Business segment data (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Information on the Company's businesses was as follows:



Three Months Ended March 31, 2014	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	73,647	$	—		$	11,033
Natural gas distribution	374,233		—			27,263
Pipeline and energy services	43,661		18,276			4,349
	491,541		18,276			42,645
Exploration and production	116,669		20,867			20,939
Construction materials and contracting	164,423		4,017			(23,574		)
Construction services	269,892		3,738			16,568
Other	328		1,724			264
	551,312		30,346			14,197
Intersegment eliminations	—		(48,622		)	(351		)
Total	$	1,042,853	$	—		$	56,491



Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	64,654	$	—		$	9,825
Natural gas distribution	331,754		—			32,518
Pipeline and energy services	27,716		18,718			2,330
	424,124		18,718			44,673
Exploration and production	115,363		9,812			20,284
Construction materials and contracting	161,977		4,294			(20,582		)
Construction services	229,806		1,574			11,664
Other	334		1,818			305
	507,480		17,498			11,671
Intersegment eliminations	—		(36,216		)	—
Total	$	931,604	$	—		$	56,344

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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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