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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES [Abstract] |
Future Minimum Rental Payments | Future minimum annual rental payments related to operating leases for the years subsequent to 2013 are as follows:
In thousands |  |  |
2014 |  | $ | 71 |
2015 |  |  | 51 |
2016 |  |  | 53 |
2017 |  |  | 54 |
2018 |  |  | 55 |
2019 through 2043 |  |  | 1,590 |
|  | $ | 1,874 |
Minimum Annual Purchase Commitments | The minimum annual purchase commitments for all interconnection agreements for 2014 through 2018 and the aggregate total for the years 2019 through 2021, calculated at the noticed rates, are as follows:
In thousands |  |  |
2014 |  | $ | 3,780 |
2015 |  |  | 3,780 |
2016 |  |  | 3,791 |
2017 |  |  | 3,780 |
2018 |  |  | 3,780 |
2019 through 2021 |  |  | 11,352 |
|  | $ | 30,263 |
Budgeted Mandatory Utility Plant Expenditures | Budgeted mandatory utility plant expenditures, due to planned governmental highway projects, which require the relocation of Artesian Water's water service mains, expected to be incurred in 2014 through 2018 are as follows:
In thousands |  |  |
2014 |  | $ | 1,490 |
2015 |  |  | 1,430 |
2016 |  |  | 705 |
2017 |  |  | 1,055 |
2018 |  |  | 1,055 |
|  | $ | 5,735 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the aggregate amount of payments due on known contractual obligations for the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet and the combined aggregate amount of maturities of known contractual obligations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-K (SK) -Number 229 -Section 303 -Paragraph a -Subparagraph 5 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of key provisions of an arrangement under which the entity has agreed to purchase goods or services over a period of time greater than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, including the item for which expenditures will be made, minimum quantities, milestones, time period and committed amount. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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