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Natural gas purchase commitment volume.

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The preferred stock participation rights in dividends and liquidating distributions expressed in the aggregated number of shares of common stock.

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Realized Gain (Loss) On Natural Gas Forward Contracts Held.

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The amount of unrealized gains and losses recognized in earnings during the period on natural gas forward contracts held as of period end measured at fair value.

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Weighted average natural gas market value per unit.

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Weighted average natural gas price per unit.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives classified as a liability.

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Net Increase or Decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives included in earnings in the period.

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair value of contract to purchase gas.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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