Regulatory Matters - Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	$ 25,431	$ 20,437
Regulatory assets, long-term	86,942	86,062
Regulatory liabilities, current	19,102	16,600
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	302,075	297,398
Deferred Income Taxes
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities, current	0	0
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	124,156	125,413
Plant Removal Obligations
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities, current	0	0
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	$ 131,795	130,686
Fuel Clause Adjustments
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities - Remaining Recovery/Refund Period	1 year
Regulatory liabilities, current	$ 2,238	1,231
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	$ 0	0
Alternative Revenue Program Riders
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities - Remaining Recovery/Refund Period	1 year
Regulatory liabilities, current	$ 10,405	9,961
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	0	0
North Dakota PTC Refunds
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities, current	0	0
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	33,127	29,169
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities, current	3,174	3,174
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	9,862	9,187
Other
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities, current	3,285	2,234
Regulatory liabilities, long -term	3,135	2,943
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	2,765	2,765
Regulatory assets, long-term	72,864	72,762
Alternative Revenue Program Riders
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	9,972	7,834
Regulatory assets, long-term	$ 3,065	1,036
Regulatory assets - Remaining Recovery/Refund Period	2 years
Deferred Income Taxes
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	$ 0	0
Regulatory assets, long-term	8,761	9,007
Fuel Clause Adjustments
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	11,019	6,558
Regulatory assets, long-term	$ 0	0
Regulatory assets - Remaining Recovery/Refund Period	1 year
Derivative Instruments
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	$ 862	2,717
Regulatory assets, long-term	$ 563	0
Regulatory assets - Remaining Recovery/Refund Period	2 years
Other
Schedule of Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory assets - current	$ 813	563
Regulatory assets, long-term	$ 1,689	$ 3,257

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Amortization period for the recovery of regulatory asset, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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