Unaudited Financial Information (Table)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Significant regulatory assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 included the following:



	June 30, 2017		September 30, 2016
	(In thousands)
Regulatory assets:
Pension and postretirement benefit costs⁽¹⁾	$	122,202	$	132,348
Infrastructure mechanisms⁽²⁾	38,653		42,719
Deferred gas costs	16,405		45,184
Recoverable loss on reacquired debt	11,843		13,761
Deferred pipeline record collection costs	10,327		7,336
APT annual adjustment mechanism	4,973		7,171
Rate case costs	2,480		1,539
Other	9,949		13,565
	$	216,832	$	263,623
Regulatory liabilities:
Regulatory cost of removal obligations	$	492,404	$	476,891
Deferred gas costs	16,753		20,180
Asset retirement obligations	13,404		13,404
Other	6,729		4,250
	$	529,290	$	514,725


(1)	Includes $11.5 million and $12.4 million of pension and postretirement expense deferred pursuant to regulatory authorization.


(2)	Infrastructure mechanisms in Texas and Louisiana allow for the deferral of all eligible expenses associated with capital expenditures incurred pursuant to these rules, including the recording of interest on deferred expenses until the next rate proceeding (rate case or annual rate filing), at which time investment and costs would be recoverable through base rates.