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REGULATORY LIABILITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
REGULATORY LIABILITIES [Abstract] |
Regulatory Liabilities |
Regulatory liabilities comprise: |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | September 30, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Postretirement benefit obligation |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 52 |
Utility plant retirement cost obligation |  |  | 291 |  |  |  | 319 |
Deferred income taxes (related to TCJA) |  |  | 22,109 |  |  |  | 22,442 |
|  | $ | 22,452 |  |  | $ | 22,813 |

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