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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Regulatory assets and liabilities were comprised of the following as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
| Recovery Period |  | September 30, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Regulatory Assets |  |  |  |  |
Pension and retiree group health | Indefinitely |  | $ | 59,094 |  |  | $ | 59,588 |
Property-related temporary differences (tax benefits flowed through to customers) | Indefinitely |  | 124,854 |  |  | 120,365 |
Other accrued benefits | Indefinitely |  | 22,744 |  |  | 21,692 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term accounts receivable | 1 - 2 years |  | 34,606 |  |  | 33,136 |
Asset retirement obligations, net | Indefinitely |  | 22,668 |  |  | 21,110 |
IRMA long-term accounts receivable | 1 - 3 years |  | 11,614 |  |  | 14,705 |
Tank coating | 10 years |  | 13,513 |  |  | 14,018 |
Recoverable property losses | 9 years |  | 4,018 |  |  | 4,531 |
PCBA | 1 year |  | 21,178 |  |  | 19,647 |
Other components of net periodic benefit cost | Indefinitely |  | 4,255 |  |  | 6,736 |
General district balancing account receivable | 1 year |  | 511 |  |  | 1,830 |
Low-income rate assistance (LIRA) and Rate support fund (RSF) accounts receivable | 1 year |  | 5,803 |  |  | 5,310 |
Other regulatory assets | Various |  | 3,647 |  |  | 2,708 |
Total Regulatory Assets |  |  | $ | 328,505 |  |  | $ | 325,376 |
Regulatory Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Future tax benefits due to customers |  |  | $ | 152,204 |  |  | $ | 151,011 |
Retiree group health |  |  | 18,472 |  |  | 18,472 |
HCBA |  |  | 8,733 |  |  | 5,320 |
CEBA |  |  | 6,210 |  |  | 3,837 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term payable |  |  | 118 |  |  | 479 |
Other regulatory liabilities |  |  | 1,092 |  |  | 1,599 |
Total Regulatory Liabilities |  |  | $ | 186,829 |  |  | $ | 180,718 |
Short-term regulatory assets and liabilities are excluded from the above table. The short-term regulatory assets were $85.0 million as of September 30, 2021 and $96.2 million as of December 31, 2020. These short-term regulatory assets primarily consist of net WRAM and MCBA, IRMA, and PCBA receivables. The short-term portions of regulatory liabilities were $19.3 million as of September 30, 2021 and $34.6 million as of December 31, 2020. The short-term regulatory liabilities as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 primarily consist of TCJA and HCBA refunds and TCP settlement proceeds

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