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Energy Services Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility - Trade Receivables Transferred and Sold (Details) - ESFC - USD ($) | 6 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2016
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |  |  |  |
Trade receivables transferred to ESFC during the period |  | $ 633,700,000 | $ 468,000,000 |
ESFC trade receivables sold to the bank during the period |  | 151,000,000 | 167,500,000 |
ESFC trade receivables - end of period | [1] | 85,300,000 | 55,300,000 | $ 35,700,000
Outstanding balance of trade receivables sold |  | $ 0 | $ 4,000,000 | $ 25,500,000
[1] | At March 31, 2017, no ESFC trade receivables were sold to the bank. At September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016, the amounts of ESFC trade receivables sold to the bank were $25.5 and $4.0, respectively, and are reflected as “Short-term borrowings” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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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=56944662&loc=d3e3255-108585 + Details
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