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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended |  |  | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Mar. 20, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Jun. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Environmental Remediation Costs Expended, Net of Recoveries [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Environmental Remediation Costs Expended, Net of Recoveries [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Environmental Remediation Costs Liability for Future Expenditures [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Environmental Remediation Costs Liability for Future Expenditures [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Site contingency, recovery from third party of environmental remediation cost | $ 20,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Regulatory assets |  | 460,232,000 | 441,263,000 |  |  | 47,405,000 | 59,745,000 | 182,000,000 | 182,000,000
Litigation settlement, gross |  |  |  | $ 159,600,000 | $ 266,400,000 |  |  |  |

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