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NOTES PAYABLE AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |
Short-term borrowings | Information about Spire’s consolidated short-term borrowings is presented below. Based on average short-term borrowings for the year ended September 30, 2017, an increase in the average interest rate of 100 basis points would decrease Spire’s pre-tax earnings and cash flows by approximately $4.9 on an annual basis, portions of which may be offset through the application of PGA or GSA carrying costs.
| Spire Short‑term Borrowings 1 | Spire Missouri Commercial Paper Borrowings 2 | Spire Alabama Bank Line Borrowings | Total Short‑t erm Borrowings
Year Ended September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |
Weighted average borrowings outstanding | $369.0 | $88.5 | $28.3 | $485.8
Weighted average interest rate | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 1.2%
Range of borrowings outstanding | $73.0 - $675.6 | $0.0 - $329.7 | $0.0 - $102.5 | $395.5 - $675.6
As of September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |
Borrowings outstanding | $477.3 | $— | $— | $477.3
Weighted average interest rate | 1.5% | —% | —% | 1.5%
Year Ended September 30, 2016 |  |  |  |
Weighted average borrowings outstanding | $42.7 | $201.0 | $30.2 | $273.9
Weighted average interest rate | 1.6% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.9%
Range of borrowings outstanding | $0.0 - $82.0 | $43.0 - $307.2 | $0.0 - $82.0 | $73.1 - $427.2
As of September 30, 2016 |  |  |  |
Borrowings outstanding | $73.0 | $243.7 | $82.0 | $398.7
Weighted average interest rate | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 1.1%
1 | Spire Short-term Borrowings includes bank line borrowings of Spire Inc. (excluding its subsidiaries) and, since January 1, 2017, commercial paper. Of Spire’s $477.3 borrowings outstanding as of September 30, 2017, $440.0 was used to provide funding to its subsidiaries, including Spire Missouri ($203.0), Spire Alabama ($169.9), Spire EnergySouth and subsidiaries ($12.9), Spire STL Pipeline LLC ($26.6), and others ($27.6).
2 The commercial paper program for Spire Missouri terminated February 2, 2017.
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Spire Alabama |
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