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REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILTIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of regulatory assets and liabilities | Regulatory assets and liabilities were comprised of the following as of December 31:
| Recovery Period |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Regulatory Assets |  |  |  |  |
Property-related temporary differences (tax benefits flowed through to customers) | Indefinite |  | 158,486 |  |  | 143,546 |
Other accrued benefits | Indefinite |  | 25,363 |  |  | 24,946 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term accounts receivable | Various |  | 10,738 |  |  | 41,558 |
Asset retirement obligations, net | Indefinite |  | 26,686 |  |  | 24,548 |
Tank coating | Various |  | 19,602 |  |  | 16,395 |
IRMA long-term accounts receivable | 1-2 years |  | 3,430 |  |  | 3,682 |
Recoverable property losses | Various |  | 3,121 |  |  | 3,144 |
PCBA | Various |  | 4,182 |  |  | 19,091 |
General district balancing account receivable | Various |  | 390 |  |  | 377 |
Customer assistance program (CAP) and Rate support fund (RSF) accounts receivable | 1 year |  | 2,459 |  |  | 2,965 |
Other regulatory assets | Various |  | 3,164 |  |  | 3,368 |
Total Regulatory Assets |  |  | $ | 257,621 |  |  | $ | 283,620 |
Regulatory Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Cost of removal |  |  | $ | 447,356 |  |  | $ | 414,061 |
Future tax benefits due to customers |  |  | 118,051 |  |  | 131,155 |
Pension and retiree group health |  |  | 88,728 |  |  | 58,678 |
HCBA |  |  | 3,242 |  |  | 14,318 |
PCBA |  |  | 8,972 |  |  | — |
CEBA |  |  | 1,200 |  |  | 6,036 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term payable |  |  | 2,071 |  |  | 172 |
Other components of net periodic benefit cost |  |  | 10,348 |  |  | 2,475 |
RSF regulatory liability |  |  | 2,116 |  |  | — |
Other regulatory liabilities |  |  | 1,633 |  |  | 845 |
Total Regulatory Liabilities |  |  | $ | 683,717 |  |  | $ | 627,740 |

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