Business segment data (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Information on the Company's businesses was as follows:



Three Months Ended September 30, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	68,314	$	—		$	11,417
Natural gas distribution	77,417		—			(11,204		)
Pipeline and energy services	46,372		4,906			5,310
	192,103		4,906			5,523
Exploration and production	119,234		10,714			17,434
Construction materials and contracting	706,982		7,422			49,159
Construction services	267,038		3,097			12,154
Other	425		1,859			1,217
	1,093,679		23,092			79,964
Intersegment eliminations	—		(27,998		)	(1,202		)
Total	$	1,285,782	$	—		$	84,285



Three Months Ended September 30, 2012	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Loss on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	63,492	$	—		$	11,000
Natural gas distribution	80,069		—			(8,782		)
Pipeline and energy services	41,302		7,046			3,273
	184,863		7,046			5,491
Exploration and production	100,380		8,076			(87,748		)
Construction materials and contracting	641,500		8,508			41,889
Construction services	246,358		834			9,863
Other	417		1,948			663
	988,655		19,366			(35,333		)
Intersegment eliminations	—		(26,412		)	—
Total	$	1,173,518	$	—		$	(29,842	)




Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	189,949	$	—		$	25,652
Natural gas distribution	536,756		—			15,420
Pipeline and energy services	116,965		31,623			1,247
	843,670		31,623			42,319
Exploration and production	371,648		33,083			70,713
Construction materials and contracting	1,287,305		24,673			38,602
Construction services	774,103		7,011			36,733
Other	1,254		5,516			1,862
	2,434,310		70,283			147,910
Intersegment eliminations	—		(101,906		)	(3,259		)
Total	$	3,277,980	$	—		$	186,970




Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	174,410	$	—		$	22,977
Natural gas distribution	504,805		—			10,314
Pipeline and energy services	105,184		36,393			21,884
	784,399		36,393			55,175
Exploration and production	289,106		25,114			(56,860		)
Construction materials and contracting	1,229,731		11,756			24,748
Construction services	688,368		1,078			29,951
Other	2,684		4,303			6,705
	2,209,889		42,251			4,544
Intersegment eliminations	—		(78,644		)	—
Total	$	2,994,288	$	—		$	59,719

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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