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BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 596us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 1,011us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Accounts receivable, net 71,626us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 70,951us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Accounts receivable from affiliates 1,983us-gaap_DueFromAffiliateCurrent 15,840us-gaap_DueFromAffiliateCurrent
Accrued unbilled revenues 129,287sps_AccruedUnbilledRevenues 109,207sps_AccruedUnbilledRevenues
Inventories 43,231us-gaap_InventoryNet 37,138us-gaap_InventoryNet
Regulatory assets 52,006us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsCurrent 27,595us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsCurrent
Derivative instruments 23,776us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedges 17,826us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedges
Deferred income taxes 51,854us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent 85,362us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent
Prepayments and other 31,476us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 19,571us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 405,835us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 384,501us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property, plant and equipment, net 3,743,141us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 3,284,030us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Other assets    
Regulatory assets 323,305us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsNoncurrent 290,415us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsNoncurrent
Derivative instruments 33,164us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgesNoncurrent 41,056us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgesNoncurrent
Other 15,859us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 17,068us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total other assets 372,328sps_OtherAssetsExcludingPropertyPlantAndEquipment 348,539sps_OtherAssetsExcludingPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Total assets 4,521,304us-gaap_Assets 4,017,070us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities    
Short-term debt 37,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 84,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Borrowings under utility money pool arrangement 16,000sps_BorrowingsPayableUnderUtilityMoneyPoolArrangement 38,000sps_BorrowingsPayableUnderUtilityMoneyPoolArrangement
Accounts payable 160,762us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 143,879us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accounts payable to affiliates 19,790us-gaap_DueToAffiliateCurrent 15,387us-gaap_DueToAffiliateCurrent
Regulatory liabilities 87,723us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityCurrent 83,759us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityCurrent
Taxes accrued 27,208us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent 23,584us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrent
Accrued interest 17,057us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent 16,883us-gaap_InterestPayableCurrent
Dividends payable 27,828us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent 18,082us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrent
Derivative instruments 3,565us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgesLiabilities 3,583us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgesLiabilities
Other 80,211us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent 75,355us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities 477,144us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 502,512us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Deferred credits and other liabilities    
Deferred income taxes 849,145us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetNoncurrent 757,778us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetNoncurrent
Regulatory liabilities 115,188us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityNoncurrent 81,504us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityNoncurrent
Asset retirement obligations 26,031us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent 19,375us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent
Derivative instruments 30,643us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgesLiabilitiesNoncurrent 34,207us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsAndHedgesLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Pension and employee benefit obligations 103,670us-gaap_PensionAndOtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlansLiabilitiesNoncurrent 55,087us-gaap_PensionAndOtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlansLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other 9,320us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 3,051us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total deferred credits and other liabilities 1,133,997us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent 951,002us-gaap_LiabilitiesOtherThanLongtermDebtNoncurrent
Commitments and Contingencies      
Capitalization    
Long-term debt 1,349,691us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 1,199,865us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Common stock — 200 shares authorized of $1.00 par value; 100 shares outstanding at Dec. 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively 0us-gaap_CommonStockValue 0us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional paid in capital 1,165,463us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 1,005,463us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Retained earnings 395,998us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 359,389us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (989)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (1,161)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Total common stockholder’s equity 1,560,472us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 1,363,691us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and equity $ 4,521,304us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 4,017,070us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity