Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, is comprised of the following:

(In thousands)	Pension and Other Post Retirement Employee Benefit Plan Adjustments
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	(51,753	)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax1	401
Balance at March 31, 2017	$	(51,352	)
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	(43,983	)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax1	1,419
Reclassification of the income tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act	(12,852		)
Balance at March 31, 2018	$	(55,416	)

¹  Included in other comprehensive income are net periodic costs associated with our pension and other postretirement employee benefit (OPEB) plans that were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss. For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, actuarial loss amortization of $1.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, as well as $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of prior service credit amortization were reclassified. These amounts are net of tax totaling $0.5 million and $0.3 million for each respective period. These accumulated other comprehensive loss components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and OPEB costs in Note 10, “Pension and Other Postretirement Employee Benefit Plans.”