the company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to tax positions as a component of income tax expense and accounts for sales tax collected from customers and remitted to taxing authorities on a net basis . allowance for funds used during construction afudc is a non-cash credit to income with a corresponding charge to utility plant that represents the cost of borrowed funds or a return on equity funds devoted to plant under construction . the regulated utility subsidiaries record afudc to the extent permitted by the pucs . the portion of afudc attributable to borrowed funds is shown as a reduction of interest , net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations . any portion of afudc attributable to equity funds would be included in other income ( expenses ) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations . afudc is summarized in the following table for the years ended december 31: .

Table:
 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013
allowance for other funds used during construction | $ 13 | $ 9 | $ 13
allowance for borrowed funds used during construction | 8 | 6 | 6
environmental costs the company 2019s water and wastewater operations are subject to u.s .
federal , state , local and foreign requirements relating to environmental protection , and as such , the company periodically becomes subject to environmental claims in the normal course of business .
environmental expenditures that relate to current operations or provide a future benefit are expensed or capitalized as appropriate .
remediation costs that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations are accrued , on an undiscounted basis , when it is probable that these costs will be incurred and can be reasonably estimated .
remediation costs accrued amounted to $ 1 and $ 2 as of december 31 , 2015 and 2014 , respectively .
the accrual relates entirely to a conservation agreement entered into by a subsidiary of the company with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration ( 201cnoaa 201d ) requiring the company to , among other provisions , implement certain measures to protect the steelhead trout and its habitat in the carmel river watershed in the state of california .
the company has agreed to pay $ 1 annually from 2010 to 2016 .
the company 2019s inception-to-date costs related to the noaa agreement were recorded in regulatory assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of december 31 , 2015 and 2014 and are expected to be fully recovered from customers in future rates .
derivative financial instruments the company uses derivative financial instruments for purposes of hedging exposures to fluctuations in interest rates .
these derivative contracts are entered into for periods consistent with the related underlying exposures and do not constitute positions independent of those exposures .
the company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes and does not use leveraged instruments .
all derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at fair value .
on the date the derivative contract is entered into , the company may designate the derivative as a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability ( fair-value hedge ) or a hedge of a forecasted transaction or of the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability ( cash-flow hedge ) .
changes in the fair value of a fair-value hedge , along with the gain or loss on the underlying hedged item , are recorded in current-period earnings .
the effective portion of gains and losses on cash-flow hedges are recorded in other comprehensive income , until earnings are affected by the variability of cash flows .
any ineffective portion of designated hedges is recognized in current-period earnings .
cash flows from derivative contracts are included in net cash provided by operating activities in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows. .

Question: what was the growth in allowance for other funds used during construction from 2013 to 2014
Answer: -44.4%
Calculation: subtract(const_9, 13), divide(#0, const_9)