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Regulatory Matters (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

We had the following regulatory assets and liabilities (in thousands):


	As of			As of
	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Regulatory assets
Winter Storm Uri (a)	$	253,835		$	347,980
Deferred energy and fuel cost adjustments (b)		79,020			72,580
Deferred gas cost adjustments (b)		16,047			12,147
Gas price derivatives (b)		-			8,793
Deferred taxes on AFUDC (b)		7,482			7,333
Employee benefit plans and related deferred taxes (c)		88,710			89,259
Environmental (b)		1,341			1,343
Loss on reacquired debt (b)		18,764			19,213
Deferred taxes on flow through accounting (b)		74,022			69,529
Decommissioning costs (b)		2,850			3,472
Other regulatory assets (b)		19,798			21,332
Total regulatory assets		561,869			652,981
Less current regulatory assets		(214,838	)		(260,312	)
Regulatory assets, non-current	$	347,031		$	392,669

Regulatory liabilities
Deferred energy and gas costs (b)	$	106,030		$	41,722
Employee benefit plan costs and related deferred taxes (c)		33,839			34,258
Cost of removal (b)		177,453			175,614
Excess deferred income taxes (c)		248,126			254,833
Other regulatory liabilities (c)		11,613			12,146
Total regulatory liabilities		577,061			518,573
Less current regulatory liabilities		(110,100	)		(46,013	)
Regulatory liabilities, non-current	$	466,961		$	472,560

(a)

Timing of Winter Storm Uri incremental cost recovery and associated carrying costs vary by jurisdiction.

(b)

Recovery or repayment of costs, but we are not allowed a rate of return.

(c)

In addition to recovery or repayment of costs, we are allowed a return on a portion of this amount or a reduction in rate base.