Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Information Related to Segments

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

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	10,856,453	$	—	$	215,465	$	11,071,918
Depreciation	1,988,505		—		—		1,988,505
Operating income (loss)	1,291,678		(55,097)		99,082		1,335,663
Equity in earnings	—		1,205,574		—		1,205,574
Interest expense	667,702		318,501		—		986,203
Income before income taxes	674,351		834,054		99,185		1,607,590

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	11,534,948	$	—	$	148,002	$	11,682,950
Depreciation	1,905,475		—		—		1,905,475
Operating income (loss)	1,629,681		(51,896)		59,272		1,637,057
Equity in earnings	—		777,193		—		777,193
Interest expense	604,863		320,835		—		925,698
Income before income taxes	1,016,963		406,246		59,376		1,482,585

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2020
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	52,757,778	$	—	$	537,324	$	53,295,102
Depreciation	5,965,226		—		—		5,965,226
Operating income (loss)	13,321,691		(163,214)		258,781		13,417,258
Equity in earnings	—		3,488,253		—		3,488,253
Interest expense	2,048,552		1,061,129		—		3,109,681
Income before income taxes	11,795,644		2,269,106		259,171		14,323,921

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Operating revenues	$	57,630,278	$	—	$	544,378	$	58,174,656
Depreciation	5,716,425		—		—		5,716,425
Operating income (loss)	11,014,558		(125,177)		215,381		11,104,762
Equity in earnings	—		2,038,417		—		2,038,417
Interest expense	1,766,611		868,518		—		2,635,129
Income before income taxes	9,485,089		1,048,922		215,667		10,749,678

	June 30, 2020
	Gas Utility		Investment in Affiliates		Parent and Other		Consolidated Total
Total assets	$	204,124,191	$	55,393,022	$	13,823,545	$	273,340,758
	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