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Selected Balance Sheet Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Selected Balance Sheet Information [Abstract] |
Account Receivable Schedule | Following is a summary of Accounts receivable, net included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) as of:
| September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Accounts receivable, trade | $ | 108,351 |  |  | $ | 144,747 |
Unbilled revenue | 60,736 |  |  | 113,502 |
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (8,609) |  |  | (2,444) |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 160,478 |  |  | $ | 255,805 |
Financing Receivable, Current, Allowance for Credit Loss | Changes to allowance for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  |  | Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Recoveries and Other Additions |  | Write-offs and Other Deductions |  | Balance at September 30,
2020 |  | $ | 2,444 |  |  |  |  | $ | 8,471 |  | (a) | $ | 3,720 |  |  | $ | (6,026) |  |  | $ | 8,609 |
2019 |  | $ | 3,209 |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,637 |  |  | $ | 2,742 |  |  | $ | (8,429) |  |  | $ | 3,159 |
Materials, Supplies, and Fuel Schedule | The following amounts by major classification are included in Materials, supplies and fuel on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) as of:
| September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Materials and supplies | $ | 93,069 |  |  | $ | 82,809 |
Fuel - Electric Utilities | 1,745 |  |  | 2,425 |
Natural gas in storage | 31,544 |  |  | 31,938 |
Total materials, supplies and fuel | $ | 126,358 |  |  | $ | 117,172 |
Accrued Liabilities Schedule | The following amounts by major classification are included in Accrued liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) as of:
| September 30, 2020 | December 31, 2019
Accrued employee compensation, benefits and withholdings | $ | 65,309 |  | $ | 62,837 |
Accrued property taxes | 40,624 |  | 44,547 |
Customer deposits and prepayments | 59,510 |  | 54,728 |
Accrued interest | 46,044 |  | 31,868 |
Other (none of which is individually significant) | 32,523 |  | 32,787 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 244,010 |  | $ | 226,767 |

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