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Regulatory Liabilities (Detail) - Entity [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	$ 42.2	$ 8.8	$ 13.0
Less: Current Portion of Regulatory Liabilities	31.2	8.7	13.0
Regulatory Liabilities - noncurrent	11.0	0.1
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	20.2	$ 8.8	$ 13.0
Gas Pipeline Refund
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	$ 22.0

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The amount for the individual regulatory liability as itemized in a table of regulatory liabilities as of the end of the period.

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The amount for the individual regulatory current liability as itemized in a table of regulatory current liabilities as of the end of the period.

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The amount for the individual regulatory noncurrent liability as itemized in a table of regulatory noncurrent liabilities as of the end of the period.

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