RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - General partner - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Operation and maintenance expense
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expenses from transactions with related party	$ 25,050	$ 22,004	$ 15,095
General and administrative expense
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expenses from transactions with related party	$ 26,193	$ 24,993	$ 21,084

Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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