Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

Provision (benefit) for income taxes are as follows:

	2020			2019			2018
	(In Thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	(4	)	$	—		$	11
State		33			(29	)		(96	)
Total Current	$	29		$	(29	)	$	(85	)
Deferred:
Federal	$	(4,631	)	$	(14,739	)	$	1,415
State		(147	)		(6,156	)		410
Total Deferred	$	(4,778	)	$	(20,895	)	$	1,825
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(4,749	)	$	(20,924	)	$	1,740

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets and liabilities include temporary differences and carryforwards as follows:

	December 31,
	2020			2019
	(In Thousands)
Deferred compensation	$	2,106		$	2,073
Other accrued liabilities		2,142			1,051
Right-of-use-assets		6,471			3,774
Interest expense carryforward		36,165			23,164
Net operating loss		170,362			163,750
Other		10,255			11,220
Less valuation allowance on deferred tax assets		(64,655	)		(51,589	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	162,846		$	153,443
Property, plant and equipment		(183,335	)		(182,572	)
Lease liability		(6,508	)		(3,809	)
Prepaid and other insurance reserves		(3,942	)		(2,779	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(193,785	)	$	(189,160	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(30,939	)	$	(35,717	)

Loss before Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

All of our loss before taxes relates to domestic operations.  Detailed below are the differences between the amount of the provision (benefit) for income taxes and the amount which would result from the application of the federal statutory rate to “Loss before provision (benefit) for income taxes.”

	2020			2019			2018
	(In Thousands)
Benefit for income taxes at federal statutory rate	$	(13,999	)	$	(17,712	)	$	(14,802	)
State current and deferred income tax benefit		(5,094	)		(5,282	)		(4,089	)
Valuation allowance - Federal		8,758			2,739			14,604
Valuation allowance - State		4,308			2,961			4,112
State tax law changes		(660	)		(4,388	)		—
Other		1,938			758			1,915
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(4,749	)	$	(20,924	)	$	1,740

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Uncertain Tax Positions

7.  Income Taxes (continued)

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of uncertain tax positions is as follows:

	2020			2019			2018
	(In Thousands)
Balance at beginning of year	$	519		$	577		$	618
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		—			—			—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(55	)		(58	)		(41	)
Balance at end of year	$	464		$	519		$	577