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Regulatory Matters - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Regulated Operations [Abstract] |  |
Authorized revenue, threshold percentage | 2.00% |
Regulatory assets, net not earning a return | $ 48,954 | $ 52,066

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- Definition Remaining balance of regulatory assets for which no return on investment during recovery is provided. In some cases, a regulator may permit an enterprise to include a cost that would be charged to expense by an unregulated enterprise as an allowable cost over a period of time by amortizing that cost for rate-making purposes, but the regulator does not include the unrecovered amount in the rate base. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Topic 980 -SubTopic 340 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481878/980-340-50-1 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 980 -SubTopic 340 -Section 55 -Paragraph 2 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481849/980-340-55-2 + Details
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