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No definition available.

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The amount of Dth hedged and held in storage.

No definition available.

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The notional amount of financial derivatives expressed in nonmonetary units.

No definition available.

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Represent the amount of counterparty funds that the entity holds, resulting from various trading counterparties exceeding agreed-upon credit exposure thresholds.

No definition available.

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No definition available.

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Represents the number of future winter seasons for which minimum of expected gas usage is hedged to mitigate price volatility for the entity's customers.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of pipelines used to serve customers.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of storage capacity which was in place at the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of storage capacity which the entity targets to have full by November 1.

No definition available.

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Represents the volume of natural gas storage in pipelines that serve customers.

No definition available.

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The aggregate fair value of assets that are already posted, at the end of the reporting period, as collateral for derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4H
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624258-113959

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No definition available.

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The aggregate fair value amounts of derivative instruments that contain credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position at the end of the reporting period. For nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the fair value amounts are the carrying value of the nonderivative hedging instrument, including the adjustment for the foreign currency transaction gain (loss) on that instrument.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4H
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624258-113959

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The percentage of expected requirements covered by the aggregate notional amount of derivative contracts expressed in nonmonetary units. For example, the number of barrels specified in a fuel oil forward purchase contract as a percentage of expected need.

No definition available.

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The amount of cash or securities placed with a broker or counterparty as security for a trading or derivatives securities position which was partially obtained with funds provided by the broker dealer.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.8,17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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