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Regulatory Matters (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | We had the following regulatory assets and liabilities (in thousands):
| As of |  | As of |
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |
Regulatory assets |  |  |  |
Winter Storm Uri | $ | 225,052 |  | $ | 347,980 |
Deferred energy and fuel cost adjustments |  | 59,129 |  |  | 72,580 |
Deferred gas cost adjustments |  | 8,048 |  |  | 12,147 |
Gas price derivatives |  | 3,849 |  |  | 8,793 |
Deferred taxes on AFUDC |  | 7,180 |  |  | 7,333 |
Employee benefit plans and related deferred taxes |  | 87,423 |  |  | 89,259 |
Environmental |  | 2,868 |  |  | 1,343 |
Loss on reacquired debt |  | 17,865 |  |  | 19,213 |
Deferred taxes on flow through accounting |  | 69,259 |  |  | 69,529 |
Decommissioning costs |  | 2,407 |  |  | 3,472 |
Other regulatory assets |  | 21,779 |  |  | 21,332 |
Total regulatory assets |  | 504,859 |  |  | 652,981 |
Less current regulatory assets |  | (191,746 | ) |  | (260,312 | )
Regulatory assets, non-current | $ | 313,113 |  | $ | 392,669 |
Regulatory liabilities |  |  |  |
Deferred energy and gas costs | $ | 91,273 |  | $ | 41,722 |
Employee benefit plan costs and related deferred taxes |  | 33,006 |  |  | 34,258 |
Cost of removal |  | 179,208 |  |  | 175,614 |
Excess deferred income taxes |  | 250,390 |  |  | 254,833 |
Other regulatory liabilities |  | 9,080 |  |  | 12,146 |
Total regulatory liabilities |  | 562,957 |  |  | 518,573 |
Less current regulatory liabilities |  | (93,988 | ) |  | (46,013 | )
Regulatory liabilities, non-current | $ | 468,969 |  | $ | 472,560 |

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