Jointly owned facilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Jointly Owned Facilities

The consolidated financial statements include the Company's ownership interests in the assets, liabilities and expenses of the Big Stone Station, Coyote Station and Wygen III. Each owner of the stations is responsible for financing its investment in the jointly owned facilities.

The Company's share of the stations operating expenses was reflected in the appropriate categories of operating expenses (fuel, operation and maintenance and taxes, other than income) in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

At December 31, the Company's share of the cost of utility plant in service and related accumulated depreciation for the stations was as follows:



	2016		2015
	(In thousands)
Big Stone Station:
Utility plant in service	$	157,144	$	157,761
Less accumulated depreciation	49,568		48,242
	$	107,576	$	109,519
Coyote Station:
Utility plant in service	$	156,334	$	140,895
Less accumulated depreciation	105,928		94,755
	$	50,406	$	46,140
Wygen III:
Utility plant in service	$	66,251	$	65,023
Less accumulated depreciation	7,550		6,788
	$	58,701	$	58,235