Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information related to segments

Information related to the segments of the Company are provided below:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates			Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	22,275,719	$	—		$	162,012	$	22,437,731
Depreciation	1,988,216		—			—		1,988,216
Operating income (loss)	6,988,528		(69,526		)	80,614		6,999,616
Equity in earnings	—		1,188,593			—		1,188,593
Interest expense	661,997		376,296			—		1,038,293
Income before income taxes	6,642,411		744,698			80,699		7,467,808

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates			Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	25,058,749	$	—		$	216,210	$	25,274,959
Depreciation	1,905,475		—			—		1,905,475
Operating income (loss)	6,154,052		(39,394		)	88,825		6,203,483
Equity in earnings	—		698,175			—		698,175
Interest expense	585,509		307,140			—		892,649
Income before income taxes	5,689,205		352,581			88,932		6,130,718

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates			Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	41,901,325	$	—		$	321,859	$	42,223,184
Depreciation	3,976,721		—			—		3,976,721
Operating income (loss)	12,030,013		(108,117		)	159,699		12,081,595
Equity in earnings	—		2,282,679			—		2,282,679
Interest expense	1,380,850		742,628			—		2,123,478
Income before income taxes	11,121,293		1,435,052			159,986		12,716,331

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates			Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	46,095,330	$	—		$	396,376	$	46,491,706
Depreciation	3,810,950		—			—		3,810,950
Operating income (loss)	9,384,877		(73,281		)	156,109		9,467,705
Equity in earnings	—		1,261,224			—		1,261,224
Interest expense	1,161,748		547,683			—		1,709,431
Income before income taxes	8,468,126		642,676			156,291		9,267,093

	March 31, 2020
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Total assets	$	201,148,338	$	52,637,208	$	16,802,630	$	270,588,176
	September 30, 2019
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Total assets	$	195,969,019	$	47,429,368	$	14,955,309	$	258,353,696