Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

Provision (benefit) for income taxes are as follows:

	2023			2022			2021
	(In Thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	—		$	—		$	—
State		607			2,320			(250	)
Total Current	$	607		$	2,320		$	(250	)
Deferred:
Federal	$	7,767		$	43,217		$	(6,217	)
State		(2,401	)		(6,363	)		1,911
Total Deferred	$	5,366		$	36,854		$	(4,306	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	5,973		$	39,174		$	(4,556	)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets and liabilities include temporary differences and carryforwards as follows:

	December 31,
	2023			2022
	(In Thousands)
Deferred compensation	$	2,515		$	2,354
Other accrued liabilities		283			1,813
Lease liability		5,941			5,215
Interest expense carryforward		14,375			16,025
Net operating loss		73,891			93,201
Other		11,649			11,950
Less valuation allowance on deferred tax assets		(15,175	)		(14,916	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	93,479		$	115,642
Property, plant and equipment		(152,802	)		(169,507	)
Right-of-use-assets		(5,937	)		(5,340	)
Prepaid and other insurance reserves		(3,593	)		(4,282	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(162,332	)	$	(179,129	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(68,853	)	$	(63,487	)

Income (Loss) before Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

All of our income (loss) before taxes relates to domestic operations. Detailed below are the differences between the amount of the provision (benefit) for income taxes and the amount which would result from the application of the federal statutory rate to “Income (loss) before benefit for income taxes.”

	2023			2022			2021
	(In Thousands)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes at federal   statutory rate	$	7,118		$	56,543		$	8,187
State current and deferred income tax provision (benefit)		1,238			9,374			1,833
Valuation allowance - Federal		—			(12,701	)		(13,400	)
Valuation allowance - State		259			(19,351	)		(4,286	)
State tax rate changes		(3,499	)		2,824			7,360
Tax credits		—			—			(2,835	)
PPP loan forgiveness		—			—			(2,456	)
Other		857			2,485			1,041
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	5,973		$	39,174		$	(4,556	)

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Uncertain Tax Positions

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of uncertain tax positions is as follows:

	2023		2022		2021
	(In Thousands)
Balance at beginning of year	$	—	$	—	$	464
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		—		—		—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		—		—		(464	)
Balance at end of year	$	—	$	—	$	-