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Nature of Operations | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Nature of Operations | Note 1 — Nature of Operations UGI is a holding company that, through subsidiaries and affiliates, distributes, stores, transports and markets energy products and related services. In the United States, we own and operate (1) a retail propane marketing and distribution business; (2) natural gas and electric distribution utilities; and (3) an energy marketing, midstream infrastructure, storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services businesses. In Europe, we market and distribute propane and other LPG and market other energy products and services. We conduct a domestic propane marketing and distribution business through AmeriGas Partners. AmeriGas Partners conducts a national propane distribution business through its principal operating subsidiary AmeriGas OLP. AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas OLP are Delaware limited partnerships. UGI’s wholly owned second-tier subsidiary, AmeriGas Propane, Inc., serves as the general partner of AmeriGas Partners. On August 21, 2019, we completed the AmeriGas Merger pursuant to which we issued 34.6 million shares of UGI Common Stock and paid $529 in cash to acquire all of the outstanding Common Units in AmeriGas Partners not already held by UGI or its subsidiaries, with the Partnership surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of UGI. Prior to the AmeriGas Merger, UGI controlled the Partnership through its ownership of the General Partner, which held a 1% general partner interest (which included IDRs) and approximately 25.5% of the outstanding Common Units, and held an effective 27% ownership interest in AmeriGas OLP. The IDRs held by the General Partner prior to the AmeriGas Merger entitled it to receive distributions from AmeriGas Partners in excess of its general partner interest under certain circumstances (see Note 15). For additional information on the AmeriGas Merger, see Note 5. UGI International, through subsidiaries and affiliates, conducts (1) an LPG distribution business throughout much of Europe and (2) an energy marketing business in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These businesses are conducted principally through our subsidiaries, UGI France, Flaga, AvantiGas, DVEP and UniverGas. Energy Services conducts, directly and through subsidiaries, energy marketing, midstream transmission, LNG storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services businesses primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., eastern Ohio and the panhandle of West Virginia. In July 2020, Energy Services acquired GHI, which is primarily focused on providing vehicle fleets with renewable natural gas by coordinating supply from a portfolio of sources throughout the country. UGID owns electricity generation facilities principally located in Pennsylvania. Energy Services and its subsidiaries’ storage, LNG and portions of its midstream transmission operations are subject to regulation by the FERC. UGI Utilities directly owns and operates Gas Utility, a natural gas distribution utility business in eastern and central Pennsylvania and in a portion of one Maryland county. Gas Utility is subject to regulation by the PAPUC, the FERC, and, with respect to a small service territory in one Maryland county, the MDPSC. UGI Utilities also owns and operates Electric Utility, an electric distribution utility located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Electric Utility is subject to regulation by the PAPUC and the FERC.

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