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    <msex:CapitalizationTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 3 &amp;#8211; Capitalization&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Common Stock - &lt;/b&gt;During the three months&#13;ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, there were 47,649 common shares ($2.6 million) and 7,665 common shares (approximately $0.3 million),&#13;respectively, issued under the Middlesex Water Company Investment Plan (the Investment Plan). On January 2, 2019, the Company began&#13;offering shares of its common stock for purchase at a 5% discount to participants in the Investment Plan. The discount offering&#13;will continue until 200,000 shares are purchased at the discounted price or December 30, 2019, whichever event occurs first.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The&#13;discount applies to all common stock purchases made under the Investment Plan, whether by optional cash payment or by dividend&#13;reinvestment.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In March 2019, Middlesex filed a petition with&#13;the NJBPU seeking approval to issue and sell up to 1,500,000 shares of its common stock in one or more transactions through December&#13;31, 2022. The sale of these additional shares of common stock is part of the Company&amp;#8217;s comprehensive financing plan to fund&#13;its multi-year utility plant infrastructure investment program. As described below in &amp;#8220;&lt;i&gt;Long-term Debt&amp;#8221;&lt;/i&gt;, the&#13;NJBPU approved the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) debt funding component of the financing plan. We believe the&#13;NJBPU will approve the common stock offering request, as filed, during the second quarter of 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long-term Debt - &lt;/b&gt;Subject to regulatory&#13;approval, the Company periodically issues long-term debt to fund its investments in utility plant and other assets. To the extent&#13;possible, the Company finances qualifying capital projects under State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan programs in New Jersey and Delaware.&#13;These government programs provide financing at interest rates that are typically below rates available in the broader financial&#13;markets. A portion of the borrowings under the New Jersey SRF is interest-free. Under the New Jersey SRF program, borrowers first&#13;enter into a construction loan agreement with the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank (NJIB) at a below market interest rate. The current&#13;interest rate on construction loan borrowings is zero percent (0%). When construction on the qualifying project is substantially&#13;complete, NJIB will coordinate the conversion of the construction loan into a long-term securitized loan with a portion of the&#13;principal balance having a stated interest rate of zero percent (0%) and a portion of the principal balance at a market interest&#13;rate at the time of closing using the credit rating of the State of New Jersey. The current term of the long-term loans offered&#13;through the NJIB is up to thirty years. The current portion of the principal balance having a stated interest rate of zero percent&#13;(0%) is 75% with the remaining portion of 25% having a market based interest rate. NJIB generally schedules its long-term debt&#13;financings in May and November.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In September 2018, the NJIB announced changes&#13;to the SRF program for project funding priority ranking, the proportions of interest free loans and market interest rate loans&#13;and overall loan limits on interest free loan balances to investor-owned water utilities. These changes affect SRF projects for&#13;which the construction loan closes after September 2018. Under the new guidelines, the principal balance having a stated interest&#13;rate of zero percent (0%) is 25% of the loan balance with the remaining portion of 75% having a market based interest rate. This&#13;is limited to the first $10.0 million of the loan. Loan amounts above $10.0 million do not participate in the 0% rate program,&#13;but do participate at the market based interest rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The only active project affected by the SRF&#13;program changes is the upgrade to the Company&amp;#8217;s Carl J. Olsen water treatment plant (CJO Plant). In April 2018, the NJBPU&#13;approved Middlesex&amp;#8217;s request to participate in the NJIB loan program and borrow up to $55.0 million for the CJO Plant project.&#13;Although the CJO Plant project has met all the SRF Program requirements, the NJIB has been unable to commit to funding the construction&#13;loan.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In order to help ensure adherence to its comprehensive&#13;financing plan, Middlesex received approval from the NJBPU in February 2019 to issue and sell up to $140 million of First Mortgage&#13;Bonds through the NJEDA in one or more transactions through December 31, 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In May 2018, Middlesex repaid its $9.5 million&#13;RENEW 2017 interest-free construction loan by issuing to the NJIB first mortgage bonds designated as Series 2018A ($7.1 million)&#13;and Series 2018B ($2.4 million). The interest rate on the Series 2018A bond is zero and the interest rate on the Series 2018B bond&#13;ranges between 3.0% and 5.0%. Through March 31, 2019, Middlesex has drawn a total of $8.2 million and expects to draw the remaining&#13;proceeds during the second quarter of 2019. The final maturity date for both bonds is August 1, 2047, with scheduled debt service&#13;payments over the life of the loans.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In April 2018, the NJBPU approved Middlesex&amp;#8217;s&#13;request to participate in the NJIB loan program to fund the construction of a large-diameter transmission pipeline from the CJO&#13;water treatment plant and interconnect with our distribution system. Middlesex closed on a $43.5 million NJIB interest-free construction&#13;loan in August 2018. Through March 31, 2019, Middlesex has drawn a total of $16.8 million and expects to draw down the remaining&#13;proceeds through the end of 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In March 2018, the NJBPU approved Middlesex&amp;#8217;s&#13;request to borrow up to $14.0 million under the NJIB program to fund the 2018 RENEW Program, which is an ongoing initiative to&#13;eliminate all unlined water distribution mains in the Middlesex system. Middlesex closed on an $8.7 million NJIB construction loan&#13;in September 2018. Through March 31, 2019, Middlesex has drawn a total of $6.6 million and expects to draw the remaining proceeds&#13;during the remainder of 2019. The NJIB has informed the Company that the RENEW 2018 interest-free construction loan is scheduled&#13;for the May 2019 long-term debt financing program.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;In March 2018, the DEPSC approved Tidewater&amp;#8217;s&#13;request to borrow up to $0.9 million under the Delaware SRF program to fund the replacement of an entire water distribution system&#13;of a small Delaware subdivision. Tidewater closed on the SRF loan in May 2018. In April 2019, Tidewater received approval from&#13;the DEPSC to increase the borrowing to $1.7 million based on revised project cost estimates. The closing on the additional $0.8&#13;million is expected to occur in June 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fair Value of Financial Instruments -&lt;/b&gt;&#13;The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its fair value disclosure for financial instruments&#13;for which it is practicable to estimate that value. The carrying amounts reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets&#13;for cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, accounts payable and notes payable approximate their respective fair values due&#13;to the short-term maturities of these instruments. The fair value of First Mortgage and State Revolving Fund Bonds (collectively,&#13;the Bonds) issued by Middlesex is based on quoted market prices for similar issues. Under the fair value hierarchy, the fair value&#13;of cash and cash equivalents is classified as a Level 1 measurement and the fair value of notes payable and the Bonds in the table&#13;below are classified as Level 2 measurements. The carrying amount and fair value of the Bonds were as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width: 80%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;March 31, 2019&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;December 31, 2018&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Carrying&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Fair&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Carrying&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Fair &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Amount&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Value&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Amount&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Value&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Bonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$100,910&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$103,247&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$101,411&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$102,789&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;For other long-term debt for which there&#13;was no quoted market price and there is not an active trading market, it was not practicable to estimate their fair value&#13;(for details, including carrying value, interest rate and due date on these series of long-term debt, please refer to those&#13;series noted as &amp;#8220;Amortizing Secured Note&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;State Revolving Trust Note&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;Construction&#13;Loans&amp;#8221; on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital Stock and Long-Term Debt). The carrying amount of these&#13;instruments was $67.6 million and $61.5 million at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Customer advances for&#13;construction have carrying amounts of $22.6 million at both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Their&#13;relative fair values cannot be accurately estimated since future refund payments depend on several variables, including new&#13;customer connections, customer consumption levels and future rate increases.&lt;/p&gt;</msex:CapitalizationTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:EarningsPerShareTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 4 &amp;#8211; Earnings Per Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;Basic earnings per share (EPS) are computed on the basis of the&#13;weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period presented. Diluted EPS assumes the conversion of both the Convertible&#13;Preferred Stock $7.00 Series and the Convertible Preferred Stock $8.00 Series.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands Except per Share Amounts)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13; 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   &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(36&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Earnings Applicable to Common Stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,516&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,428&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,458&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,354&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-left: 54px"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Basic EPS&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.40&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.27&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Diluted:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Earnings Applicable to Common Stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,516&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,428&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,458&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,354&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$7.00 Series Preferred Dividend&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$8.00 Series Preferred Dividend&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;41&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;41&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Adjusted Earnings Applicable to&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Common Stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,539&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,584&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,481&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,510&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Diluted EPS&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.39&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.27&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:EarningsPerShareTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:ShortTermDebtTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 6 &amp;#8211; Short-term Borrowings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;As of March 31, 2019, the Company retains lines&#13;of credit aggregating $100.0 million. At March 31, 2019, the outstanding borrowings under these credit lines were $49.5 million&#13;at a weighted average interest rate of 3.61%.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The weighted average daily amounts of borrowings&#13;outstanding under the Company&amp;#8217;s credit lines and the weighted average interest rates on those amounts were $50.0 million&#13;and $27.9 million at 3.64% and 2.74% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The maturity dates for the $49.5 million outstanding&#13;as of March 31, 2019 are in April 2019 through June 2019 and are extendable at the discretion of the Company.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Interest rates for short-term borrowings under&#13;the lines of credit are below the prime rate with no requirement for compensating balances.&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:ShortTermDebtTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitsDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 8 &amp;#8211; Employee Benefit Plans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pension Benefits&lt;/b&gt; - The Company&amp;#8217;s&#13;Pension Plan covers all active employees hired prior to April 1, 2007. Employees hired after March 31, 2007 are not eligible to&#13;participate in this plan, but do participate in a defined contribution plan that provides for a potential annual contribution in&#13;an amount that is at the discretion of the Company. In order to be eligible for a contribution, the participant must be employed&#13;by the Company on December 31st of the year to which the contribution relates. For each of the three month periods ended March&#13;31, 2019 and 2018, the Company made Pension Plan cash contributions of $0.5 million. The Company expects to make Pension Plan cash&#13;contributions of approximately $3.1 million over the remainder of the current year. The Company also maintains an unfunded supplemental&#13;retirement benefit plan for certain active and retired Company officers and currently pays $0.4 million in annual benefits to the&#13;retired participants.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other Postretirement Benefits&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;- &lt;/i&gt;The&#13;Company&amp;#8217;s retirement plan other than pensions (Other Benefits Plan) covers substantially all of its current retired employees.&#13;Employees hired after March 31, 2007 are not eligible to participate in this plan. Coverage includes healthcare and life insurance.&#13;For each of the three month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company made Other Benefits Plan cash contributions of $0.2&#13;million. The Company expects to make Other Benefits Plan cash contributions of approximately $1.2 million over the remainder of&#13;the current year.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;The following tables set forth information relating to the Company&amp;#8217;s&#13;periodic costs for its employee retirement benefit plans:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Pension Benefits&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Other Benefits&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 56%; text-align: left"&gt;Service Cost&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;543&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;607&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;210&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;284&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Interest Cost&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;857&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;765&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;496&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;474&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Expected Return on Assets&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(1,173&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(1,218&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(613&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(637&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Amortization of Unrecognized Losses&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;404&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;415&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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   &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(402&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; 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    <us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 9 &amp;#8211; Revenue Recognition from Contracts with Customers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s revenues are primarily&#13;generated from regulated tariff-based sales of water and wastewater services and non-regulated operation and maintenance contracts&#13;for services on water and wastewater systems owned by others. Revenue from contracts with customers is recognized when control&#13;of a promised good or service is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects&#13;to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s regulated revenue from&#13;contracts with customers is derived from tariff-based sales that result from the obligation to provide water and wastewater services&#13;to residential, industrial, commercial, fire-protection and wholesale customers. The Company&amp;#8217;s residential customers are&#13;billed quarterly while most of the Company&amp;#8217;s industrial, commercial, fire-protection and wholesale customers are billed monthly.&#13;Payments by customers are due between 15 and 30 days after the invoice date. The Company recognizes revenue as the water and wastewater&#13;services are delivered, to customers as well as records unbilled revenues estimated from the last meter reading date to the end&#13;of the accounting period utilizing factors such as historical customer data, regional weather indicators and general economic conditions&#13;in its service territories. Unearned Revenues and Advance Service Fees include fixed service charge billings in advance of service&#13;provided to Tidewater customers and are recognized as service is provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 146.25pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Non-regulated service contract revenues consist&#13;of base service fees, as well as fees for additional billable services provided to customers, are billed monthly and are due within&#13;30 days after the invoice date. The Company considers the amounts billed to represent the value of these services provided to customers.&#13;Certain of these contracts continue through 2022 and thus contain remaining performance obligations for which the Company expects&#13;to recognize revenue in the future. These contracts also contain termination provisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Substantially all operating revenues and accounts&#13;receivable are from contracts with customers. The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-offs&#13;combined with an evaluation of current economic conditions within its service territories.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s contracts do not contain&#13;any significant financing components.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s operating revenues are&#13;comprised of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Regulated Tariff Sales&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 78%; text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Residential&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;15,980&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;15,623&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Commercial&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,309&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,109&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Industrial&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,198&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,312&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Fire Protection&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,888&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Wholesale&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,339&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,212&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;Non-Regulated Contract Operations&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;2,824&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;3,999&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;30,663&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;31,143&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Other Regulated Revenues&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;58&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;62&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Other Non-Regulated Revenues&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;102&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;101&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;Inter-segment Elimination&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(125&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(129&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;Total Revenue&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;30,698&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;31,177&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 10 &amp;#8211; Income Taxes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;As part of its 2014 Federal income tax return,&#13;the Company adopted the final Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tangible property regulations and changed its accounting method for&#13;the tax treatment of expenditures that qualified as deductible repairs. The adoption resulted in a net reduction of $17.6 million&#13;in taxes previously remitted to the IRS, for which the Company has already sought and received the tax refunds. A reserve provision&#13;against refunded taxes of $2.3 million was recorded in 2015 at the time of filing its change in accounting method based on a possible&#13;challenge by the IRS during an audit examination. The Company&amp;#8217;s 2014 federal income tax return was subsequently selected&#13;for examination by the IRS in 2016. In 2018, the Company received information from the IRS regarding certain aspects of the its&#13;adopted accounting method used to calculate qualifying tangible property repair cost deductions and increased its reserve provision&#13;to $4.1 million. During the first quarter of 2019, the Company agreed to certain modifications of its accounting method for expenditures&#13;that qualify as deductible repairs and the IRS concluded its audit of the Company&amp;#8217;s 2014 federal income tax return. The modifications&#13;also impacted the Company&amp;#8217;s filed 2015, 2016 and 2017 federal income tax returns. The Company paid $0.8 million in income&#13;taxes in connection with the conclusion of the 2014 and 2015 tax years. The IRS is currently examining the 2016 and 2017 tax years&#13;to determine the impact of the modifications on those tax years. The Company reduced its income tax reserve provision to $3.1 million&#13;as of March 31, 2019. Pending completion of the 2016 and 2017 examinations, the final tax liability could be different than the&#13;recorded reserve provision. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company reduced its potential interest expense liability&#13;to $0.3 million as a result of the closing of the 2014 and 2015 tax years and the revised income tax reserve provision.&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The carrying amount and fair value of the Bonds were as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width: 80%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;March 31, 2019&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;December 31, 2018&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Carrying&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Fair&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Carrying&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 15%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Fair &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Amount&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Value&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Amount&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Value&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Bonds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$100,910&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$103,247&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$101,411&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;$102,789&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:FairValueByBalanceSheetGroupingTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:ScheduleOfEarningsPerShareBasicAndDilutedTableTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;Basic earnings per share (EPS) are computed on the basis of the&#13;weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period presented. Diluted EPS assumes the conversion of both the Convertible&#13;Preferred Stock $7.00 Series and the Convertible Preferred Stock $8.00 Series.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands Except per Share Amounts)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Basic:&lt;font style="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Shares&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 56%; text-align: left"&gt;Net Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;6,552&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;16,428&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;4,494&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;16,354&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Preferred Dividend&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(36&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(36&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Earnings Applicable to Common Stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,516&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,428&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,458&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,354&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-left: 54px"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Basic EPS&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.40&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.27&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Diluted:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Earnings Applicable to Common Stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,516&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,428&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,458&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,354&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$7.00 Series Preferred Dividend&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$8.00 Series Preferred Dividend&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;41&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;41&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Adjusted Earnings Applicable to&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Common Stock&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,539&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,584&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,481&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;16,510&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Diluted EPS&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.39&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;0.27&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:ScheduleOfEarningsPerShareBasicAndDilutedTableTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:ScheduleOfNetBenefitCostsTableTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;The following tables set forth information relating to the Company&amp;#8217;s&#13;periodic costs for its employee retirement benefit plans:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Pension Benefits&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Other Benefits&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="15" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 56%; text-align: left"&gt;Service Cost&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;543&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;607&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;210&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;284&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Interest Cost&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;857&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;765&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;496&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;474&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Expected Return on Assets&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(1,173&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(1,218&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(613&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;(637&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Amortization of Unrecognized Losses&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;404&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;415&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;330&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;447&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;Amortization of Unrecognized Prior Service Credit&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(402&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;Net Periodic Benefit Cost*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;631&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;569&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;423&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;166&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"&gt;*Service cost is included in Operations and Maintenance expense on Consolidated Statements of Income; all other amounts are included in Other Income/Expense, net.&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:ScheduleOfNetBenefitCostsTableTextBlock>
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   &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left"&gt;Regulated Tariff Sales&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 78%; text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Residential&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;15,980&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;15,623&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Commercial&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,309&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,109&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Industrial&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,198&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,312&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Fire Protection&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,888&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-left: 9px"&gt;Wholesale&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,339&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,212&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt"&gt;Non-Regulated Contract Operations&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;2,824&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;3,999&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; 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    <us-gaap:PurchaseCommitmentExcludingLongtermCommitmentTableTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Purchased water costs are shown below:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 80%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 74%; text-align: left"&gt;Treated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; text-align: right"&gt;770&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; text-align: right"&gt;888&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Untreated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;861&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;930&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Total Costs&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;1,631&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;1,818&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:PurchaseCommitmentExcludingLongtermCommitmentTableTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:ScheduleOfFutureMinimumRentalPaymentsForOperatingLeasesTableTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s future minimum operating&#13;lease commitments as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;(In Millions)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;March 31, 2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 59%; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 27%; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 12%; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2020&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2021&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2022&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2023&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Thereafter&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;5.3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Total Lease Payments&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;9.0&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Imputed Interest&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;(2.1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Present Value of Lease Payments&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;6.9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Less Current Portion*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;(0.6&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Non-Current Lease Liability&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;6.3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap"&gt;*Included in Other Current Liabilities&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="4" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:ScheduleOfFutureMinimumRentalPaymentsForOperatingLeasesTableTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 7 &amp;#8211; Commitments and Contingent Liabilities&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Water Supply &lt;/b&gt;- Middlesex has an agreement&#13;with the New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA) for the purchase of untreated water through November 30, 2023, which provides&#13;for an average purchase of 27.0 million gallons a day (mgd). Pricing is set annually by the NJWSA through a public rate making&#13;process. The agreement has provisions for additional pricing in the event Middlesex overdrafts or exceeds certain monthly and annual&#13;thresholds.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Middlesex also has an agreement with a non-affiliated&#13;regulated water utility for the purchase of treated water. This agreement, which expires February 27, 2021, provides for the minimum&#13;purchase of 3.0 mgd of treated water with provisions for additional purchases.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Tidewater contracts with the City of Dover,&#13;Delaware to purchase 15.0 million gallons of treated water annually.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Purchased water costs are shown below:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 80%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 74%; text-align: left"&gt;Treated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; text-align: right"&gt;770&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; text-align: right"&gt;888&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Untreated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;861&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;930&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Total Costs&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;1,631&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;1,818&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2in; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guarantees&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;- &lt;/i&gt;As part of an agreement&#13;with the County of Monmouth, New Jersey (County), Middlesex serves as guarantor of the performance of Applied Water Management,&#13;Inc. (AWM), an unaffiliated wastewater contractor, to operate a County-owned leachate pretreatment facility at the Monmouth County&#13;Reclamation Center in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. The performance guaranty is effective through 2028 unless another guarantor, acceptable&#13;to the County, replaces Middlesex before such date. Under agreements with AWM and Natural Systems Utilities, LLC (NSU), the parent&#13;company of AWM, Middlesex earns a fee for providing the performance guaranty. In addition, Middlesex may provide operational support&#13;to the facility, as needed, and AWM and NSU, serving as guarantor to Middlesex with respect to the performance of AWM, have indemnified&#13;Middlesex against any claims that may arise under the Middlesex guaranty to the County.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"&gt;If requested to perform&#13;under the guaranty to the County and, if AWM and NSU, as guarantor to Middlesex, do not fulfill their obligations to indemnify&#13;Middlesex against any claims that may arise under the Middlesex guaranty to the County, Middlesex would be required to fulfill&#13;the remaining operational commitment of AWM. As of both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the liability recognized in Other&#13;Non-Current Liabilities on the balance sheet for the guaranty is approximately $1.5 million.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leases&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;- &lt;/i&gt;The Company determines&#13;if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Generally, a lease agreement exists if the Company determines that the arrangement gives&#13;the Company control over the use of an identified asset and obtains substantially all of the benefits from the identified asset.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company has entered into an operating lease&#13;of office space for administrative purposes, expiring in 2030. The Company has not entered into any finance leases. The exercise&#13;of a lease renewal option for the Company&amp;#8217;s administrative offices is solely at the discretion of the Company.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The right-of-use (ROU) asset recorded represents&#13;the Company&amp;#8217;s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liability represents the Company&amp;#8217;s obligation&#13;to make lease payments arising from the lease. Lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the&#13;present value of lease payments over the lease term. The Company&amp;#8217;s operating lease does not provide an implicit discount&#13;rate and as such the Company used an estimated incremental borrowing rate (4.03%) based on the information available at commencement&#13;date in determining the present value of lease payments.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Given the impacts of accounting for regulated&#13;operations, and the resulting recognition of expense at the amounts recovered in customer rates, expenditures for operating leases&#13;are consistent with lease expense and were $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and&#13;2018, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Information related to operating lease ROU&#13;assets and lease liabilities is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: Red"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 80%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;(In Millions)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;March 31, 2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 85%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;ROU Asset at Lease Inception&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 12%; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;7.3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Accumulated Amortization&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;(0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Current ROU Asset&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;6.5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; color: Red"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company&amp;#8217;s future minimum operating&#13;lease commitments as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;(In Millions)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom"&gt;March 31, 2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 59%; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 27%; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 12%; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2020&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2021&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2022&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;2023&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Thereafter&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;5.3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Total Lease Payments&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;9.0&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Imputed Interest&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;(2.1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Present Value of Lease Payments&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;6.9&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Less Current Portion*&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;(0.6&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap"&gt;Non-Current Lease Liability&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;6.3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap"&gt;*Included in Other Current Liabilities&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="4" style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Construction&lt;/b&gt; - The Company has forecasted&#13;to spend approximately $112 million for its construction program in 2019. The Company has entered into several contractual construction&#13;agreements that, in the aggregate, obligate it to expend an estimated $17 million in the future. The timing and amount of capital&#13;expenditures is dependent on project scheduling and refinement of engineering estimates for certain projects.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Litigation&lt;/b&gt; - The Company is a defendant&#13;in lawsuits in the normal course of business. We believe the resolution of pending claims and legal proceedings will not have a&#13;material adverse effect on the Company&amp;#8217;s consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Change in Control Agreements&lt;/b&gt; - The Company&#13;has Change in Control Agreements with certain of its officers that provide compensation and benefits in the event of termination&#13;of employment in connection with a change in control of the Company.&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:BasisOfPresentationAndSignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;Note 1 &amp;#8211; Basis of Presentation and Recent Developments&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Middlesex Water Company (Middlesex or the Company)&#13;is the parent company and sole shareholder of Tidewater Utilities, Inc. (Tidewater), Tidewater Environmental Services, Inc. (TESI),&#13;Pinelands Water Company (Pinelands Water) and Pinelands Wastewater Company (Pinelands Wastewater) (collectively, Pinelands), Utility&#13;Service Affiliates, Inc. (USA), Utility Service Affiliates&amp;#160;&amp;#160;(Perth Amboy) Inc. (USA-PA), and Twin Lakes Utilities, Inc.&#13;(Twin Lakes). Southern Shores Water Company, LLC (Southern Shores) and White Marsh Environmental Systems, Inc. (White Marsh) are&#13;wholly-owned subsidiaries of Tidewater. The financial statements for Middlesex and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the Company)&#13;are reported on a consolidated basis.&amp;#160;All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The consolidated notes within the 2018 Annual&#13;Report on Form 10-K (the 2018 Form 10-K) are applicable to these financial statements and, in the opinion of the Company, the accompanying&#13;unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary (including normal recurring accruals) to&#13;present fairly the financial position as of March 31, 2019 and the results of operations and cash flows for the three month periods&#13;ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. Information included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018, has been&#13;derived from the Company&amp;#8217;s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in the 2018 Form 10-K.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance&#13;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leases - &lt;/b&gt;On January 1, 2019,&#13;the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance related to leases which required lessees&#13;to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset. The Company elected the optional transition method of adoption&#13;option to apply the requirements of the standard in the period of adoption with no restatement of prior periods. The&#13;Company utilized the package of transition practical expedients provided by the new guidance, including carrying forward&#13;prior conclusions related to contracts that contain leases and lease classification. The Company also utilized the&#13;transition practical expedient permitting entities to forgo the evaluation of existing land easement arrangements to&#13;determine if they contain a lease. Land easement arrangements, or modifications to existing arrangements, entered into after&#13;adoption of this guidance will need to be evaluated to determine if they meet the definition of a lease. The adoption of this&#13;guidance resulted in the recording of a $6.7 million right-of-use asset,  a $7.1 million lease liability and a $0.4 million&#13;regulatory asset on the Company&amp;#8217;s consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019. For further discussion, see&#13;&amp;#8220;&lt;i&gt;Leases&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#8221; in &lt;i&gt;Note 7 &amp;#8211; Commitments and Contingent Liabilities&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;There are no other new adopted or proposed&#13;accounting guidance that the Company is aware of that could have a material impact on the Company&amp;#8217;s financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;</us-gaap:BasisOfPresentationAndSignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note 5 &amp;#8211; Business Segment Data&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;The Company has identified two reportable segments.&#13;One is the regulated business of collecting, treating and distributing water on a retail and wholesale basis to residential, commercial,&#13;industrial and fire protection customers in parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. This segment also includes regulated&#13;wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware.&amp;#160;The Company is subject to regulations as to its rates, services and other matters&#13;by New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania with respect to utility services within these states. The other segment is primarily comprised&#13;of non-regulated contract services for the operation and maintenance of municipal and private water and wastewater systems in New&#13;Jersey and Delaware.&amp;#160;Inter-segment transactions relating to operational costs are treated as pass-through expenses. Finance&#13;charges on inter-segment loan activities are based on interest rates that are below what would normally be charged by a third party&#13;lender.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5in"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Operations by Segments:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;Revenues:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 78%"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;27,898&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;27,206&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,925&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,100&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Inter-segment Elimination&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(125&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(129&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Revenues&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;30,698&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;31,177&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Operating Income:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,034&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;5,625&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;994&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;725&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Operating Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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   &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Net Income:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13; 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   &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;511&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Net Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6,552&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;4,494&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Capital Expenditures:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;12,293&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;9,978&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;33&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Total Capital Expenditures&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;12,324&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;10,011&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;As of&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;As of&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;December 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;Assets:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 78%"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;780,317&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;764,749&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;9,087&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;8,994&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Inter-segment Elimination&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(6,431&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(5,913&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Assets&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;782,973&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;767,830&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</us-gaap:SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock>
    <us-gaap:ScheduleOfSegmentReportingInformationBySegmentTextBlock contextRef="D2019-01-01_To_2019-03-31">&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"&gt;Inter-segment transactions relating to operational costs are treated as pass-through expenses. Finance&#13;charges on inter-segment loan activities are based on interest rates that are below what would normally be charged by a third party&#13;lender.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5in"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1.5in"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;(In Thousands)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="7" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;Operations by Segments:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;Revenues:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 78%"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;27,898&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;27,206&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;2,925&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;4,100&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Inter-segment Elimination&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(125&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(129&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Revenues&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;30,698&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;31,177&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Operating Income:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;6,034&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;5,625&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;994&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;725&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Operating Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;7,028&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6,350&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Net Income:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;5,868&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;3,983&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;684&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;511&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Consolidated Net Income&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;6,552&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;4,494&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Capital Expenditures:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;12,293&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;9,978&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;33&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Total Capital Expenditures&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;12,324&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;10,011&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;/table&gt;&#13;&#13;&#13;&lt;p style="margin: 0"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;&#13;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="white-space: nowrap"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;As of&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;As of&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;March 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td colspan="3" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"&gt;December 31,&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom"&gt;&#13; 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text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 78%"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;780,317&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 8%; text-align: right"&gt;764,749&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Non &amp;#8211; Regulated&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;9,087&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: right"&gt;8,994&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#13;&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="text-align: left"&gt;Inter-segment Elimination&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(6,431&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&#13;    &lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right"&gt;(5,913&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; 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