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Transactions with Affiliates (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Prepaid assets-affiliates | $ 120,000 |  | $ 120,000 |  |  | $ 0
Optimization Revenues - Affiliates | (545,000) | $ (141,000) | $ 1,317,000 | [1] | $ 1,681,000 |
Number of additional years extended |  |  | 3 years |  |  |
Retail cost of revenues | 60,967,000 | 51,863,000 | $ 176,000,000 | [1] | 192,371,000 |
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates | 15,493,000 | 10,634,000 | 43,909,000 | [1] | 28,494,000 |
Payments of distributions to affiliates |  |  | 11,700,000 |  |  |
Contributions from parent |  |  | 129,000 | [1] | 0 |
Net capital distributions |  |  | $ 11,691,000 | [1] | 0 |
Tax receivable agreement, net cash savings |  |  | 15.00% |  |  |
Affiliated Entity |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable-affiliates | 1,400,000 |  | $ 1,400,000 |  |  | 1,200,000
Accounts payable-affiliates | 1,900,000 |  | 1,900,000 |  |  | $ 1,000,000
Prepaid assets-affiliates | 100,000 |  | 100,000 |  |  |
Affiliated Entity | Purchased Natural Gas From Affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of revenues | 3,400,000 | 6,500,000 | 9,600,000 |  | 25,000,000 |
Affiliated Entity | Purchased Natural Gas Sold To Affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Optimization Revenues - Affiliates | 300,000 | 3,200,000 | 900,000 |  | 10,300,000 |
Affiliated Entity | Marlin Transportation Agreement |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Retail cost of revenues | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |  | 100,000 |
Affiliated Entity | Electricity Sales To Affiliate |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Retail Revenues - Affiliates | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 2,200,000 |
Affiliated Entity | Affiliate Derivative Instruments |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | (600,000) |
Affiliated Entity | Allocated Overhead Costs |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates | 600,000 | 800,000 | 2,300,000 |  | 4,100,000 |
Affiliated Entity | Residual Commissions |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | 100,000 |
Majority Shareholder |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Net capital distributions |  |  |  |  | $ 36,400,000 |
NuDevco Retail Holdings and NuDevco Retail |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax receivable agreement, net cash savings |  |  | 85.00% |  |  |
Tax receivable agreement,, deferral period |  |  | 5 years |  |  |
Tax receivable agreement, coverage percentage |  |  | 130.00% |  |  |
Tax receivable agreement, target dividend (usd per share) |  |  | $ 0.3625 |  |  |
[1] | Financial information has been recast to include results attributable to the acquisition of Oasis Power Holdings LLC on May 12, 2015 from an affiliate. See Note 2 “Basis of Presentation” and Note 3 "Acquisitions" for further discussion.

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