table of Contents](#i59ca7ab3cc784e42904d434b0008a7a9_10)Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements(Dollars in millions, unless otherwise noted)  
Note 22 — Supplemental Financial Information

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|  | Cash paid (refunded) during the year: |
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
| Interest (net of amount capitalized) | $ | 275  |  |  | $ | 331  |  |  | $ | 373  |  |
| Income taxes (net of refunds) | 426  |  |  | 70  |  |  | (44) |  |

  


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|  | Other non-cash operating activities: |
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
| Pension and non-pension postretirement benefit costs | $ | 123  |  |  | $ | 115  |  |  | $ | 135  |  |
| Allowance for credit losses | 32  |  |  | 17  |  |  | 31  |  |
| Other decommissioning-related activity(a) | (946) |  |  | (659) |  |  | (506) |  |
| Energy-related options(b) | 125  |  |  | 104  |  |  | 22  |  |
| Severance costs | (73) |  |  | 90  |  |  | —  |  |
| Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | (13) |  |  | 128  |  |  | —  |  |
| Amortization of operating ROU asset | 119  |  |  | 155  |  |  | 172  |  |

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(a)Includes the elimination of decommissioning-related activities for the Regulatory Agreement Units except for decommissioning-related impacts that were not offset for the Byron units starting in the second quarter of 2021, including the elimination of operating revenues, ARO accretion, ARC amortization, investment income, and income taxes related to all NDT fund activity for these units. With our September 15, 2021 reversal of the previous decision to retire Byron, we resumed contractual offset for Byron as of that date. See Note 10 — Asset Retirement Obligations for additional information regarding the accounting for nuclear decommissioning and for additional information on the contractual offset suspension for the Byron units.(b)Includes option premiums reclassified to realized at the settlement of the underlying contracts and recorded to results of operations. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets that sum to the total of the same amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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|  | December 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 504  |  |  | $ | 226  |  |  | $ | 303  |  |  | $ | 750  |  |
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents | 72  |  |  | 89  |  |  | 146  |  |  | 153  |  |
| Cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents - Held for Sale | —  |  |  | 12  |  |  | —  |  |  | —  |  |
| Total cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents | $ | 576  |  |  | $ | 327  |  |  | $ | 449  |  |  | $ | 903  |  |

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