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REGULATORY ASSETS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
REGULATORY ASSETS [Abstract] |
REGULATORY ASSETS | NOTE 7 - REGULATORY ASSETS The FASB ASC Topic 980 stipulates generally accepted accounting principles for companies whose rates are established or subject to approvals by a third-party regulatory agency. Certain expenses are recoverable through rates charged to our customers, without a return on investment, and are deferred and amortized during future periods using various methods as permitted by the DEPSC, MDPSC, and PAPUC. The deferred income taxes will be amortized over future years as the tax effects of temporary differences that previously flowed through to our customers are reversed. Debt related costs include debt issuance costs and other debt related expense. The DEPSC has approved deferred regulatory accounting treatment for issuance costs associated with Artesian Water’s Series V First Mortgage bond in December 2019 that paid down outstanding lines of credit and a loan payable to Artesian Resources. Debt issuance costs and other debt related expenses are reviewed during Artesian Water’s rate applications as part of its cost of capital calculations. For the Series V First Mortgage bond, cash was paid for the issuance costs and $30 million of cash was received from the proceeds of the bond. Regulatory expenses amortized on a straight-line basis are noted below:
Expense | Years Amortized
Rate case studies | 5
Delaware rate proceedings | 2.5
Maryland rate proceedings | 5
Debt related costs | 15 to 30 (based on term of related debt)
Goodwill (resulting from acquisition of Mountain Hill Water Company in 2008) | 50
Deferred acquisition costs (resulting from purchase of water assets in Cecil County, Maryland in 2011 and Port Deposit, Maryland in 2010) | 20
Franchise Costs (resulting from purchase of water assets in Cecil County, Maryland in 2011) | 80
Regulatory assets, net of amortization, comprise: |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | March 31, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Deferred income taxes |  | $ | 367 |  |  | $ | 370 |
Expense of rate case studies and other |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 46 |
Debt related costs |  |  | 5,145 |  |  |  | 5,233 |
Goodwill |  |  | 279 |  |  |  | 281 |
Deferred acquisition and franchise costs |  |  | 533 |  |  |  | 543 |
|  | $ | 6,368 |  |  | $ | 6,473 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for detailed information about regulatory assets and liabilities, including current and noncurrent assets created when regulatory agencies permit the deferral of costs to the balance sheet that would otherwise be required to appear on the company's income statement and would be charged against current expenses or revenues, as well as current and noncurrent liabilities created when regulatory agencies permit. + References No definition available. + Details
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