Business segment data (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Information on the Company's businesses was as follows:



Three Months Ended June 30, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	56,981	$	—		$	4,410
Natural gas distribution	127,584		—			(5,893		)
Pipeline and energy services	42,877		7,999			(6,395		)
	227,442		7,999			(7,878		)
Exploration and production	137,053		12,556			32,995
Construction materials and contracting	418,345		12,958			10,025
Construction services	277,259		2,340			12,915
Other	496		1,839			340
	833,153		29,693			56,275
Intersegment eliminations	—		(37,692		)	(2,056		)
Total	$	1,060,595	$	—		$	46,341



Three Months Ended June 30, 2012	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	52,955	$	—		$	4,419
Natural gas distribution	116,844		—			(6,411		)
Pipeline and energy services	34,656		8,937			15,851
	204,455		8,937			13,859
Exploration and production	100,232		5,711			17,957
Construction materials and contracting	438,963		3,097			7,791
Construction services	223,858		219			8,684
Other	454		2,028			5,651
	763,507		11,055			40,083
Intersegment eliminations	—		(19,992		)	—
Total	$	967,962	$	—		$	53,942




Six Months Ended June 30, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	121,635	$	—		$	14,235
Natural gas distribution	459,337		—			26,624
Pipeline and energy services	70,593		26,717			(4,064		)
	651,565		26,717			36,795
Exploration and production	252,415		22,369			53,279
Construction materials and contracting	580,323		17,251			(10,557		)
Construction services	507,065		3,914			24,579
Other	830		3,657			645
	1,340,633		47,191			67,946
Intersegment eliminations	—		(73,908		)	(2,056		)
Total	$	1,992,198	$	—		$	102,685




Six Months Ended June 30, 2012	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	110,918	$	—		$	11,978
Natural gas distribution	424,733		—			19,097
Pipeline and energy services	63,882		29,347			18,611
	599,533		29,347			49,686
Exploration and production	188,727		17,038			30,887
Construction materials and contracting	588,232		3,248			(17,141		)
Construction services	442,010		244			20,087
Other	2,267		2,355			6,042
	1,221,236		22,885			39,875
Intersegment eliminations	—		(52,232		)	—
Total	$	1,820,769	$	—		$	89,561

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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