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Income Taxes (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
Reconciliation between the statutory rate and effective tax rate:
Three Months Ended March 31
20242023
Federal statutory rate21.0 %21.0 %
State tax (net of federal tax effect)6.2 6.2 
(Decreases) increases:
Plant regulatory differences (a)
(4.3)(3.5)
Other (net)0.3 (1.3)
Effective income tax rate23.2 %22.4 %
(a)Plant regulatory differences primarily relate to the credit of excess deferred taxes to customers through the average rate assumption method. Income tax benefits associated with the credit are offset by corresponding revenue reductions.