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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Asset Retirement Obligation [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of the company's asset retirement obligation | A reconciliation of the Company's liability, which is included in other accrued liabilities and deferred credits and other liabilities - other on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, for the years ended December 31 was as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |
| (In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 375,553 |  | $ | 341,969 |
Liabilities incurred | 25,869 |  | 13,424 |
Liabilities acquired | 486 |  | 1,002 |
Liabilities settled | (7,097 | ) | (3,699 | )
Accretion expense* | 19,789 |  | 18,242 |
Revisions in estimates | 2,975 |  | 4,615 |
Balance at end of year | $ | 417,575 |  | $ | 375,553 |
* | Includes $18.3 million and $16.8 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively, related to regulatory assets.

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