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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Asset Retirement Obligation [Abstract]

Reconciliation of the company's asset retirement obligation

A reconciliation of the Company's liability, which the current portion is included in other accrued liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, for the years ended December 31 was as follows:

			2022			2021
			(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year			$	468,686		$	446,919
Liabilities incurred			5,972			12,454
Liabilities acquired			—			1,805
Liabilities settled			(9,646)			(15,155)
Accretion expense*			23,188			21,214
Revisions in estimates			(77,692)			1,449
Balance at end of year			$	410,508		$	468,686

*Includes $21.8 million and $19.6 million in 2022 and 2021, respectively, recorded to regulatory assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849

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