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SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance 4,300,000    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized 1,800,000    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant 2,100,000    
Share-based compensation expense, net of tax $ 6,100 $ 4,900 $ 7,000
Share-based compensation, tax benefit 2,100 3,000 4,300
Share-based compensation expense $ 8,195 $ 8,876 $ 11,219
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]      
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Description Subject to certain exclusions, all employees who work at least 20 hours per week are eligible to participate in the ESPP.  Employees can choose to have up to 10 percent of their annual base pay withheld to purchase our common stock, subject to terms and limitations of the plan. The purchase price of the stock is 85 percent of the lower of the average market price of our common stock on the grant date or exercise date.    
Employee Stock Award Program [Member]      
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Description   Under the program, each time the per-share closing price of our common stock on the NYSE closed for the first time at or above each $1.00 increment above its previous historical high closing price, we issued, for no monetary consideration, one share of our common stock to all eligible employees.  
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]      
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Award vesting period 3 years    
Forfeiture rate maximum (in hundredths) 3.00%    
Total compensation cost not yet recognized $ 2,600    
Total compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition 1 year 8 months 15 days    
Fair value of vested shares $ 4,700 $ 5,500  
Nonvested beginning balance (in units) 140,665    
Nonvested beginning balance (in dollars per unit) $ 51.97    
Granted (in units) 37,893    
Weighted -average grant date fair value (per unit) $ 68.17 $ 63.97 $ 58.30
Vested (in units) (66,543)    
Vested (in dollars per unit) $ 41.92    
Forfeited (in units) (2,509)    
Forfeited (in dollars per unit) $ 62.44    
Nonvested ending balance (in units) 109,506 140,665  
Nonvested ending balance (in dollars per unit) $ 63.45 $ 51.97  
Fair value of shares granted (thousands of dollars) $ 2,583 $ 2,420 $ 2,503
Performance Unit Awards [Member]      
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Award vesting period 3 years    
Forfeiture rate maximum (in hundredths) 3.00%    
Total compensation cost not yet recognized $ 5,800    
Total compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition 1 year 9 months 15 days    
Fair value of vested shares $ 13,700 $ 15,600  
Nonvested beginning balance (in units) 237,324    
Nonvested beginning balance (in dollars per unit) $ 57.78    
Granted (in units) 79,447    
Weighted -average grant date fair value (per unit) $ 74.04 $ 68.94 $ 64.06
Vested (in units) (93,976)    
Vested (in dollars per unit) $ 44.48    
Forfeited (in units) (3,464)    
Forfeited (in dollars per unit) $ 67.97    
Nonvested ending balance (in units) 219,331 237,324  
Nonvested ending balance (in dollars per unit) $ 69.21 $ 57.78  
Fair value of shares granted (thousands of dollars) $ 5,882 $ 5,110 $ 4,766
Expected volatility rate 18.80% 20.70% 18.20%
Expected dividend yield 2.70% 2.63% 2.40%
Risk-free interest rate 2.38% 1.48% 0.91%
Description Upon vesting, a holder of performance stock units is entitled to receive a number of shares of common stock equal to a percentage (0 percent to 200 percent) of the performance stock units granted, based on our total shareholder return over the vesting period, compared with the total shareholder return of a peer group of other utilities over the same period.    
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]      
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance 700,000    
Maximum allowable percentage of annual base pay withheld to purchase common stock 10.00%    
Purchase price percentage of the lower of its grant date or exercise date market price (in hundredths) 85.00%    
Percent of employees who participated in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan 45.00% 43.00% 41.00%
Shares sold under employee stock purchase plan 76,231 78,472 83,431
Share price of shares sold under Employee Stock Purchase Plan in dollars per share $ 63.01 $ 56.80 $ 54.51
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Compensation Expense $ 1,000 $ 1,200 $ 1,400
Employee Stock Award Program [Member]      
Share-based Payments [Line Items]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized   125,000  
Shares issued to employees under the Employee Stock Award Program   13,791 50,573
Share-based compensation expense   $ 900 $ 3,000