Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations under certain contracts as of December 31, 2018. These primarily include reservation charges on contracted capacity on our firm transportation and storage contracts with customers. Amounts from certain contracts included in the table below, which are subject to the periodic review and approval by the FERC, reflect the rates for such services in our current FERC tariffs for the life of the related contracts; however, these rates may change based on future rate cases or settlements approved by the FERC and the amount and timing of these changes is not currently known. As a practical expedient permitted by ASC 606, this table excludes the variable consideration component for commodity charges that will be recognized in future periods. As noted above, certain of our contracts contain evergreen provisions for periods beyond the initial term of the contract. The remaining performance obligations as of December 31, 2018, does not consider potential future performance obligations for which the renewal has not been exercised. The table below also does not include contracts with customers for which the underlying facilities have not received FERC authorization to be placed into service.



	(Thousands)
2019	$	427,705
2020	404,899
2021	378,288
2022	372,446
2023	329,338
Thereafter	1,832,771
Total	$	3,745,447