Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Immaterial Error Correction (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Unamortized debt issuance costs	$ 25,393	$ 20,902
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Unamortized debt issuance costs		$ 20,900

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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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