XML 38 R27.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT

Regulatory Matters (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

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