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Nature of Operations (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) county	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General Partner held a general partner interest in AmeriGas Partners	1.00%
Percentage of limited partnership interest in AmeriGas Partners	25.30%
Effective ownership interest in AmeriGas OLP	27.10%
General public as limited partner interests in AmeriGas Partners	73.70%
General Partner incentive distribution | $	$ 17.3	$ 13.1
Number of counties of operation | county	1

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Amount of incentive obligation paid in cash or stock during the period to a limited liability corporation managing member or limited partnership general partner.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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