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COMMON STOCK EQUITY | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract] |
COMMON STOCK EQUITY | COMMON STOCK EQUITY Changes in common stock equity during the three months ended December 31, 2013, are as follows:
(Thousands) | Number of Shares | Common Stock | Premium on Common Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | Treasury Stock And Other | Retained Earnings | Total
Balance as of September 30, 2013 | 41,962 |  | $ | 112,563 |  | $ | 300,196 |  |  | $ | (1,621 | ) |  | $ | (128,638 | ) | $ | 604,884 |  | $ | 887,384 |
Net income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,693 |  | 7,693 |
Other comprehensive (loss) income |  |  |  |  | (183 | ) |  |  |  | (183 | )
Common stock issued under stock plans | 111 |  | 77 |  | 1,544 |  |  |  |  | 3,305 |  |  | 4,926 |
Cash dividend declared ($.42 per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (17,649 | ) | (17,649 | )
Treasury stock and other | (14 | ) |  |  |  |  |  | (251 | ) |  | (251 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2013 | 42,059 |  | $ | 112,640 |  | $ | 301,740 |  |  | $ | (1,804 | ) |  | $ | (125,584 | ) | $ | 594,928 |  | $ | 881,920 |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income The following table presents the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of related tax effects:
(Thousands) | Available for sale securities | Cash flow hedges | Postemployment benefit obligation | Total
Balance as of September 30, 2013 | $ | 5,400 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (7,033 | ) |  | $ | (1,621 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss), before reclassifications, net of tax of $214, $56, $-, $270 | (310 | ) |  | (96 | ) |  | — |  |  | (406 | )
Losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $-, $(36) $(111), $(147) | — |  | (1) | 62 |  | (2) | 161 |  | (3) | 223 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $214, $20, $(111), $123 | (310 | ) |  | (34 | ) |  | 161 |  |  | (183 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2013 | $ | 5,090 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | (6,872 | ) |  | $ | (1,804 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2012 | $ | 4,921 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | (15,743 | ) |  | $ | (10,771 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss), before reclassifications, net of tax of $221, $35, $-, $256 | (320 | ) |  | (60 | ) |  | — |  |  | (380 | )
Losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $-, $(29) $(203), $(232) | — |  | (1) | 50 |  | (2) | 413 |  | (3) | 463 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $221, $6, $(203), $24 | (320 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | 413 |  |  | 83 |
Balance as of December 31, 2012 | $ | 4,601 |  |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | (15,330 | ) |  | $ | (10,688 | )
(1) | Reclassified to other income in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(2) | Consists of realized losses related to foreign currency derivatives, which are reclassified to gas purchases in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(3) | Included in the computation of net periodic pension cost, a component of operations and maintenance expense in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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