Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Schedule Of Information For Significant Pension Plans

	Alaska Electrical Pension Plan3			NRECA Retirement Security Plan3
Employer Identification Number	92-6005171			53-0116145
Plan Number	001			333
Year-end Date	December 31			December 31
Expiration Date of CBA's	June 30,2013			N/A2
Subject to Funding Improvement Plan	No			No
Surcharge Paid	N/A			N/A
	2012	2011	2010	2012	2011	2010
Zone Status	Green	Green	Green	N/A1	N/A1	N/A1
Required minimum contributions	None	None	None	N/A	N/A	N/A
Contributions (in millions)	$3.6	$3.0	$2.9	$3.0	$3.0	$3.1
Contributions > 5% of total plan contributions	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

¹A “zone status” determination is not required, and therefore not determined under the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006.  In total, the NRECA RS Plan was between 65 and less than 80 percent funded at January 1, 2012 and 2011, respectively, based on the PPA funding target and PPA actuarial value of assets on those dates.

²The CEO is the only non-union employee subject to an employment agreement, which is effective through July 1, 2013.

³The Alaska Electrical Pension Plan is publically available.  The NRECA Retirement Security Plan is available on Chugach’s website at www.chugachelectric.com.

⁴The provisions of the PPA do not apply to the RS Plan, therefore, funding improvement plans and surcharges are not applicable.  Future contribution requirements are determined each year as part of the actuarial valuation of the plan and may change as a result of plan experience.