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Line Of Credit Facility Increase In Maximum Borrowing Capacity As Percentage Of EBITDA

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Line Of Credit Facility, Potential Increase In Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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Debt - Successor Debt- Bank of America Senior Revolver (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 07, 2021	Mar. 31, 2022
Other Noncurrent Assets
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance expense		$ 511,000
Bank of America Senior Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility collateral percentage	100.00%
Line of credit facility increase in maximum borrowing capacity	$ 18,800,000
Line of credit facility increase in maximum borrowing capacity as percentage of EBITDA	100.00%
Bank of America Senior Revolver \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate	2.00%
Bank of America Senior Revolver \| Fed Funds Effective Rate Overnight Index Swap Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate	0.50%
Bank of America Senior Revolver \| Bloomberg Short-Term Yield Index Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate	1.00%
Bank of America Senior Revolver \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 50,000,000