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REGULATORY LIABILITIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
REGULATORY LIABILITIES [Abstract] |
Regulatory Liabilities |
Regulatory liabilities comprise: |
|  | (in thousands) |
|  | March 31, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Utility plant retirement cost obligation |  | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 126 |
Deferred income taxes (related to TCJA) |  |  | 21,444 |  |  |  | 21,555 |
|  | $ | 21,569 |  |  | $ | 21,681 |

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