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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of income tax expense reconciliation |
|  | (Thousands of Dollars)
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Income Tax at Statutory Rate |  | $ | 9,590 |  |  | $ | 6,521 |  |  | $ | 7,204 |
Tax Effect of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Utility Plant Related |  |  | (1,106 | ) |  |  | (1,290 | ) |  |  | (1,356 | )
Tangible Property Repairs |  |  | (6,767 | ) |  |  | (12,281 | ) |  |  | (11,298 | )
State Income Taxes – Net |  |  | 1,296 |  |  |  | 1,499 |  |  |  | 1,364 |
Other |  |  | 227 |  |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | (33 | )
Total Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |  | $ | 3,240 |  |  | $ | (5,488 | ) |  | $ | (4,119 | )
Schedule of income tax expense |
|  | (Thousands of Dollars)
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 425 |  |  | $ | (8,247 | ) |  | $ | (4,281 | )
State |  |  | 1,381 |  |  |  | 1,467 |  |  |  | 2,598 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 1,242 |  |  |  | 933 |  |  |  | (1,490 | )
State |  |  | 260 |  |  |  | 431 |  |  |  | (871 | )
Investment Tax Credits |  |  | (68 | ) |  |  | (72 | ) |  |  | (75 | )
Total Income Tax (Benefit) Expense |  | $ | 3,240 |  |  | $ | (5,488 | ) |  | $ | (4,119 | )
Schedule of net deferred tax liability |
|  | (Thousands of Dollars)
|  | December 31,
|  | 2022 |  | 2021
Utility Plant Related |  | $ | 72,996 |  |  | $ | 65,107 |
Customer Advances |  |  | (3,568 | ) |  |  | (3,595 | )
Employee Benefits |  |  | 7,380 |  |  |  | 7,091 |
Investment Tax Credits |  |  | 304 |  |  |  | 373 |
Other |  |  | 671 |  |  |  | 524 |
Total Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes |  | $ | 77,783 |  |  | $ | 69,500 |

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