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Long-term debt (Details) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Long-term debt (Details) $ in Millions	Aug. 24, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 CAD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 18, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 17, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Long-term debt
Less: unamortized discount					$ (4,100,000)					$ (5,800,000)
Less: unamortized deferred financing costs					(4,200,000)					(4,700,000)
Less: current maturities					(91,000,000.0)					(76,400,000)
Total long-term debt					399,700,000					473,500,000
Current maturities					(91,000,000.0)					(76,400,000)
Term loan maturity		2 years
Payments of Financing Costs			$ 1,600,000
Shelf Registration authorized amount	$ 250,000,000
Availability of future shelf registration period	3 years
Senior secured term loans \| APLP Holdings
Long-term debt
Minimum percentage of variable rate base		1.00%
Applicable margin (as a percent)		2.50%
Write-off of deferred financing costs		$ 500,000
Debt repriced								$ 380.0
Interest rate margin reduction due to repricing, as a percent		0.25%
Interest rate margin additional reduction due to repricing, as a percent		0.25%
Payments of Financing Costs			$ 700,000
Cadillac term loan, due 2025
Long-term debt
Debt service coverage ratio			1.20%
Debt service coverage ratio, consecutive term			4
Debt service coverage projected ratio			1.20%
Debt service coverage projected ratio, consecutive term			4
Revolver \| APLP Holdings
Long-term debt
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding					0
Borrowing capacity						$ 180,000,000	$ 200,000,000
Payments of Financing Costs			$ 900,000
Letters of credit \| APLP Holdings
Long-term debt
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding					78,000,000.0
Maximum \| Senior secured term loans \| APLP Holdings
Long-term debt
Leverage ratio as defined in Credit Agreement								2.75
Maximum \| Revolver \| APLP Holdings
Long-term debt
Borrowing capacity						210,000,000
Upsizing borrowing capacity						$ 30,000,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Senior secured term loan facility, due 2025
Long-term debt
Minimum percentage of variable rate base			1.00%
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior secured term loan facility, due 2025
Long-term debt
Long-term Debt, Gross					326,000,000.0					380,000,000.0
Current maturities					(88,000,000.0)					(72,500,000)
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior unsecured notes, due June 2036
Long-term debt
Long-term Debt, Gross				$ 210.0	$ 157,400,000				$ 210.0	161,700,000
Interest rate (as a percent)				5.95%	5.95%
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Cadillac term loan, due 2025
Long-term debt
Long-term Debt, Gross					$ 15,600,000					18,700,000
Current maturities					$ (3,000,000.0)					$ (3,900,000)
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Senior secured term loan facility, due 2025
Long-term debt
Applicable margin (as a percent)			2.50%
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Cadillac term loan, due 2025
Long-term debt
Applicable margin (as a percent)			1.61%