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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Defined contribution plan |
Employer contribution to the plan | $ 1.9 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
Pension Plan |
Employee benefit plans |
Minimum age for eligibility under the Pension Plan | 21 awr_DefinedBenefitPlanMinimumAgeForEligibility / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
Minimum period of service for eligibility under the Pension Plan | 5 years
Normal retirement benefit (as a percent) | 2.00%awr_DefinedBenefitPlanRetirementBenefitPercentage / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
Number of highest consecutive years' average earnings used in computing retirement benefit | 5 years
Maximum number of years of credited service considered in determining retirement benefit | 40 years
Number of participants in the Pension Plan | 977 awr_DefinedBenefitPlanNumberofEmployeesCovered / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
Pension Plan |
Defined contribution plan |
Percentage of participant's eligible pay contributed to the plan by the employer | 5.25%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent / us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanTypeAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
Eligibility for employer matching contributions, period of service | 3 years

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- Definition Represents the minimum age required by the employees to be eligible to participate in the plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the minimum period of service required in order to participate in the plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Defined Benefit Plan, Number of Employees Covered + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the number of highest consecutive years' average earnings used in computing the retirement benefit. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the percentage of normal retirement benefit. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The period of service required in order to be eligible for the employer's matching contributions. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6414718&loc=d3e28014-114942 + Details
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- Definition Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan. + References No definition available. + Details
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