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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities
REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES    

The following table details regulatory assets and liabilities on the balance sheets:

(in thousands)
March 31, 2013
December 31, 2012
 
Current
Noncurrent
Current
Noncurrent
Regulatory assets:
 
 
 
 
Pension and postretirement assets
$
253

$
89,316

$
170

$
90,708

Accretion and depreciation for asset retirement obligation

16,884


16,536

Risk management activities


2,593


Rate recovery of asset removal costs, net

2,802


3,322

Gas supply adjustment
23,857


42,726


Other
25


26


Total regulatory assets
$
24,135

$
109,002

$
45,515

$
110,566

Regulatory liabilities:
 
 
 
 
RSE adjustment
$
2,262

$

$
1,740

$

Unbilled service margin
22,108


25,078


Postretirement liabilities

1,487


1,237

Refundable negative salvage
17,483

41,352

18,265

53,467

Asset retirement obligation

25,211


24,930

Other
33

762

33

770

Total regulatory liabilities
$
41,886

$
68,812

$
45,116

$
80,404