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Selected Balance Sheet Information | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Selected Balance Sheet Information [Abstract] |
Selected Balance Sheet Information | (13) Selected Balance Sheet Information Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses Following is a summary of Accounts receivable, net included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) as of:
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |
Billed Accounts Receivable | $ | 164,171 |  | $ | 267,571 |
Unbilled Revenue |  | 66,478 |  |  | 243,574 |
Less: Allowance for Credit Losses |  | (1,819 | ) |  | (2,953 | )
Account Receivable, net | $ | 228,830 |  | $ | 508,192 |
Changes to allowance for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, 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, |
2023 | $ | 2,953 |  | $ | 7,195 |  | $ | 2,445 |  | $ | (10,774 | ) | $ | 1,819 |
2022 | $ | 2,113 |  | $ | 6,473 |  | $ | 2,117 |  | $ | (8,768 | ) | $ | 1,935 |
Materials, Supplies and Fuel The following amounts by major classification are included in Materials, supplies and fuel on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) as of:
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |
Materials and supplies | $ | 104,945 |  | $ | 99,734 |
Fuel - Electric Utilities |  | 7,674 |  |  | 3,115 |
Natural gas in storage |  | 55,460 |  |  | 104,572 |
Total materials, supplies and fuel | $ | 168,079 |  | $ | 207,421 |
Accrued Liabilities The following amounts by major classification are included in Accrued liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) as of:
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |
Accrued employee compensation, benefits and withholdings | $ | 65,620 |  | $ | 62,890 |
Accrued property taxes |  | 46,309 |  |  | 52,430 |
Customer deposits and prepayments |  | 57,100 |  |  | 47,655 |
Accrued interest |  | 49,314 |  |  | 33,798 |
Other (none of which is individually significant) |  | 39,115 |  |  | 46,684 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 257,458 |  | $ | 243,457 |

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