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Regulatory Matters (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | The following presents our current and long-term regulatory assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and the period we expect to recover or refund such amounts:
| Period of |  | March 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
(in thousands) | Recovery/Refund |  | Current |  | Long-Term |  | Current |  | Long Term
Regulatory Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 1 | Various |  | $ | 7,791 |  |  | $ | 113,663 |  |  | $ | 7,791 |  |  | $ | 114,961 |
Alternative Revenue Program Riders 2 | Up to 2 years |  | 9,280 |  |  | 5,713 |  |  | 11,889 |  |  | 5,564 |
Asset Retirement Obligations 1 | Asset lives |  | — |  |  | 1,098 |  |  | — |  |  | 742 |
ISO Cost Recovery Trackers 1 | Up to 2 years |  | 220 |  |  | 950 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,342 |
Unrecovered Project Costs 1 | Up to 5 years |  | 1,086 |  |  | 1,456 |  |  | 2,136 |  |  | 1,455 |
Deferred Rate Case Expenses 1 | Various |  | 542 |  |  | 1,037 |  |  | 607 |  |  | 1,131 |
Debt Reacquisition Premiums 1 | Up to 11 years |  | 68 |  |  | 234 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 240 |
Fuel Clause Adjustments 1 | Up to 1 year |  | 2,767 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,819 |  |  | — |
Other 1 | Various |  | 16 |  |  | 262 |  |  | — |  |  | 73 |
Total Regulatory Assets |  |  | $ | 21,770 |  |  | $ | 124,413 |  |  | $ | 27,342 |  |  | $ | 125,508 |
Regulatory Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Income Taxes | Asset lives |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 128,042 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 129,437 |
Plant Removal Obligations | Asset lives |  | 8,561 |  |  | 101,850 |  |  | 8,306 |  |  | 101,595 |
Fuel Clause Adjustments | Up to 1 year |  | 5,386 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,554 |  |  | — |
Alternative Revenue Program Riders | Various |  | 6,215 |  |  | 3,986 |  |  | 5,772 |  |  | 3,336 |
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans | Up to 1 year |  | 2,603 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,603 |  |  | — |
Derivative Instruments | Various |  | 4,179 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,214 |  |  | — |
Other | Various |  | 267 |  |  | 111 |  |  | 395 |  |  | 62 |
Total Regulatory Liabilities |  |  | $ | 27,211 |  |  | $ | 233,989 |  |  | $ | 24,844 |  |  | $ | 234,430 |
1 Costs subject to recovery without a rate of return. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2 Amount eligible for recovery includes an incentive or rate of return. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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