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Pension Plans And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Pension Benefits								Other Postretirement Benefits
	2019				2018				2019				2018
Service cost (a)	$	4,874			$	5,450			$	772			$	804
Interest cost	7,138				6,466				1,372				1,197
Expected return on plan assets	(7,815		)		(8,250		)		(718		)		(500		)
Amortization of prior service cost	75				75				(275		)		(815		)
Net loss recognition	2,415				2,088				1,246				1,655
Net periodic benefit cost	$	6,687			$	5,829			$	2,397			$	2,341

(a) Total service costs in the table above are recorded to the same accounts as labor expense. Labor and benefits expense is recorded to various projects based on whether the work is a capital project or an operating expense. Approximately 40 percent of all labor and benefits is capitalized to utility property and 60 percent is expensed to utility other operating expenses.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (h)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108410482&loc=d3e1928-114920

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