Revenue from contracts with customers (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

In the following tables, revenue is disaggregated by the type of customer or service provided. The Company believes this level of disaggregation best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. The table also includes a reconciliation of the disaggregated revenue by reportable segments. For more information on the Company's business segments, see Note 16.


Three Months Ended September 30, 2020	Electric		Natural gas distribution		Pipeline		Construction materials and contracting		Construction services		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
Residential utility sales	$	33,086	$	48,399	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	81,485
Commercial utility sales	35,688		28,731		—		—		—		—		64,419
Industrial utility sales	8,428		4,454		—		—		—		—		12,882
Other utility sales	1,779		—		—		—		—		—		1,779
Natural gas transportation	—		11,159		27,583		—		—		—		38,742
Natural gas gathering	—		—		973		—		—		—		973
Natural gas storage	—		—		3,885		—		—		—		3,885
Contracting services	—		—		—		448,569		—		—		448,569
Construction materials	—		—		—		608,673		—		—		608,673
Intrasegment eliminations	—		—		—		(234,693)		—		—		(234,693)
Inside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		352,845		—		352,845
Outside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		187,202		—		187,202
Other	7,663		2,590		3,203		—		486		3,030		16,972
Intersegment eliminations	(195)		(185)		(3,622)		(110)		(425)		(3,006)		(7,543)
Revenues from contracts with customers	86,449		95,148		32,022		822,439		540,108		24		1,576,190
Revenues out of scope	998		(445)		46		—		10,500		—		11,099
Total external operating revenues	$	87,447	$	94,703	$	32,068	$	822,439	$	550,608	$	24	$	1,587,289


Three Months Ended September 30, 2019	Electric		Natural gas distribution		Pipeline		Construction materials and contracting		Construction services		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
Residential utility sales	$	30,376	$	44,902	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	75,278
Commercial utility sales	36,670		29,148		—		—		—		—		65,818
Industrial utility sales	9,348		4,307		—		—		—		—		13,655
Other utility sales	1,862		—		—		—		—		—		1,862
Natural gas transportation	—		11,410		25,229		—		—		—		36,639
Natural gas gathering	—		—		2,510		—		—		—		2,510
Natural gas storage	—		—		3,044		—		—		—		3,044
Contracting services	—		—		—		461,716		—		—		461,716
Construction materials	—		—		—		638,862		—		—		638,862
Intrasegment eliminations	—		—		—		(231,078)		—		—		(231,078)
Inside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		317,202		—		317,202
Outside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		151,285		—		151,285
Other	9,380		2,708		5,534		—		45		2,884		20,551
Intersegment eliminations	—		—		(3,831)		(124)		(1,226)		(2,862)		(8,043)
Revenues from contracts with customers	87,636		92,475		32,486		869,376		467,306		22		1,549,301
Revenues out of scope	2,209		1,167		47		—		11,075		—		14,498
Total external operating revenues	$	89,845	$	93,642	$	32,533	$	869,376	$	478,381	$	22	$	1,563,799


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020	Electric		Natural gas distribution		Pipeline		Construction materials and contracting		Construction services		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
Residential utility sales	$	93,389	$	313,753	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	407,142
Commercial utility sales	99,152		184,754		—		—		—		—		283,906
Industrial utility sales	26,867		18,633		—		—		—		—		45,500
Other utility sales	5,018		—		—		—		—		—		5,018
Natural gas transportation	—		33,307		82,980		—		—		—		116,287
Natural gas gathering	—		—		4,244		—		—		—		4,244
Natural gas storage	—		—		10,035		—		—		—		10,035
Contracting services	—		—		—		850,326		—		—		850,326
Construction materials	—		—		—		1,299,081		—		—		1,299,081
Intrasegment eliminations	—		—		—		(443,516)		—		—		(443,516)
Inside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		1,049,975		—		1,049,975
Outside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		478,047		—		478,047
Other	23,830		7,800		9,807		—		1,249		8,882		51,568
Intersegment eliminations	(586)		(555)		(36,820)		(262)		(3,674)		(8,952)		(50,849)
Revenues from contracts with customers	247,670		557,692		70,246		1,705,629		1,525,597		(70)		4,106,764
Revenues out of scope	2,123		4,949		135		—		33,620		—		40,827
Total external operating revenues	$	249,793	$	562,641	$	70,381	$	1,705,629	$	1,559,217	$	(70)	$	4,147,591



Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019	Electric		Natural gas distribution		Pipeline		Construction materials and contracting		Construction services		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
Residential utility sales	$	93,368	$	316,521	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	409,889
Commercial utility sales	105,572		192,191		—		—		—		—		297,763
Industrial utility sales	27,576		18,495		—		—		—		—		46,071
Other utility sales	5,540		—		—		—		—		—		5,540
Natural gas transportation	—		33,686		75,091		—		—		—		108,777
Natural gas gathering	—		—		7,027		—		—		—		7,027
Natural gas storage	—		—		8,313		—		—		—		8,313
Contracting services	—		—		—		841,881		—		—		841,881
Construction materials	—		—		—		1,262,938		—		—		1,262,938
Intrasegment eliminations	—		—		—		(412,144)		—		—		(412,144)
Inside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		936,008		—		936,008
Outside specialty contracting	—		—		—		—		391,971		—		391,971
Other	26,918		9,544		14,523		—		70		13,631		64,686
Intersegment eliminations	—		—		(35,298)		(388)		(2,076)		(13,566)		(51,328)
Revenues from contracts with customers	258,974		570,437		69,656		1,692,287		1,325,973		65		3,917,392
Revenues out of scope	4,449		(781)		171		—		37,332		—		41,171
Total external operating revenues	$	263,423	$	569,656	$	69,827	$	1,692,287	$	1,363,305	$	65	$	3,958,563

Contract balances

The changes in contract assets and liabilities were as follows:


	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		Change		Location on Consolidated Balance Sheets
	(In thousands)
Contract assets	$	135,958	$	109,078	$	26,880	Receivables, net
Contract liabilities - current	(158,923)		(142,768)		(16,155)		Accounts payable
Contract liabilities - noncurrent	(62)		(19)		(43)		Noncurrent liabilities - other
Net contract liabilities	$	(23,027)	$	(33,709)	$	10,682