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LEASES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Leases [Abstract] |
Lease, Cost | The following table presents the Company's lease costs included in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
|  | Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended
|  | March 31, | March 31,
(Thousands) | Income Statement Location | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021
Operating lease cost (1) | Operation and maintenance | $ | 2,915 |  | 1,356 |  | $ | 5,034 |  | $ | 3,445 |
Finance lease cost |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of right-of-use assets | Depreciation and amortization | $ | 457 |  | $ | 1,191 |  | 853 |  | 2,437 |
Interest on lease liabilities | Interest expense, net of capitalized interest | 104 |  | 113 |  | 184 |  | 334 |
Total finance lease cost |  | 561 |  | 1,304 |  | 1,037 |  | 2,771 |
Short-term lease cost | Operation and maintenance | 12 |  | 127 |  | 23 |  | 254 |
Variable lease cost | Operation and maintenance | 172 |  | 549 |  | 363 |  | 702 |
Total lease cost |  | $ | 3,660 |  | $ | 3,336 |  | $ | 6,457 |  | $ | 7,172 |
(1)Net of capitalized costs. The following table presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases:
| Six Months Ended
| March 31,
(Thousands) | 2022 | 2021
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities |  |
Operating cash flows for operating leases | $ | 3,557 |  | $ | 2,932 |
Operating cash flows for finance leases | $ | 404 |  | $ | 791 |
Financing cash flows for finance leases | $ | 3,947 |  | $ | 5,690 |
Assets and Liabilities, Lessee | The following table presents the balance and classifications of the Company's right of use assets and lease liabilities included in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
(Thousands) | Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2022 | September 30, 2021
Assets |  |  |
Noncurrent |  |  |
Operating lease assets | Operating lease assets | $ | 171,207 |  | $ | 173,928 |
Finance lease assets | Utility plant | 22,828 |  | 13,489 |
Total lease assets |  | $ | 194,035 |  | $ | 187,417 |
Liabilities |  |  |
Current |  |  |
Operating lease liabilities | Operating lease liabilities | $ | 4,878 |  | $ | 4,300 |
Finance lease liabilities | Current maturities of long-term debt | 6,443 |  | 5,393 |
Noncurrent |  |  |
Operating lease liabilities | Operating lease liabilities | 140,036 |  | 141,363 |
Finance lease liabilities | Long-term debt | 27,045 |  | 14,742 |
Total lease liabilities |  | $ | 178,402 |  | $ | 165,798 |

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