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Black Hills Corporation
(NYSE:BKH) 

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Black Hills Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company in the United States. It operates through four segments: Electric Utilities, Gas Utilities, Power Generation, and Mining. The Electric Utilities segment generates, transmits, and distributes el...

Founded: 1941
Full Time Employees: 2,944
Sector: Utilities
Industry: Utilities-Diversified

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      revenue
    780,700,000 635,500,000 430,200,000 439,000,000 805,200,000 597,100,000 401,600,000 402,600,000 726,400,000 591,732,000 407,126,000 411,283,000 921,159,000 791,439,000 462,612,000 474,195,000 823,570,000 562,508,000 380,590,000 372,572,000 633,432,000 486,387,000 346,590,000 326,914,000 537,050,000 477,654,000 325,548,000 333,888,000 597,810,000 501,196,000 321,979,000 355,704,000 575,389,000 436,147,000 342,138,000 347,978,000 554,003,000 463,788,000 333,786,000 325,441,000 449,959,000 246,586,500 272,105,000 272,254,000 441,987,000 253,873,250 272,087,000 283,237,000 460,169,000                 
      yoy
    -3.04% 6.43% 7.12% 9.04% 10.85% 0.91% -1.36% -2.11% -21.14% -25.23% -11.99% -13.27% 11.85% 40.70% 21.55% 27.28% 30.02% 15.65% 9.81% 13.97% 17.95% 1.83% 6.46% -2.09% -10.16% -4.70% 1.11% -6.13% 3.90% 14.91% -5.89% 2.22% 3.86% -5.96% 2.50% 6.93% 23.12% 88.08% 22.67% 19.54% 1.80% -2.87% 0.01% -3.88% -3.95%                     
      qoq
    22.85% 47.72% -2.00% -45.48% 34.85% 48.68% -0.25% -44.58% 22.76% 45.34% -1.01% -55.35% 16.39% 71.08% -2.44% -42.42% 46.41% 47.80% 2.15% -41.18% 30.23% 40.33% 6.02% -39.13% 12.43% 46.72% -2.50% -44.15% 19.28% 55.66% -9.48% -38.18% 31.93% 27.48% -1.68% -37.19% 19.45% 38.95% 2.56% -27.67% 82.48% -9.38% -0.05% -38.40% 74.10% -6.69% -3.94% -38.45%                  
      operating expenses:
                                                                     
      fuel, purchased power and cost of natural gas sold
    337,900,000 235,800,000 112,000,000 124,000,000 359,700,000   107,100,000 316,600,000 233,147,000 102,241,000 121,245,000 526,267,000 436,918,000 168,535,000 188,171,000 436,926,000 246,256,000 94,057,000 108,474,000 293,147,000 161,210,000 71,686,000 71,629,000 187,879,000 159,134,000 73,090,000 89,826,000 248,779,000 193,066,000 80,244,000 104,661,000 247,639,000 159,066,000 86,281,000 98,164,000 219,777,000 162,593,000 80,194,000 84,489,000 171,856,000 106,109,000 71,627,000 73,824,000 205,327,000 165,309,000 84,674,000 101,331,000 230,468,000                 
      operations and maintenance
    148,000,000 137,600,000 150,800,000 147,600,000 153,700,000 136,200,000 145,600,000 141,700,000 133,600,000 139,478,000 125,767,000 145,767,000 140,988,000 144,881,000 134,449,000 132,968,000 136,132,000 126,489,000 122,277,000 123,245,000 129,679,000 129,871,000 122,759,000 117,308,000 125,466,000 129,087,000 117,037,000 124,931,000 123,913,000 131,607,000 115,477,000 118,282,000 116,096,000 100,453,000 114,648,000 117,374,000 122,130,000 121,693,000 115,103,000 112,541,000 107,062,000 66,777,000 67,282,000 67,264,000 71,084,000 69,408,000 64,245,000 66,074,000 71,227,000 166,382,000 30,459,000 33,226,000 59,398,000 59,563,000 64,760,000 156,370,000 28,317,000 34,560,000 42,622,000 35,431,000 40,461,000 40,502,000 34,477,000 26,203,000  
      depreciation and amortization
    74,800,000 73,300,000 71,500,000 69,800,000 69,200,000 68,300,000 69,300,000 66,600,000 65,900,000                                         4,920,000 6,594,000 6,503,000    4,508,000 6,064,000 6,021,000        
      taxes other than income taxes
    18,100,000 17,400,000 17,200,000 15,100,000 17,600,000                                                             
      total operating expenses
    578,800,000 464,100,000 351,500,000 356,500,000 600,200,000 433,800,000 325,800,000 332,000,000 533,100,000 455,202,000 309,355,000 347,767,000 746,276,000 661,416,000 383,133,000 401,806,000 650,217,000 448,533,000 290,717,000 305,306,000 495,117,000 360,436,000 264,356,000 259,981,000 383,865,000 356,295,000 254,997,000 279,887,000 437,679,000 387,069,000 256,894,000 286,153,000 427,115,000 314,307,000 263,619,000 279,112,000 406,492,000 408,499,000 275,377,000 290,143,000 376,369,000 318,062,000 274,149,000 311,112,000 350,035,000 308,126,000 217,683,000 236,660,000 370,571,000 905,083,000 37,053,000 39,729,000 168,998,000 221,772,000 295,803,000 976,791,000 34,381,000 40,581,000 372,630,000       
      operating income
    201,900,000 171,400,000 78,700,000 82,500,000 205,000,000 163,300,000 75,800,000 70,600,000 193,300,000 136,530,000 97,771,000 63,516,000 174,883,000 130,023,000 79,479,000 72,389,000 173,353,000 113,975,000 89,873,000 67,266,000 138,315,000 125,951,000 82,234,000 66,933,000 153,185,000 121,359,000 70,551,000 54,001,000 160,131,000 114,127,000 65,085,000 69,551,000 148,274,000 121,840,000 78,519,000 68,866,000 147,511,000 55,289,000 58,409,000 35,298,000 73,590,000 197,000 -2,044,000 -38,858,000 91,952,000 69,951,000 54,404,000 46,577,000 89,598,000 205,719,000 3,106,000 35,986,000 77,810,000 20,591,000 70,048,000 131,970,000 5,097,000 36,556,000 69,702,000 16,909,000 25,814,000 -37,871,000 42,688,000 36,564,000  
      yoy
    -1.51% 4.96% 3.83% 16.86% 6.05% 19.61% -22.47% 11.15% 10.53% 5.00% 23.01% -12.26% 0.88% 14.08% -11.57% 7.62% 25.33% -9.51% 9.29% 0.50% -9.71% 3.78% 16.56% 23.95% -4.34% 6.34% 8.40% -22.36% 8.00% -6.33% -17.11% 0.99% 0.52% 120.37% 34.43% 95.10% 100.45% 27965.48% -2957.58% -190.84% -19.97% -99.72% -103.76% -183.43% 2.63% -66.00% 1651.58% 29.43% 15.15% 899.07% -95.57% -72.73% 1426.58% -43.67% 0.50% 680.47% -80.25% -196.53% 63.28% -53.76%      
      qoq
    17.79% 117.79% -4.61% -59.76% 25.54% 115.44% 7.37% -63.48% 41.58% 39.64% 53.93% -63.68% 34.50% 63.59% 9.79% -58.24% 52.10% 26.82% 33.61% -51.37% 9.82% 53.16% 22.86% -56.31% 26.22% 72.02% 30.65% -66.28% 40.31% 75.35% -6.42% -53.09% 21.70% 55.17% 14.02% -53.31% 166.80% -5.34% 65.47% -52.03% 37255.33% -109.64% -94.74% -142.26% 31.45% 28.58% 16.80% -48.02% -56.45% 6523.28% -91.37% -53.75% 277.88% -70.60% -46.92% 2489.17% -86.06% -47.55% 312.22% -34.50% -168.16% -188.72% 16.75%   
      operating margin %
    25.86% 26.97% 18.29% 18.79% 25.46% 27.35% 18.87% 17.54% 26.61% 23.07% 24.01% 15.44% 18.99% 16.43% 17.18% 15.27% 21.05% 20.26% 23.61% 18.05% 21.84% 25.90% 23.73% 20.47% 28.52% 25.41% 21.67% 16.17% 26.79% 22.77% 20.21% 19.55% 25.77% 27.94% 22.95% 19.79% 26.63% 11.92% 17.50% 10.85% 16.35% 0.08% -0.75% -14.27% 20.80% 27.55% 20.00% 16.44% 19.47% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%  
      other income:
                                                                     
      interest expense incurred net of amounts capitalized
    -53,100,000 -54,700,000 -50,600,000 -49,800,000 -51,700,000   -48,200,000 -46,000,000 -48,191,000 -44,477,000 -43,267,000 -44,065,000 -44,130,000 -40,580,000 -39,053,000 -38,821,000 -39,014,000 -38,604,000 -38,669,000 -37,825,000 -36,864,000 -36,521,000 -35,765,000 -35,781,000 -37,615,000 -36,200,000 -36,058,000 -35,974,000                                     
      interest income
    1,200,000 4,200,000 1,200,000 900,000 400,000 600,000 5,400,000 5,600,000 2,000,000 6,314,000 3,479,000 1,746,000 561,000 469,000 561,000 289,000 276,000 430,000 586,000 467,000 225,000 433,000 480,000 220,000 328,000 424,000 513,000 396,000 299,000 629,000 382,000 320,000 310,000 316,000 402,000 257,000 41,000 -1,084,000 912,000 946,000 655,000 458,000 414,000 301,000 448,000 384,000 575,000 576,000 390,000    364,000 627,000 437,000    246,000 327,000 329,000 749,000 628,000 433,000  
      other income
    700,000 5,000,000 600,000 -400,000 800,000 300,000 -1,300,000 400,000 -800,000 -1,687,000 -647,000 -1,540,000 674,000 -1,023,000 464,000 1,563,000 704,000 -231,000 1,560,000 -191,000 266,000 -1,590,000 -1,193,000 -1,863,000 2,353,000 -5,781,000 269,000 137,000 -837,000 627,000 -703,000 -1,551,000 -172,000 -1,588,000 189,000 -58,000 -102,000 -1,410,000 160,000 -47,000 688,000 688,000 842,000 395,000 331,000 -1,639,000 261,000 409,000 592,000 -727,000 26,000 12,000 -287,000 888,000 1,472,000 -993,000 27,000 25,000 418,000 2,142,000 893,000 -760,000 171,000 344,000  
      total other
    -51,200,000 -37,125,000 -48,800,000 -49,300,000 -50,500,000                                                             
      income before income taxes
    150,700,000 125,900,000 29,900,000 33,200,000 154,500,000 113,800,000 29,300,000 28,400,000 148,500,000 92,966,000 56,126,000 20,455,000 132,053,000 85,339,000 39,924,000 35,188,000 135,512,000 75,160,000 53,415,000 28,873,000 100,981,000 87,930,000 45,000,000 29,525,000 113,226,000 80,374,000 17,903,000 20,000,000 124,625,000 79,721,000 29,278,000 33,708,000 113,175,000 87,125,000 45,403,000 35,713,000 113,501,000                             
      income tax
    -17,600,000 -17,200,000 -4,000,000 -4,400,000 -18,100,000 -12,700,000 -2,900,000  -16,900,000 -9,650,000 -7,366,000  -14,673,000 -3,980,000 -2,090,000   -836,000 -5,253,000 -586,000 -494,000 -6,371,000 -4,651,000 -4,831,000 -16,002,000                                         
      net income
    133,100,000 108,700,000 25,900,000 28,800,000 136,400,000 101,100,000 26,400,000 24,700,000 131,600,000 83,316,000 48,760,000 26,544,000 117,380,000 76,054,000 37,834,000 35,846,000 121,024,000 74,324,000 48,162,000 28,287,000 100,487,000 80,496,000 40,349,000 24,694,000 97,224,000 72,872,000 15,395,000 17,693,000 107,362,000 90,344,000 20,944,000 24,740,000 136,634,000 54,221,000 31,598,000 25,311,000 80,146,000 21,414,000 17,884,000 3,283,000 40,050,000               6,068,750 572,000 19,263,000 31,434,000 -2,180,000 24,581,000 50,974,500 164,911,000 16,791,000  
      yoy
    -2.42% 7.52% -1.89% 16.60% 3.65% 21.35% -45.86% -6.95% 12.11% 9.55% 28.88% -25.95% -3.01% 2.33% -21.44% 26.72% 20.44% -7.67% 19.36% 14.55% 3.36% 10.46% 162.09% 39.57% -9.44% -19.34% -26.49% -28.48% -21.42% 66.62% -33.72% -2.26% 70.48% 153.20% 76.68% 670.97% 100.11%                   -378.38% -97.67% -62.21% -80.94% -112.98%      
      qoq
    22.45% 319.69% -10.07% -78.89% 34.92% 282.95% 6.88% -81.23% 57.95% 70.87% 83.69% -77.39% 54.34% 101.02% 5.55% -70.38% 62.83% 54.32% 70.26% -71.85% 24.83% 99.50% 63.40% -74.60% 33.42% 373.35% -12.99% -83.52% 18.84% 331.36% -15.34% -81.89% 151.99% 71.60% 24.84% -68.42% 274.27% 19.74% 444.75% -91.80%                960.97% -97.03% -38.72% -1541.93% -108.87% -51.78% -69.09% 882.14%   
      net income margin %
    17.05% 17.10% 6.02% 6.56% 16.94% 16.93% 6.57% 6.14% 18.12% 14.08% 11.98% 6.45% 12.74% 9.61% 8.18% 7.56% 14.70% 13.21% 12.65% 7.59% 15.86% 16.55% 11.64% 7.55% 18.10% 15.26% 4.73% 5.30% 17.96% 18.03% 6.50% 6.96% 23.75% 12.43% 9.24% 7.27% 14.47% 4.62% 5.36% 1.01% 8.90% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity%  
      net income attributable to non-controlling interest
    -2,100,000 -3,700,000 -1,000,000 -1,300,000 -2,100,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,900,000 -3,700,000 -3,636,000 -3,377,000 -3,491,000 -3,296,000 -3,581,000 -2,861,000 -2,431,000 -3,498,000 -3,169,000 -4,050,000                      -48,000                         
      net income available for common stock
    131,000,000 105,000,000 24,900,000 27,500,000 134,300,000 98,100,000 24,400,000 22,800,000 127,900,000 79,680,000 45,383,000 23,053,000 114,084,000 72,473,000 34,973,000 33,415,000 117,526,000 71,155,000 44,112,000 25,161,000 96,316,000 77,185,000 36,283,000 20,966,000 93,174,000 69,179,000 11,740,000 14,583,000 103,808,000 86,571,000 16,950,000 21,917,000 133,004,000 50,653,000 27,663,000 22,195,000 76,523,000 18,168,000 14,131,000 669,000 40,002,000 -14,176,000 -9,943,000 -41,842,000 47,894,000 34,007,000 26,836,000 19,820,000 48,118,000    34,457,000 -13,483,000 29,787,000      24,581,000     
      earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                     
      earnings per share, basic
    1.74 1.41 0.34 0.38 1.87 1.38 0.35 0.33 1.88 1.17 0.67 0.35 1.73 1.11 0.54 0.52 1.82 1.11 0.7 0.4 1.54 0.603 0.58 0.34 1.51     0.805 0.32 0.41 2.49 0.595 0.52 0.42 1.44 0.35 0.27 0.01 0.78 -0.1 -0.22 -0.94 1.08                     
      earnings per share, diluted
    1.73 1.4 0.34 0.38 1.87 1.39 0.35 0.33 1.87 1.17 0.67 0.35 1.73 1.11 0.54 0.52 1.82 1.11 0.7 0.4 1.54 0.603 0.58 0.33 1.51     0.788 0.31 0.4 2.46 0.573 0.5 0.4 1.39 0.33 0.26 0.01 0.77 -0.1 -0.22 -0.94 1.07                     
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                     
      basic
    75.4 73 72.8 72.4 71.6 69.8 70.5 69 68.2 67 67,315 66,591  64,858 64,876 64,721 64,565 63,219 63,341 62,867 62,633 62,378 62,575 62,573 61,778 60,662 60,976 60,467 59,920 54,420 53,364 53,355 53,319 53,221 53,243 53,229 53,152 51,922 52,184 51,514 51,044 45,288 44,635 44,617 44,541 44,394 44,415 44,399 44,330 44,163   43,847 43,799 43,731 39,864   38,848,000   38,193    
      diluted
    75.6 73.2 72.9 72.4 71.8 69.9 70.6 69 68.3 67.1 67,389 66,684  65,021 65,061 64,883 64,721 63,325 63,436 62,918 62,691 62,439 62,630 62,617 61,856 60,798 61,104 60,606 60,060 55,486 54,819 54,520 54,122 55,120 55,432 55,384 54,932 53,271 53,733 52,986 51,858 45,288 44,635 44,617 44,660 44,598 44,608 44,588 44,554 44,419   44,108 43,799 43,969 40,081   39,009,000   38,193    
      fuel, purchased power, and cost of natural gas sold
         129,550,000 94,500,000                                                           
      taxes - property and production
         12,500,000 16,400,000 16,600,000 17,000,000 17,012,000 16,469,000 16,041,000 17,378,000 17,318,000 16,130,000 16,539,000 16,696,000 14,706,000 15,224,000 15,144,000 15,022,000 14,311,000 13,563,000 14,381,000 14,118,000 13,461,000 12,986,000 13,142,000 13,519,000                                     
      interest expense incurred, net of amounts capitalized
         -36,200,000 -50,600,000                                                           
      total other income
         -49,500,000 -46,500,000 -42,200,000 -44,800,000 -43,564,000 -41,645,000 -43,061,000 -42,830,000 -44,684,000 -39,555,000 -37,201,000 -37,841,000 -38,815,000 -36,458,000 -38,393,000 -37,334,000 -38,021,000 -37,234,000 -37,408,000 -39,959,000 -40,985,000 -52,648,000 -34,001,000 -35,506,000 -34,406,000 -35,807,000 -35,843,000 -35,099,000 -34,715,000 -33,116,000 -33,153,000 -34,010,000 -34,605,000 -33,881,000 -31,706,000 -29,288,000 -22,658,000 -19,934,000 -18,084,000 -18,641,000 -17,898,000 -16,236,000 -16,106,000 -16,113,000    -25,295,000 -40,510,000 -15,004,000           
      income tax benefit
           -3,700,000    6,089,000    658,000          -7,502,000 -2,508,000 -2,307,000 -17,263,000 11,883,000 -7,477,000 -6,541,000 25,802,000 -15,805,000 -13,805,000 -10,402,000 -33,355,000 730,000 -6,644,000 -309,000 -4,252,000 7,520,000 12,035,000 20,317,000 -25,120,000 -18,046,000 -11,332,000 -10,651,000 -25,366,000 -50,167,000 1,434,000 -11,238,000 -17,914,000 7,574,000 -19,717,000 -7,694,000 1,777,000 -10,346,000  3,437,000      
      depreciation, depletion and amortization
             47,808,750 64,878,000 64,714,000 61,643,000 62,299,000 64,019,000 64,128,000 60,463,000 61,082,000 59,159,000 58,443,000 57,269,000 55,044,000 56,348,000 56,663,000 56,402,000 54,613,000 51,884,000 51,595,000 51,028,000 49,983,000 49,046,000 48,709,000 48,590,000 41,502,000 49,434,000 48,663,000 48,647,000 48,406,000 48,925,000 47,305,000 44,407,000 38,549,000 37,768,000 40,051,000 39,586,000 37,825,000 37,463,000 36,712,000 36,083,000    41,408,000 41,431,000 38,559,000    28,395,000 29,824,000 29,386,000 36,264,000 30,825,000 25,644,000  
      weighed average common shares outstanding:
                                                                     
      basic
                66,036                                                     
      diluted
                66,132                                                     
      income tax expense
                    -14,488,000                                          -16,476,000  -13,713,000 -5,497,250 -10,312,000 -8,872,000  
      impairment of investment
                            -6,859,000  -19,741,000                                       
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                       -3,126,000 -4,171,000 -3,311,000 -4,066,000 -3,728,000 -4,050,000 -3,693,000 -3,655,000 -3,110,000 -3,554,000 -3,773,000 -3,994,000 -2,823,000 -3,630,000 -3,568,000 -3,935,000 -3,116,000 -3,623,000 -3,246,000 -3,753,000 -2,614,000                          
      interest charges -
                                                                     
      allowance for funds used during construction - borrowed
                             2,001,000 2,200,000 1,397,000 958,000 759,000 701,000 511,000 133,000 354,000 753,000 822,000 486,000 866,000 860,000 754,000 501,000 407,000 478,000 207,000 158,000 230,000 319,000 256,000 270,000    1,127,000 963,000 518,000           
      allowance for funds used during construction - equity
                             -14,000 311,000 127,000 48,000 116,000 193,000 242,000 68,000 339,000 696,000 794,000 492,000 370,000 1,211,000 982,000 707,000 334,000 430,000 77,000 56,000 166,000 297,000 293,000 238,000    196,000 195,000 277,000    2,028,000       
      income from continuing operations
                             72,872,000 15,395,000 17,693,000 107,362,000 91,604,000 21,801,000 27,167,000 138,977,000                 95,621,000 -1,450,000 18,483,000 34,623,000 -12,323,000 35,271,000    31,434,000 -3,853,000 24,581,000 -96,579,000 19,522,000 16,572,000  
      net (loss) from discontinued operations
                                 -1,260,000 -857,000 -2,427,000 -2,343,000                                 
      amounts attributable to common shareholders:
                                                                     
      net income from continuing operations
                             69,179,000 11,740,000 14,583,000 103,808,000 87,831,000 17,807,000 24,344,000 135,347,000                                 
      earnings per share of common stock, basic -
                                                                     
      earnings from continuing operations
                             1.14 0.19 0.24 1.73                                     
      (loss) from discontinued operations
                                                                     
      total earnings per share of common stock, basic
                             1.14 0.19 0.24 1.73                                     
      earnings per share of common stock, diluted -
                                                                     
      total earnings per share of common stock, diluted
                             1.13 0.19 0.24 1.73                                     
      other operating expenses
                               393,000 440,000 -152,000 222,000 525,000 1,490,000 2,512,000 164,000 1,168,000 1,969,000 9,605,000 6,748,000 7,551,000 26,431,000 4,091,000 2,374,000 966,000 52,000 177,000 49,000 149,000 125,000    216,000 267,000 1,196,000           
      taxes - property, production and severance
                                 9,795,250 11,905,000 13,976,000 13,300,000 10,201,000 13,092,000 13,743,000 13,969,000 11,531,000 12,114,000 12,760,000 12,117,000 10,365,000 10,675,000 11,377,000 11,936,000 11,118,000 11,082,000 11,044,000 10,336,000    10,213,000 9,478,000 11,510,000           
      interest expense incurred
                                 -26,840,000 -36,480,000 -35,425,000 -35,455,000 -35,257,000 -35,305,000 -35,098,000 -35,096,000 -35,601,000 -37,306,000 -34,609,000 -32,074,000 -24,445,000 -22,378,000 -19,545,000 -19,910,000 -19,352,000 -17,919,000 -17,886,000 -17,860,000    -27,475,000 -27,762,000 -29,914,000           
      capitalized interest
                                 44,250 100,000 60,000 17,000 -225,000 149,000 130,000 169,000 412,000 282,000 268,000 235,000 272,000 280,000 481,000 276,000 248,000 231,000 246,000 257,000    175,000 131,000 161,000           
      (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                 -1,406,750 -857,000 -2,427,000 -2,343,000                                 
      earnings per share, basic -
                                                                     
      income from continuing operations, per share
                                 0.833 0.33 0.46 2.54                    0.79 -0.28 0.81           
      (loss) from discontinued operations, per share
                                 -0.025 -0.02 -0.05 -0.05                                 
      earnings per share, diluted -
                                                                     
      dividends declared per share of common stock
                                 0.356 0.475 0.475 0.475 0.334 0.445 0.445 0.445 0.315 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.304 0.405 0.405 0.405 0.293 0.39            0.36 0.355      
      impairment of long-lived assets
                                         54,671,000 12,293,000 25,497,000 14,496,000 71,213,000 61,875,000 94,484,000          26,868,000            
      income before earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries and income taxes
                                         20,684,000 24,528,000 3,592,000 44,302,000 -6,765,250 -21,978,000 -56,942,000 73,311,000 35,531,000 38,168,000 30,471,000 73,485,000                 
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                               -47,000 -297,000    -1,000    22,000 22,000 -56,000    317,000       
      impairment of equity investments
                                             765,000  -5,170,000                      
      utilities -
                                                                     
      non-regulated energy operations and maintenance
                                             20,958,000 22,548,000 23,146,000 22,050,000 24,289,000 20,170,000 21,350,000 22,332,000    22,466,000 20,713,000 22,595,000           
      other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                                     
      fair value adjustments on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges
                                             661 2,773 -1,966 1,836 -267.75 3,145                   
      reclassification adjustments for cash flow hedges settled and included in net income
                                             -862.5 -948 -1,261 -1,241 877.75 1,328                   
      benefit plan liability adjustments - net gain
                                             -6.75   -27 -0.5                    
      benefit plan liability tax adjustments - net gain
                                                 -98.5                    
      benefit plan liability adjustments - prior service cost
                                                 41                    
      reclassification adjustments of benefit plan liability - prior service cost
                                             -27 -36 -36 -36 -27.5 -31                   
      reclassification adjustments of benefit plan liability - net gain
                                             343.5 459 458 458 121.25 160                   
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                             108.25 2,248 -2,805 990 645.75 4,602       -608,000 -166,000           
      comprehensive income available for common stock
                                             -4,375.5 -7,695 -44,647 48,884 24,339.25 31,438                   
      benefit plan liability adjustments - prior service cost (net of tax benefit of (90) for the three months ended 2014
                                                                     
      unrealized gain on interest rate swaps
                                                        605,000 -15,552,000 12,045,000           
      total income per share, basic
                                                 0.76 0.6 0.45 1.09    0.79 -0.31 0.68           
      total income per share, diluted
                                                 0.76 0.6 0.44 1.08    0.78 -0.31 0.68           
      dividends paid per share of common stock
                                                   0.39 0.39    0.37 0.37 0.37      0.355 0.263 0.35 0.35  
      natural gas — regulated
                                                     87,879,250 60,931,000 191,951,000    95,629,250 65,887,000 223,032,000        
      other — non-regulated services
                                                     5,480,750 6,861,000 7,861,000    5,080,500 6,764,000 7,234,000        
      total revenue
                                                     902,412,000 67,792,000 199,812,000 246,808,000 242,363,000 365,851,000 869,349,000 72,651,000         
      total cost of sales
                                                     52,097,500 27,633,000 124,097,000    59,853,000 33,173,000 153,129,000        
      gross margin
                                                     41,262,500 40,159,000 75,715,000    40,856,750 39,478,000 77,137,000        
      yoy
                                                       85.32%              
      qoq
                                                     2.75% -46.96%     3.49% -48.82%         
      gross margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN%  
      interest expense
                                                     -4,550,000 -6,016,000 -6,277,000    -97,044,000 -6,329,000 -6,972,000 -21,766,000 -20,691,000 -23,338,000 -18,963,000 -16,402,000 -12,333,000  
      revenue:
                                                                     
      utilities
                                                        214,716,000 214,946,000 336,655,000           
      non-regulated energy
                                                        32,092,000 27,417,000 29,196,000           
      fuel, purchased power and cost of gas sold
                                                        62,582,000 63,452,000 157,183,000           
      gain on sale of operating assets
                                                        -27,285,000             
      income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries and income taxes
                                                        52,515,000 -19,919,000 55,044,000           
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                        -166,000 -1,160,000 -5,484,000           
      income per share, basic -
                                                                     
      income from discontinued operations, per share
                                                         -0.03 -0.13           
      income per share, diluted -
                                                                     
      comprehensive income
                                                         -14,091,000 29,621,000           
      cost of sales:
                                                                     
      sales revenue:
                                                                     
      total sales revenue
                                                             230,266,000        
      operating revenues
                                                              442,332,000 225,799,000 257,349,000 407,775,000 291,892,000 179,211,000  
      fuel and purchased power
                                                              252,535,000 94,120,000 112,169,000 219,099,000 131,300,000 54,615,000  
      gain on sale of assets
                                                              -2,683,000       
      administrative and general
                                                              39,088,000 38,344,000 37,708,000 48,295,000 40,993,000 25,549,000  
      taxes, other than income taxes
                                                              12,673,000 11,171,000 11,811,000 9,704,000 11,609,000 10,636,000  
      interest rate swap - unrealized gain
                                                              -3,035,000       
      total other incomes
                                                              -22,109,000       
      income from continuing operations before equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries and income taxes
                                                              47,593,000       
      income from discontinued operations, net of taxes
                                                                     
      earnings per share:
                                                                     
      basic-
                                                                     
      continuing operations
                                                              0.81 -0.1 0.64 -2.53 0.51 0.43  
      discontinued operations
                                                               0.04  -0.06 3.79 0.01  
      total earnings per share - basic
                                                              0.81       
      diluted-
                                                                     
      total earnings per share - diluted
                                                              0.81       
      interest rate swap – unrealized gain
                                                               -8,694,000 31,706,000     
      allowance for funds used during
                                                                     
      construction – equity
                                                               2,598,000 1,314,000 571,750 1,390,000 281,000  
      before equity in earnings of
                                                                     
      unconsolidated subsidiaries and income
                                                                     
      taxes
                                                               -7,409,000 36,718,000     
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated
                                                                     
      subsidiaries
                                                               119,000 1,576,000 914,000 1,359,000 232,000  
      income from discontinued operations,
                                                                     
      net of taxes
                                                               1,673,000  39,871,500 145,389,000 219,000  
      net income attributable to non-controlling
                                                                     
      interest
                                                                     
      net income available for
                                                                     
      common stock
                                                               -2,180,000      
      weighted-average common shares
                                                                     
      outstanding:
                                                                     
      basic
                                                               38,643,000 38,598,000 9,536,250 38,307,000 37,826,000  
      diluted
                                                               38,643,000 38,658,000 9,607,500 38,425,000 38,399,000  
      basic–
                                                                     
      total
                                                               -0.06 0.64 -2.59 4.3 0.44  
      diluted–
                                                                     
      net income attributable to non - controlling
                                                                     
      unconsolidated subsidiaries, minority
                                                                     
      interest and income taxes
                                                                 -148,673,000 28,475,000 25,289,000  
      minority interest
                                                                   -77,000  
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        assets
                                                                      
        current assets:
                                                                      
        cash and cash equivalents
      23,600,000 182,800,000 21,100,000 8,100,000 6,600,000 16,100,000 12,500,000 624,800,000 123,000,000 86,600,000 594,289,000 152,581,000 39,365,000 21,430,000 11,693,000 10,216,000 16,330,000 8,921,000 10,181,000 1,175,000 13,442,000 6,356,000 6,955,000 31,608,000 54,137,000 9,777,000 13,087,000 6,642,000 12,225,000 20,776,000 10,001,000 8,630,000 30,947,000 15,420,000 13,510,000 11,590,000 11,353,000 13,580,000 62,964,000 116,805,000 46,974,000 456,535,000 38,841,000 87,210,000 63,385,000 21,218,000 11,939,000 14,697,000 17,641,000 7,841,000 13,637,000 12,397,000 247,192,000 40,110,000 21,628,000 74,779,000 44,016,000 136,023,000 137,681,000 122,351,000 168,491,000 152,457,000 75,605,000 80,960,000 
        restricted cash and equivalents
      7,800,000 7,600,000 8,000,000 7,700,000 7,500,000 7,300,000 7,100,000 6,900,000 6,700,000 6,400,000 6,213,000 5,966,000 5,765,000 5,555,000 5,399,000 5,146,000 5,017,000 4,889,000 4,753,000 4,559,000 4,483,000 4,383,000 4,257,000 4,105,000 4,027,000 3,881,000    3,369,000    2,820,000 2,683,000 2,534,000 2,409,000 2,274,000 2,140,000 1,975,000 1,839,000 1,697,000 2,462,000 2,316,000 2,191,000 2,056,000 1,918,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 6,782,000 6,846,000 7,302,000 4,772,000           
        accounts receivable
      383,400,000 389,000,000 251,400,000 260,800,000 377,900,000 351,200,000 205,400,000 221,500,000 334,400,000 350,300,000 228,830,000 260,350,000 477,089,000 508,192,000 249,747,000 267,103,000 383,790,000 321,652,000 181,956,000 189,437,000 282,382,000 265,961,000 160,478,000 170,980,000 238,903,000 255,805,000 148,989,000 166,513,000 282,602,000 269,153,000 152,796,000 175,612,000 257,772,000 248,330,000 153,832,000 169,957,000 224,714,000 263,289,000 154,617,000 150,227,000 206,276,000 147,486,000 115,502,000 123,661,000 178,421,000 189,992,000 123,399,000 135,145,000 203,625,000 177,573,000 114,137,000 168,783,000 104,482,000 109,157,000 156,774,000 241,831,000 306,070,000        
        materials, supplies and fuel
      146,800,000 172,400,000 173,000,000 145,200,000 128,100,000 153,900,000 155,400,000 134,800,000 130,600,000 160,900,000 168,079,000 136,534,000 129,960,000 207,421,000 223,162,000 152,864,000 108,232,000 150,979,000 145,743,000 114,089,000 102,603,000 117,400,000 126,358,000 105,987,000 92,894,000 117,172,000 123,002,000 102,830,000 87,676,000 117,299,000 122,618,000 95,454,000 82,045,000 113,283,000 126,520,000 99,126,000 84,484,000 107,210,000 113,475,000 85,189,000 78,176,000 86,943,000 90,349,000 73,749,000 66,626,000 91,191,000 105,726,000 81,164,000 66,187,000 88,478,000 95,230,000 64,189,000 80,900,000 61,455,000 84,064,000 134,463,000 69,341,000 91,111,000 99,952,000 88,672,000 118,021,000 173,734,000 87,937,000 95,968,000 
        income tax receivable
      22,600,000 23,300,000 21,000,000 20,900,000 19,700,000 19,800,000 19,900,000 19,800,000 18,200,000 18,500,000 17,749,000 18,222,000 17,772,000 17,637,000 17,112,000 17,299,000 17,991,000 18,017,000 17,472,000 17,573,000 18,115,000 19,446,000 20,828,000 20,118,000 22,319,000 16,446,000 12,931,000 13,547,000 15,309,000 12,978,000 11,025,000 11,653,000 13,900,000         368,000  770,000 159,000 2,053,000 1,268,000 1,043,000 1,826,000 1,460,000 4,539,000  11,869,000 12,141,000 9,344,000 10,958,000 23,665,000    20,269,000    
        regulatory assets, current
      122,600,000 139,700,000 138,200,000 132,100,000 129,300,000 154,800,000 156,100,000 142,900,000 147,300,000 175,700,000 191,746,000 198,443,000 214,838,000 260,312,000 290,087,000 267,725,000 265,496,000 270,290,000 213,031,000 218,628,000 129,951,000 51,676,000 49,493,000 51,745,000 49,415,000 43,282,000 46,206,000 48,925,000 54,303,000 48,776,000 48,302,000 50,565,000 54,492,000 81,016,000 61,023,000 53,061,000 53,476,000 49,260,000 50,561,000 54,856,000 54,108,000 57,359,000 51,962,000 47,157,000 56,542,000 74,396,000 68,444,000 64,735,000 62,946,000 24,451,000 30,208,000 23,422,000 24,606,000 34,781,000 59,955,000 45,713,000 36,834,000 42,876,000       
        other current assets
      81,400,000 81,100,000 54,900,000 33,600,000 38,900,000 39,200,000 43,100,000 22,900,000 37,400,000 28,200,000 33,242,000 29,929,000 33,376,000 50,579,000 48,180,000 39,358,000 45,070,000 29,012,000 42,274,000 22,353,000 25,722,000 26,221,000 33,287,000 27,981,000 26,198,000 26,479,000 29,106,000 27,209,000 28,029,000 29,982,000 32,691,000 31,431,000 24,972,000 25,367,000 26,793,000 21,840,000 23,425,000 27,063,000 30,032,000 30,652,000 34,287,000 71,763,000 55,383,000 51,315,000 47,448,000 24,842,000 26,502,000 21,660,000 24,563,000 25,877,000 27,075,000 28,260,000 44,823,000 26,591,000 21,266,000 65,889,000 60,804,000 26,189,000 31,565,000 31,917,000 16,380,000   14,569,000 
        total current assets
      788,200,000 995,900,000 667,600,000 608,400,000 708,100,000 742,300,000 599,500,000 1,173,600,000 797,600,000 826,600,000 1,240,274,000 802,328,000 918,318,000 1,071,708,000 849,248,000 760,427,000 849,308,000 808,133,000 627,726,000 571,739,000 578,615,000 493,291,000 403,657,000 414,105,000 489,673,000 473,184,000 377,421,000 369,673,000 484,570,000 503,833,000 384,920,000 380,652,000 492,105,000 570,782,000 385,018,000 359,256,000 401,402,000 466,814,000 418,171,000 443,734,000 423,146,000 822,151,000 402,282,000 438,572,000 438,685,000 454,036,000 373,952,000 344,055,000 404,416,000 345,288,000 328,897,000 343,723,000 570,918,000 336,003,000 758,921,000 666,068,000 611,793,000 625,986,000       
        property, plant and equipment
      10,556,400,000 10,344,900,000 10,104,200,000 9,894,500,000 9,714,600,000 9,566,500,000 9,383,000,000 9,238,100,000 9,068,400,000 8,917,200,000 8,767,954,000 8,590,796,000 8,466,173,000 8,374,790,000 8,236,053,000 8,086,704,000 7,927,840,000 7,856,573,000 7,697,880,000 7,558,204,000 7,415,818,000 7,305,530,000 7,128,387,000 6,954,274,000 6,808,261,000 6,784,679,000 6,567,229,000 6,317,112,000 6,127,050,000 6,000,015,000 5,819,000,000 5,702,065,000 5,608,539,000 5,567,518,000 6,615,098,000 6,533,581,000 6,436,610,000 6,412,223,000 6,306,119,000 6,209,816,000 6,063,943,000 4,976,778,000 4,882,420,000 4,726,478,000 4,652,058,000 4,563,400,000 4,493,696,000 4,408,291,000 4,318,194,000 4,259,445,000 4,152,097,000 3,977,704,000 3,950,222,000 3,863,380,000 3,724,016,000 3,664,967,000 3,461,559,000 3,045,126,000 2,891,102,000 2,819,510,000 2,705,492,000 2,615,627,000 2,564,259,000 2,490,565,000 
        less: accumulated depreciation
      -2,162,600,000  -2,076,500,000 -2,034,100,000 -1,992,600,000  -1,913,400,000 -1,882,600,000 -1,845,300,000                                                        
        total property, plant and equipment
      8,393,800,000 8,234,200,000 8,027,700,000 7,860,400,000 7,722,000,000 7,629,900,000 7,469,600,000 7,355,500,000 7,223,100,000 7,119,300,000 7,012,348,000 6,919,493,000 6,837,401,000 6,797,948,000 6,697,322,000 6,587,152,000 6,473,415,000 6,449,176,000 6,317,576,000 6,196,751,000 6,095,293,000 6,019,714,000 5,851,977,000 5,703,199,000 5,584,282,000 5,503,186,000 5,323,435,000 5,092,512,000 4,939,938,000 4,854,879,000 4,700,217,000 4,614,376,000 4,559,606,000 4,541,430,000 4,594,767,000 4,551,701,000 4,493,072,000 4,468,989,000 4,465,003,000 4,389,930,000 4,321,873,000 3,259,094,000 3,264,697,000 3,203,509,000 3,300,201,000 3,239,375,000 3,155,187,000 3,082,631,000 3,019,796,000 2,990,297,000 2,893,647,000 2,766,871,000 2,696,414,000 2,856,553,000 2,789,575,000 2,730,855,000 2,572,528,000 2,214,703,000       
        other assets:
                                                                      
        goodwill
      1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,500,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,299,454,000 1,300,379,000 1,303,453,000 1,306,169,000 359,759,000 359,527,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 353,396,000 354,831,000 354,831,000 353,734,000 353,734,000 359,288,000 359,290,000 400,959,000 40,501,000 29,577,000 
        intangible assets
      5,800,000 6,400,000 6,700,000 7,000,000 7,300,000 7,600,000 7,900,000 8,100,000 8,400,000 8,400,000 8,708,000 9,002,000 9,296,000 9,589,000 9,883,000 10,177,000 10,474,000 10,770,000 11,063,000 11,356,000 11,649,000 11,944,000 12,242,000 12,536,000 13,083,000 13,266,000 13,566,000 13,867,000 14,136,000 14,337,000 6,954,000 7,155,000 7,357,000 7,559,000 7,765,000 7,972,000 8,182,000 8,392,000 8,944,000 9,164,000 10,957,000 3,380,000 3,440,000 3,211,000 3,121,000 3,176,000 3,231,000 3,286,000 3,342,000 3,397,000 3,453,000 3,565,000 3,675,000 3,731,000 3,843,000 3,899,000 4,011,000 4,248,000 4,725,000 4,784,000 4,884,000   21,026,000 
        regulatory assets, non-current
      251,700,000 255,000,000 253,000,000 247,800,000 252,300,000 272,900,000 276,100,000 281,900,000 283,800,000 304,400,000 313,113,000 325,228,000 347,031,000 392,669,000 416,119,000 434,643,000 457,848,000 526,309,000 617,024,000 617,781,000 672,306,000 226,582,000 221,743,000 220,567,000 222,814,000 228,062,000 214,152,000 234,124,000 232,404,000 235,459,000 212,048,000 210,137,000 212,740,000 216,438,000 239,571,000 244,099,000 249,113,000 246,882,000 234,240,000 220,556,000 239,023,000 175,125,000 182,337,000 180,815,000 178,935,000 183,443,000 140,422,000 138,226,000 138,173,000 138,197,000 183,119,000 181,119,000 191,935,000 186,886,000 182,175,000 142,267,000 140,735,000 117,561,000       
        other assets, non-current
      81,000,000 78,800,000 74,500,000 68,500,000 72,000,000 70,400,000 66,100,000 67,300,000 64,300,000 62,200,000 59,031,000 53,590,000 48,636,000 46,862,000 50,268,000 42,709,000 40,155,000 38,054,000 37,547,000 40,971,000 38,882,000 37,801,000 24,318,000 24,633,000 24,258,000 19,376,000 25,339,000 30,552,000 25,823,000 14,352,000 17,143,000 17,207,000 14,800,000 10,149,000 11,655,000 13,812,000 11,905,000 12,130,000 12,800,000 15,438,000 11,274,000 20,566,000 22,131,000 28,670,000 28,280,000 29,086,000 29,930,000 31,808,000 28,925,000 27,906,000 22,116,000 21,367,000 19,850,000 19,733,000 19,941,000 20,894,000 20,907,000 18,064,000       
        total other assets, non-current
      1,638,000,000 1,639,700,000 1,633,700,000 1,622,800,000 1,631,100,000 1,650,400,000 1,649,600,000 1,656,800,000 1,656,000,000 1,674,500,000 1,680,306,000 1,687,274,000 1,704,417,000 1,748,574,000 1,775,724,000 1,786,983,000 1,807,931,000 1,874,587,000 1,965,088,000 1,969,562,000 2,022,291,000 1,575,781,000 1,557,757,000 1,557,190,000 1,559,609,000 1,560,158,000 1,552,511,000 1,577,997,000 1,571,817,000 1,563,602,000 1,535,599,000 1,533,953,000 1,534,351,000 1,533,600,000 1,558,445,000 1,565,374,000 1,568,663,000 1,567,080,000 1,556,546,000 1,548,837,000 1,567,508,000 562,271,000 567,435,000 566,092,000 563,732,000 569,101,000 526,979,000 526,716,000 523,836,000 522,896,000 562,084,000 559,447,000             
        total assets
      10,820,000,000 10,869,800,000 10,329,000,000 10,091,600,000 10,061,200,000 10,022,600,000 9,718,700,000 10,185,900,000 9,676,700,000 9,620,400,000 9,932,928,000 9,409,095,000 9,460,136,000 9,618,230,000 9,322,294,000 9,134,562,000 9,130,654,000 9,131,896,000 8,910,390,000 8,738,052,000 8,696,199,000 8,088,786,000 7,829,050,000 7,689,932,000 7,648,814,000 7,558,457,000 7,274,950,000 7,081,453,000 7,037,572,000 6,963,327,000 6,661,938,000 6,570,129,000 6,626,989,000 6,658,902,000 6,551,177,000 6,489,092,000 6,475,849,000 6,515,444,000 6,452,136,000 6,394,864,000 6,324,653,000 4,655,501,000 4,246,562,000 4,220,271,000 4,319,828,000 4,279,806,000 4,073,262,000 3,970,498,000 3,964,964,000 3,875,178,000 3,801,240,000 3,686,586,000 3,853,628,000 3,774,280,000 4,127,083,000 3,953,367,000 3,727,028,000 3,358,639,000       
        liabilities and equity
                                                                      
        current liabilities:
                                                                      
        accounts payable
      210,800,000 311,700,000 219,100,000 180,800,000 216,800,000 229,100,000 136,300,000 155,200,000 132,600,000 186,400,000 124,033,000 133,300,000 173,221,000 310,020,000 187,046,000 185,735,000 173,102,000 217,761,000 142,130,000 133,354,000 160,179,000 183,340,000 152,010,000 118,942,000 136,344,000 193,523,000 145,085,000 150,508,000 178,678,000 210,609,000 115,900,000 104,718,000 106,281,000 160,887,000 95,595,000 99,970,000 105,074,000 153,477,000 141,780,000 170,149,000 121,684,000 105,468,000 91,633,000 78,021,000 88,770,000 124,139,000 100,444,000 100,098,000 149,681,000 130,416,000 77,077,000 82,437,000 69,138,000 59,739,000 104,748,000 219,167,000 217,559,000 194,342,000 184,208,000 175,190,000 288,907,000 234,647,000 242,048,000 242,813,000 
        accrued liabilities
      260,200,000 322,600,000 292,400,000 251,100,000 253,200,000 302,200,000 291,700,000 259,600,000 263,900,000 293,300,000 257,458,000 217,259,000 228,861,000 243,457,000 250,835,000 226,320,000 227,209,000 244,759,000 249,835,000 219,022,000 230,444,000 243,612,000 244,010,000 201,667,000 203,445,000 226,767,000 217,832,000 188,517,000 196,072,000 215,501,000 201,353,000 190,339,000 194,040,000 219,462,000 213,571,000 201,993,000 203,467,000 244,034,000 228,522,000 218,250,000 272,181,000 232,061,000 229,957,000 160,528,000 166,781,000 170,115,000 163,374,000 141,177,000 145,973,000 151,277,000 152,911,000 140,230,000 179,284,000 158,240,000 151,319,000 168,640,000 141,184,000 140,939,000 150,042,000 133,291,000 134,940,000 144,768,000 104,808,000 116,197,000 
        derivative liabilities, current
      1,800,000 5,800,000 5,200,000 1,700,000  4,200,000 4,500,000 1,700,000 2,000,000 6,500,000 2,193,000 322,000 1,729,000 6,600,000 5,569,000 4,719,000 191,000 1,439,000 3,471,000 5,178,000 2,526,000 2,044,000 1,439,000 621,000 852,000 2,254,000 2,396,000 1,491,000 95,000 947,000 1,154,000 485,000 891,000 2,081,000 1,562,000 719,000 464,000 2,459,000 1,941,000 28,855,000 3,965,000 2,835,000 3,312,000 3,289,000 3,342,000 3,340,000 3,397,000 3,480,000 3,498,000 3,474,000 65,944,000 89,112,000 86,509,000 85,675,000 84,367,000 129,163,000 91,139,000 68,834,000       
        regulatory liabilities, current
      85,900,000 99,900,000 91,900,000 96,600,000 99,000,000 94,100,000 86,200,000 90,300,000 89,900,000 98,900,000 93,988,000 101,979,000 110,100,000 46,013,000 24,797,000 33,356,000 52,742,000 17,574,000 30,156,000 36,124,000 13,580,000 25,061,000 22,282,000 59,428,000 54,345,000 33,507,000 25,168,000 39,642,000 45,777,000 29,810,000 41,442,000 52,102,000 42,499,000 6,832,000 7,042,000 17,305,000 22,118,000 13,067,000 16,925,000 34,275,000 35,933,000 4,865,000 5,647,000 10,910,000 17,621,000 3,687,000 828,000 828,000 583,000 10,727,000 14,707,000 19,020,000 10,705,000 16,785,000 16,231,000 10,568,000 15,004,000 9,850,000       
        notes payable
      252,200,000  126,000,000 123,700,000 59,900,000 133,800,000 17,500,000       535,600,000 501,350,000 335,050,000 341,480,000 420,180,000 332,525,000 829,850,000 815,870,000 234,040,000 84,320,000  319,125,000 349,500,000 294,900,000 102,500,000 164,650,000 185,620,000 112,100,000 121,800,000 164,200,000 211,300,000 225,170,000 107,975,000 50,950,000 96,600,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 215,600,000 76,800,000 117,900,000 105,760,000 102,600,000 75,000,000 184,000,000 132,700,000 100,000,000 82,500,000 138,300,000 245,000,000 225,000,000 225,000,000 345,000,000 359,000,000 287,000,000 223,000,000 350,500,000 270,500,000 703,800,000 627,800,000 73,000,000 37,000,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
      410,000,000   300,000,000 300,000,000   600,000,000 600,000,000 600,000,000 1,125,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000 525,000,000      7,000,000 7,000,000 8,436,000 9,871,000 4,307,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 255,743,000 255,743,000 255,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 5,743,000 930,743,000      275,000,000 275,000,000 275,000,000   255,694,000 104,637,000 328,310,000 227,590,000 2,473,000 2,893,000 4,254,000 24,426,000 32,091,000 32,086,000 2,078,000 2,074,000 143,187,000 143,183,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,220,900,000 740,000,000 734,600,000 953,900,000 928,900,000 763,400,000 536,200,000 1,106,800,000 1,088,400,000 1,185,100,000 1,602,672,000 977,860,000 1,038,911,000 1,666,690,000 969,597,000 785,180,000 794,724,000 901,713,000 758,117,000 1,230,528,000 1,229,599,000 696,533,000 513,932,000 384,965,000 719,854,000 811,294,000 691,124,000 488,401,000 591,015,000 648,230,000 730,230,000 730,635,000 788,564,000 649,101,000 554,270,000 438,865,000 391,542,000 527,932,000 480,820,000 1,467,896,000 660,262,000 422,029,000 448,757,000 358,508,000 379,114,000 651,281,000 727,043,000 653,283,000 399,735,000 378,394,000 704,633,000 681,593,000 898,946,000 773,029,000 878,067,000 889,431,000 756,140,000 671,959,000       
        long-term debt
      3,992,500,000 4,701,100,000 4,252,800,000 3,952,400,000 3,951,600,000 4,250,200,000 4,248,800,000 4,247,100,000 3,802,800,000 3,801,200,000 3,799,510,000 3,955,745,000 3,954,409,000 3,607,340,000 4,131,033,000 4,129,662,000 4,128,291,000 4,126,923,000 4,125,571,000 3,530,216,000 3,529,158,000 3,528,100,000 3,526,894,000 3,532,887,000 3,136,887,000 3,140,096,000 3,049,235,000 3,049,672,000 2,950,299,000 2,950,835,000 2,951,389,000 2,858,068,000 2,858,787,000 3,109,400,000 3,109,864,000 3,160,302,000 3,210,730,000 3,211,189,000 3,211,768,000 2,221,347,000 3,159,055,000 1,866,866,000 1,567,797,000 1,567,727,000 1,542,658,000 1,267,589,000 1,107,519,000 1,121,950,000 1,396,949,000 1,396,948,000 955,979,000 936,477,000 942,950,000 1,044,891,000 1,280,409,000 1,282,194,000 1,184,830,000 993,514,000 719,215,000 719,243,000 501,252,000 501,277,000 561,136,000 564,372,000 
        deferred credits and other liabilities:
                                                                      
        deferred income tax liabilities
      736,600,000 697,900,000 679,600,000 674,000,000 666,500,000 625,100,000 603,300,000 598,500,000 576,100,000 548,000,000 530,985,000 528,627,000 535,852,000 508,941,000 491,859,000 490,207,000 490,384,000 465,388,000 445,036,000 436,495,000 428,127,000 408,624,000 398,136,000 388,962,000 387,939,000 360,719,000 347,952,000 343,207,000 337,184,000 311,331,000 292,753,000 289,814,000 290,491,000 336,520,000                               
        regulatory liabilities, non-current
      490,200,000 488,300,000 484,700,000 480,100,000 475,200,000 474,600,000 470,800,000 467,100,000 463,500,000 467,700,000 468,969,000 469,509,000 466,961,000 472,560,000 469,963,000 482,642,000 482,442,000 485,377,000 496,261,000 497,608,000 497,810,000 507,659,000 505,317,000 506,393,000 504,149,000 503,145,000 498,773,000 514,914,000 511,482,000 510,984,000 508,846,000 497,929,000 495,362,000 478,294,000 198,189,000 199,005,000 196,538,000 193,689,000 186,496,000 195,166,000 200,337,000 148,176,000 152,164,000 150,835,000 148,918,000 145,144,000 118,856,000 119,462,000 116,793,000 109,429,000 131,730,000 126,573,000 120,491,000 114,593,000 108,217,000 85,074,000 90,923,000 44,788,000       
        benefit plan liabilities
      121,200,000 123,400,000 120,900,000 119,900,000 122,300,000 122,900,000 122,900,000 122,000,000 124,100,000 123,900,000 119,046,000 118,841,000 117,765,000 116,742,000 120,629,000 121,338,000 123,111,000 123,925,000 150,727,000 151,290,000 150,979,000 150,556,000 144,049,000 142,580,000 152,693,000 154,472,000 134,150,000 146,648,000 145,883,000 145,147,000 151,613,000 162,199,000 160,580,000 159,646,000 149,803,000 176,102,000 174,827,000 173,682,000 171,633,000 173,347,000 181,270,000 146,459,000 158,614,000 165,791,000 162,334,000 158,966,000 108,924,000 116,403,000 113,324,000 111,479,000 169,448,000 172,353,000 167,690,000 162,530,000 177,480,000 124,214,000 128,170,000 144,199,000 135,027,000 160,712,000 159,034,000    
        other deferred credits and other liabilities
      231,700,000 213,400,000 205,500,000 191,900,000 199,600,000 201,200,000 204,500,000 201,000,000 199,300,000 188,700,000 152,174,000 155,746,000 154,507,000 156,062,000 155,456,000 142,732,000 140,680,000 141,447,000 134,776,000 133,021,000 135,224,000 134,667,000 120,522,000 119,649,000 122,869,000 124,662,000 120,820,000 118,613,000 118,007,000 109,377,000 105,928,000 104,951,000 105,221,000 105,735,000 137,251,000 135,510,000 135,847,000 138,643,000 141,007,000 122,015,000 124,181,000 155,369,000 136,462,000 154,656,000 154,604,000 154,406,000 144,089,000 137,765,000 129,083,000 133,279,000 133,341,000 125,958,000 129,630,000 124,482,000 123,553,000 128,013,000 134,617,000 114,021,000       
        total deferred credits and other liabilities
      1,579,700,000 1,523,000,000 1,490,700,000 1,465,900,000 1,463,600,000 1,423,800,000 1,401,500,000 1,388,600,000 1,363,000,000 1,328,300,000 1,271,174,000 1,272,723,000 1,275,085,000 1,254,305,000 1,237,907,000 1,236,919,000 1,236,617,000 1,216,137,000 1,226,800,000 1,218,414,000 1,212,140,000 1,201,506,000 1,168,024,000 1,157,584,000 1,167,650,000 1,142,998,000 1,101,695,000 1,123,382,000 1,112,556,000 1,076,839,000 1,059,140,000 1,054,893,000 1,051,654,000 1,080,195,000 1,091,061,000 1,099,894,000 1,084,599,000 1,041,894,000 1,033,318,000 1,021,505,000 1,020,512,000 900,739,000 942,796,000 983,150,000 990,289,000 984,912,000 881,308,000 853,940,000 830,861,000 792,088,000 849,679,000 807,623,000 797,415,000 760,075,000 759,271,000 693,737,000 672,911,000 585,168,000       
        commitments, contingencies and guarantees
                                                                      
        equity:
                                                                      
        stockholder's equity -
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 76,174,264 and 75,520,234 shares, respectively
      76,200,000                                                                
        additional paid-in capital
      2,459,400,000 2,417,500,000 2,415,000,000 2,260,700,000 2,238,200,000 2,193,400,000 2,193,900,000 2,084,200,000 2,040,200,000 2,007,700,000 1,994,439,000 1,941,234,000 1,911,476,000 1,882,653,000 1,811,093,000 1,808,437,000 1,786,980,000 1,783,436,000 1,726,277,000 1,701,825,000 1,658,957,000 1,657,285,000 1,655,912,000 1,654,563,000 1,652,861,000 1,552,788,000 1,553,190,000 1,522,208,000 1,469,410,000 1,450,569,000 1,157,214,000 1,154,947,000 1,151,933,000 1,150,285,000 1,147,922,000 1,145,493,000 1,143,102,000 1,138,982,000 1,123,527,000 1,072,927,000 960,605,000 953,044,000 753,856,000 751,679,000 749,517,000 748,840,000 746,575,000 744,505,000 742,016,000 742,344,000 740,209,000 735,000,000 731,176,000 727,613,000 722,623,000 604,945,000 601,021,000 593,589,000 588,556,000 586,879,000 584,582,000 580,601,000 578,742,000 560,475,000 
        retained earnings
      1,420,800,000 1,342,900,000 1,289,000,000 1,313,300,000 1,334,800,000 1,249,100,000 1,197,500,000 1,219,600,000 1,241,700,000 1,158,200,000 1,121,196,000 1,118,145,000 1,136,844,000 1,064,122,000 1,032,522,000 1,036,263,000 1,041,451,000 962,458,000 929,369,000 921,122,000 931,538,000 870,738,000 828,993,000 826,269,000 838,841,000 778,776,000 742,138,000 761,222,000 777,262,000 700,396,000 644,154,000 652,642,000 656,161,000 548,617,000 516,371,000 512,498,000 513,885,000 457,934,000 462,090,000 469,940,000 490,999,000 472,534,000 504,864,000 532,965,000 629,135,000 599,389,000 582,800,000 573,379,000 570,963,000 540,244,000 539,030,000 519,184,000 478,459,000 460,324,000 476,603,000 467,043,000 498,614,000 491,202,000 454,907,000 470,883,000 447,453,000 561,102,000 400,909,000 397,393,000 
        treasury stock
      -3,700,000 -2,600,000 -2,700,000 -2,800,000 -2,000,000 -3,300,000 -5,900,000 -4,900,000 -4,700,000 -4,100,000 -3,457,000 -3,167,000 -2,697,000 -2,435,000 -1,715,000 -1,542,000 -1,287,000 -3,509,000 -2,819,000 -2,988,000 -2,564,000 -2,119,000 -1,710,000 -1,879,000 -1,925,000 -267,000 -1,636,000 -1,544,000 -1,432,000 -2,510,000 -4,072,000 -3,642,000 -3,049,000 -2,306,000 -2,448,000 -2,325,000 -2,443,000 -791,000 -1,155,000 -975,000 -1,573,000 -1,888,000 -1,789,000 -1,771,000 -1,688,000 -1,875,000 -1,841,000 -1,801,000 -1,638,000 -1,968,000 -1,801,000 -1,549,000 -2,354,000 -2,177,000 -970,000 -810,000 -762,000 -112,000   -1,392,000   -1,347,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive
      -7,500,000  -8,800,000 -8,000,000           -20,389,000                                                  
        total stockholders' equity
      3,945,200,000  3,768,000,000 3,636,100,000 3,635,100,000  3,446,600,000 3,357,300,000 3,333,900,000  3,167,317,000 3,110,015,000 3,097,947,000                                        1,214,317,000 1,196,285,000 1,209,336,000 1,088,005,000 1,113,147,000 1,107,998,000       
        non-controlling interest
      81,700,000 82,100,000 82,900,000 83,300,000 82,000,000 83,700,000 85,600,000 86,100,000 88,600,000 90,500,000 92,255,000 92,752,000 93,784,000 94,982,000 97,141,000 97,354,000 99,107,000 100,029,000 102,379,000                                              
        total equity
      4,026,900,000 3,905,700,000 3,850,900,000 3,719,400,000 3,717,100,000 3,585,200,000 3,532,200,000 3,443,400,000 3,422,500,000 3,305,800,000 3,259,572,000 3,202,767,000 3,191,731,000 3,089,895,000 2,983,757,000 2,982,801,000 2,971,022,000 2,887,123,000 2,799,902,000 2,758,894,000 2,725,302,000 2,662,647,000 2,620,200,000 2,614,496,000 2,624,423,000 2,464,069,000 2,432,896,000 2,419,998,000 2,383,702,000 2,287,423,000 1,921,179,000 1,926,533,000 1,927,984,000 1,820,206,000 1,795,982,000 1,790,031,000 1,788,978,000 1,730,134,000 1,722,024,000 1,679,945,000                   1,062,530,000 1,080,100,000     
        total liabilities and total equity
      10,820,000,000 10,869,800,000 10,329,000,000 10,091,600,000 10,061,200,000 10,022,600,000 9,718,700,000 10,185,900,000 9,676,700,000 9,620,400,000 9,932,928,000 9,409,095,000 9,460,136,000 9,618,230,000 9,322,294,000 9,134,562,000 9,130,654,000 9,131,896,000 8,910,390,000 8,738,052,000 8,696,199,000 8,088,786,000 7,829,050,000 7,689,932,000 7,648,814,000 7,558,457,000 7,274,950,000 7,081,453,000 7,037,572,000 6,963,327,000 6,661,938,000 6,570,129,000 6,626,989,000                                
        less accumulated depreciation and depletion
       -2,110,700,000    -1,936,600,000    -1,797,900,000    -1,576,842,000    -1,407,397,000    -1,285,816,000    -1,281,493,000    -1,145,136,000    -1,026,088,000    -1,943,234,000    -1,717,684,000    -1,324,025,000    -1,269,148,000  -1,210,833,000 -1,253,808,000 -1,006,827,000 -934,441,000 -934,112,000 -889,031,000 -830,423,000 -795,378,000 -773,278,000 -683,332,000 -566,191,000 -689,997,000 -667,031,000 
        stockholders’ equity -
                                                                      
        common stock 1.00 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 75,520,234 and 71,676,756, respectively
       75,500,000                                                               
        accumulated other comprehensive income
       -9,700,000   -8,400,000 -9,400,000 -10,600,000 -11,300,000 -12,300,000 -14,800,000 -12,907,000 -13,312,000 -14,347,000 -15,567,000  -22,816,000 -20,078,000 -20,084,000 -19,169,000 -24,446,000 -26,328,000 -27,346,000 -26,922,000 -28,434,000 -29,382,000 -30,655,000 -25,695,000 -26,227,000 -26,459,000 -26,916,000 -37,703,000 -38,763,000 -39,924,000 -41,202,000 -32,566,000 -32,941,000 -33,730,000 -34,883,000 -32,951,000 -31,764,000 -20,825,000 -9,055,000 -14,611,000 -16,859,000 -14,054,000 -15,044,000 -14,839,000 -19,441,000 -18,589,000 -17,422,000 -31,021,000 -36,224,000 -37,215,000 -33,652,000 -32,878,000 -22,665,000         
        total stockholders’ equity
       3,823,600,000    3,501,500,000    3,215,300,000    2,994,913,000 2,886,616,000 2,885,447,000 2,871,915,000 2,787,094,000 2,697,523,000 2,659,040,000 2,624,513,000 2,561,385,000 2,519,046,000 2,513,292,000 2,523,168,000 2,362,123,000 2,329,478,000 2,316,750,000 2,279,159,000 2,181,588,000 1,813,255,000 1,818,846,000 1,818,770,000 1,708,974,000 1,682,804,000 1,676,239,000 1,674,316,000 1,614,639,000 1,604,642,000 1,562,427,000 1,480,683,000 1,465,867,000 1,287,212,000 1,310,886,000 1,407,767,000 1,376,024,000 1,357,392,000 1,341,325,000 1,337,419,000 1,307,748,000 1,290,949,000 1,260,893,000             
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 75,520,225 and 71,676,756 shares, respectively
        75,500,000                                                              
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 72,902,676 and 71,676,756 shares, respectively
         72,900,000                                                             
        derivative assets, current
          100,000      126,000 303,000 153,000 582,000 3,868,000 716,000 7,382,000 4,373,000 12,316,000 3,925,000 1,917,000 1,848,000 2,001,000 1,581,000 1,780,000 342,000 412,000 405,000 932,000 1,500,000 1,392,000 666,000 295,000 304,000 657,000 1,148,000 1,541,000 4,138,000 4,382,000 4,030,000 1,486,000       1,737,000 1,846,000 717,000 126,000 1,630,000 16,063,000 16,595,000 18,583,000 48,727,000 49,295,000 54,773,000       
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 72,544,232 and 71,676,756 shares, respectively
          72,500,000                                                            
        common stock 1.00 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 71,676,756 and 68,265,042, respectively
           71,700,000                                                           
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 71,676,746 and 68,265,042 shares, respectively
            71,700,000                                                          
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 69,747,220 and 68,265,042 shares, respectively
             69,700,000                                                         
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 68,969,578 and 68,265,042 shares, respectively
              69,000,000                                                        
        common stock 1.00 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 68,265,042 and 66,140,396, respectively
               68,300,000                                                       
        less: accumulated depreciation and depletion
                -1,755,606,000 -1,671,303,000 -1,628,772,000  -1,538,731,000 -1,499,552,000 -1,454,425,000  -1,380,304,000 -1,361,453,000 -1,320,525,000  -1,276,410,000 -1,251,075,000 -1,223,979,000  -1,243,794,000 -1,224,600,000 -1,187,112,000  -1,118,783,000 -1,087,689,000 -1,048,933,000  -2,020,331,000 -1,981,880,000 -1,943,538,000  -1,841,116,000 -1,819,886,000 -1,742,070,000  -1,617,723,000 -1,522,969,000 -1,351,857,000  -1,338,509,000 -1,325,660,000 -1,298,398,000  -1,258,450,000              
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 68,046,262 and 66,140,396 shares, respectively
                68,046,000                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 67,115,403 and 66,140,396 shares, respectively
                 67,115,000                                                     
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 66,670,709 and 66,140,396 shares, respectively
                  66,671,000                                                    
        common stock 1.00 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 66,140,396 and 64,793,095, respectively
                   66,140,000                                                   
        stockholders’ equity —
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 65,105,205 and 64,793,095 shares, respectively
                    65,105,000                                                  
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 65,105,178 and 64,793,095 shares, respectively
                     65,105,000                                                 
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 64,849,227 and 64,793,095 shares, respectively
                      64,849,000                                                
        common stock 1.00 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 64,793,095 and 62,827,179, respectively
                       64,793,000                                               
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 63,865,151 and 62,827,179 shares, respectively
                        63,865,000                                              
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 63,526,913 and 62,827,179 shares, respectively
                         63,527,000                                             
        noncontrolling interest
                         99,854,000 100,789,000 101,262,000 101,154,000 101,204,000 101,255,000 101,946,000 103,418,000 103,248,000 104,543,000 105,835,000 107,924,000 107,687,000 109,214,000 111,232,000 113,178,000 113,792,000 114,662,000 115,495,000 117,382,000 117,518,000                         
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 62,909,973 and 62,827,179 shares, respectively
                          62,910,000                                            
        common stock 1.00 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 62,827,179 and 61,480,658, respectively
                           62,827,000                                           
        investments
                            15,659,000 15,438,000 15,250,000 21,929,000 21,583,000 41,271,000 41,247,000 41,013,000 41,202,000 41,148,000 40,927,000 13,090,000 12,947,000 12,761,000 12,712,000 12,561,000 12,416,000 12,363,000 12,126,000 11,985,000 12,148,000 12,098,000 17,210,000 17,294,000 17,144,000 17,096,000 16,916,000 16,697,000 16,612,000 16,545,000 16,273,000 16,208,000 17,261,000 17,338,000 17,088,000 18,466,000 19,462,000 20,316,000 22,764,000 21,911,000 16,745,000 19,216,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 62,773,015 and 61,480,658 shares, respectively
                            62,773,000                                          
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 62,772,996 and 61,480,658 shares, respectively
                             62,773,000                                         
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 62,772,978 and 61,480,658 shares, respectively
                              62,773,000                                        
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 61,480,658 and 60,048,567, respectively
                               61,481,000                                       
        restricted cash
                                3,688,000 3,602,000 3,494,000  3,241,000 3,084,000 2,958,000                      9,254,000 4,080,000 3,406,000 27,215,000 6,000   5,514,000 5,484,000 5,443,000 
        liabilities and total equity
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 61,480,640 and 60,048,567 shares, respectively
                                61,481,000                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 61,091,385 and 60,048,567 shares, respectively
                                 61,091,000                                     
        current assets held for sale
                                    2,854,000 3,557,000 24,724,000 84,242,000                               
        current liabilities held for sale
                                    2,538,000 5,448,000 24,910,000 41,774,000                               
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 60,378,020; 60,048,567; and 53,648,817 shares, respectively
                                  60,378,000                                    
        accrued income tax
                                       1,022,000    12,552,000              1,157,000             
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 60,048,567 and 53,579,986, respectively
                                   60,049,000                                   
        noncurrent assets held for sale
                                                                      
        accrued income taxes
                                        5,587,000 5,160,000 3,726,000  10,909,000 10,624,000 10,899,000  308,000               10,568,000 15,734,000 27,152,000  48,360,000 303,000 833,000 
        non-current liabilities held for sale
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,661,863; 53,579,986; and 53,524,529 shares, respectively
                                    53,662,000                                  
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,661,850; 53,579,986; and 53,513,521 shares, respectively
                                     53,662,000                                 
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,648,817; 53,579,986; and 53,502,252 shares, respectively
                                      53,649,000                                
        derivative assets, non-current
                                         37,000 9,000 222,000 183,000 226,000 85,000 3,441,000           1,167,000 1,770,000 1,971,000 17,215,000 5,135,000 5,877,000       
        liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity
                                                                      
        noncurrent liabilities held for sale
                                                                      
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                           4,295,000 4,206,000 4,171,000                         
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 53,579,986 and 53,397,467, respectively
                                       53,580,000                               
        total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and total equity
                                       6,658,902,000 6,551,177,000 6,489,092,000 6,475,849,000 6,515,444,000 6,452,136,000 6,394,864,000                         
        liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and total equity
                                                                      
        deferred income tax liabilities, net, non-current
                                        605,744,000 589,189,000 577,211,000 535,606,000 533,865,000 530,746,000 500,202,000 450,579,000 494,834,000 510,435,000 522,290,000 523,716,000 506,166,000 476,059,000 466,856,000 432,287,000 403,772,000 367,502,000 338,194,000 316,393,000 300,988,000          
        derivative liabilities, non-current
                                        74,000 88,000 176,000 274,000 317,000 231,000 14,522,000 156,000 722,000 1,433,000 2,143,000 2,680,000 3,273,000 4,251,000 4,805,000 5,614,000 11,388,000 15,237,000 41,410,000 42,077,000 49,033,000 26,603,000 15,554,000 12,081,000       
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,524,529; 53,397,467; and 53,131,469 shares, respectively
                                        53,525,000                              
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,513,521; 53,397,467; and 52,299,075 shares, respectively
                                         53,514,000                             
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,502,252; 53,397,467; and 51,477,472 shares, respectively
                                          53,502,000                            
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 53,397,467 and 51,231,861 shares, respectively
                                           53,397,000                           
        deferred income tax assets, net, current
                                                47,783,000 52,394,000 23,913,000 48,288,000 34,756,000 23,872,000 25,780,000 18,889,000 37,163,000 38,196,000 33,681,000 30,401,000 37,202,000          
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 53,131,469; 51,231,861; and 44,891,626 shares, respectively
                                            53,131,000                          
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 52,299,075; 51,231,861; and 44,871,771 shares, respectively
                                             52,299,000                         
        redeemable non-controlling interest
                                              4,141,000                        
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                      
        common stock equity —
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 51,477,472; 51,231,861; and 44,856,790 shares, respectively
                                              51,477,000                        
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                              6,324,653,000 4,655,501,000 4,246,562,000 4,220,271,000 4,319,828,000 4,279,806,000 4,073,262,000 3,970,498,000 3,964,964,000 3,875,178,000 3,801,240,000 3,686,586,000             
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 51,231,861 and 44,714,072 shares, respectively
                                               51,232,000                       
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,891,626; 44,714,072; and 44,696,670 shares, respectively
                                                44,892,000                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,871,771; 44,714,072; and 44,682,885 shares, respectively
                                                 44,872,000                     
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,856,790; 44,714,072; and 44,666,953 shares, respectively
                                                  44,857,000                    
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 44,714,072 and 44,550,239 shares, respectively
                                                   44,714,000                   
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,696,670; 44,550,239; and 44,532,245 shares, respectively
                                                    44,697,000                  
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,682,885; 44,550,239; and 44,516,472 shares, respectively
                                                     44,683,000                 
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,666,953; 44,550,239; and 44,482,304 shares, respectively
                                                      44,667,000                
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 44,550,239 and 44,278,189 shares, respectively
                                                       44,550,000               
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,532,245; 44,278,189; and 44,250,588 shares, respectively
                                                        44,532,000              
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 44,482,304; 44,278,189; and 44,151,428 shares, respectively
                                                         44,482,000             
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                            340,851,000      246,000 322,000 1,106,000 1,052,000 
        total other assets
                                                          570,023,000 565,516,000 561,326,000 539,106,000 525,619,000 499,484,000       
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                      
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                            173,929,000      88,000 124,000 757,000 1,551,000 
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                      
        common stock —
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized: issued 44,250,588; 43,957,502 and 39,491,616 shares, respectively
                                                          44,251,000            
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                          3,853,628,000 3,774,280,000 4,127,083,000 3,953,367,000 3,727,028,000 3,358,639,000       
        common stockholders' —
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized: issued 44,176,520; 43,957,502 and 39,462,001 shares, respectively
                                                           44,177,000           
        common stock equity-
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued: 43,957,502 shares at 2011 and 39,280,048 shares at 2010, respectively
                                                            43,958,000          
        deferred income tax assets, current
                                                             39,628,000 18,362,000        
        deferred income tax liabilities, non-current
                                                             329,833,000         
        common stockholders' equity —
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 39,491,616, 39,280,048 and 39,243,257 shares, respectively
                                                             39,492,000         
        deferred income tax liability, non-current
                                                              303,647,000 270,079,000       
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 39,434,304; 39,280,048 and 39,178,067 shares, respectively
                                                              39,434,000        
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                              -25,160,000 -15,859,000 -19,609,000 -16,415,000 -18,783,000 -29,545,000 -51,788,000 -24,508,000 
        accounts receivables
                                                               242,189,000       
        deferred income tax asset, current
                                                               5,610,000       
        common stockholders' equity -
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 39,178,067; 38,977,526 and 38,796,005 shares, respectively
                                                               39,178,000       
        short-term investments
                                                                   6,310,000 7,290,000  
        receivables
                                                                208,563,000      
        derivative assets
                                                                56,951,000 75,600,000 73,068,000 84,758,000 46,337,000 37,208,000 
        deferred income taxes
                                                                13,221,000 17,640,000 10,244,000  14,011,000 4,512,000 
        regulatory assets
                                                                12,775,000 14,086,000 35,390,000    
        other
                                                                7,861,000 11,189,000 17,774,000 69,512,000 47,343,000 46,120,000 
        derivative liabilities
                                                                68,634,000 69,347,000 118,657,000 62,409,000 72,526,000 39,380,000 
        regulatory liabilities
                                                                30,120,000 36,943,000 5,203,000    
        common stock equity –
                                                                      
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
                                                                      
        issued 38,872,925; 38,676,054 and 38,490,315 shares,
                                                                      
        respectively
                                                                38,873,000 38,837,000  38,490,000 38,425,000  
        shares, respectively
                                                                -197,000 -84,000  -1,419,000 -1,050,000  
        total common stockholders’ equity
                                                                1,062,530,000 1,080,100,000     
        non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
                                                                      
        receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,010;
                                                                      
        6,751 and 3,417, respectively)
                                                                 181,250,000     
        issued 38,836,918; 38,676,054 and 38,439,339 shares,
                                                                      
        accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
                                                                      
        6,751 and 4,588, respectively)
                                                                  357,404,000    
        minority interest
                                                                     5,167,000 
        common stock 1 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued:
                                                                      
        38,676,054 shares at 2008 and 37,842,221 shares at 2007
                                                                  38,676,000    
        receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 6,077;
                                                                      
        4,588 and 5,259, respectively)
                                                                   227,862,000   
        other assets
                                                                   32,424,000 16,048,000  
        minority interest in subsidiaries
                                                                   132,000 5,244,000  
        issued 38,490,315; 37,842,221 and 37,802,087 shares,
                                                                      
        receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,213;
                                                                      
        4,588 and 3,647, respectively)
                                                                    270,763,000  
        intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of
                                                                      
        28,865; 28,114 and 26,632, respectively)
                                                                    20,275,000  
        issued 38,425,006; 37,842,221 and 37,701,238 shares,
                                                                      
        4,588 and 4,202, respectively)
                                                                     291,189,000 
        37,842,221 shares in 2007 and 33,404,902 shares in 2006
                                                                     37,842,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          operating activities:
                                                                  
          net income
        133,100,000 108,700,000 25,900,000 28,800,000 136,400,000 101,100,000 26,400,000 24,600,000 131,600,000 83,316,000 48,760,000 26,544,000 117,380,000 76,054,000 37,834,000 35,846,000 121,024,000 74,324,000 48,162,000 28,287,000 100,487,000 80,496,000 40,349,000 24,694,000 97,224,000 72,872,000 15,395,000 17,693,000 107,362,000 90,344,000 20,944,000 24,740,000 136,634,000 54,221,000 31,598,000 25,311,000 80,146,000                25,593,000 -10,525,000 7,752,000 26,910,000 31,434,000 -2,180,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          depreciation and amortization
        74,800,000 73,300,000 71,500,000 69,800,000 69,200,000 68,300,000 69,300,000 66,600,000 65,900,000                                                  
          deferred financing cost amortization
        2,500,000 2,500,000 2,900,000 1,900,000 2,400,000 2,500,000 2,700,000 2,800,000 2,700,000 3,172,000 2,075,000 2,443,000 2,410,000 2,413,000 2,477,000 2,478,000 2,475,000 3,076,000 -489,000 2,167,000 2,214,000 2,360,000 1,277,000 2,009,000 2,237,000 1,512,000 2,107,000 2,212,000 2,007,000 2,163,000 1,988,000 1,794,000 1,900,000 2,049,000 2,074,000 2,448,000 1,690,000 2,178,000 1,145,000 1,191,000 1,666,000 3,290,000 1,955,000 600,000 519,000 519,000 501,000 539,000 568,000 3,554,000 1,095,000 1,251,000       
          stock compensation
        3,200,000 3,800,000 2,300,000 3,100,000 2,600,000 2,400,000 2,800,000 3,000,000 2,400,000 2,437,000 252,000 2,527,000 1,784,000 1,772,000 2,945,000 196,000 3,638,000 2,410,000 2,201,000 1,787,000 3,257,000 2,677,000 1,583,000 822,000 291,000 3,763,000 1,239,000 3,797,000 3,296,000 4,846,000 2,323,000 3,012,000 2,209,000 32,000 1,005,000 3,498,000 3,091,000 1,761,000 2,070,000 2,593,000 4,461,000 1,208,000 -230,000 1,015,000 2,083,000 2,351,000 70,000 3,192,000 3,716,000 3,495,000 3,778,000 2,705,000 712,000 1,672,000 889,000 2,370,000 989,000  
          deferred income taxes
        31,800,000 13,700,000 3,100,000 4,300,000 33,200,000 12,400,000 3,000,000 19,900,000 16,700,000 9,286,000 6,911,000 -5,655,000 14,858,000 9,530,000 2,202,000 -602,000 14,462,000 1,417,000 5,152,000 539,000 153,000 9,589,000 2,101,000 4,525,000 21,876,000 13,639,000 2,446,000 2,333,000 19,602,000 -9,843,000 7,023,000 4,011,000 -25,430,000 16,320,000 13,519,000 8,958,000 42,195,000 -2,361,000 5,972,000 27,000 32,579,000 -5,220,000 -14,531,000 -28,325,000 22,048,000 20,995,000 12,493,000 9,561,000 25,953,000 8,919,000 20,541,000 17,518,000 7,320,000 -5,429,000 6,030,000 25,679,000 3,492,000 5,185,000 
          employee benefit plans
        1,600,000 2,700,000 3,300,000 3,400,000 2,200,000 2,300,000 3,300,000 2,600,000 3,000,000 3,571,000 2,031,000 2,877,000 3,021,000 2,782,000 1,294,000 210,000 1,173,000 2,811,000 1,845,000 2,630,000 2,304,000 2,703,000 3,638,000 4,421,000 1,235,000 4,441,000 2,282,000 2,546,000 3,137,000 3,427,000 3,730,000 3,533,000 3,378,000 1,671,000 2,753,000 2,475,000 3,242,000 2,461,000 4,048,000 4,316,000 3,466,000 5,441,000 4,708,000 5,184,000 5,283,000 3,705,000 3,700,000 3,706,000 3,703,000 5,550,000 5,548,000 5,245,000 3,656,000 3,643,000 3,645,000 3,642,000 3,940,000  
          other adjustments
        1,400,000 -1,900,000 -100,000 -400,000 3,300,000 -2,300,000 2,200,000 -3,700,000 -300,000 8,799,000 655,000 -3,938,000 -2,816,000 5,523,000 -754,000 -14,826,000 5,337,000 4,310,000 -7,787,000 4,344,000 6,151,000 3,759,000 4,231,000 2,787,000 892,000 7,293,000 201,000 4,563,000 4,428,000 -1,832,000 2,784,000 1,831,000 3,053,000 777,000 965,000 -4,212,000 -2,303,000 -3,442,000 -361,000 3,285,000 -5,000,000 -8,885,000 293,000 -3,028,000 6,748,000 12,399,000 535,000 -3,709,000 5,190,000 392,000 3,614,000 -753,000    -1,599,000   
          changes in certain operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                  
          materials, supplies and fuel
        24,500,000 1,200,000 -27,400,000 -16,900,000 25,300,000 2,300,000 -18,100,000 -1,400,000 30,400,000 7,854,000 -29,476,000 -3,100,000 76,122,000 13,002,000 -81,412,000 -41,988,000 34,995,000 -5,759,000 -33,922,000 -11,958,000 15,932,000 13,660,000 -18,408,000 -11,719,000 19,222,000 6,178,000 -19,037,000 -14,476,000 29,387,000 5,461,000 -26,872,000 -12,704,000 31,196,000 9,471,000 -27,280,000 -14,725,000 22,445,000 6,265,000 -22,888,000 -8,100,000 25,822,000 3,579,000 -16,600,000 -5,471,000 25,689,000 12,685,000 -24,562,000 -14,977,000 22,291,000 6,752,000 18,519,000 -19,524,000 -33,977,000 -29,955,000 -37,170,000 79,717,000 21,755,000  
          accounts receivable and other current assets
        20,500,000 -135,800,000 6,000,000 127,400,000 -42,600,000 -149,600,000 6,800,000 128,400,000 -11,300,000 -98,264,000 35,944,000 238,091,000 28,729,000 -248,728,000 8,639,000 126,882,000 -71,241,000 -140,518,000 8,835,000 100,112,000 -11,599,000 -86,803,000 2,658,000 65,131,000 8,171,000                            -33,833,000 -14,909,000 80,145,000 -35,605,000 24,044,000 -7,600,000 
          accounts payable and other current liabilities
        -119,300,000 94,400,000 22,900,000 -37,300,000 -56,000,000 90,600,000 15,600,000 -17,800,000 -59,600,000 76,600,000 14,889,000 -74,156,000 -127,233,000 83,442,000 30,093,000 -15,708,000 -8,422,000 30,754,000 39,546,000 -36,038,000 -23,602,000 35,795,000 51,949,000 -19,788,000 -43,297,000                        29,074,000 39,110,000 -13,637,000 32,973,000 42,398,000 4,337,000 -4,524,000 -73,302,000 -24,716,000 10,171,000 
          regulatory assets
        5,400,000 12,000,000 -10,800,000 5,300,000 52,600,000 28,400,000 -8,200,000 15,000,000 54,800,000 37,707,000 12,394,000 32,033,000 154,666,000 85,539,000 -9,985,000 29,787,000 98,528,000 44,702,000 -18,680,000 -7,703,000 -533,006,000                              9,463,000 1,011,000 -9,666,000 -9,672,000 -1,937,000 33,966,000 3,277,000  
          other operating activities
        -3,300,000 -6,500,000 -10,700,000 -800,000 -800,000 -5,200,000 -3,700,000 -9,400,000 -2,900,000 -11,695,000 -8,332,000 -6,054,000 -1,819,000 -3,114,000 -5,095,000 -8,494,000 1,689,000 1,586,000 1,415,000 -2,479,000 -355,000 3,145,000 2,660,000 -14,000 -1,138,000 2,694,000 6,168,000 -4,657,000 1,796,000 4,682,000 3,379,000 -1,094,000 -278,000 -5,466,000 -897,000 1,147,000 -3,202,000 6,773,000 -3,114,000 4,605,000 -7,489,000 -2,631,000 -9,618,000 4,873,000 -1,658,000 -3,354,000 -1,771,000 3,880,000 1,978,000 -4,447,000 -4,892,000 3,671,000 -10,427,000 5,450,000 -10,754,000 4,613,000 -5,335,000 -2,065,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        176,200,000 168,100,000 88,900,000 188,600,000 227,800,000 153,200,000 102,100,000 230,600,000 233,400,000 188,348,000 150,981,000 276,326,000 328,745,000 90,514,000 52,257,000 177,909,000 264,121,000 80,195,000 105,413,000 135,913,000 -386,086,000 122,404,000 110,453,000 117,037,000 191,969,000 119,438,000 96,296,000 113,886,000 175,893,000 110,089,000 68,021,000 140,826,000 169,875,000 108,831,000 56,561,000 116,029,000 146,840,000 95,786,000 1,902,000 84,438,000 138,337,000 62,131,000 111,465,000 102,921,000 151,487,000 84,300,000 65,322,000 75,737,000 98,098,000 72,863,000 109,232,000 92,968,000 17,177,000 24,510,000 70,746,000 111,271,000 88,919,000 24,687,000 
          capital expenditures
        37,700,000 42,102,000 39,559,000 51,914,000 53,011,000 
          free cash flows
        176,200,000 168,100,000 88,900,000 188,600,000 227,800,000 153,200,000 102,100,000 230,600,000 271,100,000 188,348,000 150,981,000 276,326,000 370,847,000 90,514,000 52,257,000 177,909,000 303,680,000 80,195,000 105,413,000 135,913,000 -334,172,000 122,404,000 110,453,000 117,037,000 244,980,000 119,438,000 96,296,000 113,886,000 175,893,000 110,089,000 68,021,000 140,826,000 169,875,000 108,831,000 56,561,000 116,029,000 146,840,000 95,786,000 1,902,000 84,438,000 138,337,000 62,131,000 111,465,000 102,921,000 151,487,000 84,300,000 65,322,000 75,737,000 98,098,000 72,863,000 109,232,000 92,968,000 17,177,000 24,510,000 70,746,000 111,271,000 88,919,000 24,687,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                  
          property, plant and equipment additions
        -267,400,000 -269,600,000 -178,400,000 -218,900,000 -152,900,000 -213,700,000 -188,100,000 -166,200,000 -176,200,000 -133,830,000 -160,031,000 -142,634,000 -119,105,000 -138,063,000 -172,499,000 -157,024,000 -136,779,000 -179,643,000 -178,373,000 -173,174,000 -146,302,000 -231,411,000 -187,680,000 -176,431,000 -171,882,000 -225,839,000 -274,851,000 -173,560,000 -144,126,000 -179,392,000 -121,384,000 -86,776,000 -69,972,000 -69,872,000 -92,370,000 -94,459,000 -69,309,000 -140,685,000 -134,244,000 -115,969,000 -83,885,000 -106,010,000 -142,999,000 -88,949,000 -117,523,000 -108,195,000 -112,997,000 -93,693,000 -83,609,000 -115,264,000 -63,939,000 -112,607,000 -112,202,000 -102,633,000 -103,319,000 -122,544,000 -81,290,000 -81,506,000 
          other investing activities
        -2,600,000 -2,200,000 -1,800,000 -2,100,000 -2,300,000 -300,000 -3,200,000 2,400,000 -700,000 915,000 1,618,000 -1,233,000 17,600,000 504,000 -2,437,000 3,483,000 -1,065,000 -481,000 4,004,000 9,661,000 78,000 -529,000 7,681,000 -210,000 -1,202,000 2,901,000 -1,124,000 1,290,000 -901,000 -7,047,000 3,139,000 -112,000 -261,000 715,000 -228,000 163,000 -185,000 -279,000 -211,000 -320,000 -329,000 8,251,000 -6,537,000 -304,000 -348,000 -289,000 630,000 226,000 -3,220,000 2,625,000 1,030,000 962,000 -5,584,000 252,000 13,000 786,000 -2,865,000 6,896,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -270,000,000 -271,800,000 -180,200,000 -221,000,000 -155,200,000 -214,000,000 -191,300,000 -163,800,000 -176,900,000     -137,559,000 -174,936,000     -163,513,000 -146,224,000 -231,940,000 -179,999,000 -176,641,000 -173,084,000 -222,938,000 -275,975,000 -172,270,000 -145,027,000 -184,078,000 -118,245,000 -89,972,000 -73,554,000 -61,276,000 -92,598,000 -94,296,000 -69,494,000 -129,546,000 -134,455,000 -108,209,000 -1,216,532,000 -119,729,000 -149,536,000 -89,253,000 -117,871,000 -130,826,000 -90,025,000 -93,467,000 -86,829,000 -112,639,000 -62,909,000 135,005,000 -120,145,000 -101,798,000 -103,306,000 -121,758,000 -78,050,000 -74,708,000 
          financing activities:
                                                                  
          dividends paid on common stock
        -53,100,000 -51,100,000 -49,200,000 -49,000,000 -48,600,000 -46,500,000 -46,500,000 -44,900,000 -44,400,000 -42,654,000 -42,332,000 -41,752,000 -41,362,000 -40,873,000 -38,714,000 -38,603,000 -38,533,000 -38,066,000 -35,865,000 -35,578,000 -35,514,000 -35,440,000 -33,559,000 -33,538,000 -32,902,000 -32,868,000 -30,827,000 -30,620,000 -30,332,000 -30,282,000 -25,430,000 -25,435,000 -25,444,000 -25,410,000 -23,790,000 -23,790,000 -23,754,000 -22,323,000 -21,982,000 -21,728,000 -21,537,000 -18,154,000 -18,158,000 -18,144,000 -18,148,000 -17,418,000 -17,415,000 -17,404,000 -17,399,000 -16,909,000 -16,882,000 -16,321,000       
          common stock issued
        40,700,000 154,200,000 19,400,000 45,600,000 -200,000 108,600,000 41,800,000 31,200,000 10,920,000 52,691,000 27,306,000 27,383,000 70,017,000 -68,000 16,304,000 3,791,000 56,002,000 22,940,000   -38,000 -119,000 114,000 99,321,000 -3,000 29,602,000 51,810,000 19,949,000 299,755,000 5,000 702,000 372,000 846,000 597,000 794,000 2,171,000 13,929,000 50,200,000 49,669,000 7,821,000 246,275,000 782,000 703,000 999,000 858,000 700,000 812,000 881,000 748,000 1,231,000 2,325,000 120,842,000 762,000 832,000 605,000 1,522,000 785,000 
          net borrowings (payments) of revolving credit facility and cp program
        252,200,000 -126,000,000 2,300,000 63,800,000 -73,900,000 116,300,000    -535,600,000 34,250,000 166,300,000 -6,430,000 -78,700,000 87,655,000                                         
          long-term debt - repayments
        -300,000,000                -7,000,000 -1,436,000 -1,434,000 -1,436,000 -1,436,000 -4,291,000 -601,436,000 -1,436,000 -301,435,000 -1,436,000 -251,436,000 -600,436,000 -1,435,000 -1,436,000 -1,436,000 -51,436,000 -51,435,000 -1,436,000 -1,436,000 -1,121,436,000        -339,726,000 -1,737,000 -1,229,000 -2,213,000 -2,117,000 -1,897,000 -2,155,000 -33,217,000  
          distributions to non-controlling interests
        -2,500,000 -4,600,000 -1,400,000 -3,800,000 -4,900,000 -2,500,000 -4,400,000 -5,600,000 -5,409,000 -3,874,000 -4,523,000 -4,494,000                                              
          other financing activities
        -2,500,000 -3,300,000 -1,300,000 -100,000 -1,200,000 -100,000 -7,300,000 -1,000,000 -807,000 -7,098,000 -73,000 -5,022,000 -716,000 -35,000 2,560,000 -878,000 -1,267,000 -3,069,000 1,031,000 -740,000 -542,000 -45,000 -5,083,000 -1,391,000 -14,745,000 -44,000 -291,000 -1,657,000 -803,000 -8,930,000 -127,000 -1,400,000 -200,000 -60,000 -104,000 -6,555,000 -6,675,000 -16,490,000 2,614,000 -2,409,000 -1,759,000 -5,062,000 -562,000 -1,900,000 21,365,000 -440,000 -1,322,000 -2,451,000   -5,666,000 -1,481,000 -12,000 -159,000 -14,000 -463,000 -1,615,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -65,200,000 265,000,000 104,600,000 34,100,000 -81,900,000 64,600,000 -522,900,000 435,200,000 -19,800,000 -562,950,000 449,387,000   56,938,000 124,409,000 -30,353,000 -118,740,000 98,805,000 78,156,000 15,409,000 539,496,000 109,063,000 45,045,000 37,153,000 25,621,000 100,383,000 186,210,000 52,909,000 -39,292,000 84,892,000 51,752,000 -73,045,000 -80,656,000 -45,583,000 37,957,000 -21,496,000 -79,573,000 50,000 78,712,000 93,602,000 668,634,000 475,292,000 -10,298,000 10,157,000 8,551,000 55,805,000 21,945,000 14,786,000 -1,469,000 33,980,000 -49,388,000 -20,891,000 86,957,000 63,994,000 76,617,000 22,065,000 12,253,000 65,351,000 
          net change in cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents
        -159,000,000 161,300,000 13,300,000 1,700,000 -9,300,000 3,800,000 -612,100,000 502,000,000 36,700,000 -507,517,000 441,955,000 113,417,000 18,145,000 9,893,000 1,730,000 -5,985,000 7,537,000 -1,124,000 9,200,000 -12,191,000 7,186,000 -473,000 -24,501,000 -22,451,000 44,506,000                                  
          cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents beginning of period
        190,400,000  23,400,000                                                      
          cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents end of period
        31,400,000  13,300,000 1,700,000 14,100,000                                                      
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                  
          cash received during the period:
                                                                  
          interest
        -51,100,000 -51,000,000 -44,600,000 -52,000,000 -48,800,000 -51,900,000 -33,000,000 -55,900,000 -33,600,000 -48,487,000 -33,306,000 -47,938,000 -27,569,000         -49,096,000 -20,004,000 -45,673,000 -21,776,000                                 8,342,000 
          income taxes, net of transferred tax credits
        14,800,000  -1,000,000 -1,300,000 15,200,000  -100,000                                                    
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant, and equipment purchases at march 31,
        87,700,000    86,800,000                                                      
          change in certain operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                  
          long-term debt - issuance
               450,000,000 350,000,000                                              
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents beginning of year
                                                                  
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents end of year
                                                                  
          income taxes net of transferred tax credits
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at december 31
                                                                  
          increase in capitalized assets associated with asset retirement obligations
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant, and equipment purchases at september 30,
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant, and equipment purchases at june 30,
                                                                  
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents beginning of period
               93,000,000  26,985,000                                              
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents end of period
               502,000,000 129,700,000  441,955,000 113,417,000 45,130,000                                              
          cash (paid) refunded during the period:
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at june 30,
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at march 31,
                37,700,000    42,102,000                                              
          depreciation, depletion and amortization
                 65,565,000 64,878,000 64,714,000 61,643,000 62,299,000 64,019,000 64,128,000 60,463,000 61,082,000 59,159,000 58,443,000 57,269,000 55,044,000 56,348,000 56,663,000 56,402,000 54,613,000 51,884,000 51,595,000 51,028,000 49,983,000 49,046,000 48,709,000 48,590,000 41,502,000 49,434,000 48,663,000 48,647,000 48,406,000 48,925,000 47,305,000 44,407,000 38,549,000 37,768,000 39,467,000 39,586,000 37,825,000 37,463,000 36,712,000 36,083,000 35,149,000 34,781,000 41,408,000 37,896,000 33,374,000 32,334,000 31,987,000 28,395,000 29,823,000 
          regulatory liabilities
                         -24,000 -4,218,000 -5,291,000                              374,000 -1,598,000 6,157,000 -6,532,000 1,589,000 9,984,000 2,834,000  
          term loan - borrowings
                         800,000,000                                      
          term loan - repayments
                         -600,000,000 -200,000,000                                      
          income taxes
                 -1,051,000 17,000 -15,000 49,000 25,000 -6,000   35,000 496,000 990,000 916,000 -640,000                                    
          net cash (used in) investing activities
                    -101,505,000    -137,844,000 -180,124,000                                         
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at september 30,
                                                                  
          net cash (used in) financing activities
                    -209,095,000                                              
          impairment of investment
                             6,859,000                                 
          contributions to defined benefit pension plans
                                        -4,000,000                
          long-term debt - issuances
                                            1,192,936,000 28,713,000 545,959,000                 
          distributions to non-controlling interest
                      -3,074,000 -4,184,000 -4,420,000                                          
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                      13,810,000  10,739,000  13,658,000                                  
          cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                      1,730,000 -5,985,000 21,347,000  9,200,000 -12,191,000 17,925,000  -24,501,000 -22,451,000 58,164,000                                  
          interest, net of amounts capitalized
                      -25,436,000 -49,186,000 -23,605,000  -21,500,000 -50,593,000 -21,232,000                                      
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at september 30
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at june 30
                                                                  
          accrued property, plant and equipment purchases at march 31
                        39,559,000    51,914,000    53,011,000                                  
          net payments of revolving credit facility and cp program
                                                                  
          distributions to noncontrolling interest
                           -4,061,000 -4,644,000  -4,116,000 -3,779,000 -4,741,000  -3,485,000 -4,405,000 -4,846,000  -3,757,000 -4,350,000 -5,648,000  -4,549,000 -3,986,000 -4,349,000                      
          net (payments) borrowings of revolving credit facility and cp program
                            -18,170,000                                      
          loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                     1,260,000   2,343,000                          
          income from continuing operations
                                 72,872,000 15,395,000 17,693,000 107,362,000 91,604,000 21,801,000 27,167,000 138,977,000                 19,007,000 43,197,000 34,623,000     31,434,000 -3,853,000 
          regulatory assets - current
                             -7,001,000 -19,933,000 1,208,000 20,679,000 11,164,000 -3,661,000 3,085,000 13,031,000  -13,982,000 7,734,000 47,903,000  -1,799,000 2,850,000 236,000  6,591,000 -10,994,000 12,856,000  590,000                
          regulatory liabilities - current
                             6,980,000 -18,000,000 -1,002,000 1,316,000 486,000 -9,296,000 -4,713,000 -1,635,000  1,426,000 3,892,000 16,098,000  -10,236,000 -3,175,000 9,083,000  -11,175,000 -8,619,000 11,613,000  -4,833,000                
          net cash from operating activities of continuing operations
                                 119,438,000 96,296,000 113,886,000 175,893,000 113,443,000 71,086,000 138,464,000 171,334,000                 73,747,000 109,232,000 92,968,000     88,919,000 23,014,000 
          net cash from operating activities of discontinued operations
                                     -3,354,000 -3,065,000 2,362,000 -1,459,000                        1,673,000 
          purchase of investment
                                     -929,000 -23,500,000                          
          net cash from investing activities of continuing operations
                                 -222,938,000 -275,975,000 -172,270,000 -145,027,000 -186,439,000 -118,245,000 -87,817,000 -93,733,000                 -112,639,000 -62,909,000 135,005,000      -74,708,000 
          net cash from investing activities of discontinued operations
                                     2,361,000 -2,155,000 20,179,000                         
          net (payments) borrowings of short-term debt
                             149,720,000 84,320,000 -319,125,000 -30,375,000 54,600,000 192,400,000 -62,150,000 -20,970,000  -9,700,000 -42,400,000 -47,100,000  117,195,000                        
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                                                  
          cash (paid) refunded during the period for continuing operations:
                                                                  
          non-cash investing and financing activities from continuing operations:
                                                                  
          accounts receivable, unbilled revenues and other operating assets
                                  15,400,000 115,782,000 -15,857,000  21,350,000 75,824,000 -25,113,000  9,124,000 56,850,000 41,052,000  -3,492,000 54,802,000 27,559,000  12,794,000 15,225,000 47,947,000  5,790,000 72,725,000 -78,576,000          
          accounts payable and other operating liabilities
                                  24,127,000 -65,874,000 -41,689,000  9,790,000 -25,245,000 -71,149,000  12,070,000 -14,059,000 -99,482,000  -16,732,000 -17,322,000 -68,101,000  61,039,000 -21,642,000 -44,652,000  10,671,000            
          net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                  6,531,000 -5,475,000 -8,426,000  1,528,000 -22,191,000 15,665,000                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
                                  24,145,000  18,240,000                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
                                  6,531,000 -5,475,000 15,719,000  1,528,000 -22,191,000 33,905,000                          
          interest rate swap settlement
                                                                 
          acquisition of net assets, net of long-term debt assumed
                                                                  
          net increase in commercial paper and short-term borrowings
                                                                  
          sale of noncontrolling interest
                                                                
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                  
          (income) income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                           166,000       
          accounts receivable, unbilled revenues and other current assets
                                                          -9,166,000 1,185,000       
          net cash (used in) investing activities of continuing operations
                                                                  
          equity units - issuance
                                                                  
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
                                         1,972,000 1,920,000 237,000 -2,227,000 -33,710,000 -53,841,000 69,831,000 -409,561,000 417,694,000 -48,369,000 23,825,000 42,167,000 9,279,000 -2,758,000 -2,944,000 9,800,000 -5,796,000 -3,065,000 207,082,000 -16,011,000 -13,294,000 44,057,000 11,578,000   
          cash and cash equivalents beginning of year
                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents end of year
                                                                  
          impairment of long-lived assets
                                              12,293,000 25,497,000 14,496,000  61,875,000              
          derivative fair value adjustments
                                              -2,691,000    -3,602,000    3,796,000    3,673,000 1,373,000 -18,298,000 19,544,000 -19,601,000 9,662,000 -1,579,000 6,867,000 
          acquisition, net of long term debt assumed
                                                                 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                          13,580,000  456,535,000  21,218,000  7,841,000         
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                          1,920,000 237,000 11,353,000  -53,841,000 69,831,000 46,974,000  -48,369,000 23,825,000 63,385,000  -2,758,000 -2,944,000 17,641,000  12,397,000   -13,294,000     
          net (payments) borrowings on short-term debt
                                            -45,650,000                      
          impairment of long-lived assets and equity method investments
                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                                  
          short-term borrowings - issuances
                                             217,300,000 208,100,000 109,400,000 133,450,000 76,760,000 77,700,000 182,150,000 127,300,000 86,800,000 68,050,000 78,500,000 6,000,000 247,300,000 206,000,000 354,000,000 210,000,000   
          short-term borrowings - repayments
                                             -195,700,000 -140,600,000 -69,300,000 -150,500,000 -121,310,000 -73,600,000 -50,100,000 -109,000,000 -130,850,000 -94,600,000 -69,300,000 -123,850,000 -110,500,000 -6,000,000 -261,300,000 -127,000,000 -261,000,000 -172,000,000   
          net income available for common stock
                                              14,131,000 669,000 40,002,000 -14,176,000 -9,943,000 -55,886,000 47,894,000 34,007,000 26,836,000 19,820,000 48,118,000          
          acquisition, net of long term debt assumed and cash acquired
                                                -1,132,318,000                  
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          unrealized (gain) loss on interest rate swaps
                                                         -776,000         
          net cash (used in) operating activities of discontinued operations
                                                                  
          acquisition of net assets
                                                                  
          de-designated interest rate swap settlement
                                                                  
          net cash from financing activities of continuing operations
                                                         33,980,000 -49,388,000 -20,891,000      65,351,000 
          net cash from financing activities of discontinued operations
                                                                  
          gain on sale of operating assets
                                                                -2,683,000 
          proceeds from sale of business operations
                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents beginning of year *
                                                                  
          unrealized loss on interest rate swaps
                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents end of year *
                                                                  
          net income available to common stock
                                                          43,197,000 34,457,000       
          investment in notes receivable
                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of discontinued business operations
                                                                  
          unrealized mark-to-market (gain) loss on interest rate swaps
                                                          -7,456,000 -605,000       
          allowance for funds used during construction - equity
                                                          -200,000 -196,000 -256,000 -189,000 -192,000 -295,000 -2,028,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period*
                                                          15,462,000       
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period*
                                                           207,082,000       
          equity in (earnings) loss of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                            -45,000 -43,000 -40,000 -993,000 -317,000  
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities -
                                                                  
          unrealized mark-to-market gain on interest rate swaps
                                                            1,402,000 38,246,000 7,827,000 -5,465,000 3,035,000 8,694,000 
          change in certain operating assets and liabilities-
                                                                  
          contributions to defined pension plans
                                                            -10,500,000     
          payment for acquisition of net assets, net of cash acquired
                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of operating assets
                                                                 
          working capital adjustment - aquila transaction
                                                                  
          other
                                                             5,998,000     
          payment for acquisition of assets
                                                                  
          dividends paid
                                                             -13,639,000 -15,159,000 -14,371,000 -14,089,000 -13,796,000 
          proceeds from sale of ownership interest in operating assets
                                                                6,105,000  
          change in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents beginning of period
                                                               32,438,000   
          cash and cash equivalents end of period
                                                               44,016,000   
          income from discontinued operations, net of taxes
                                                                 -1,673,000 
          other non-cash adjustments
                                                                2,382,000  
          working capital adjustment of purchase price allocation on aquila assets
                                                                  
          increase in short-term borrowings
                                                                108,500,000 80,000,000 
          decrease in short-term borrowings
                                                                -50,000,000  
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                23,122,000  
          cash and cash equivalents:
                                                                  
          beginning of period
                                                                112,901,000 
          end of period
                                                                136,023,000 15,330,000 
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations
                                                                  
          to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          distributed (undistributed) earnings of associated companies
                                                                 190,000 
          allowance for funds used during construction – equity
                                                                 -2,598,000 
          materials, supplies and fuel, net of market adjustments
                                                                  
          regulatory assets and liabilities
                                                                 -8,290,000 
          proceeds from sale of ownership interest in plants
                                                                 462,000 
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                                  
          long-term debt – issuances
                                                                 
          long-term debt – repayments
                                                                 -23,000 
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                  
          non-cash investing and financing activities-
                                                                  
          property, plant and equipment acquired with accrued liabilities
                                                                 -8,851,000 
          cash paid during the period for-
                                                                  
          income taxes (refunded) paid
                                                                  
          working capital adjustment of purchase price allocation on aquila acquisition
                                                                  
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                  
          income taxes paid
                                                                  
          net change in derivative assets and liabilities
                                                                  
          (undistributed) distributed earnings in associated companies
                                                                  
          increase in short-term investments
                                                                  
          loss (income) from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                  
          to net cash from operating activities-
                                                                  
          issuance of common stock and treasury stock for operating expense
                                                                  
          change in operating assets and liabilities-
                                                                  
          dividends paid on common and preferred stock
                                                                  
          long-term debt – issuance
                                                                  
          beginning of year
                                                                  
          end of year