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Requested Renewable Resource Cost Adjustment Rate Tariff

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Amount of public utility's approved rate increase (decrease) by regulatory agency.

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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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Amount of public utility's interim rate increase (decrease) allowed while waiting final decision of regulatory agency.

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Percentage of public utility's interim rate increase (decrease) allowed while waiting final decision of regulatory agency.

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Amount of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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Percentage of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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NDPSC (Details 4) - Electric - NDPSC [Member] - Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. [Member] - USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2023	Nov. 01, 2022	Jul. 14, 2022	May 16, 2022
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Requested Renewable Resource Cost Adjustment Rate Tariff		$ 17,900,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Renewable Resource Cost Adjustment Rate Tariff	$ 17,000,000
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ (1,000,000)
Pending Rate Case [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount				$ 25,400,000
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Percentage				12.30%
Public Utilities, Interim Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			$ 10,900,000
Public Utilities, Interim Rate Increase (Decrease), Percentage			5.30%