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Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Feb. 18, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]      
Net income (loss)   $ 97,595,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 87,016,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues 9,200,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues    
Shares Issued At Overallotment Option 1,200,000ato_SharesIssuedAtOverallotmentOption    
Share Price $ 44.00us-gaap_SharePrice    
Net proceeds from equity offering 390,200,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock    
Basic Earnings per Share from Continuing Operations      
Undistributed Earnings (Loss) Allocated to Participating Securities, Basic   216,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsLossAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesBasic 232,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsLossAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesBasic
Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders   97,379,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 86,784,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Basic weighted average shares outstanding   101,581,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 91,841,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Net income per share - Basic   $ 0.96us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.95us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted Earnings per Share from Continuing Operations      
Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders   97,379,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic 86,784,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Effect of dilutive stock options and other shares   0us-gaap_AmountOfDilutiveSecuritiesStockOptionsAndRestrictiveStockUnits 0us-gaap_AmountOfDilutiveSecuritiesStockOptionsAndRestrictiveStockUnits
Income from continuing operations available to common shareholders   97,379,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted 86,784,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted
Basic weighted average shares outstanding   101,581,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 91,841,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Additional dilutive stock options and other shares   0us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToParticipatingNonvestedSharesWithNonForfeitableDividendRights 2,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToParticipatingNonvestedSharesWithNonForfeitableDividendRights
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding   101,581,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 91,843,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Net income per share - Diluted   $ 0.96us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.95us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Earnings Per Share Diluted Other Disclosures Abstract      
Anti-dilutive stock options excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares)   0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Share Repurchase Program - Shares Purchased   0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares 0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
Authorized Commercial Paper   $ 1,250,000,000ato_AuthorizedCommercialPaper  
Summary of Stock Option Activity [Abstract]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Number   0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber