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Business segment data (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Information on the Company's businesses | Information on the Company's segments as of December 31 and for the years then ended was as follows:
| 2020 | 2019 |  | 2018 |
|  | (In thousands) |
External operating revenues: |  |  |
Regulated operations: |  |  |
Electric | $ | 331,538 |  | $ | 351,725 |  | $ | 335,123 |
Natural gas distribution | 847,651 |  | 865,222 |  | 823,247 |
Pipeline | 69,957 |  | 62,357 |  | 54,857 |
| 1,249,146 |  | 1,279,304 |  | 1,213,227 |
Non-regulated operations: |  |  |
Pipeline | 15,389 |  | 21,835 |  | 23,161 |
Construction materials and contracting | 2,177,585 |  | 2,189,651 |  | 1,925,185 |
Construction services | 2,090,685 |  | 1,845,896 |  | 1,369,772 |
Other | (55) |  | 90 |  | 207 |
| 4,283,604 |  | 4,057,472 |  | 3,318,325 |
Total external operating revenues | $ | 5,532,750 |  | $ | 5,336,776 |  | $ | 4,531,552 |
| 2020 | 2019 |  | 2018 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Intersegment operating revenues: |  |  |
Regulated operations: |  |  |
Electric | $ | 491 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Natural gas distribution | 534 |  | — |  | — |
Pipeline | 57,977 |  | 56,037 |  | 50,580 |
| 59,002 |  | 56,037 |  | 50,580 |
Non-regulated operations: |  |  |
Pipeline | 554 |  | 215 |  | 325 |
Construction materials and contracting | 417 |  | 1,066 |  | 669 |
Construction services | 5,038 |  | 3,370 |  | 1,681 |
Other | 11,958 |  | 16,461 |  | 11,052 |
| 17,967 |  | 21,112 |  | 13,727 |
Intersegment eliminations | (76,969) |  | (77,149) |  | (64,307) |
Total intersegment operating revenues | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization: |  |  |
Electric | $ | 62,998 |  | $ | 58,721 |  | $ | 50,982 |
Natural gas distribution | 84,580 |  | 79,564 |  | 72,486 |
Pipeline | 21,669 |  | 21,220 |  | 17,896 |
Construction materials and contracting | 89,626 |  | 77,450 |  | 61,158 |
Construction services | 23,523 |  | 17,038 |  | 15,728 |
Other | 2,704 |  | 2,024 |  | 1,955 |
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization | $ | 285,100 |  | $ | 256,017 |  | $ | 220,205 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |
Electric | $ | 63,434 |  | $ | 64,039 |  | $ | 65,148 |
Natural gas distribution | 73,082 |  | 69,188 |  | 72,336 |
Pipeline | 49,436 |  | 42,796 |  | 36,128 |
Construction materials and contracting | 214,498 |  | 179,955 |  | 141,426 |
Construction services | 147,644 |  | 126,426 |  | 86,764 |
Other | (3,169) |  | (1,184) |  | (79) |
Total operating income | $ | 544,925 |  | $ | 481,220 |  | $ | 401,723 |
Interest expense: |  |  |
Electric | $ | 26,699 |  | $ | 25,334 |  | $ | 25,860 |
Natural gas distribution | 36,798 |  | 35,488 |  | 30,768 |
Pipeline | 7,622 |  | 7,198 |  | 5,964 |
Construction materials and contracting | 20,577 |  | 23,792 |  | 17,290 |
Construction services | 4,095 |  | 5,331 |  | 3,551 |
Other | 883 |  | 1,859 |  | 2,762 |
Intersegment eliminations | (155) |  | (415) |  | (1,581) |
Total interest expense | $ | 96,519 |  | $ | 98,587 |  | $ | 84,614 |
Income tax expense (benefit): |  |  |
Electric | $ | (11,636) |  | $ | (12,650) |  | $ | (6,482) |
Natural gas distribution | 5,746 |  | 1,405 |  | 4,075 |
Pipeline | 7,650 |  | 7,219 |  | 2,677 |
Construction materials and contracting | 47,431 |  | 37,389 |  | 28,357 |
Construction services | 35,797 |  | 29,973 |  | 20,000 |
Other | (398) |  | (57) |  | (1,142) |
Total income expense | $ | 84,590 |  | $ | 63,279 |  | $ | 47,485 |
| 2020 | 2019 |  | 2018 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net income (loss): |  |  |
Regulated operations: |  |  |
Electric | $ | 55,601 |  | $ | 54,763 |  | $ | 47,000 |
Natural gas distribution | 44,049 |  | 39,517 |  | 37,732 |
Pipeline | 35,453 |  | 28,255 |  | 26,905 |
| 135,103 |  | 122,535 |  | 111,637 |
Non-regulated operations: |  |  |
Pipeline | 1,559 |  | 1,348 |  | 1,554 |
Construction materials and contracting | 147,325 |  | 120,371 |  | 92,647 |
Construction services | 109,721 |  | 92,998 |  | 64,309 |
Other | (3,181) |  | (2,086) |  | (761) |
| 255,424 |  | 212,631 |  | 157,749 |
Income from continuing operations | 390,527 |  | 335,166 |  | 269,386 |
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | (322) |  | 287 |  | 2,932 |
Net income | $ | 390,205 |  | $ | 335,453 |  | $ | 272,318 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |
Electric | $ | 114,676 |  | $ | 99,449 |  | $ | 186,105 |
Natural gas distribution | 193,048 |  | 206,799 |  | 205,896 |
Pipeline | 62,224 |  | 71,477 |  | 70,057 |
Construction materials and contracting | 191,635 |  | 190,092 |  | 280,396 |
Construction services | 83,651 |  | 60,500 |  | 25,081 |
Other | 3,045 |  | 8,181 |  | 1,768 |
Total capital expenditures (a) | $ | 648,279 |  | $ | 636,498 |  | $ | 769,303 |
Assets: |  |  |
Electric (b) | $ | 2,123,693 |  | $ | 1,680,194 |  | $ | 1,613,822 |
Natural gas distribution (b) | 2,302,770 |  | 2,574,965 |  | 2,375,871 |
Pipeline | 703,377 |  | 677,482 |  | 616,959 |
Construction materials and contracting | 1,798,493 |  | 1,684,161 |  | 1,508,032 |
Construction services | 818,662 |  | 761,127 |  | 604,798 |
Other (c) | 305,157 |  | 303,279 |  | 266,111 |
Assets held for sale | 1,220 |  | 1,851 |  | 2,517 |
Total assets | $ | 8,053,372 |  | $ | 7,683,059 |  | $ | 6,988,110 |
Property, plant and equipment: |  |  |
Electric (b) | $ | 2,323,403 |  | $ | 2,227,145 |  | $ | 2,148,569 |
Natural gas distribution (b) | 2,868,853 |  | 2,688,123 |  | 2,499,093 |
Pipeline | 821,697 |  | 834,215 |  | 764,959 |
Construction materials and contracting | 2,028,476 |  | 1,910,562 |  | 1,768,006 |
Construction services | 220,796 |  | 213,370 |  | 188,586 |
Other | 37,545 |  | 35,213 |  | 28,108 |
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization | 3,133,831 |  | 2,991,486 |  | 2,818,644 |
Net property, plant and equipment | $ | 5,166,939 |  | $ | 4,917,142 |  | $ | 4,578,677 |
(a) Capital expenditures for 2020, 2019 and 2018 include noncash transactions such as the issuance of the Company's equity securities in connection with acquisitions, capital expenditure-related accounts payable, AFUDC and accrual of holdback payments in connection with acquisitions totaling $(15.7) million, $4.8 million and $33.4 million, respectively. (b) Includes allocations of common utility property. (c) Includes assets not directly assignable to a business (i.e. cash and cash equivalents, certain accounts receivable, certain investments and other miscellaneous current and deferred assets).

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