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Employee Benefits
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefits Employee Benefits
Defined Benefit Retirement Plans (Retirement Plans) and Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pension (PBOP)

Components of net periodic benefit cost for both the Retirement Plans and PBOP were as follows (in millions):
Retirement PlansPBOP
For the
Three Months Ended
September 30,		For the
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2026202520262025
Service cost$0.4 $0.5 $— $— 
Interest cost0.8 1.0 0.4 0.3 
Expected return on plan assets(0.9)(1.1)(0.7)(0.7)
Settlement charge— 0.2 — — 
Amortization of prior service cost
— — 0.4 — 
Regulatory asset decrease0.4 0.3 — — 
Net periodic benefit cost (credit)
$0.7 $0.9 $0.1 $(0.4)

Retirement PlansPBOP
For the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,		For the
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2026202520262025
Service cost$1.3 $1.4 $— $— 
Interest cost2.5 2.9 1.1 0.9 
Expected return on plan assets(2.9)(3.2)(2.1)(2.1)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss0.1 0.1 — — 
Settlement charge0.2 0.7 — — 
Amortization of prior service cost
— — 1.2 — 
Regulatory asset decrease0.5 0.4 — — 
Net periodic benefit cost (credit)
$1.7 $2.3 $0.2 $(1.2)

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company made $2.3 million in contributions to the defined benefit pension plan and expects to fund an additional $0.7 million in the remainder of 2026.

Defined Contribution Plan

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC employees hired on or after November 1, 2006, and all other employees of the Company are provided retirement benefits under a defined contribution plan, which also provides 401(k) plan benefits to its participants. Costs related to the Company's defined contribution plan were $4.6 million and $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, and $13.1 million and $11.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.