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Customer Acquisitions (Details) - Customer Contracts $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 03, 2015 USD ($) contract
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Residential and commercial natural gas contracts		25,800
Contract purchase price | $		$ 2.0
Amortization period	3 years

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