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Saint Joseph Health System, Inc.; Constellation New Energy-Gas Division, LLC; and Board of Education of Fayette County, Kentucky, stating that the Utility Gross Receipts License Tax did not apply to sales of gas by Constellation, a gas marketer, because it is not a utility.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;However, in October, 2011, the Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed the May, 2010 Fayette Circuit Court opinion and Saint Joseph Health System, Inc. subsequently filed a petition for rehearing the Kentucky Court of Appeals decision. &amp;#160;In &amp;#160;January, 2012, upon the denial of the petition for re-hearing, Saint Joseph Health System, Inc. filed a petition for discretionary review of the case by the Kentucky Supreme Court. In October, 2012, the Kentucky Supreme Court denied discretionary review of the case, therefore, the October, 2011 Kentucky Court of Appeals decision will likely become final in November, 2012.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;As a result of the uncertainty created by the October, 2011 opinion issued by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, in September, 2011 we accrued $3,803,000 of taxes and interest and continue to accrue interest on the assessment. &amp;#160;Delta Resources' began billing customers the Utility Gross Receipts License Tax prospectively with our October, 2011 billings and since then has billed its customers $189,000, substantially all of which has been collected. &amp;#160;The publication of the October, 2011 Kentucky Court of Appeals decision increases the probability of Delta Resources having to either pay the assessment or appeal the denial of the assessment through the courts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In the event we are required to pay the assessment of $3,978,000, Delta Resources would have the right to seek reimbursement from its customers for $3,055,000 of taxes, leaving Delta Resources liable for $923,000 of interest in addition to any uncollectible amounts. &amp;#160;We estimate that Delta Resources' potential liability for interest and taxes deemed uncollectible from Delta Resources' customers to be in the range of $930,000 to $3,978,000. &amp;#160;This estimate is based on the assumption that we will not be held liable for any penalties.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;As of September 30, 2012, we have recorded the total liability of $3,978,000, a receivable, net of an allowance for uncollectible amounts, of $3,048,000 and $923,000 of accrued interest and $7,000 of allowance for doubtful accounts. &amp;#160;Included in the receivable is $196,000 due from a Delta Resources customer which is wholly-owned by a Director of Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. and his immediate family.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;On the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, the liability for taxes is included in accrued taxes, the receivable from Delta Resources' customers is included in accounts receivable, less accumulated allowances for doubtful accounts, and the liability for interest is included in accrued interest on debt. &amp;#160;In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss, interest accrued is included in interest charges and uncollectible amounts are included in operation and maintenance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;We are not a party to any other material pending legal proceedings.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;We have entered into forward purchase agreements beginning in October, 2012 and expiring at various dates through December, 2013. &amp;#160;These agreements require us to purchase minimum amounts of natural gas throughout the term of the agreements. &amp;#160;These agreements are established in the normal course of business to ensure adequate gas supply to meet our customers' gas requirements. &amp;#160;These agreements have aggregate minimum purchase obligations of $614,000 and $211,000 for our fiscal year ended June&amp;#160;30, 2013 and June 30, 2014, respectively.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock>
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font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The current bank line of credit with Branch Banking and Trust Company permits borrowings up to $40,000,000, all of which was available as of September 30, 2012 and June 30, 2012. &amp;#160;The bank line of credit extends through June 30, 2013. &amp;#160;The interest rate on the used bank line of credit is the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.15%. &amp;#160;The annual cost of the unused bank line of credit is .125%.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;We were not in default on our bank line of credit during any period presented in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Long-Term Debt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;September 30,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;June 30,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;($000)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 19.39%; 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vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Trust assets&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; 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text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The carrying amounts of our other financial instruments including cash equivalents, accounts receivable, notes receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Our Series A Notes, presented as current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, are stated at historical cost. &amp;#160;Fair value of our long-term debt is based on the expected future cash flows of the debt discounted using a credit adjusted risk-free rate. &amp;#160;The credit adjusted risk-free rate for our 4.26% Series A Notes is the estimated cost to borrow a debt instrument with the same terms from a private lender at the measurement date. &amp;#160;The fair value of our long-term debt is categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; 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vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3.79%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 10%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.91%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.09%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:FairValueDisclosuresTextBlock>
  <!--Fair value of the trust assets-->
  <us-gaap:FairValueAssetsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisTextBlock contextRef="c20120701to20120930">&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of the assets of our supplemental retirement benefit trust, which are included in other non-current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. &amp;#160;Contributions to the trust are presented in other investing activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. &amp;#160;The assets of the trust are recorded at fair value and consist of exchange traded mutual funds. &amp;#160;The mutual funds are recorded at fair value using observable market prices from active markets, which are categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. &amp;#160;The fair value of the trust assets are as follows:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;September 30,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;June 30,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;($000)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2012&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2012&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Trust assets&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 11.1pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Money market&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 11.1pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;U.S. equity securities&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;384&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;364&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 52.09%; 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width: 19.39%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;618&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 4px double; width: 17.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;590&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:FairValueAssetsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisTextBlock>
  <!--Fair value of liabilities-->
  <us-gaap:FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisTextBlock contextRef="c20120701to20120930">&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Our Series A Notes, presented as current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, are stated at historical cost. &amp;#160;Fair value of our long-term debt is based on the expected future cash flows of the debt discounted using a credit adjusted risk-free rate. &amp;#160;The credit adjusted risk-free rate for our 4.26% Series A Notes is the estimated cost to borrow a debt instrument with the same terms from a private lender at the measurement date. &amp;#160;The fair value of our long-term debt is categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 34.21%; 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vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.09%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 34.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;($000)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3.79%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 10%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Carrying&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Amount&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3%; 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vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.19%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3.04%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 57.77%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3.04%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 15.2%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.05%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.19%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3.04%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 57.77%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Service cost&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 3.04%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 15.2%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;279&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.05%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.19%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.05%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 55.2%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Share-based compensation expense&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.18%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;368&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.18%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;415&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.05%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.11%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 55.2%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.18%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.07%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.18%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.05%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:ScheduleOfCompensationCostForShareBasedPaymentArrangementsAllocationOfShareBasedCompensationCostsByPlanTableTextBlock>
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  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfSegmentReportingInformationBySegmentTextBlock contextRef="c20120701to20120930">&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Segment information is shown in the following table:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 35.18%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 26.71%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="width: 31.27%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 35.18%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 26.71%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 31.27%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;September 30,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;($000)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2012&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Operating Revenues&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 21.6pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;External customers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;5,741&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;5,622&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 21.6pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Intersegment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;794&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;764&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Total regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;6,535&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;6,386&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Non-regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 21.6pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;External customers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;5,711&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;7,274&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Eliminations for intersegment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;(794&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;(764&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Consolidated operating revenues&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 4px double; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;11,452&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 4px double; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;12,896&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1.5pt;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1.5pt;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Net Income (Loss)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;(245&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;(349&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Non-regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;86&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;(448&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; 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  <us-gaap:SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="c20120701to20120930">&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="DSPFListTable" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; align: right;"&gt;(9)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: auto; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Operating Segments&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Our Company has two reportable segments: &amp;#160;(i) a regulated natural gas distribution and transmission segment and (ii) a non-regulated segment that participates in related ventures, consisting of natural gas marketing, natural gas production and sales of natural gas liquids. &amp;#160;Virtually all of the revenues recorded under both segments come from the sale or transportation of natural gas, or related sales of natural gas liquids. &amp;#160;The regulated segment serves residential, commercial and industrial customers in the single geographic area of central and southeastern Kentucky. &amp;#160;Price risk for the regulated segment is mitigated through our gas cost recovery clause, approved quarterly by the Kentucky Public Service Commission. &amp;#160;Price risk for the non-regulated segment is mitigated by efforts to balance supply and demand. &amp;#160;However, there are greater risks in the non-regulated segment because of the practical limitations on the ability to perfectly predict our demand. &amp;#160;In addition, we are exposed to price risk resulting from changes in the market price of natural gas, natural gas liquids and uncommitted natural gas inventory of our non-regulated companies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The reportable segments follow the same accounting policies as described in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements that are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2012. &amp;#160;Intersegment revenues and expenses consist of intercompany revenues and expenses from intercompany gas transportation and gas storage services. &amp;#160;Intersegment transportation revenues and expenses represent the natural gas transportation costs from the regulated segment to the non-regulated segment at our tariff rates. &amp;#160;Operating expenses, taxes and interest are allocated to the non-regulated segment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 2pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Segment information is shown in the following table:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 35.18%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 26.71%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="width: 31.27%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;Three Months Ended&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 35.18%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 26.71%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 31.27%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;September 30,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;($000)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2012&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Operating Revenues&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 21.6pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;External customers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;5,741&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;5,622&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 21.6pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Intersegment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;794&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;764&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Total regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;6,535&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle; border-top: #000000 0.5pt solid;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0.7pt;"&gt;6,386&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width: 5.21%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 56.68%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 10.3pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Non-regulated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 1.95%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 14.66%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.93%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 13.68%; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 4.89%; 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At the end of each month, gas service which has been rendered from the date the customer's meter was last read to the month-end is unbilled.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Unbilled revenues and gas costs include the following:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;td style="width: 2.85%; vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 42.7%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 12.81%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width: 17.08%; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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  <!--Taxes sought on uncollected license fees-->
  <dgas:TaxesSoughtOnUncollectedLicenseFees contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">3013000</dgas:TaxesSoughtOnUncollectedLicenseFees>
  <!--Penalties sought on uncollected license fees-->
  <dgas:PenaltiesSoughtOnUncollectedLicenseFees contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">1963000</dgas:PenaltiesSoughtOnUncollectedLicenseFees>
  <!--Interest sought on uncollected licenses fees-->
  <dgas:InterestSoughtOnUncollectedLicensesFees contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">589000</dgas:InterestSoughtOnUncollectedLicensesFees>
  <!--Utility Gross Receipts License tax rate-->
  <dgas:UtilityGrossReceiptsLicenseTaxRate contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U003" decimals="2">0.03</dgas:UtilityGrossReceiptsLicenseTaxRate>
  <!--Estimated liability for taxes-->
  <dgas:EstimatedLiabilityForTaxes contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">3055000</dgas:EstimatedLiabilityForTaxes>
  <!--Amount billed to customers for Utility Gross Receipts License Tax-->
  <dgas:AmountBilledToCustomersForUtilityGrossReceiptsLicenseTax contextRef="c20111001to20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">189000</dgas:AmountBilledToCustomersForUtilityGrossReceiptsLicenseTax>
  <!--Expense related to interest and collectibles-->
  <dgas:ExpenseRelatedToInterestAndCollectibles contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">930000</dgas:ExpenseRelatedToInterestAndCollectibles>
  <!--Unbilled receivable, net of an allowance for uncollectible amounts-->
  <dgas:UnbilledReceivableNetOfAllowanceForUncollectibleAmounts contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">3048000</dgas:UnbilledReceivableNetOfAllowanceForUncollectibleAmounts>
  <!--Receivables related to right on reimbursement of taxes from related party customer-->
  <dgas:ReceivablesRelatedToRightOnReimbursementOfTaxesFromRelatedPartyCustomer contextRef="c20120930" unitRef="U001" decimals="0">196000</dgas:ReceivablesRelatedToRightOnReimbursementOfTaxesFromRelatedPartyCustomer>
  <!--Stock Split, Date Declared-->
  <dgas:StockSplitDateDeclared contextRef="c20120217">2012-02-17</dgas:StockSplitDateDeclared>
  <!--Stock Split, Date of Record-->
  <dgas:StockSplitDateOfRecord contextRef="c20120417">2012-04-17</dgas:StockSplitDateOfRecord>
</xbrl>
