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Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Excluding Construction Work In Progress

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Period end book value of accumulated depreciation and amortization on property, plant and equipment that is owned by the regulated operations of the public utility.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of acquisition adjustments included in property, plant and equipment (PPE) for utilities.

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Amount of increase (decrease) for acquisition adjustments on accumulated depreciation included in long-lived, physical assets used to produce goods and services and not intended for resale for utilities.

No definition available.

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Period end amount of construction work in progress in public utility.

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Composite depreciation rate for public utility plants in service.

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Useful life of utility distribution assets owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Useful life of utility generation assets owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Period end amount of total net PPE.

No definition available.

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Useful life of other property, plant and equipment (PPE) owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Useful life of utility transmission equipment owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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