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Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Mar. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Mar. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash [Abstract]        
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 60.1 $ 45.1 $ 159.0 $ 44.3
Restricted Cash included in Prepayments and Other 7.1 0.3 7.1 0.8
Restricted Cash included in Other Non-Current Assets 7.8 2.3 10.9 20.1
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 75.0 47.7 177.0 65.2
Inventories – Net [Abstract]        
Fuel [1] 17.4 18.7    
Materials and Supplies 60.0 56.1    
Construction of Wind Energy Facilities [2] 119.2 22.9    
Total Inventories – Net 196.6 97.7    
Other Non-Current Assets [Abstract]        
Contract Assets [3] 22.7 23.3    
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset 15.4 16.4    
ALLETE Properties 19.4 19.4    
Restricted Cash, Non-Current 7.8 2.3 $ 10.9 $ 20.1
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 65.4 64.8    
Other 81.7 87.5    
Total Other Non-Current Assets 212.4 213.7    
Other Current Liabilites [Abstract]        
Customer Deposits [4] 28.9 27.2    
PSAs 12.6 12.6    
Manufactured Gas Plant - Current [5] 1.9 12.8    
Fuel Adjustment Clause 4.1 5.0    
Operating Lease Liabilities 4.4 4.8    
Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest [6] 0.0 30.6    
Other 56.9 40.0    
Total Other Current Liabilities 108.8 133.0    
Other Non-Current Liabilities [Abstract]        
Asset Retirement Obligation [7] 189.1 184.5    
PSAs 36.3 39.5    
Manufactured Gas Plant - Non-Current [5] 16.1 5.2    
Operating Lease Liabilities 10.9 11.6    
Other 35.2 40.0    
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities 287.6 280.8    
BNI Energy        
Business Segments [Line Items]        
Other Receivables $ 28.5 $ 28.5    
[1] Fuel consists primarily of coal inventory at Minnesota Power.
[2] Project costs related to ALLETE Clean Energy’s Northern Wind and Red Barn wind projects which are expected to be sold in late 2022 and 2023, respectively. (See Other Current Liabilities.)
[3] Contract Assets consist of payments made to customers as an incentive to execute or extend service agreements. The contract payments are being amortized over the term of the respective agreements as a reduction to revenue.
[4] Primarily related to deposits received by ALLETE Clean Energy for the Northern Wind and Red Barn wind projects which are expected to be sold in late 2022 and 2023, respectively. (See Inventories – Net.)
[5] The manufactured gas plant represents the current liability for remediation of a former manufactured gas plant site located in Superior, Wisconsin, and formerly operated by SWL&P.
[6] Amount reclassified from Non-Controlling Interest in Subsidiaries resulting from the exercise of an option to buy out a non-controlling interest, which was paid in the first quarter of 2022.
[7] The asset retirement obligation is primarily related to our Regulated Operations and is funded through customer rates over the life of the related assets. Additionally, BNI Energy funds its obligation through its cost-plus coal supply agreements for which BNI Energy has recorded a receivable of $28.5 million in Other Non-Current Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2022, ($28.5 million as of December 31, 2021).