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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | NOTE 14. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, consisted of the following as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (dollars in thousands):
|  | September 30, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Unfunded benefit obligation for pensions and other postretirement benefit plans - net of taxes of $2,556 and $2,727, respectively |  | $ | 9,614 |  |  | $ | 10,259 |
The following table details the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income by component for the three and nine months ended September 30 (dollars in thousands).
|  | Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Components (Affected Line Item in Statement of Income) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Amortization of defined benefit pension items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of net prior service cost (a) |  | $ | (200 | ) |  | $ | (200 | ) |  | $ | (600 | ) |  | $ | (600 | )
Amortization of net loss (a) |  |  | 3,120 |  |  |  | 3,852 |  |  |  | 9,341 |  |  |  | 11,268 |
Adjustment due to effects of regulation (a) |  |  | (2,642 | ) |  |  | (3,447 | ) |  |  | (7,925 | ) |  |  | (10,057 | )
Total before tax (b) |  |  | 278 |  |  |  | 205 |  |  |  | 816 |  |  |  | 611 |
Tax expense (b) |  |  | (58 | ) |  |  | (43 | ) |  |  | (171 | ) |  |  | (128 | )
Net of tax (b) |  | $ | 220 |  |  | $ | 162 |  |  | $ | 645 |  |  | $ | 483 |
| (a) | These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost (see Note 6 for additional details).
| (b) | Description is also the affected line item on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income

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