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REGULATORY MATTERS - Schedule of Regulatory Assets Not Earnings a Return (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013
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Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | $ 445.1 | $ 388.4
Deferred Tax Asset [Domain] |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 117.0 | 112.9
Pension and postretirement benefit costs |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 312.1 | 259.9
Compensated absences |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 8.2 | 8.0
Other |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 7.8 | 7.6
Laclede Gas |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 373.9 | 388.4
Laclede Gas | Future income taxes due from customers |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 117.0 | 112.9
Laclede Gas | Pension and postretirement benefit costs |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 240.9 | 259.9
Laclede Gas | Compensated absences |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | 8.2 | 8.0
Laclede Gas | Other |  |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |  |
Total Regulatory Assets Not Earning a Return | $ 7.8 | $ 7.6

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- Definition Remaining balance of regulatory assets for which no return on investment during recovery is provided. In some cases, a regulator may permit an enterprise to include a cost that would be charged to expense by an unregulated enterprise as an allowable cost over a period of time by amortizing that cost for rate-making purposes, but the regulator does not include the unrecovered amount in the rate base. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 980 -SubTopic 340 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6499975&loc=d3e44250-110382 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 980 -SubTopic 340 -Section 55 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6591318&loc=d3e44360-110383 + Details
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