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Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans - Components of Net Periodic Benefit Costs (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Settlement loss $ 11,800    
Pension Plan And SERP [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Service cost [1] 23,877 $ 25,306 $ 22,392
Interest cost 26,536 26,160 27,853
Expected return on plan assets $ (43,872) $ (39,088) $ (34,886)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit (Cost) Credit, Expected Return (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration] Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, after Reclassification Adjustment, after Tax Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, after Reclassification Adjustment, after Tax Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, after Reclassification Adjustment, after Tax
Amortization of prior service cost $ 257 $ 257 $ 257
Net loss recognition 4,180 6,645 6,717
Settlement loss [2] 11,828    
Net periodic benefit cost 22,806 19,280 22,333
Other Postretirement Benefits [Member]      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Service cost [1] 4,369 4,114 3,902
Interest cost 5,503 5,139 6,042
Expected return on plan assets $ (2,799) $ (2,400) $ (2,377)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit (Cost) Credit, Expected Return (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration] Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, after Reclassification Adjustment, after Tax Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, after Reclassification Adjustment, after Tax Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, after Reclassification Adjustment, after Tax
Amortization of prior service cost $ (1,050) $ (921) $ (958)
Net loss recognition 3,344 3,865 4,871
Net periodic benefit cost $ 9,367 $ 9,797 $ 11,480
[1] Total service costs in the table above are recorded to the same accounts as labor expense. Labor and benefits expense is recorded to various projects based on whether the work is a capital project or an operating expense. Approximately 40 percent of all labor and benefits is capitalized to utility property and 60 percent is expensed to utility other operating expenses.
[2] The settlement loss was deferred as a regulatory asset to be amortized over future periods.