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Restructuring Restructuring (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Restructuring Project [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the activity within the restructuring related balance sheet accounts during the nine months ended September 30, 2014:
| Accrued Employee Severance |  | Asset Impairments & Net Loss on Sale or Disposal |  | Other Accrued Costs |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance, January 1, 2014 | $ | 32,709 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,632 |  |  | $ | 36,341 |
Costs incurred and charged to expense | (5,495 | ) |  | — |  |  | 3,284 |  |  | (2,211 | )
Cash payments | (11,177 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,172 | ) |  | (13,349 | )
Non-cash items | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Effect of change in exchange rates | (1,529 | ) |  | — |  |  | (109 | ) |  | (1,638 | )
Ending balance, September 30, 2014 | $ | 14,508 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,635 |  |  | $ | 19,143 |
2013 Project [Member] |
Restructuring Project [Line Items] |
Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | The total expected restructuring costs, the restructuring costs recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, and the remaining expected restructuring costs as of September 30, 2014 were as follows:
| Total Expected Costs at September 30, 2014 |  | Costs Recognized in Prior Periods |  | Costs Recognized During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 |  | Remaining Costs to be Recognized at September 30, 2014
| (in thousands)
Employee severance costs | $ | 23,691 |  |  | $ | 29,186 |  |  | $ | (5,495 | ) |  | $ | — |
Asset impairments | 1,232 |  |  | 1,232 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other restructuring costs | 3,965 |  |  | 681 |  |  | 3,284 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 28,888 |  |  | $ | 31,099 |  |  | $ | (2,211 | ) |  | $ | — |
Segments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electricity | $ | 15,512 |  |  | $ | 24,056 |  |  | $ | (8,544 | ) |  | $ | — |
Gas | 4,107 |  |  | 4,369 |  |  | (262 | ) |  | — |
Water | 3,130 |  |  | 1,957 |  |  | 1,173 |  |  | — |
Corporate unallocated | 6,139 |  |  | 717 |  |  | 5,422 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 28,888 |  |  | $ | 31,099 |  |  | $ | (2,211 | ) |  | $ | — |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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