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Billing Credit Settlement

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Public Utilities, Adjustment Provided To Residential Customer Per Year

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The high range of the return on equity which triggers a retail customer partial refund obligation. All retail earnings must be returned to customers when the return on equity exceeds this high range.

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The low range of the return on equity which triggers a retail customer partial refund obligation.

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The percentage of retail earnings to be returned to retail customers as ordered by the regulatory agency when the return on equity falls within a certain range.

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Percentage of public utility's approved return on equity.

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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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