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GENERAL INFORMATION - GENERAL (Details) customer in Millions | Mar. 31, 2020 customer
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Electric |
Product information [Line Items] |
Number Of Customers | 1.6
Natural gas |
Product information [Line Items] |
Number Of Customers | 2.9

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