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Regulatory Matters - Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Currently Earning a Return With the exception of the regulatory asset for Boswell Units 1 and 2 net plant and equipment, no other regulatory assets are currently earning a return.  
Non-Current Regulatory Assets $ 441.0 $ 511.8
Regulated Utility - Interim Rate Refund [1] 18.4 0.0
Current Regulatory Liability [1] 23.4 8.6
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 526.1 536.1
Regulatory Asset [2] 25.6 0.0
Transmission Formula Rates [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Current Regulatory Liability [1],[3] 4.9 3.1
Income Taxes [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [4] 332.5 353.4
Wholesale and Retail Contra AFUDC [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [5] 80.7 83.7
Plant Removal Obligations [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [6] 60.0 52.6
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Costs [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [7] 17.6 28.1
North Dakota Investment Tax Credits [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [8] 16.9 12.2
Other [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Current Regulatory Liability [1] 0.1 0.5
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 4.2 5.7
Boswell 1 & 2 [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [9] 6.7 0.4
Fuel Adjustment Clause    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Current Regulatory Liability [1] 0.0 5.0
Non-Jurisdictional Land Sales    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 7.5 0.0
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Costs [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets [7] 225.9 226.4
Income Taxes [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets [4] 97.6 104.7
Asset Retirement Obligation [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets [10] 35.6 33.1
Manufactured Gas Plant [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets [11] 15.1 17.0
PPACA Income Tax Deferral [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 4.1 4.3
Other [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 7.0 6.7
Cost Recovery Riders [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets [12] 41.2 63.2
Fuel Adjustment Clause    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 14.5 56.4
Regulatory Asset, Current [2] $ 25.6 $ 0.0
[1] Current regulatory liabilities are presented within Other Current Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
[2] Current regulatory assets are presented within Prepayments and Other on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.(b)Fuel adjustment clause regulatory asset and liability represent the amount expected to be recovered from or refunded to customers for the under- or over-collection of fuel adjustment clause recoveries. (See Fuel Adjustment Clause.)
[3] Fuel adjustment clause regulatory asset and liability represent the amount expected to be recovered from or refunded to customers for the under- or over-collection of fuel adjustment clause recoveries. (See Fuel Adjustment Clause.)
[4] These costs represent the difference between deferred income taxes recognized for financial reporting purposes and amounts previously billed to our customers. The balances will primarily decrease over the remaining life of the related temporary differences.
[5] Wholesale and retail contra AFUDC represents amortization to offset AFUDC Equity and Debt recorded during the construction period of our cost recovery rider projects prior to placing the projects in service. The regulatory liability will decrease over the remaining depreciable life of the related asset.
[6] Non-legal plant removal obligations included in retail customer rates that have not yet been incurred.
[7] Defined benefit pension and other postretirement items included in our Regulated Operations, which are otherwise required to be recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, are recognized as regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The asset or liability will decrease as the deferred items are amortized and recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost. (See Note 12. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans.)
[8] North Dakota investment tax credits expected to be realized from Bison that will be credited to Minnesota Power’s retail customers through future renewable cost recovery rider filings as the tax credits are utilized.
[9] In 2018, Minnesota Power retired Boswell Units 1 and 2 and reclassified the remaining net book value from property, plant and equipment to a regulatory asset on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The remaining net book value is currently included in Minnesota Power’s rate base and Minnesota Power is earning a return on the outstanding balance.
[10] Asset retirement obligations will accrete and be amortized over the lives of the related property with asset retirement obligations.
[11] This regulatory asset represents costs of remediation for a former manufactured gas plant site located in Superior, Wisconsin, and formerly operated by SWL&P. We expect recovery of these remediation costs to be allowed by the PSCW in rates over time.
[12] The cost recovery rider regulatory assets and liabilities are revenue not yet collected from our customers and cash collections from our customers in excess of the revenue recognized, respectively, primarily due to capital expenditures related to Bison and the GNTL as well as differences between production tax credits recognized and those assumed in Minnesota Power’s base rates. The cost recovery rider regulatory assets as of December 31, 2022, will be recovered within the next two years.