EBP. Administrative Fee, Participant

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EBP. Participant Loan Fee

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EBP, Change In Net Asset Available For Benefit, Decrease From Administrative Expense, Gross

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Annual Fixed Rate Contribution, Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Annual Fixed Rate Contribution, Value

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EBP, Employer Contribution Maximum Vesting Age

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Participant Compensation Matched, Maximum

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period

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EBP, Maximum Employer Stock Owned, Percent

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, Maximum Number Of Loans

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Annual Increase Deferral Rate

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EBP, Participant Loan, Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 008	12 Months Ended
Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 008	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) loan year	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Pretax, maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage	50.00%
Automatic deferral rate	8.00%
Automatic deferral rate, annual increase	1.00%
Maximum vesting age \| year	65
Employer contribution, fixed rate contribution	$ 6,093,153		$ 4,888,718
Maximum employer stock owned percentage	25.00%
Vesting service period	3 years
Vesting percentage	100.00%
Minimum borrowing, amount	$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000	$ 50,000
Maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%	50.00%
Maximum number of loans \| loan	1
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Participant administrative fee	$ 100
Participant loan fee	75
Administrative expense, gross	265,582		199,145
Forfeited nonvested account	83,738	$ 83,738	12,833
Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution	$ 160,000		$ 320,000
Non-Bargaining Employee
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	60.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	8.00%
Eligible Non-Bargaining Unit Employees
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employer contribution, fixed rate contribution, percentage	5.00%
SiEnergy Employees
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employer contribution, fixed rate contribution, percentage		3.65%
Maximum participant compensation matched		$ 350,000
SiEnergy Employees \| EBP, Employer Contribution, Matching Trance One
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	100.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	3.00%
SiEnergy Employees \| EBP, Employer Contribution, Matching Trance Two
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	50.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	2.00%
Bargaining Employee
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	50.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	8.00%
Eligible Bargaining Unit Employees
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employer contribution, fixed rate contribution, percentage	4.00%
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic deferral rate	0.00%
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic deferral rate	8.00%
Maximum \| Non-Bargaining Employee
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant compensation matched, percentage	4.80%
Maximum \| SiEnergy Employees
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant compensation matched, percentage	4.00%
Maximum \| Bargaining Employee
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant compensation matched, percentage	4.00%