Business segment data (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Information on the Company's businesses was as follows:



Three Months Ended March 31, 2015	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings (Loss) on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	71,776	$	—		$	8,328
Natural gas distribution	330,573		—			21,450
Pipeline and energy services	25,095		21,341			4,018
	427,444		21,341			33,796
Exploration and production	49,710		5,226			(328,904		)
Construction materials and contracting	205,658		948			(14,635		)
Construction services	235,403		11,695			4,760
Other	295		1,772			(255		)
	491,066		19,641			(339,034		)
Intersegment eliminations	—		(40,982		)	(850		)
Total	$	918,510	$	—		$	(306,088	)



Three Months Ended March 31, 2014	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings (Loss) 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

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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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