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Guarantees (Details 3) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]  
Amount of hedging obligations guaranteed reflected on balance sheet $ 0mdu_AmountOfHedgingObligationsGuaranteedReflectedOnBalanceSheet
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted 76,800,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
Fixed maximum amounts guaranteed by year 2015 42,600,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountsGuaranteedByYearOne
Fixed maximum amounts guaranteed by year 2016 14,500,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountsGuaranteedByYearTwo
Fixed maximum amounts guaranteed by year 2017 1,200,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountsGuaranteedByYearThree
Fixed maximum amounts guaranteed by year 2018 500,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountsGuaranteedByYearFour
Fixed maximum amounts guaranteed by year 2019 500,000mdu_FixedMaximunAmountsGuaranteedByYearFive
Fixed maximum amounts guaranteed by year expires after certain number of days after written notice 13,500,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountsGuaranteedByYearExpiresAfterCertainNumberOfDaysAfterWrittenNotice
No scheduled maturity date 4,000,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountsGuaranteedByYearNoMaturityDate
Amount outstanding under guarantees that is reflected on balance sheet 200,000mdu_AmountOutstandingUnderGuaranteesThatIsReflectedOnBalanceSheet
Letters of credit 42,500,000mdu_LettersOfCredit
Letters of credit set to expire - 2015 14,300,000mdu_LettersofCreditSettoExpireCurrentYear
Letters of credit set to expire - 2016 28,200,000mdu_LettersofCreditSettoExpireinNextFiscalYear
Outstanding letters of credit 300,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
Natural gas transportation and storage agreement fixed maximum amount of performance guarantee of a related party 4,000,000mdu_FixedMaximumAmountOfGuarantee
Amount outstanding by a related party under the guarantee 1,100,000mdu_AmountOutstandingByRelatedPartyUnderGuarantee
Amount of surety bonds outstanding $ 536,700,000mdu_AmountOfSuretyBondsOutstanding