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Regulatory Matters - Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Currently Earning a Return		No regulatory assets or liabilities are currently earning a return.
Current Regulatory Assets		$ 18.4	$ 18.6
Non-Current Regulatory Assets		320.9	330.1
Total Regulatory Assets		339.3	348.7
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		125.0	125.8
Wholesale and Retail Contra AFUDC [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		56.8	56.8
North Dakota Investment Tax Credits [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		27.4	28.2
Income Taxes [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		19.2	19.1
Plant Removal Obligations [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		18.9	19.1
Deferred Fuel Adjustment Clause [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Current Regulatory Assets		18.4	18.6
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Assets		224.1	226.1
Income Taxes [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Assets	[1]	34.6	33.8
Asset Retirement Obligations [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Assets		27.1	26.0
Cost Recovery Riders [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Assets		20.1	30.5
PPACA Income Tax Deferral [Member]
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Assets		5.0	5.0
Other
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Non-Current Regulatory Assets		10.0	8.7
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities		$ 2.7	$ 2.6
[1] See Note 1. Operations and Significant Accounting Policies – Revision of Prior Balance Sheet.

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The amount for the individual regulatory asset as itemized in a table of regulatory assets as of the end of the period.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized costs of regulated entities that are expected to be recovered through revenue sources within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Such costs are capitalized if they meet both of the following criteria: a. It is probable that future revenue in an amount at least equal to the capitalized cost will result from inclusion of that cost in allowable costs for rate-making purposes. b. Based on available evidence, the future revenue will be provided to permit recovery of the previously incurred cost rather than to provide for expected levels of similar future costs. If the revenue will be provided through an automatic rate-adjustment clause, this criterion requires that the regulator's intent clearly be to permit recovery of the previously incurred cost.

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