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Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments |
Schedule of annual minimum required and non-cancelable future payments related to the contractual obligations |
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Purchase obligations |  | 6,991 |  | 5,510
Purchase energy |  | 2,945 |  | 3,567
Total minimum payments required |  | 9,936 |  | 9,077

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