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Regulatory Matters (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Regulated Operations [Abstract]

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Regulatory Assets and Liabilities	March 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
Millions
Current Regulatory Assets
Deferred Fuel Adjustment Clause		$18.4				$18.6
Total Current Regulatory Assets	18.4				18.6
Non-Current Regulatory Assets
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans	224.1				226.1
Income Taxes (a)	34.6				33.8
Asset Retirement Obligations	27.1				26.0
Cost Recovery Riders	20.1				30.5
PPACA Income Tax Deferral	5.0				5.0
Other	10.0				8.7
Total Non-Current Regulatory Assets	320.9				330.1
Total Regulatory Assets		$339.3				$348.7
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities
Wholesale and Retail Contra AFUDC		$56.8				$56.8
North Dakota Investment Tax Credits	27.4				28.2
Income Taxes	19.2				19.1
Plant Removal Obligations	18.9				19.1
Other	2.7				2.6
Total Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		$125.0				$125.8

(a) See Note 1. Operations and Significant Accounting Policies – Revision of Prior Balance Sheet.

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The entire disclosure for detailed information about regulatory assets and liabilities, including current and noncurrent assets created when regulatory agencies permit the deferral of costs to the balance sheet that would otherwise be required to appear on the company's income statement and would be charged against current expenses or revenues, as well as current and noncurrent liabilities created when regulatory agencies permit.

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