Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes from Continuing Operations

Provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations are as follows:

	2019			2018			2017
	(In Thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	—		$	11		$	67
State		(29	)		(96	)		(381	)
Total Current	$	(29	)	$	(85	)	$	(314	)
Deferred:
Federal	$	(14,739	)	$	1,415		$	(50,084	)
State		(6,156	)		410			9,639
Total Deferred	$	(20,895	)	$	1,825		$	(40,445	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(20,924	)	$	1,740		$	(40,759	)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

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

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(In Thousands)
Deferred compensation	$	2,073		$	2,637
Other accrued liabilities		1,051			1,579
Interest expense carryforward		23,164			11,267
Net operating loss		163,750			154,914
Other		14,994			12,581
Less valuation allowance on deferred tax assets		(51,589	)		(45,625	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	153,443		$	137,353
Property, plant and equipment		(182,572	)		(191,369	)
Prepaid and other insurance reserves		(6,588	)		(2,596	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(189,160	)	$	(193,965	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(35,717	)	$	(56,612	)

Loss from Continuing Operations Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

All of our 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 “Loss from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes”.

	2019			2018			2017
	(In Thousands)
Benefit for income taxes at federal statutory rate	$	(17,712	)	$	(14,802	)	$	(24,868	)
State current and deferred income tax benefit		(5,282	)		(4,089	)		(2,699	)
Valuation allowance - Federal		2,739			14,604			—
Valuation allowance - State		2,961			4,112			7,651
State tax law changes		(4,388	)		—			—
Tax reform		—			—			(22,988	)
Other		758			1,915			2,145
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(20,924	)	$	1,740		$	(40,759	)

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:

	2019			2018			2017
	(In Thousands)
Balance at beginning of year	$	577		$	618		$	657
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		—			—			11
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(58	)		(41	)		(50	)
Balance at end of year	$	519		$	577		$	618