Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) Segment	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of operating Segments \| Segment	1
Number of reportable segments \| Segment	1
Number of reportable segment with goodwill \| Segment	1
Percentage of fair value of reporting unit in excess of carrying value	10.00%
Gain associated with the termination of an offshore wind contract \| $	$ 7,400
Gains on disposals of assets \| $	100	$ 400
Loss related to the retirement of asset \| $	$ 886	$ 8,150
Quantitative threshold	5.00%
Percentage of income taxes paid (net of refunds received)	5.00%

Number of reportable segments with goodwill.

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Percentage of income taxes paid (net of refunds received).

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Quantitative threshold.

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Gain (loss) related to the termination of a contract between the parties. The termination may be due to many causes including early termination of a lease by a lessee, a breach of contract by one party, or a failure to perform.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, including oil and gas property and timber property.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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