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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities | Regulatory assets and liabilities were comprised of the following as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| Recovery Period |  | March 31, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Regulatory Assets |  |  |  |  |
Property-related temporary differences (tax benefits flowed through to customers) | Indefinite |  | 158,486 |  |  | 158,486 |
Other accrued benefits | Indefinite |  | 26,975 |  |  | 25,363 |
Net WRAM and Modified Cost Balancing Account (MCBA) long-term accounts receivable | Various |  | 10,490 |  |  | 10,738 |
Asset retirement obligations, net | Indefinite |  | 27,495 |  |  | 26,686 |
IRMA long-term accounts receivable | 1 - 2 years |  | 84,593 |  |  | 3,430 |
MWRAM | 1 year |  | 31,066 |  |  | — |
Tank coating | Various |  | 20,112 |  |  | 19,602 |
Recoverable property losses | Various |  | 2,956 |  |  | 3,121 |
Pension Cost Balancing Account (PCBA) | Various |  | 4,314 |  |  | 4,182 |
Customer assistance program (CAP) and Rate support fund (RSF) accounts receivable | 1 year |  | 10,787 |  |  | 2,459 |
Other regulatory assets | Various |  | 7,227 |  |  | 3,554 |
Total Regulatory Assets |  |  | $ | 384,501 |  |  | $ | 257,621 |
Regulatory Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Cost of removal |  |  | $ | 456,471 |  |  | $ | 447,356 |
Future tax benefits due to customers |  |  | 118,051 |  |  | 118,051 |
Pension and retiree group health |  |  | 102,255 |  |  | 88,728 |
Incremental cost balancing account (ICBA) |  |  | 10,795 |  |  | — |
IRMA long-term regulatory liability |  |  | 6,993 |  |  | — |
Health Cost Balancing Account (HCBA) |  |  | 4,291 |  |  | 3,242 |
PCBA |  |  | 11,220 |  |  | 8,972 |
Conservation Expense Balancing Account |  |  | 1,324 |  |  | 1,200 |
Net WRAM and MCBA long-term payable |  |  | 3,082 |  |  | 2,071 |
Other components of net periodic benefit cost |  |  | 13,300 |  |  | 10,348 |
RSF regulatory liability |  |  | — |  |  | 2,116 |
Other regulatory liabilities |  |  | 2,122 |  |  | 1,633 |
Total Regulatory Liabilities |  |  | $ | 729,904 |  |  | $ | 683,717 |

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