Environmental Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) site	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Company's exposure in number of former Manufactured Gas Plant Sites | site	7
Environmental liabilities	$ 6,713,000	$ 7,638,000
West Palm Beach Florida [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated costs of remediation range, minimum	4,500,000
West Palm Beach Florida [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated costs of remediation range, minimum	15,400,000
Winter Haven Florida [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Environmental remediation expense	400,000
Seaford [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated costs of remediation range, minimum	200,000
Seaford [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated costs of remediation range, minimum	500,000
FPU [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Environmental liabilities	8,300,000	9,100,000
Approval of recovery of environmental costs	14,000,000.0
Environmental costs recovered	11,800,000	11,500,000
FPU [Member] | Manufactured Gas Plant [Member]
Environmental Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Regulatory Assets for future recovery of environmental costs	$ 2,200,000	$ 2,500,000