COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Number Of Former Manufactured Gas Sites Where We Own Or Retain Legal Responsibility For Environmental Conditions	12
Number of sites where we have completed or addressed removal of the source of soil contamination according to plans approved by KDHE.	11
Number of sites with ongoing groundwater monitoring	8
Number of sites where regulatory closure has been achieved	3
Environmental Reserve Estimate Range, Low	4
Environmental Reserve Estimate Range, High	7
Environmental Reserve Estimate, Actual	4
Percentage yield of high consequence pipeline areas	30.00%