Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment comprise the following at September 30:



	2014		2013
Utilities:
Distribution	$	2,294.6	$	2,162.6
Transmission	88.2		86.6
General and other, including work in process	185.7		178.6
Total Utilities	2,568.5		2,427.8

Non-utility:
Land	170.2		178.4
Buildings and improvements	317.4		308.1
Transportation equipment	288.4		273.8
Equipment, primarily cylinders and tanks	3,042.7		3,161.9
Electric generation	273.4		264.8
Pipeline and related assets	162.3		22.5
Other, including work in process	353.8		403.2
Total non-utility	4,608.2		4,612.7
Total property, plant and equipment	$	7,176.7	$	7,040.5

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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