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Regulatory Matters (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

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


	As of			As of
	June 30, 2023			December 31, 2022
Regulatory assets
Winter Storm Uri	$	233,299		$	347,980
Deferred energy and fuel cost adjustments		68,708			72,580
Deferred gas cost adjustments		8,777			12,147
Gas price derivatives		-			8,793
Deferred taxes on AFUDC		7,305			7,333
Employee benefit plans and related deferred taxes		88,203			89,259
Environmental		1,346			1,343
Loss on reacquired debt		18,315			19,213
Deferred taxes on flow through accounting		74,165			69,529
Decommissioning costs		2,406			3,472
Other regulatory assets		21,147			21,332
Total regulatory assets		523,671			652,981
Less current regulatory assets		(198,443	)		(260,312	)
Regulatory assets, non-current	$	325,228		$	392,669

Regulatory liabilities
Deferred energy and gas costs	$	99,649		$	41,722
Employee benefit plan costs and related deferred taxes		33,065			34,258
Cost of removal		178,668			175,614
Excess deferred income taxes		250,728			254,833
Other regulatory liabilities		9,378			12,146
Total regulatory liabilities		571,488			518,573
Less current regulatory liabilities		(101,979	)		(46,013	)
Regulatory liabilities, non-current	$	469,509		$	472,560