Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

COMMON STOCK

The Company had entered into four separate sales agency agreements under which the sales agents offered and sold new shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 the Company did not issue shares under the sales agency agreements. These sales agency agreements expired on February 29, 2020. The Company is currently working on entering into new sales agency agreements.

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, consisted of the following as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (dollars in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2020		2019
Unfunded benefit obligation for pensions and other postretirement benefit plans - net of taxes of $2,673 and $2,727, respectively	$	10,054	$	10,259

The following table details the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income by component for the three months ended March 31 (dollars in thousands).

	Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Components	2020			2019			Affected Line Item in Statement of Income
Amortization of defined benefit pension items
Amortization of net prior service cost	$	(200	)	$	(200	)	(a)
Amortization of net loss	3,100			3,661			(a)
Adjustment due to effects of regulation	(2,641		)	(3,258		)	(a)
	259			203			Total before tax
	(54		)	(43		)	Tax expense
	$	205		$	160		Net of tax

(a)

These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost (see Note 6 for additional details).