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Derivatives and Risk Management - Schedule of Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes (Details) MWh in Thousands, MMBTU in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 MWh MMBTU	Dec. 31, 2020 MWh MMBTU
Purchase [Member] | Physical [Member] | Electric Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MWh	3	1
2022 | MWh	0	0
2023 | MWh	0	0
2024 | MWh	0	0
2025 | MWh	0	0
Purchase [Member] | Physical [Member] | Gas Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MMBTU	7,434	10,353
2022 | MMBTU	450	450
2023 | MMBTU	0	0
2024 | MMBTU	0	0
2025 | MMBTU	0	0
Purchase [Member] | Financial [Member] | Electric Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MWh	92	224
2022 | MWh	0	0
2023 | MWh	0	0
2024 | MWh	0	0
2025 | MWh	0	0
Purchase [Member] | Financial [Member] | Gas Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MMBTU	48,028	65,188
2022 | MMBTU	29,345	25,525
2023 | MMBTU	6,920	4,950
2024 | MMBTU	0	0
2025 | MMBTU	0	0
Sales [Member] | Physical [Member] | Electric Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MWh	40	17
2022 | MWh	0	0
2023 | MWh	0	0
2024 | MWh	0	0
2025 | MWh	0	0
Sales [Member] | Physical [Member] | Gas Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MMBTU	8,045	5,448
2022 | MMBTU	1,360	1,360
2023 | MMBTU	1,360	1,360
2024 | MMBTU	1,370	1,370
2025 | MMBTU	1,115	1,115
Sales [Member] | Financial [Member] | Electric Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MWh	754	451
2022 | MWh	0	0
2023 | MWh	0	0
2024 | MWh	0	0
2025 | MWh	0	0
Sales [Member] | Financial [Member] | Gas Derivative [Member]
Energy Commodity Derivative Volumes [Line Items]
2021 | MMBTU	29,520	39,273
2022 | MMBTU	12,950	12,030
2023 | MMBTU	1,970	900
2024 | MMBTU	0	0
2025 | MMBTU	0	0

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