POSTRETIREMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS PENSION PLAN Sample Clauses

POSTRETIREMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS PENSION PLAN. The Company has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all of its employees. Benefits are based on an employee's years of service and compensation during his or her last years of employment. The Company's policy is to fund the plan annually at a level which is fully deductible for federal income tax purposes and as necessary on an actuarial basis to provide assets sufficient to meet the benefits to be paid to plan members. In conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for a rate regulated enterprise, the Company has recorded regulatory adjustments to reflect, in net income, pension costs calculated under the actuarial method allowed for ratemaking. The cumulative difference between the net periodic pension cost calculated for financial reporting and ratemaking purposes has been included as a deferred charge or credit in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Pension expense was as follows: YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 1995 1994 (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Service cost--benefits earned during the period............................ $ 34,283 $ 26,038 $ 33,627 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation.............................. 92,564 84,392 80,741 Actual return on plan assets............................................... (204,312) (315,420) (2,631) Net amortization and deferral.............................................. 99,749 210,594 (94,173) Net periodic pension cost.................................................. 22,284 5,604 17,564 Special early retirement program........................................... 18,011 11,790 Regulatory adjustment...................................................... 3,248 4,582 (1,878) Total pension expense.................................................. $ 25,532 $ 28,197 $ 27,476 38 12. PENSION, POSTRETIREMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (CONTINUED) A reconciliation of the plan's funded status to the pension liability recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet is as follows: 1996 1995 (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) Actuarial present value of pension benefit obligations Accumulated benefit obligation, including $1,048,074 and $956,990 in vested benefits at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively............................ $ 1,082,622 $ 1,083,052 Effect of future salary increases................................................. 207,815 270,530 Projected benefit obligation........................................................ 1,290,437 1,353,582 Less: plan assets at fair value, ...
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