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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income tax expense reconciliation

Income tax expense differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory rate on book income subject to tax for the following reasons:

		(Thousands of Dollars)
		Years Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
Income Tax at Statutory Rate		$	9,786			$	8,638			$	7,420
Tax Effect of:
Utility Plant Related			(572	)			(527	)			(442	)
State Income Taxes – Net			711				546				420
Employee Benefits			(6	)			(46	)			(23	)
Other			18				10				8
Total Income Tax Expense		$	9,937			$	8,621			$	7,383

Income tax expense

Income tax expense is comprised of the following:

		(Thousands of Dollars)
		Years Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
Current:
Federal		$	5,920			$	5,018			$	2,994
State			887				688				430
Deferred:
Federal			3,018				2,855				3,832
State			191				139				206
Investment Tax Credits			(79	)			(79	)			(79	)
Total Income Tax Expense		$	9,937			$	8,621			$	7,383

Deferred tax liability

		(Thousands of Dollars)
		December 31,
		2014					2013
Utility Plant Related		$	43,996			$	41,912
Customer Advances			(3,570	)			(3,598	)
Employee Benefits			7,223				1,121
Investment Tax Credits (ITC)			910				989
Other			(343	)			(325	)
Total Deferred Tax Liability and ITC		$	48,216			$	40,099

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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