Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule

As of December 31, 2020, the future minimum commitments related to these purchase contracts were as follows:

(In thousands)		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025		Thereafter
Coal(a)	$	11,399	$	5,249	$	1,515	$	-	$	-	$	-
Natural gas
Transportation and storage(b)		21,851		22,120		22,553		22,553		22,553		18,316
Supply(c)		9,527		-		-		-		-		-
Purchase power(d)		27,017		15,399		5,856		5,458		5,567		11,717
Renewable energy(e)		6,663		2,862		1,245		759		776		30,939
Other		2,833		2,044		1,711		776		104		892
	$	79,290	$	47,674	$	32,880	$	29,546	$	29,000	$	61,864

(a)Total coal commitments for the Columbia and Elm Road Units, including transportation. Fuel procurement for MGE's jointly owned Columbia and Elm Road Units is handled by WPL and WEPCO, respectively, who are the operators of those facilities.

(b)MGE's natural gas transportation and storage contracts require fixed monthly payments for firm supply pipeline transportation and storage capacity. The pricing components of the fixed monthly payments for the transportation and storage contracts are approved by FERC but may be subject to change.

(c)These commitments include market-based pricing.

(d)MGE has several purchase power agreements to help meet future electric supply requirements.

(e)Operational commitments for solar and wind facilities.

Other Commitments

MGE has several other commitments related to various projects. Payments for these commitments are expected to be as follows:

(In thousands)		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025		Thereafter
Other commitments	$	333	$	333	$	333	$	333	$	333	$	2,999