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Regulatory Matters: BVES General Rate Case and Renewables Portfolio Standard (Details) (GSWC, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 BVES General Rate Case
Regulatory matters:
Net regulatory assets	$ 103,616	$ 122,681
Portion of deferred rate case costs required to be written off, if DRA prevails			50.00%
Percentage of deferred rate case cost to be borne by shareholders			50.00%

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The net amount of all regulatory assets less all regulatory liabilities as of the end of the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 980

-SubTopic 340

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6499975&loc=d3e44250-110382

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