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REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILTIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of regulatory assets and liabilities | Regulatory assets and liabilities were comprised of the following as of December 31:
| Recovery Period |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Regulatory Assets |  |  |  |  |
Pension and retiree group health | Indefinitely |  | $ | 17,607 |  |  | $ | 59,588 |
Property-related temporary differences (tax benefits flowed through to customers) | Indefinitely |  | 130,565 |  |  | 120,365 |
Other accrued benefits | Indefinitely |  | 23,280 |  |  | 21,692 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term accounts receivable | 1-2 years |  | 29,789 |  |  | 33,136 |
Asset retirement obligations, net | Indefinitely |  | 22,935 |  |  | 21,110 |
IRMA long-term accounts receivable | 1-2 years |  | 9,032 |  |  | 14,705 |
Tank coating | 10 years |  | 13,680 |  |  | 14,018 |
Recoverable property losses | 8 years |  | 3,843 |  |  | 4,531 |
PCBA | 1 year |  | 21,500 |  |  | 19,647 |
Other components of net periodic benefit cost | Indefinitely |  | 3,342 |  |  | 6,736 |
General district balancing account receivable | 1 year |  | 568 |  |  | 1,830 |
Customer assistance program (CAP) and Rate support fund (RSF) accounts receivable | 1 year |  | 5,991 |  |  | 5,310 |
Other regulatory assets | Various |  | 3,560 |  |  | 2,708 |
Total Regulatory Assets |  |  | $ | 285,692 |  |  | $ | 325,376 |
Regulatory Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Future tax benefits due to customers |  |  | $ | 135,027 |  |  | $ | 151,011 |
Retiree group health |  |  | 27,294 |  |  | 18,472 |
HCBA |  |  | 9,687 |  |  | 5,320 |
Conservation program |  |  | 7,206 |  |  | 3,837 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term payable |  |  | 143 |  |  | 479 |
Other regulatory liabilities |  |  | 1,071 |  |  | 1,599 |
Total Regulatory Liabilities |  |  | $ | 180,428 |  |  | $ | 180,718 |

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