Fair Value (Carrying Value And Estimated Fair Value Of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations	$ 66,226	$ 68,601
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	951,000	951,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	1,100,059	1,055,797
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	502,000	592,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 572,112	595,018
Secured and Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Offered Quotes	$ 100.0
Alaska Electric Light & Power [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations	$ 62,734	64,455
Alaska Electric Light & Power [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations	64,800	63,150
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	51,547	51,547
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 38,145	$ 36,083
Minimum [Member] \| Secured and Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Offered Quotes	$ 74.00
Maximum [Member] \| Secured and Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Offered Quotes	$ 133.96

Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Price at which a dealer is willing to buy an instrument, used as an input to measure fair value.

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