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Amortization period for the recovery of regulatory asset, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount for the individual regulatory asset as itemized in a table of regulatory assets as of the end of the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 980
-SubTopic 340
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Additional period of time deposit requirements will be waived for residential customers that verbally express financial hardship.

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Amount available for eligible customers through bill payment assistance programs due to COVID-19.

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Number of orders issued in response to COVID-19.

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Period of time after the end of Minnesota's declared peacetime emergency during which the MPUC's COVID-19 order will remain in effect.

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