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Fair Value (Carrying Value And Estimated Fair Value Of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | $ 1,077,127 | $ 1,048,661
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Reported Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | 951,000 | 951,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | 690,772 | 675,251
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Reported Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | $ 677,000 | 677,000
Secured and Unsecured Debt [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Offered Quotes | $ 100.0 |
Alaska Electric Light & Power [Member] | Capital Lease Obligations [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Capital Lease Obligations | $ 62,200 | 62,800
Alaska Electric Light & Power [Member] | Capital Lease Obligations [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Reported Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Capital Lease Obligations | 61,556 | 62,160
Affiliated Entity [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | 38,145 | 38,660
Affiliated Entity [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Reported Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term Debt, Fair Value | $ 51,547 | $ 51,547
Minimum [Member] | Secured and Unsecured Debt [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Offered Quotes | $ 74.00 |
Maximum [Member] | Secured and Unsecured Debt [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair Value Inputs, Offered Quotes | $ 129.85 |

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- Definition Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6455398&loc=d3e45280-112737 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(16)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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- Definition Price at which a dealer is willing to buy an instrument, used as an input to measure fair value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. + References No definition available. + Details
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