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Financing: Shareholder Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (Details)	Dec. 31, 2022 shares
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Unissued Shares Available	74,198
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Percent of recent average market price	100.00%

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.29)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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