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Retirement Benefit Obligations (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Key Weighted Average Assumptions Used in Determining Benefit Plan Costs and Obligations

The following table includes the key weighted average assumptions used in determining the Company’s benefit plan costs and obligations:

 

Used to Determine Plan Costs

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Discount Rate

 

 

5.00

%

 

 

5.25

%

Rate of Compensation Increase

 

 

3.00

%

 

 

3.00

%

Expected Long-term rate of return on plan assets

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

7.50

%

Components of Retirement Plan Costs

The following tables provide the components of the Company’s Retirement plan costs ($000’s):

 

 

Pension Plan

 

 

PBOP Plan

 

 

SERP

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Service Cost

 

$

498

 

 

$

522

 

 

$

497

 

 

$

374

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

63

 

Interest Cost

 

 

1,887

 

 

 

1,870

 

 

 

817

 

 

 

724

 

 

 

180

 

 

 

188

 

Expected Return on Plan Assets

 

 

(2,649

)

 

 

(2,673

)

 

 

(970

)

 

 

(852

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior Service Cost Amortization

 

 

80

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

14

 

Actuarial (Gain) Loss Amortization

 

 

361

 

 

 

 

 

 

(218

)

 

 

(366

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-total

 

 

177

 

 

 

(191

)

 

 

126

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

237

 

 

 

265

 

Amounts Capitalized and Deferred

 

 

30

 

 

 

333

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

82

 

 

 

(73

)

 

 

(82

)

Net Periodic Benefit Cost Recognized

 

$

207

 

 

$

142

 

 

$

118

 

 

$

160

 

 

$

164

 

 

$

183

 

 

 

Pension Plan

 

 

PBOP Plan

 

 

SERP

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Service Cost

 

$

1,492

 

 

$

1,568

 

 

$

1,491

 

 

$

1,120

 

 

$

162

 

 

$

188

 

Interest Cost

 

 

5,659

 

 

 

5,610

 

 

 

2,451

 

 

 

2,174

 

 

 

542

 

 

 

565

 

Expected Return on Plan Assets

 

 

(7,947

)

 

 

(8,017

)

 

 

(2,908

)

 

 

(2,556

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior Service Cost Amortization

 

 

242

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

 

 

 

595

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

42

 

Actuarial (Gain) Loss Amortization

 

 

1,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

(655

)

 

 

(1,098

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-total

 

 

531

 

 

 

(572

)

 

 

379

 

 

 

235

 

 

 

712

 

 

 

795

 

Amounts Capitalized and Deferred

 

 

165

 

 

 

1,197

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

415

 

 

 

(221

)

 

 

(246

)

Net Periodic Benefit Cost Recognized

 

$

696

 

 

$

625

 

 

$

549

 

 

$

650

 

 

$

491

 

 

$

549