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Balancing and Memorandum Account Recovery Procedures (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Regulated Operations [Abstract] |
Public Utilities General Disclosures | San Jose Water Company met the recognition requirements for certain of its balancing and memorandum accounts and certain amounts subject to balancing and memorandum accounts and increased revenue and regulatory assets as follows:
| Three months ended September 30, 2014 |  | Three months ended September 30, 2013
Beginning Balance |  | Revenue Increase(Reduction) |  | Refunds (Collections) |  | Ending Balance |  | Beginning Balance |  | Revenue Increase(Reduction) |  | Refunds (Collections) |  | Ending Balance
Memorandum accounts | $ | (1,511 | ) |  | (154 | ) |  | 23 |  |  | (1,642 | ) |  | $ | (1,558 | ) |  | (279 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,837 | )
Balancing accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water supply costs | (1,221 | ) |  | 2,477 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | 1,239 |  |  | (1,833 | ) |  | 679 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,154 | )
Pension | 9,672 |  |  | (6,625 | ) |  | (123 | ) |  | 2,924 |  |  | 8,307 |  |  | 825 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,132 |
2012 General Rate Case true-up | — |  |  | 46,456 |  |  | — |  |  | 46,456 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
All others | 1,858 |  |  | (81 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | 1,768 |  |  | 1,314 |  |  | 536 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,850 |
Total balancing accounts | $ | 10,309 |  |  | 42,227 |  |  | (149 | ) |  | 52,387 |  |  | $ | 7,788 |  |  | 2,040 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,828 |
Total | $ | 8,798 |  |  | 42,073 |  |  | (126 | ) |  | 50,745 |  |  | $ | 6,230 |  |  | 1,761 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,991 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2014 |  | Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Beginning Balance |  | Revenue Increase(Reduction) |  | Refunds (Collections) |  | Ending Balance |  | Beginning Balance |  | Revenue Increase(Reduction) |  | Refunds (Collections) |  | Ending Balance
Memorandum accounts | $ | (1,895 | ) |  | 230 |  |  | 23 |  |  | (1,642 | ) |  | $ | (1,887 | ) |  | 928 |  |  | (878 | ) |  | (1,837 | )
Balancing accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water supply costs | (2,378 | ) |  | 3,634 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | 1,239 |  |  | (1,590 | ) |  | 436 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,154 | )
Pension | 9,734 |  |  | (6,687 | ) |  | (123 | ) |  | 2,924 |  |  | 6,657 |  |  | 2,475 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,132 |
2012 General Rate Case true-up | — |  |  | 46,456 |  |  | — |  |  | 46,456 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
All others | 2,229 |  |  | (452 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | 1,768 |  |  | 369 |  |  | 1,481 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,850 |
Total balancing accounts | $ | 9,585 |  |  | 42,951 |  |  | (149 | ) |  | 52,387 |  |  | $ | 5,436 |  |  | 4,392 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,828 |
Total | $ | 7,690 |  |  | 43,181 |  |  | (126 | ) |  | 50,745 |  |  | $ | 3,549 |  |  | 5,320 |  |  | (878 | ) |  | 7,991 |

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