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Components of net periodic benefit cost | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Components of net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |
Components of net periodic benefit cost | Components of net periodic benefit cost
| Pension Benefits
|  | Three months ended March 31,
|  | 2017 | 2016
Service cost |  | $ | 1,224 |  | $ | 1,270 |
Interest cost |  | 3,332 |  | 3,480 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (4,749 | ) | (4,816 | )
Amortization of prior service costs |  | 27 |  | 28 |
Amortization of net loss |  | 1,232 |  | 1,043 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 1,066 |  | $ | 1,005 |
| Other Postretirement Benefits ("OPEB")
|  | Three months ended March 31,
|  | 2017 | 2016
Service cost |  | $ | 247 |  | $ | 330 |
Interest cost |  | 1,366 |  | 1,456 |
Amortization of prior service cost |  | (338 | ) | (695 | )
Amortization of net loss |  | 911 |  | 876 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 2,186 |  | $ | 1,967 |
Employer contributions During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we made contributions of $437 to the qualified defined benefit and unqualified supplemental executive retirement benefit ("SERB") plans that we sponsor.

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