Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Reconciliation between the statutory rate and effective tax rate:

	Nine Months Ended Sept. 30
	2022		2021
Federal statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State tax (net of federal tax effect)	6.2		6.2
Decreases:
Plant regulatory differences (a)	(3.7)		(3.9)
Other (net)	(1.4)		(2.1)
Effective income tax rate	22.1	%	21.2	%

(a)Regulatory differences for income tax primarily relate to the credit of excess deferred taxes to customers through the average rate assumption method. Income tax benefits associated with the credit of excess deferred taxes are offset by corresponding revenue reductions.