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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands, DTH in Millions |  |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 13, 2020 USD ($) mi | Dec. 19, 2019 | Oct. 11, 2019 USD ($) DTH | Feb. 07, 2019 USD ($) | Nov. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments for asset acquisitions |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 523,647 | $ 0
Gain on sale of business, net |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 | $ 645
Clean Energy Ventures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disposal group consideration |  |  |  | $ 208,600 |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of business, net |  |  |  | $ 645 |  |  |  |
Talen's Membership Interests In IEC | Talen Generation, LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid related to acquisition | $ 156,000 |  |  |  | $ 10,000 |  |  |
Consideration to be transferred |  |  |  |  |  | $ 166,000 |  |
Contingent consideration arrangements, range of outcomes, value, high |  |  |  |  |  | $ 23,000 |  |
Pipeline length owned | mi | 84 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Natural gas transportation capacity agreement, period |  | 10 years |  |  |  |  |  |
NJR Pipeline | Leaf River Energy Center LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of voting interests acquired |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |
Payments for asset acquisitions |  |  | $ 367,500 |  |  |  |  |
Natural gas capacity of acquiree | DTH |  |  | 32.2 |  |  |  |  |
Minimum | Talen's Membership Interests In IEC | Talen Generation, LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PP&E useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |
Minimum | NJR Pipeline | Leaf River Energy Center LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PP&E useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |
Maximum | Talen's Membership Interests In IEC | Talen Generation, LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PP&E useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 years |
Maximum | NJR Pipeline | Leaf River Energy Center LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PP&E useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50 years |

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