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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, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2017
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable |  |  |
Trade receivables transferred to ESFC during the period | $ 806,900,000 | $ 633,700,000 |
ESFC trade receivables sold to the bank during the period | 128,000,000 | 151,000,000 |
ESFC trade receivables - end of period | 99,600,000 | 85,300,000 | $ 44,800,000
Outstanding balance of trade receivables sold | $ 10,000,000 | $ 0 | $ 39,000,000

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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=98514028&loc=d3e3255-108585 + Details
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