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Effective yield on interest rate swap.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, including current and non-current amounts, before unamortized discount or premium. Includes but not limited to, note payable, bondes payable, debentures, mortgage loans, and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of long-term debt, before unamortized discount or premium, schedule to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Carrying value of long-term debt, before unamortized discount or premium, excluding amounts to be repaid within one year or normal operating cycle, if longer (current maturities). Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, through the balance sheet date and due to be paid more than one year (or one operating cycle, if longer) after the balance sheet date.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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- Definition

Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets elected not to be offset. Excludes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, excluding amounts to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer (current maturities). Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value at the balance sheet date of a financial instrument used to receive debt funding on a regular basis with original maturities ranging from 5-10 years.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, this element represents the carrying value of loans payable which were initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer, and which are not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of Notes with the highest claim on the assets of the issuer in case of bankruptcy or liquidation (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Senior note holders are paid off in full before any payments are made to junior note holders.

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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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