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Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
Note 12 — Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans

The U.S. Pension Plan is a defined benefit pension plan for employees hired prior to January 1, 2009, of UGI, UGI Utilities, and certain of UGI’s other domestic wholly owned subsidiaries. U.S. Pension Plan benefits are based on years of service, age and employee compensation. We also provide postretirement health care benefits to certain retirees and postretirement life insurance benefits to certain U.S. active and retired employees. In addition, certain UGI International employees in France, Belgium and the Netherlands are covered by defined benefit pension and postretirement plans. Although the disclosures in the tables below include amounts related to the UGI International plans, such amounts are not material.

The service cost component of our pension and other postretirement plans, net of amounts capitalized, is reflected in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The non-service cost component, net of amounts capitalized by UGI Utilities as a regulatory asset, is reflected in “Other non-operating (expense) income, net” on the
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Net periodic pension cost and other postretirement benefit cost include the following components:
 Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended June 30,2020201920202019
Service cost$2.8  $2.5  $0.1  $—  
Interest cost5.7  6.8  0.1  0.2  
Expected return on assets(9.4) (9.0) (0.2) (0.2) 
Amortization of:
Prior service cost (benefit)0.1  0.1  (0.1) (0.1) 
Actuarial loss3.8  1.9  —  —  
Net cost (benefit)3.0  2.3  (0.1) (0.1) 
Change in associated regulatory liabilities—  —  (0.3) (0.3) 
Net cost (benefit) after change in regulatory liabilities$3.0  $2.3  $(0.4) $(0.4) 
   
 Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Benefits
Nine Months Ended June 30,2020201920202019
Service cost$8.4  $7.6  $0.2  $0.1  
Interest cost17.3  20.4  0.4  0.5  
Expected return on assets(28.2) (27.1) (0.6) (0.6) 
Curtailment gain(1.1) —  —  —  
Amortization of:
Prior service cost (benefit)0.2  0.2  (0.3) (0.3) 
Actuarial loss (gain)11.3  5.8  0.1  (0.1) 
Net cost (benefit)7.9  6.9  (0.2) (0.4) 
Change in associated regulatory liabilities—  —  (1.0) (1.0) 
Net cost (benefit) after change in regulatory liabilities$7.9  $6.9  $(1.2) $(1.4) 

The U.S. Pension Plan’s assets are held in trust and consist principally of publicly traded, diversified equity and fixed income mutual funds and, to a much lesser extent, UGI Common Stock. It is our general policy to fund amounts for U.S. Pension Plan benefits equal to at least the minimum required contribution set forth in applicable employee benefit laws. During the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company made cash contributions to the U.S. Pension Plan of $9.5 and $8.2, respectively. The Company expects to make additional cash contributions of approximately $3.0 to the U.S. Pension Plan during the remainder of Fiscal 2020.

UGI Utilities has established a VEBA trust to pay retiree health care and life insurance benefits by depositing into the VEBA the annual amount of postretirement benefits costs, if any, determined under GAAP. There were no required contributions to the VEBA during the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

We also sponsor unfunded and non-qualified supplemental executive defined benefit retirement plans. Net costs associated with these plans for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, were not material.