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Energy Services Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility (Details) (USD $) | 6 Months Ended | 5 Months Ended | 7 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2015 | May 31, 2015
Energy Services |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |  |  |  |
Sale of trade receivables | $ 692,000,000 ugi_AggregateTradeReceivablesSoldToConsolidatedSpecialPurposeSubsidiary / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = ugi_EnergyServicesMember | $ 820,700,000 ugi_AggregateTradeReceivablesSoldToConsolidatedSpecialPurposeSubsidiary / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = ugi_EnergyServicesMember |  |
Energy Services Funding Corporation |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |  |  |  |
Sale of undivided interests in its trade receivables to the commercial paper conduit | 216,500,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromAccountsReceivableSecuritization / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = us-gaap_CorporationMember | 251,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromAccountsReceivableSecuritization / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = us-gaap_CorporationMember |  |
Outstanding balance of trade receivables | 96,900,000 ugi_OutstandingBalanceOfEsfcTradeReceivables / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = us-gaap_CorporationMember | 124,100,000 ugi_OutstandingBalanceOfEsfcTradeReceivables / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = us-gaap_CorporationMember |  |
Outstanding balance of trade receivables sold | 0 ugi_TradeReceivablesSoldToCommercialPaperConduit / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = us-gaap_CorporationMember | 10,500,000 ugi_TradeReceivablesSoldToCommercialPaperConduit / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivablesByLegalEntityOfCounterpartyTypeAxis = us-gaap_CorporationMember |  |
Forecast | Maximum |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |  |  |  |
Receivables facility |  |  | $ 75,000,000 ugi_ReceivablePurchaseFacility / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember | $ 150,000,000 ugi_ReceivablePurchaseFacility / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember

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- Definition Aggregate Trade Receivables Sold to Consolidated Special Purpose Subsidiary + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Trade receivables sold to commercial paper conduit. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Proceeds from securitizations of receivables treated as collateralized borrowings, which are classified as financing transactions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3255-108585 + Details
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