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Segment Reporting
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting
Segment Reporting

The Company segregates its operations into three groups: 1) Utility Group, 2) Nonutility Group, and 3) Corporate and Other.

The Utility Group is comprised of Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc.’s operations, which consist of the Company’s regulated operations and other operations that provide information technology and other support services to those regulated operations.  The Company segregates its regulated operations between a Gas Utility Services operating segment and an Electric Utility Services operating segment.  The Gas Utility Services segment provides natural gas distribution and transportation services to nearly two-thirds of Indiana and to west central Ohio.  The Electric Utility Services segment provides electric distribution services primarily to southwestern Indiana, and includes the Company’s power generating and wholesale power operations.  Regulated operations supply natural gas and/or electricity to over one million customers.  In total, the Utility Group is comprised of three operating segments:  Gas Utility Services, Electric Utility Services, and Other operations.

During the periods presented, the Nonutility Group had the following operating segments:  Infrastructure Services, Energy Services, and Other Businesses. Energy Services, through the wholly owned subsidiary Energy Systems Group, LLC, provides energy performance contracting and sustainable infrastructure, such as renewables, distributed generation, and combined heat and power projects. The Infrastructure Services segment, through wholly owned subsidiaries Miller Pipeline, LLC and Minnesota Limited, LLC, provides underground pipeline construction and repair services for customers that include Vectren Utility Holdings' utilities. Fees incurred by Vectren Utility Holdings and its subsidiaries for these pipeline construction and repair services totaled $157.1 million in 2017, $117.8 million in 2016, and $109.5 million in 2015. The increase in 2017 is due to a large pipeline project that Minnesota Limited was awarded in a competitive process.

Corporate and Other includes unallocated corporate expenses such as advertising and certain charitable contributions, among other activities, that benefit the Company’s other operating segments.  Total assets in all periods presented reflect the retrospective impacts of the adoption in 2015 of ASU 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes and the retrospective impacts of the adoption in 2016 of ASU 2015-03, Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. Net income is the measure of profitability used by management for all operations.  Information related to the Company’s business segments is summarized as follows:

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Utility Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Gas Utility Services
 
$
812.7

 
$
771.7

 
$
792.6

    Electric Utility Services
 
569.6

 
605.8

 
601.6

    Other Operations
 
45.6

 
42.2

 
40.7

    Eliminations
 
(45.3
)
 
(41.9
)
 
(40.4
)
       Total Utility Group
 
1,382.6

 
1,377.8

 
1,394.5

  Nonutility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Infrastructure Services
 
996.1

 
813.3

 
843.3

    Energy Services
 
281.8

 
260.0

 
199.9

       Total Nonutility Group
 
1,277.9

 
1,073.3

 
1,043.2

  Eliminations, net of Corporate & Other Revenues
 
(3.2
)
 
(2.8
)
 
(3.0
)
  Consolidated Revenues
 
$
2,657.3

 
$
2,448.3

 
$
2,434.7

Profitability Measures - Net Income
 
 

 
 

 
 

  Utility Group Net Income
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Gas Utility Services
 
$
115.5

 
$
76.1

 
$
64.4

    Electric Utility Services
 
75.2

 
84.7

 
82.6

    Other Operations
 
(14.9
)
 
12.8

 
13.9

       Total Utility Group Net Income
 
175.8

 
173.6

 
160.9

  Nonutility Group Net Income (Loss)
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Infrastructure Services
 
32.3

 
25.0

 
29.7

    Energy Services
 
10.7

 
12.5

 
7.3

    Other Businesses
 
(1.9
)
 
(0.6
)
 
(0.7
)
       Total Nonutility Group Net Income
 
41.1

 
36.9

 
36.3

  Corporate & Other Net Income
 
(0.9
)
 
1.1

 
0.1

  Consolidated Net Income
 
$
216.0

 
$
211.6

 
$
197.3

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Amounts Included in Profitability Measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Depreciation & Amortization
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Utility Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Gas Utility Services
 
$
118.9

 
$
108.1

 
$
98.6

     Electric Utility Services
 
89.5

 
87.1

 
85.6

     Other Operations
 
26.1

 
23.9

 
24.6

       Total Utility Group
 
234.5

 
219.1

 
208.8

    Nonutility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

     Infrastructure Services
 
39.7

 
38.2

 
44.5

     Energy Services
 
1.9

 
2.5

 
2.7

     Other Businesses
 
0.1

 
0.2

 
0.3

       Total Nonutility Group
 
41.7

 
40.9

 
47.5

   Consolidated Depreciation & Amortization
 
$
276.2

 
$
260.0

 
$
256.3

 Interest Expense
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Utility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

     Gas Utility Services
 
$
43.0

 
$
40.1

 
$
35.8

     Electric Utility Services
 
25.8

 
27.0

 
27.8

     Other Operations
 
3.8

 
2.6

 
2.7

       Total Utility Group
 
72.6

 
69.7

 
66.3

    Nonutility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

     Infrastructure Services
 
13.8

 
12.8

 
16.0

     Energy Services
 
0.6

 
1.9

 
1.2

     Other Businesses
 
1.0

 
0.9

 
1.2

       Total Nonutility Group
 
15.4

 
15.6

 
18.4

    Corporate & Other
 
(0.3
)
 
0.2

 
(0.2
)
    Consolidated Interest Expense
 
$
87.7

 
$
85.5

 
$
84.5

Income Taxes
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Utility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

     Gas Utility Services
 
$
25.4

 
$
47.1

 
$
40.8

     Electric Utility Services
 
41.4

 
50.1

 
49.3

     Other Operations
 
(6.1
)
 
2.3

 
(2.0
)
       Total Utility Group
 
60.7

 
99.5

 
88.1

    Nonutility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

     Infrastructure Services
 
(12.9
)
 
17.9

 
19.6

     Energy Services
 
(1.5
)
 
(3.5
)
 
(7.7
)
     Other Businesses
 
0.9

 
0.3

 
1.5

       Total Nonutility Group
 
(13.5
)
 
14.7

 
13.4

    Corporate & Other
 
(0.8
)
 
(1.3
)
 
(1.8
)
    Consolidated Income Taxes
 
$
46.4

 
$
112.9

 
$
99.7




 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Capital Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Utility Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Gas Utility Services
 
$
391.4

 
$
358.5

 
$
291.2

    Electric Utility Services
 
105.3

 
106.4

 
87.6

    Other Operations
 
57.9

 
39.0

 
25.7

    Non-cash costs & changes in accruals
 
(3.7
)
 
(7.1
)
 
(6.2
)
       Total Utility Group
 
550.9

 
496.8

 
398.3

  Nonutility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Infrastructure Services
 
48.4

 
43.2

 
78.1

    Energy Services
 
3.2

 
1.8

 
0.5

    Other Businesses, net of eliminations
 
0.1

 
0.2

 
—

       Total Nonutility Group
 
51.7

 
45.2

 
78.6

  Consolidated Capital Expenditures
 
$
602.6

 
$
542.0

 
$
476.9

 
 
At December 31,
(In millions)
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Assets
 
 

 
 

 
 

  Utility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Gas Utility Services
 
$
3,457.8

 
$
3,091.0

 
$
2,706.9

    Electric Utility Services
 
1,820.3

 
1,788.4

 
1,778.3

    Other Operations, net of eliminations
 
220.1

 
161.5

 
107.5

       Total Utility Group
 
5,498.2

 
5,040.9

 
4,592.7

  Nonutility Group
 
 

 
 

 
 

    Infrastructure Services
 
552.6

 
513.9

 
554.5

    Energy Services
 
155.8

 
182.7

 
160.3

    Other Businesses, net of eliminations and reclassifications
 
59.1

 
53.3

 
64.0

       Total Nonutility Group
 
767.5

 
749.9

 
778.8

  Corporate & Other
 
449.1

 
628.4

 
742.4

  Eliminations
 
(475.5
)
 
(618.5
)
 
(713.9
)
  Consolidated Assets
 
$
6,239.3

 
$
5,800.7

 
$
5,400.0