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Regulatory Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	$ 22.1	$ 23.7	$ 39.4
Less: Current Portion of Regulatory Liabilities	18.8	15.6	39.4
Regulatory Liabilities-noncurrent	3.3	8.1
Regulatory Tracker Mechanisms
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	12.0	8.0	17.4
Gas Pipeline Refund
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	$ 10.1	$ 15.7	$ 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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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