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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
(NYSE:CPK) 

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation operates as an energy delivery company. The Regulated Energy segment engages in the natural gas distribution operations in central and southern Delaware, Maryland's eastern shore, and Florida; regulated natural gas transmission in the Delmarva Peninsula and Florida; ...

Founded: 1859
Full Time Employees: 955
Sector: Utilities
Industry: Utilities-Regulated Gas

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      operating revenues
                                                                     44,267,750 31,758,000 40,834,000 104,479,000 291,224,448,527 49,698,013 69,056,959 69,056,959 70,838,967 41,418,718 52,501,920 52,501,920 93,526,891 60,804,636 35,141,530 44,303,752 90,950,673 35,155,121 42,220,377 77,845,249 
      regulated energy
    249,300,000 190,000,000 146,400,000 151,800,000 199,600,000 153,716,000 130,633,000 130,625,000 168,426,000 127,773,000 102,411,000 101,141,000 142,270,000 118,360,000 90,980,000 92,193,000 127,891,000 101,417,000 80,396,000 80,910,000 121,197,000 93,511,000 82,762,000 73,518,000 102,955,000 91,405,000 74,580,000 73,403,000 103,618,000 92,614,000 72,770,000 70,504,000 109,393,000 87,957,000 69,703,000 70,996,000 97,654,000 79,059,000 70,019,000 67,395,000 89,216,000 66,464,000 63,796,000 62,060,000 109,582,000 77,274,000 59,356,000 61,646,000 102,166,000 72,174,000 55,680,000 55,216,000 81,566,000 66,163,000 52,196,000 55,553,000 72,296,000 63,655,000 53,789,000 54,327,000 85,002,000 72,155,000 53,412,000 52,740,000 91,626,000                     
      unregulated energy
    113,700,000 76,600,000 40,700,000 47,900,000 106,700,000 68,311,000 35,567,000 41,419,000 83,103,000                                57,080,000     43,596,000 27,071,000 34,321,000 79,973,000 47,445,000 28,262,000 36,025,000 54,991,000 39,726,000 23,259,000 25,176,000 44,887,000 37,422,000 23,721,000 29,692,000 58,750,000 42,775,000 20,134,000 24,615,000 59,269,000                     
      other businesses and eliminations
    -9,900,000 -7,700,000 -7,500,000 -6,900,000 -7,600,000 -6,981,000 -6,062,000 -5,772,000 -5,785,000                                                                             
      total operating revenues
    353,100,000 258,900,000 179,600,000 192,800,000 298,700,000 215,046,000 160,138,000 166,272,000 245,744,000 185,335,000 131,547,000 135,593,000 218,129,000 187,301,000 131,053,000 139,470,000 222,880,000 160,364,000 107,335,000 111,082,000 191,187,000 137,038,000 101,419,000 97,051,000 152,710,000 131,974,000 92,626,000 130,903,000 227,616,000 201,190,000 140,279,000 136,664,000 239,356,000 180,403,000 126,936,000 125,084,000 185,160,000 141,874,000 108,348,000 102,342,000 146,296,000 104,568,000 91,913,000 92,682,000 170,081,000 120,380,000 91,619,000 100,497,000 186,337,000 122,887,000 86,545,000 94,146,000 140,729,000 109,515,000 78,175,000 83,897,000 120,914,000 103,988,000 80,610,000 86,831,000 146,597,000 117,759,000 76,466,000 80,061,000 153,260,000                     
      yoy
    18.21% 20.39% 12.15% 15.95% 21.55% 16.03% 21.73% 22.63% 12.66% -1.05% 0.38% -2.78% -2.13% 16.80% 22.10% 25.56% 16.58% 17.02% 5.83% 14.46% 25.20% 3.84% 9.49% -25.86% -32.91% -34.40% -33.97% -4.22% -4.90% 11.52% 10.51% 9.26% 29.27% 27.16% 17.16% 22.22% 26.57% 35.68% 17.88% 10.42% -13.98% -13.14% 0.32% -7.78% -8.72% -2.04% 5.86% 6.75% 32.41% 12.21% 10.71% 12.22% 16.39% 5.32% -3.02% -3.38% -17.52% -11.69% 5.42% 8.46% -4.35%                         
      qoq
    36.38% 44.15% -6.85% -35.45% 38.90% 34.29% -3.69% -32.34% 32.59% 40.89% -2.98% -37.84% 16.46% 42.92% -6.03% -37.42% 38.98% 49.41% -3.37% -41.90% 39.51% 35.12% 4.50% -36.45% 15.71% 42.48% -29.24% -42.49% 13.13% 43.42% 2.65% -42.90% 32.68% 42.12% 1.48% -32.45% 30.51% 30.94% 5.87% -30.04% 39.91% 13.77% -0.83% -45.51% 41.29% 31.39% -8.83% -46.07% 51.63% 41.99% -8.07% -33.10% 28.50% 40.09% -6.82% -30.61% 16.28% 29.00% -7.16% -40.77% 24.49% 54.00% -4.49% -47.76%                      
      operating expenses
                                                                                         
      regulated natural gas and electric costs
    101,600,000 34,325,000 31,700,000 34,100,000 71,500,000         22,066,000 21,248,000 21,573,000 45,442,000                                                                     
      unregulated propane and natural gas costs
    45,300,000 17,850,000 10,700,000 15,900,000 44,800,000         25,059,000 22,958,000 25,543,000 51,738,000                                                                     
      operations
    67,300,000 62,800,000 53,600,000 54,900,000 58,000,000 56,682,000 49,519,000 52,339,000 51,560,000 50,290,000 41,217,000 42,163,000 44,767,000 43,524,000 40,182,000 38,002,000 42,794,000 38,408,000 34,075,000 36,371,000 39,437,000 36,539,000 34,959,000 34,607,000 35,992,000 38,248,000 32,623,000 32,696,000 37,144,000 36,637,000 32,821,000 36,281,000 32,702,000 34,581,000 29,667,000 30,408,000 32,913,000 32,201,000 30,126,000 28,087,000 27,159,000 28,040,000 26,388,000 26,190,000 26,945,000 25,593,000 25,365,000 24,615,000 26,626,000 25,574,000 21,300,000 22,822,000 21,754,000 21,556,000 20,804,000 20,071,000 19,955,000 20,014,000 19,560,000 20,401,000 19,837,000 20,487,000 17,993,000 18,160,000 18,695,000 15,886,000 11,001,000 11,575,000 12,359,000 43,443,940,701 10,341,082 10,742,546 10,742,546 10,903,223 10,530,152 10,316,296 10,316,296 10,559,701 9,153,494 9,446,616 8,851,831 9,601,281 9,842,393 9,433,560 10,107,515 
      maintenance
    8,000,000 6,400,000 6,100,000 6,000,000 5,400,000 5,974,000 5,062,000 5,561,000 5,903,000 4,914,000 5,125,000 5,258,000 5,104,000 4,903,000 4,501,000 4,507,000 4,264,000 4,225,000 4,267,000 4,259,000 4,042,000 3,892,000 3,717,000 4,143,000 3,836,000 4,480,000 3,920,000 3,600,000 3,681,000 3,968,000 3,208,000 3,619,000 3,593,000 3,331,000 2,737,000 3,403,000 3,231,000 3,466,000 3,542,000 2,904,000 2,479,000 3,770,000 2,603,000 2,727,000 2,703,000 2,538,000 2,562,000 2,457,000 2,148,000 1,821,000 2,146,000 1,820,000 1,722,000 1,788,000 1,801,000 1,858,000 1,976,000 1,825,000 2,029,000 1,892,000 1,702,000 2,096,000 1,899,000 1,789,000 1,700,000 1,498,000 600,000 716,000 615,000 2,213,478,562 655,889 503,223 503,223 546,581 512,201 564,854 564,854 580,165 562,599 513,356 583,638 443,968 461,586 488,659 329,575 
      depreciation and amortization
    21,500,000 24,000,000 23,300,000 21,900,000 22,500,000 13,956,000 16,851,000 17,877,000 17,016,000 13,405,000 17,610,000 17,303,000 17,183,000 17,441,000 17,339,000 17,216,000 16,977,000 16,201,000 15,798,000 15,298,000 15,365,000 15,324,000 18,293,000 12,247,000 12,252,000 11,811,000 11,219,000 11,609,000 11,074,000 10,626,000 10,633,000 9,839,000 9,704,000 9,332,000 9,362,000 9,094,000 8,812,000 8,666,000 8,209,000 7,780,000 7,503,000 7,817,000 7,636,000 7,543,000 6,975,000 6,170,000 6,774,000 6,736,000 6,635,000 5,894,000 6,274,000 5,977,000 5,820,000 5,097,000 5,767,000 5,885,000 5,761,000 5,217,000 4,978,000 4,937,000 5,021,000 5,039,000 5,058,000 5,038,000 5,623,000 4,353,000 2,437,000 2,413,000 2,384,000 8,998,215,521 2,267,471 2,225,344 2,225,344 2,231,942 2,144,926 2,367,523 2,367,523 2,315,795 2,185,186 2,044,179 2,037,003 1,977,347 1,889,266 1,911,120 1,900,971 
      other taxes
    10,000,000 8,900,000 9,000,000 9,200,000 9,400,000 9,899,000 8,768,000 8,691,000 9,542,000 7,951,000 6,374,000 6,730,000 7,571,000 6,475,000 6,177,000 6,160,000 6,800,000 6,119,000 5,716,000 5,875,000 6,449,000 5,880,000 5,133,000 5,247,000 5,649,000 4,719,000 5,178,000 4,899,000 5,505,000 4,909,000 4,420,000 4,404,000 4,894,000 4,513,000 4,071,000 3,971,000 4,530,000 4,005,000 3,488,000 3,390,000 3,846,000 3,607,000 3,257,000 3,156,000 3,587,000 3,397,000 3,151,000 3,118,000 3,673,000 3,428,000 3,719,000 3,487,000 3,178,000 2,435,000 2,535,000 2,334,000 2,884,000 2,238,000 2,332,000 2,523,000 2,919,000 3,188,000 2,479,000 2,431,000 2,966,000 2,206,000 1,722,000 1,717,000 1,933,000 6,467,468,445 1,612,548 1,477,063 1,477,063 1,483,793 1,418,903 1,332,249 1,332,249 1,553,312 1,155,003 1,216,684 1,120,384 1,566,088 1,129,628 1,151,132 1,449,915 
      fcg transaction and transition-related expenses
     200,000 200,000 500,000 300,000 886,000 819,000 1,374,000 921,000                                                                             
      total operating expenses
    253,700,000 185,100,000 134,600,000 142,500,000 211,900,000 148,139,000 119,220,000 125,482,000 166,159,000 138,020,000 111,319,000 107,247,000 163,214,000 144,349,000 112,405,000 113,001,000 168,015,000 123,540,000 87,222,000 88,504,000 139,590,000 101,833,000 84,013,000 79,074,000 110,597,000 102,331,000 78,268,000 113,467,000 183,623,000 172,260,000 128,243,000 123,416,000 198,950,000 157,140,000 112,697,000 111,418,000 150,484,000 120,055,000 98,192,000 86,600,000 109,916,000 88,397,000 81,004,000 79,512,000 132,573,000 107,973,000 83,827,000 90,040,000 154,714,000 104,575,000 77,825,000 84,994,000 114,179,000 90,972,000 70,611,000 73,442,000 100,841,000 88,492,000 75,016,000 79,055,000 121,758,000 103,571,000 71,883,000 72,300,000 127,862,000 79,056,000 29,501,000 37,978,000 88,513,000 262,765,055,075 48,527,620 64,727,520 64,727,520 62,022,657 40,433,084 48,813,861 48,813,861 78,944,840 52,678,058 34,979,393 41,098,384 79,513,445 35,254,270 39,895,432 66,340,906 
      operating income
    99,400,000 73,800,000 45,000,000 50,300,000 86,800,000 66,907,000 40,918,000 40,790,000 79,585,000 47,315,000 20,228,000 28,346,000 54,915,000 42,952,000 18,648,000 26,469,000 54,865,000 36,824,000 20,113,000 22,578,000 51,597,000 35,205,000 17,406,000 17,977,000 42,113,000 29,643,000 14,358,000 17,436,000 43,993,000 28,930,000 12,036,000 13,248,000 40,406,000 23,263,000 14,239,000 13,666,000 34,676,000 21,819,000 10,156,000 15,742,000 36,380,000 16,171,000 10,909,000 13,170,000 37,508,000 12,407,000 7,792,000 10,457,000 31,623,000 18,312,000 8,720,000 9,152,000 26,550,000 18,543,000 7,564,000 10,455,000 20,073,000 15,496,000 5,594,000 7,776,000 24,839,000 14,188,000 4,583,000 7,761,000 25,398,000 12,658,000 2,257,000 2,856,000 15,966,000 28,459,393,452 1,170,393 4,329,439 4,329,439 8,816,310 985,634 3,688,059 3,688,059 14,582,051 8,126,578 162,137 3,205,368 11,437,228 -99,149 2,324,945 11,504,343 
      yoy
    14.52% 10.30% 9.98% 23.31% 9.07% 41.41% 102.28% 43.90% 44.92% 10.16% 8.47% 7.09% 0.09% 16.64% -7.28% 17.23% 6.33% 4.60% 15.55% 25.59% 22.52% 18.76% 21.23% 3.10% -4.27% 2.46% 19.29% 31.61% 8.88% 24.36% -15.47% -3.06% 16.52% 6.62% 40.20% -13.19% -4.68% 34.93% -6.90% 19.53% -3.01% 30.34% 40.00% 25.94% 18.61% -32.25% -10.64% 14.26% 19.11% -1.25% 15.28% -12.46% 32.27% 19.66% 35.22% 34.45% -19.19% 9.22% 22.06% 0.19% -2.20% 12.09% 103.06% 171.74% 59.08% -99.96% 92.84% -34.03% 268.78% 322703.91% 18.75% 17.39% 17.39% -39.54% -87.87% 2174.66% 15.06% 27.50% -8296.33% -93.03% -72.14%     
      qoq
    34.69% 64.00% -10.54% -42.05% 29.73% 63.51% 0.31% -48.75% 68.20% 133.91% -28.64% -48.38% 27.85% 130.33% -29.55% -51.76% 48.99% 83.09% -10.92% -56.24% 46.56% 102.26% -3.18% -57.31% 42.07% 106.46% -17.65% -60.37% 52.07% 140.36% -9.15% -67.21% 73.69% 63.38% 4.19% -60.59% 58.93% 114.84% -35.48% -56.73% 124.97% 48.24% -17.17% -64.89% 202.31% 59.23% -25.49% -66.93% 72.69% 110.00% -4.72% -65.53% 43.18% 145.15% -27.65% -47.92% 29.54% 177.01% -28.06% -68.69% 75.07% 209.58% -40.95% -69.44% 100.65% 460.83% -20.97% -82.11% -99.94% 2431510.02% -72.97% 0.00% -50.89% 794.48% -73.27% 0.00% -74.71% 79.44% 4912.17% -94.94% -71.97% -11635.39% -104.26% -79.79%  
      operating margin %
    28.15% 28.51% 25.06% 26.09% 29.06% 31.11% 25.55% 24.53% 32.39% 25.53% 15.38% 20.91% 25.18% 22.93% 14.23% 18.98% 24.62% 22.96% 18.74% 20.33% 26.99% 25.69% 17.16% 18.52% 27.58% 22.46% 15.50% 13.32% 19.33% 14.38% 8.58% 9.69% 16.88% 12.90% 11.22% 10.93% 18.73% 15.38% 9.37% 15.38% 24.87% 15.46% 11.87% 14.21% 22.05% 10.31% 8.50% 10.41% 16.97% 14.90% 10.08% 9.72% 18.87% 16.93% 9.68% 12.46% 16.60% 14.90% 6.94% 8.96% 16.94% 12.05% 5.99% 9.69% 16.57% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      other income
     8,400,000 200,000 400,000 600,000 295,000 400,000 1,110,000 195,000 402,000 -72,000 831,000 276,000 597,000 957,000 2,584,000 913,000 -459,000 339,000 1,456,000 385,000 225,000 -40,000 -279,000 3,318,000    -45,000    68,000 -122,000 239,000   -373,000 -28,000  -34,000                                             
      interest charges
    18,700,000 18,400,000 18,200,000 17,800,000 18,100,000 17,539,000 17,022,000 16,813,000 17,026,000 15,679,000 7,076,000 6,964,000 7,232,000 6,952,000 6,240,000 5,825,000 5,339,000 5,001,000 4,975,000 5,054,000 5,105,000 6,313,000 4,584,000 5,054,000 5,814,000 5,641,000 5,403,000 5,655,000 5,710,000 4,455,000 4,430,000 3,881,000 3,664,000 3,512,000 3,321,000 3,073,000 2,739,000 2,643,000 2,722,000 2,624,000 2,650,000 2,581,000 2,492,000 2,485,000 2,448,000 2,528,000 2,495,000 2,303,000 2,155,000 2,120,000 2,026,000 2,016,000 2,072,000 2,090,000 2,126,000 2,241,000 2,291,000 2,346,000 2,389,000 2,114,000 2,150,000 2,222,000 2,256,000 2,305,000 2,363,000 2,331,000 1,540,000 1,573,000 1,642,000 6,153,082,082 1,487,812 1,388,735 1,388,735 1,700,091 1,695,597 1,594,701 1,594,701 1,599,250 1,441,768 1,340,879 1,501,352 1,493,337 1,272,196 1,273,166 1,277,778 
      income before income taxes
    80,700,000 63,800,000 27,000,000 32,900,000 69,300,000 49,663,000 24,296,000 25,087,000 62,754,000 32,038,000 13,080,000 22,213,000 47,959,000 21,757,750 13,365,000 23,228,000 50,439,000           11,465,000 38,238,000 24,064,000 7,595,000 9,105,000 36,810,000 19,629,000 11,157,000 9,986,000 31,660,000 18,803,000 7,406,000 13,110,000 33,696,000 13,886,000 8,453,000 10,514,000 35,193,000 16,739,000 5,265,000 8,559,000 29,474,000 16,151,000 6,795,000 7,160,000 24,767,000 16,512,000 5,302,000 8,367,000 17,978,000 13,357,000 3,854,000 5,689,000 22,711,000 11,955,000 2,429,000 5,445,000 23,150,000 10,473,000 691,000 1,295,000 14,357,000 22,409,360,905 -409,050 3,004,211 3,004,211 7,130,330 -723,444 2,327,553 2,327,553 13,036,175 6,743,714 -1,190,833 1,767,731 10,022,474 -1,351,852 1,280,260 10,308,945 
      income taxes
    21,400,000 17,700,000 7,600,000 9,000,000 18,400,000 13,009,000 6,789,000 6,816,000 16,586,000 6,710,000 3,673,000 6,080,000 11,615,000 5,846,250 3,703,000 6,177,000 13,506,000           3,161,000 9,574,000 6,263,000 2,057,000 2,718,000 9,955,000 -6,472,000 4,324,000 3,940,000 12,516,000 6,940,000 2,990,000 5,081,000 13,329,000 5,267,000 3,334,000 4,220,000 14,084,000 6,642,000 2,085,000 3,425,000 11,793,000 6,468,000 2,916,000 2,804,000 9,898,000             4,282,000  489,000 5,764,000 8,811,296,873  1,185,287 1,185,287 3,051,736 -363,474 845,762 845,762 5,045,087 2,809,535 -534,254 635,222 3,926,059 -658,078 484,336 4,076,149 
      net income
    59,300,000 46,100,000 19,400,000 23,900,000 50,900,000 36,654,000 17,507,000 18,271,000 46,168,000 25,328,000 9,407,000 16,133,000 36,344,000 26,150,000 9,662,000 17,051,000 36,933,000 22,712,000 12,475,000 13,813,000 34,466,000 22,352,000 9,261,000 10,956,000 28,930,000 22,564,000 5,621,000 8,304,000 28,664,000 17,801,000 5,538,000 6,387,000 26,855,000 26,101,000 6,833,000 6,046,000 19,144,000 11,863,000 4,416,000 8,029,000 20,367,000 8,619,000 5,119,000 6,294,000 21,109,000 10,097,000 3,180,000 5,134,000 17,681,000 9,683,000 3,879,000 4,356,000 14,869,000 9,857,000 3,219,000 5,060,000 10,727,000 7,958,000 2,397,000 3,520,000 13,747,000 7,114,000 1,628,000 3,340,000 13,974,000 6,191,000 308,000 806,000 8,593,000 13,598,064,032 -198,298 1,818,924 1,818,924 4,080,729 -355,898 1,481,791 1,481,791 7,991,088 3,934,179 -656,579 1,132,509 6,096,415 -693,774 795,924 6,232,796 
      yoy
    16.50% 25.77% 10.81% 30.81% 10.25% 44.72% 86.11% 13.25% 27.03% -3.14% -2.64% -5.38% -1.59% 15.14% -22.55% 23.44% 7.16% 1.61% 34.70% 26.08% 19.14% -0.94% 64.76% 31.94% 0.93% 26.76% 1.50% 30.01% 6.74% -31.80% -18.95% 5.64% 40.28% 120.02% 54.73% -24.70% -6.00% 37.64% -13.73% 27.57% -3.52% -14.64% 60.97% 22.59% 19.39% 4.28% -18.02% 17.86% 18.91% -1.77% 20.50% -13.91% 38.61% 23.86% 34.29% 43.75% -21.97% 11.86% 47.24% 5.39% -1.62% 14.91% 428.57% 314.39% 62.62% -99.95% -255.32% -55.69% 372.42% 333126.34% -44.28% 22.75% 22.75% -48.93% -109.05% -325.68% 30.84% 31.08% -667.07% -182.49% -81.83%     
      qoq
    28.63% 137.63% -18.83% -53.05% 38.87% 109.37% -4.18% -60.42% 82.28% 169.25% -41.69% -55.61% 38.98% 170.65% -43.33% -53.83% 62.61% 82.06% -9.69% -59.92% 54.20% 141.36% -15.47% -62.13% 28.21% 301.42% -32.31% -71.03% 61.02% 221.43% -13.29% -76.22% 2.89% 281.98% 13.02% -68.42% 61.38% 168.64% -45.00% -60.58% 136.30% 68.37% -18.67% -70.18% 109.06% 217.52% -38.06% -70.96% 82.60% 149.63% -10.95% -70.70% 50.85% 206.21% -36.38% -52.83% 34.80% 232.00% -31.90% -74.39% 93.24% 336.98% -51.26% -76.10% 125.71% 1910.06% -61.79% -90.62% -99.94% -6857488.39% -110.90% 0.00% -55.43% -1246.60% -124.02% 0.00% -81.46% 103.12% -699.19% -157.98% -81.42% -978.73% -187.17% -87.23%  
      net income margin %
    16.79% 17.81% 10.80% 12.40% 17.04% 17.04% 10.93% 10.99% 18.79% 13.67% 7.15% 11.90% 16.66% 13.96% 7.37% 12.23% 16.57% 14.16% 11.62% 12.43% 18.03% 16.31% 9.13% 11.29% 18.94% 17.10% 6.07% 6.34% 12.59% 8.85% 3.95% 4.67% 11.22% 14.47% 5.38% 4.83% 10.34% 8.36% 4.08% 7.85% 13.92% 8.24% 5.57% 6.79% 12.41% 8.39% 3.47% 5.11% 9.49% 7.88% 4.48% 4.63% 10.57% 9.00% 4.12% 6.03% 8.87% 7.65% 2.97% 4.05% 9.38% 6.04% 2.13% 4.17% 9.12% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                         
      basic
    23,937,000,000 23,389,000,000 23,526,000,000 23,307,000,000 22,957,000,000 22,469,000,000 22,501,000 22,284,000 22,250,000 18,370,758,000 17,796,741,000 17,794,320,000 17,759,896,000 17,722,227,000 17,737,984,000 17,730,833,000 17,678,060,000 17,558,078,000 17,582,115,000 17,546,346,000 17,485,866,000 16,711,579,000 16,533,748,000 16,448,490,000 16,414,773,000 16,398,443,000 16,403,776,000 16,401,028,000 16,384,927,000 16,369,616,000 16,378,545,000 16,369,641,000 16,351,338,000 16,336,789,000 16,344,442,000 16,340,665,000 16,317,224,000 15,570,539,000 15,372,413,000 15,315,020,000 15,286,842,000 15,094,423,000 15,258,819,000 15,235,860,000 14,604,841,000 14,551,308,000 14,574,678,000 9,704,161,000 9,658,431,000 9,620,641,000 9,625,435,000 9,621,580,000 9,601,529,000 9,586,144,000 9,592,417,000 9,586,159,000 9,571,270,000 9,555,799,000 9,564,012,000 9,557,707,000 9,535,381,000 9,474,554,000 9,493,425,000 9,467,222,000 9,419,932,000 7,313,320,000 6,883,070,000 6,862,248,000 6,832,675,000 6,811,848,000 6,815,886 6,812,474 6,812,474 6,743,041            
      diluted
    24,053,000,000 23,488,000,000 23,629,000,000 23,402,000,000 23,041,000,000 22,531,000,000 22,564,000 22,335,000 22,306,000 18,434,857,000 17,857,784,000 17,852,024,000 17,831,772,000 17,804,294,000 17,819,373,000 17,809,871,000 17,761,119,000 17,633,029,000 17,659,643,000 17,616,496,000 17,553,167,000 16,770,735,000 16,592,842,000 16,503,603,000 16,471,827,000 16,448,486,000 16,453,867,000 16,445,743,000 16,432,852,000 16,419,870,000 16,428,439,000 16,417,082,000 16,402,985,000 16,383,352,000 16,389,635,000 16,382,207,000 16,363,796,000 15,613,091,000 15,412,783,000 15,352,702,000 15,331,912,000 15,143,373,000 15,306,843,000 15,280,657,000 14,656,310,000 14,604,944,000 14,616,665,000 9,737,852,000 9,693,434,000 9,695,630,000 9,702,334,000 9,695,470,000 9,678,950,000 9,671,507,000 9,676,658,000 9,681,597,000 9,666,885,000 9,651,058,000 9,657,970,000 9,650,887,000 9,633,796,000 9,582,374,000 9,497,696,000 9,557,352,000 9,524,298,000 7,440,201,000 6,888,024,000 6,868,717,000 6,943,129,000 6,927,483,000 6,817,536 6,920,042 6,920,042 6,854,716            
      earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      basic
    2.48 1.95 0.82 1.03 2.22 1.61 0.78 0.82 2.07 1.27 0.53 0.91 2.05 1.48 0.54 0.96 2.09           0.51 1.75 1.09 0.34 0.39 1.64 1.6 0.42 0.37 1.17 0.73 0.29 0.52 1.33 0.57 0.34 0.41 1.45 0.69 0.22 0.53 1.83 1.01 0.4 0.45 1.55 1.03 0.34 0.53 1.12 0.83 0.25 0.37 1.44 0.75 0.17 0.35 1.48 0.353 0.04 0.12 1.26       0.22 0.22 1.19 0.278 -0.11 0.19 1.03    
      diluted
    2.47 1.94 0.82 1.02 2.21 1.6 0.78 0.82 2.07 1.26 0.53 0.9 2.04 0.895 0.54 0.96 2.08           0.5 1.74 1.09 0.34 0.39 1.64 1.59 0.42 0.37 1.17 0.72 0.29 0.52 1.33 0.56 0.33 0.41 1.44 0.69 0.22 0.53 1.82 0.4 0.45 1.54 1.02 0.33 0.52 1.11 0.83 0.25 0.37 1.43 0.75 0.17 0.35 1.47 0.35 0.04 0.12 1.24       0.22 0.22 1.18 0.275 -0.11 0.19 1.01    
      natural gas and electric costs
         26,415,500 28,366,000 27,378,000 49,918,000 26,423,000 26,518,000 23,886,000 55,288,000                                                                         
      propane and natural gas costs
         22,204,000 9,835,000 12,262,000 31,299,000 20,688,000 10,576,000 11,907,000 33,301,000                                                                         
      unregulated energy and other
             34,861,750 29,136,000 34,452,000 75,859,000 45,584,750 40,073,000 47,277,000 94,989,000 31,775,250 26,939,000 30,172,000 69,990,000 22,981,250 18,657,000 23,533,000 49,755,000 24,007,250 18,046,000 57,500,000 123,998,000 65,908,000 67,509,000 66,160,000 129,963,000 49,706,750 57,233,000 54,088,000 87,506,000 32,589,000 38,329,000 34,947,000  29,809,500 28,117,000 30,622,000 60,499,000                                         
      transaction-related expenses
             974,750 3,899,000                                                                           
      regulated energy cost of sales
                     18,196,250 15,294,000 14,447,000 43,043,000 24,504,000 16,271,000 16,387,000 34,832,000 28,351,000 19,619,000 18,317,000 36,516,000 32,087,000 21,501,000 20,010,000 48,231,000 31,563,000 22,794,000 24,167,000 40,244,000 28,425,000 24,644,000 21,635,000 34,905,000 21,400,000 23,161,000 21,124,000 57,129,000 32,540,000 23,040,000 24,672,000 54,307,000 32,497,000 22,591,000 22,115,000 41,615,000 30,195,000 22,102,000 23,433,000 35,672,000 29,428,000 25,811,000 24,882,000 47,990,000 38,895,000 27,148,000 24,406,000 53,768,000                     
      unregulated energy and other cost of sales
                     13,894,500 12,072,000 12,254,000 31,254,000 15,694,000 5,640,000 6,573,000 18,036,000 14,722,000 5,709,000 42,476,000 89,703,000 84,033,000 55,660,000 49,393,000 99,826,000 73,820,000 44,066,000 40,505,000 60,754,000 43,292,000 28,183,000 22,934,000 34,024,000 23,763,000 17,959,000 20,272,000 35,234,000 30,854,000 22,935,000 28,442,000 61,325,000 35,361,000 21,795,000 28,773,000 40,090,000 29,901,000 17,602,000 19,861,000 34,593,000 29,770,000 20,306,000 24,420,000 44,289,000 33,385,000 17,238,000 20,384,000 45,091,000                     
      gain from settlement
                                                                                         
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                     31,364,000 15,477,000 18,980,000 46,877,000 29,117,000 12,782,000 12,644,000 39,617,000 22,901,000 8,605,000                                                           
      income taxes on continuing operations
                     8,668,000 2,993,000 5,165,000 12,405,000 7,456,000 3,502,000 1,983,000 10,591,000 5,736,000 2,360,000                                                           
      income from continuing operations
                     22,696,000 12,484,000 13,815,000 34,472,000 21,661,000 9,280,000 10,661,000 29,026,000 17,165,000 6,245,000                                           13,598,064,032 -198,298 1,818,924 1,818,924 4,078,594 -359,970        -693,774 795,924 6,232,796 
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                     16,000 -9,000 -2,000  521,000 -19,000 295,000                                                              
      basic earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      earnings from continuing operations
                     0.865 0.71 0.79 1.97 0.743 0.56 0.65 1.77 0.67 0.38                                                           
      earnings from discontinued operations
                         0.003  0.02  -0.02 -0.04                                                           
      basic earnings per share of common stock
                     1.29 0.71 0.79 1.97 1.3 0.56 0.67 1.76 1.37 0.34                                                           
      diluted earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      diluted earnings per share of common stock
                     1.28 0.71 0.78 1.96 1.29 0.56 0.66 1.76 1.37 0.34                                                           
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                        -6,000    -96,000 -3,000 -624,000                                                           
      loss from discontinued operations
                            -0.01                                                             
      gain from a settlement
                           -130,000    -130,000    -130,000    -130,000  -32,500  -130,000  -375,000  -1,500,000                                          
      other expense
                             -1,101,000 -350,000 -316,000  -411,000 -11,000 -262,000    -607,000 -277,000   -8,000                                              
      cash dividends declared per share of common stock
                                 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.305 0.305 0.305 0.305 0.288 0.288 0.288 0.288 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.405 0.385 0.385 0.385 0.385 0.365 0.36 0.365 0.365 0.345 0.345 0.345 0.345 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.315 0.315 0.315                   
      other income, net of other incomes
                                             -750 36,000              196,000            33,000 103,049,535  63,507 63,507 14,111            
      other income, net of other expenses
                                               -171,000 133,000 -279,000 -32,000 405,000 6,000 -41,000 101,000 24,000 289,000             4,750  12,000                  
      other
                                                 -490,000 5,192,000 4,530,000 4,198,000 3,268,000 2,603,000 2,905,000 4,172,000 3,626,000 2,720,000 3,168,000 3,731,000 2,911,000 3,100,000 2,812,000 2,845,000 2,829,000 2,920,000 2,706,000 2,365,000                     
      other income, net of expenses
                                                         53,000 -136,000 153,000  174,750 649,000 27,000 22,000 51,500 102,000 -11,000 115,000                     
      income tax expense
                                                         3,160,250 2,083,000 3,307,000 7,251,000 3,147,500 1,457,000 2,169,000 8,964,000 3,020,500 801,000 2,105,000 9,176,000  383,000                   
      transaction-related costs
                                                                 481,000 68,000 92,000 19,000 948,000 -675,000                   
      cost of sales, excluding costs below
                                                                     26,526,250 14,416,000 20,467,000 71,222,000 200,490,347,474 33,650,630 48,539,716 48,539,716 46,857,118 25,826,902 34,232,939 34,232,939 63,935,867 39,621,776 21,758,558 28,505,528 65,924,761 21,931,397 26,910,961 52,552,930 
      other loss, net of other income
                                                                      -26,000                   
      transaction costs
                                                                       1,090,000                  
      cash dividends declared per share of common stock:
                                                                       0.315 0.305 0.3 0.305 0.305 0.305 0.22 0.295 0.295 0.295 0.29 0.216 0.29 0.29 0.285 0.285 0.285 0.28 
      other loss, net of other incomes
                                                                          -91,631    -13,481           
      income tax benefit
                                                                          -210,752               
      gain from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense of 0 and 4,249
                                                                                         
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                         
      basic
    23,937,000,000 23,389,000,000 23,526,000,000 23,307,000,000 22,957,000,000 22,469,000,000 22,501,000 22,284,000 22,250,000 18,370,758,000 17,796,741,000 17,794,320,000 17,759,896,000 17,722,227,000 17,737,984,000 17,730,833,000 17,678,060,000 17,558,078,000 17,582,115,000 17,546,346,000 17,485,866,000 16,711,579,000 16,533,748,000 16,448,490,000 16,414,773,000 16,398,443,000 16,403,776,000 16,401,028,000 16,384,927,000 16,369,616,000 16,378,545,000 16,369,641,000 16,351,338,000 16,336,789,000 16,344,442,000 16,340,665,000 16,317,224,000 15,570,539,000 15,372,413,000 15,315,020,000 15,286,842,000 15,094,423,000 15,258,819,000 15,235,860,000 14,604,841,000 14,551,308,000 14,574,678,000 9,704,161,000 9,658,431,000 9,620,641,000 9,625,435,000 9,621,580,000 9,601,529,000 9,586,144,000 9,592,417,000 9,586,159,000 9,571,270,000 9,555,799,000 9,564,012,000 9,557,707,000 9,535,381,000 9,474,554,000 9,493,425,000 9,467,222,000 9,419,932,000 7,313,320,000 6,883,070,000 6,862,248,000 6,832,675,000 6,811,848,000 6,815,886 6,812,474 6,812,474 6,743,041            
      diluted
    24,053,000,000 23,488,000,000 23,629,000,000 23,402,000,000 23,041,000,000 22,531,000,000 22,564,000 22,335,000 22,306,000 18,434,857,000 17,857,784,000 17,852,024,000 17,831,772,000 17,804,294,000 17,819,373,000 17,809,871,000 17,761,119,000 17,633,029,000 17,659,643,000 17,616,496,000 17,553,167,000 16,770,735,000 16,592,842,000 16,503,603,000 16,471,827,000 16,448,486,000 16,453,867,000 16,445,743,000 16,432,852,000 16,419,870,000 16,428,439,000 16,417,082,000 16,402,985,000 16,383,352,000 16,389,635,000 16,382,207,000 16,363,796,000 15,613,091,000 15,412,783,000 15,352,702,000 15,331,912,000 15,143,373,000 15,306,843,000 15,280,657,000 14,656,310,000 14,604,944,000 14,616,665,000 9,737,852,000 9,693,434,000 9,695,630,000 9,702,334,000 9,695,470,000 9,678,950,000 9,671,507,000 9,676,658,000 9,681,597,000 9,666,885,000 9,651,058,000 9,657,970,000 9,650,887,000 9,633,796,000 9,582,374,000 9,497,696,000 9,557,352,000 9,524,298,000 7,440,201,000 6,888,024,000 6,868,717,000 6,943,129,000 6,927,483,000 6,817,536 6,920,042 6,920,042 6,854,716            
      loss per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      basic:
                                                                                         
      from continuing operations
                                                                         0.65 -0.03 0.27 0.27 0.61 -0.05        -0.12 0.14 1.08 
      from discontinued operations
                                                                                         
      diluted:
                                                                                         
      terminated acquisition costs
                                                                         309,907  1,239,628 1,239,628             
      income from discontinued operations,
                                                                                         
      net of tax benefit of 0 and 4,115
                                                                                         
      earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      gain from discontinued operations,
                                                                                         
      net of tax of 4,249 and
                                                                              4,072           
      basic weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                              6,754,650 6,737,384 6,737,384 6,705,829  5,973,149 5,952,074 5,904,434    
      diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                              6,754,650 6,849,890 6,849,890 6,820,462  5,973,149 5,963,596 6,047,985    
      loss per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      basic
                                                                                         
      from discontinued operations
                                                                                         
      diluted
                                                                                         
      other income net of other incomes
                                                                               234,195 234,195 53,374 58,904 -12,091 63,715 78,583 19,493 228,481 82,380 
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 39,375
                                                                                         
      earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                         
      basic
    2.48 1.95 0.82 1.03 2.22 1.61 0.78 0.82 2.07 1.27 0.53 0.91 2.05 1.48 0.54 0.96 2.09           0.51 1.75 1.09 0.34 0.39 1.64 1.6 0.42 0.37 1.17 0.73 0.29 0.52 1.33 0.57 0.34 0.41 1.45 0.69 0.22 0.53 1.83 1.01 0.4 0.45 1.55 1.03 0.34 0.53 1.12 0.83 0.25 0.37 1.44 0.75 0.17 0.35 1.48 0.353 0.04 0.12 1.26       0.22 0.22 1.19 0.278 -0.11 0.19 1.03    
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 11,234
                                                                                         
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 18,491
                                                                                         
      from discontinued operations
                                                                                         
      basic
                                                                                        1.08 
      diluted
                                                                                         
      diluted
                                                                                        1.05 
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
                                                                                         
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        property, plant and equipment
                                                                      
        regulated energy
      3,009,000,000 2,941,600,000 2,848,600,000 2,789,200,000 2,737,100,000 2,661,800,000 2,600,087,000 2,515,712,000 2,470,135,000 2,418,494,000 1,916,585,000 1,868,763,000 1,835,261,000 1,802,999,000 1,784,939,000 1,765,915,000 1,741,731,000 1,720,287,000 1,688,938,000 1,643,904,000 1,595,744,000 1,577,576,000 1,564,420,000 1,499,389,000 1,447,089,000 1,441,473,000 1,407,371,000 1,380,591,000 1,346,221,000 1,297,416,000 1,242,840,000 1,174,407,000 1,083,004,000 1,073,736,000 1,050,332,000 1,038,929,000 985,832,000 957,681,000 908,822,000 868,016,000 850,041,000 842,756,000 813,145,000 795,331,000 779,394,000 766,855,000 730,879,000 710,444,000 697,725,000 691,522,000 635,859,000 622,895,000 590,816,000 585,429,000 549,318,000 544,118,000 535,978,000 532,616,000 500,689,000 463,856,000     
        unregulated energy
      507,200,000 492,400,000 481,800,000 482,200,000 472,100,000 463,700,000 426,127,000 420,074,000 416,833,000 410,807,000 404,924,000 402,352,000 395,052,000 393,215,000 385,067,000 381,718,000 376,468,000 357,259,000 324,083,000 309,139,000 306,291,000 300,647,000 278,897,000 277,209,000 274,970,000 265,209,000 250,826,000 245,738,000 241,126,000 237,682,000 220,721,000 216,125,000 213,803,000 210,682,000 207,331,000 202,707,000 199,211,000 196,800,000 194,743,000 189,034,000 147,221,000 145,734,000 141,393,000 139,174,000 84,386,000 84,773,000 80,500,000 78,616,000 76,938,000 76,267,000 73,816,000 72,877,000 71,787,000 70,218,000 68,956,000 68,482,000 68,081,000 63,501,000 61,313,000 61,360,000     
        other businesses and eliminations
      39,300,000  38,400,000 37,700,000 38,200,000  32,136,000 32,645,000 31,606,000 30,310,000 28,802,000 29,213,000 29,695,000 29,890,000 30,701,000 30,713,000 34,692,000 35,418,000 35,183,000 34,767,000 34,439,000 30,769,000 30,365,000 39,798,000 39,370,000 39,850,000 30,596,000 30,347,000 30,282,000 34,585,000 34,975,000 30,170,000 27,892,000 27,699,000 26,061,000 25,623,000 21,486,000 21,114,000 20,835,000 19,608,000 19,430,000 18,999,000 19,190,000 19,051,000 19,459,000                    
        total property, plant and equipment
      3,555,500,000 3,472,300,000 3,368,800,000 3,309,100,000 3,247,400,000 3,155,400,000 3,058,350,000 2,968,431,000 2,918,574,000 2,859,611,000 2,350,311,000 2,300,328,000 2,260,008,000 2,226,104,000 2,200,707,000 2,178,346,000 2,152,891,000 2,112,964,000 2,048,204,000 1,987,810,000 1,936,474,000 1,908,992,000 1,873,682,000 1,816,396,000 1,761,429,000 1,746,532,000 1,688,793,000 1,656,676,000 1,617,629,000 1,569,683,000 1,498,536,000 1,420,702,000 1,324,699,000 1,312,117,000 1,283,724,000 1,267,259,000 1,206,529,000 1,175,595,000 1,124,400,000 1,076,658,000 1,016,692,000 1,007,489,000 973,728,000 953,556,000 883,239,000 870,125,000 833,353,000 810,737,000 795,792,000 788,791,000 730,723,000 716,432,000 683,052,000 675,714,000 637,305,000 630,934,000 622,145,000 616,105,000 578,991,000 541,270,000 387,460,000 385,807,000 380,206,789  
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
      -652,100,000 -637,600,000 -617,700,000 -600,300,000 -585,800,000 -567,600,000 -556,421,000 -546,598,000 -530,832,000 -516,429,000 -503,897,000 -489,724,000 -476,407,000 -462,926,000 -449,026,000 -438,573,000 -427,998,000 -417,479,000 -405,263,000 -393,111,000 -380,839,000 -368,743,000 -358,851,000 -357,303,000 -345,206,000 -336,876,000 -330,479,000 -321,284,000 -312,949,000 -294,295,000 -295,449,000 -287,942,000 -279,802,000 -270,599,000 -267,138,000 -260,428,000 -250,574,000 -245,207,000 -237,434,000 -229,826,000 -222,650,000 -215,313,000 -210,979,000 -205,030,000 -198,181,000 -193,369,000 -192,515,000 -186,663,000 -179,918,000 -174,148,000 -171,060,000 -165,646,000 -160,199,000 -155,378,000 -150,859,000 -146,027,000 -141,189,000 -137,784,000 -121,628,000 -107,318,000 -104,822,000 -105,293,000 -101,017,551  
        plus: construction work in progress
      320,500,000 283,700,000 254,400,000 199,200,000 166,600,000 148,100,000 156,180,000 157,347,000 123,338,000 113,192,000 61,843,000 60,578,000 53,094,000 47,295,000 42,359,000 34,027,000 30,487,000 49,393,000 56,773,000 78,187,000 80,061,000 60,929,000 52,519,000 66,267,000 75,510,000 54,141,000 102,640,000 85,630,000 90,453,000 108,584,000 60,243,000 101,904,000 131,640,000 84,509,000 69,053,000 44,556,000 62,362,000 56,276,000 49,082,000 61,975,000 87,187,000 62,774,000 56,441,000 41,923,000 24,137,000 13,006,000 38,611,000 36,615,000 27,228,000 16,603,000 50,256,000 42,421,000 29,880,000 21,445,000 36,745,000 24,629,000 16,407,000 9,383,000 5,394,000 2,476,000 8,889,000 6,502,000 1,481,448  
        net property, plant and equipment
      3,223,900,000 3,118,400,000 3,005,500,000 2,908,000,000 2,828,200,000 2,735,900,000 2,658,109,000 2,579,180,000 2,511,080,000 2,456,374,000 1,908,257,000 1,871,182,000 1,836,695,000 1,810,473,000 1,794,040,000 1,773,800,000 1,755,380,000 1,744,878,000 1,699,714,000 1,672,886,000 1,635,696,000 1,601,178,000 1,567,350,000 1,525,360,000 1,491,733,000 1,463,797,000 1,460,954,000 1,421,022,000 1,395,133,000 1,383,972,000 1,263,330,000 1,234,664,000 1,176,537,000 1,126,027,000 1,085,639,000 1,051,387,000 1,018,317,000 986,664,000 936,048,000 908,807,000 881,229,000 854,950,000 819,190,000 790,449,000 709,195,000 689,762,000 679,449,000 660,689,000 643,102,000 631,246,000 609,919,000 593,207,000 552,733,000 541,781,000 523,191,000 509,536,000 497,363,000 487,704,000 462,757,000 436,428,000 291,527,000 287,016,000 280,670,686  
        current assets
                                                                      
        cash and cash equivalents
      4,700,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,500,000 700,000 7,900,000 1,609,000 6,430,000 1,695,000 4,904,000 1,793,000 4,169,000 3,065,000 6,204,000 2,480,000 4,186,000 5,208,000 4,976,000 5,886,000 5,011,000 5,575,000 3,499,000 3,056,000 3,590,000 3,982,000 6,985,000 4,320,000 7,254,000 7,975,000 6,089,000 6,215,000 4,512,000 5,996,000 5,614,000 3,386,000 2,419,000 5,700,000 4,178,000 1,536,000 3,266,000 3,315,000 2,855,000 3,781,000 2,104,000 16,170,000 4,574,000 2,285,000 2,529,000 4,791,000 3,356,000 1,792,000 2,210,000 2,608,000 3,361,000 2,046,000 1,737,000 2,047,000 2,637,000 1,643,000 2,828,000 728,000 1,614,000 1,611,195  
        trade and other receivables
      120,700,000 106,900,000 82,300,000 89,100,000 101,200,000 80,000,000 57,113,000 56,362,000 70,750,000 74,485,000 47,397,000 48,091,000 65,130,000 65,758,000 37,278,000 42,892,000 54,683,000 61,623,000 47,570,000 45,206,000 62,309,000 61,675,000 53,132,000 48,799,000 46,730,000  34,504,000 48,908,000 74,098,000  52,660,000 53,419,000 69,447,000                                
        less: allowance for credit losses
      -6,800,000 -5,400,000 -4,200,000 -5,000,000 -4,200,000 -3,300,000 -2,739,000 -2,195,000 -2,450,000 -2,699,000 -2,405,000 -2,692,000 -2,820,000 -2,877,000 -2,953,000 -2,758,000 -2,842,000 -3,141,000 -2,980,000 -3,895,000 -4,243,000 -4,785,000 -4,130,000 -2,104,000 -1,421,000                                        
        accrued revenue
      49,000,000 50,100,000 25,200,000 26,900,000 31,400,000 37,800,000 23,634,000 20,177,000 28,308,000 32,597,000 15,229,000 15,875,000 24,135,000 29,206,000 15,883,000 15,999,000 21,532,000 22,513,000 11,318,000 13,370,000 20,835,000 21,527,000 11,545,000 12,076,000 16,931,000 20,846,000 11,538,000 12,724,000 20,747,000 27,499,000 12,352,000 12,353,000 18,907,000 22,279,000 14,307,000 11,812,000 16,317,000 16,986,000 9,506,000 8,658,000 12,331,000 12,452,000 8,797,000 8,091,000 12,869,000 13,617,000 7,629,000 7,631,000 12,536,000 13,910,000 7,948,000 7,188,000 11,241,000 11,688,000 8,394,000 8,303,000 8,290,000 10,403,000 14,978,000 12,838,000 1,803,000 1,605,000 5,167,666  
        propane inventory, at average cost
      8,200,000 8,800,000 6,700,000 6,700,000 9,100,000 8,900,000 6,781,000 6,511,000 8,367,000 9,313,000 7,001,000 6,492,000 8,505,000 9,365,000 8,797,000 9,317,000 9,772,000 11,644,000 6,917,000 6,076,000 6,229,000 5,906,000 4,099,000 3,951,000 5,136,000 5,824,000 4,370,000 5,143,000 6,865,000 9,791,000 7,444,000 6,597,000 7,345,000 8,324,000 5,226,000 4,649,000 5,437,000 6,457,000 4,106,000 4,285,000 5,412,000 6,619,000 4,211,000 4,151,000 4,550,000 7,250,000 7,303,000 6,836,000 6,088,000 10,456,000 7,383,000 6,375,000 5,614,000 7,612,000 6,256,000 6,209,000 7,344,000 9,726,000 8,876,000 7,901,000 5,355,000 4,507,000 5,710,673  
        other inventory, at average cost
      17,100,000 17,900,000 18,200,000 18,400,000 19,000,000 18,000,000 21,139,000 19,715,000 19,638,000 19,912,000 17,593,000 17,873,000 17,520,000 16,896,000 11,828,000 11,449,000 10,228,000 9,345,000 6,716,000 6,524,000 5,884,000 5,539,000 5,583,000 5,397,000 5,621,000 6,067,000 6,037,000 7,778,000 8,122,000 7,127,000 4,786,000 4,791,000 4,607,000 12,022,000 12,711,000 9,996,000 3,657,000 4,576,000 3,867,000 4,025,000 4,289,000 3,803,000 4,143,000 4,305,000 4,411,000 3,699,000 2,991,000 3,382,000 3,728,000 4,880,000 3,452,000 3,361,000 3,199,000 5,841,000 3,284,000 2,999,000 3,009,000 4,785,000 3,084,000 3,149,000 1,542,000 1,322,000 1,479,249  
        regulatory assets
      24,500,000 29,700,000 30,000,000 20,800,000 17,300,000 23,900,000 20,446,000 19,646,000 24,289,000 19,506,000 19,111,000 26,343,000 27,874,000 41,439,000 45,624,000 28,729,000 20,438,000 19,794,000 12,021,000 9,429,000 9,145,000 10,786,000 10,372,000 3,625,000 4,441,000 5,144,000 6,633,000 6,842,000 7,913,000 4,796,000 6,891,000 13,330,000 10,833,000 10,930,000 9,761,000 7,167,000 7,527,000 7,694,000 6,045,000 7,042,000 6,451,000 8,268,000 7,653,000 7,587,000 7,472,000 8,967,000 7,790,000 5,822,000 4,342,000 2,436,000 2,063,000 1,084,000 1,881,000 2,736,000 2,745,000 2,375,000 1,166,000 1,846,000 51,000 1,205,000 671,000 589,000 826,009  
        storage gas prepayments
      700,000 4,500,000 5,600,000 3,600,000 900,000 3,800,000 4,339,000 2,801,000 1,147,000 4,695,000 5,063,000 3,208,000 1,228,000 6,364,000 7,443,000 3,695,000 650,000 3,691,000 4,663,000 2,385,000 417,000 2,455,000 2,971,000 1,943,000 753,000 3,541,000 2,158,000 4,143,000 1,327,000 6,603,000 6,989,000 4,365,000 1,197,000 5,250,000 6,876,000 4,415,000 735,000 5,484,000 8,192,000 5,014,000 1,213,000 3,410,000 3,839,000 2,498,000 910,000 4,258,000 4,990,000 3,131,000 1,323,000 4,318,000 5,309,000 3,262,000 897,000 3,716,000 4,593,000 3,229,000 1,724,000 5,003,000 5,084,000 6,144,000 7,713,000 5,847,000 9,491,690  
        prepaid expenses
      17,000,000 19,700,000 21,400,000 16,400,000 15,500,000 17,300,000 18,965,000 12,549,000 13,681,000 15,407,000 17,179,000 12,496,000 12,990,000 15,865,000 17,823,000 11,398,000 13,754,000 17,121,000 15,555,000 9,497,000 11,512,000 13,239,000 14,817,000 9,167,000 10,707,000 13,928,000 10,571,000 5,873,000 7,192,000 10,079,000 9,775,000 5,162,000 8,199,000 13,621,000 10,899,000 3,939,000 4,534,000 6,792,000 7,603,000 4,184,000 4,982,000 7,146,000 7,507,000 4,223,000 4,510,000 6,652,000 7,887,000 4,229,000 4,890,000 6,910,000 7,357,000 3,798,000 4,452,000 6,020,000 6,097,000 3,233,000 3,511,000 5,072,000 4,613,000 5,843,000 4,250,000 1,821,000 4,679,368  
        derivative assets, at fair value
      800,000  100,000 300,000 600,000 600,000 405,000 1,180,000 1,012,000 1,027,000 2,328,000 1,704,000 1,248,000 2,787,000 4,552,000 6,772,000 7,516,000 7,076,000 12,185,000 8,056,000 3,462,000 3,269,000 1,967,000 1,270,000 151,000   10,571,000 9,221,000 13,165,000 10,568,000 534,000 208,000 1,286,000 1,526,000                              
        other current assets
      3,200,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,900,000 3,200,000 2,600,000 2,232,000 3,236,000 3,228,000 2,723,000 1,837,000 1,934,000 629,000 428,000 1,589,000 1,014,000 703,000 1,033,000 440,000 523,000 635,000 436,000 753,000 1,017,000 3,666,000 2,879,000 2,489,000 4,022,000 1,121,000 5,684,000 2,557,000 4,560,000 6,717,000 7,260,000 4,797,000 2,287,000 1,804,000 2,470,000 543,000 771,000 1,688,000 1,044,000 339,000 285,000 294,000 195,000 201,000 203,000 198,000 160,000 160,000 165,000 146,000 132,000 121,000 155,000 219,000 219,000 245,000 147,000 148,000 146,000 146,820  
        total current assets
      239,100,000 237,000,000 218,800,000 192,300,000 199,600,000 204,300,000 166,487,000 156,277,000 169,665,000 185,699,000 137,466,000 136,769,000 159,504,000 193,976,000 169,203,000 145,046,000 152,968,000 173,135,000 132,993,000 110,553,000 128,552,000 136,431,000 119,321,000 98,558,000 111,927,000 134,826,000 114,875,000 124,242,000 153,640,000 191,537,000 128,962,000 116,043,000 137,834,000 178,587,000 149,005,000 102,435,000 118,813,000 141,151,000 102,156,000 86,896,000 100,375,000 112,538,000 87,690,000 78,518,000 113,294,000 122,373,000 88,333,000 80,414,000 119,932,000 126,409,000 97,982,000 95,543,000 93,915,000 100,597,000 86,489,000 78,570,000 103,349,000 127,760,000 137,229,000 116,575,000 57,767,000 53,842,000 95,521,316  
        deferred charges and other assets
                                                                      
        goodwill
      507,500,000 507,500,000 507,500,000 507,700,000 507,700,000 507,700,000 507,852,000 507,856,000 507,573,000 508,174,000 46,213,000 46,213,000 46,213,000 46,213,000 45,158,000 45,158,000 44,708,000 44,708,000 38,803,000 38,803,000 38,731,000 38,731,000 36,930,000 32,684,000 32,668,000 32,668,000 21,516,000 25,785,000 25,785,000 25,837,000 19,604,000 19,604,000 22,104,000 22,104,000 21,944,000 15,070,000 15,070,000 15,070,000 15,070,000 15,070,000 15,070,000 14,548,000 16,048,000 16,048,000 4,952,000 4,952,000 4,625,000 4,625,000 4,625,000 4,354,000 4,716,000 4,716,000 4,543,000 4,090,000 4,090,000 4,090,000 4,090,000 4,090,000 35,613,000 34,095,000 674,000 674,000 674,451  
        other intangible assets
      12,900,000 13,200,000 13,700,000 14,000,000 14,600,000 15,000,000 15,475,000 15,910,000 16,414,000 16,865,000 16,518,000 16,965,000 17,412,000 17,859,000 13,751,000 14,088,000 12,832,000 13,192,000 7,298,000 7,625,000 7,958,000 8,292,000 7,215,000 7,520,000 7,824,000 8,129,000 3,272,000 5,611,000 5,909,000 6,207,000 4,073,000 4,277,000 4,482,000 4,686,000 4,608,000 1,664,000 1,752,000 1,843,000 1,938,000 2,033,000 2,128,000 2,222,000 2,317,000 2,415,000 2,316,000 2,404,000 2,675,000 2,775,000 2,875,000 2,975,000 3,075,000 3,175,000 3,017,000 2,798,000 2,879,000 2,961,000 3,044,000 3,127,000 3,459,000 3,951,000 154,000 157,000 164,268  
        investments, at fair value
      16,400,000 17,200,000 16,800,000 15,900,000 14,400,000 14,400,000 14,156,000 13,620,000 13,221,000 12,282,000 11,084,000 11,693,000 10,866,000 10,576,000 9,895,000 10,523,000 11,561,000 12,095,000 11,490,000 11,745,000 10,883,000 10,776,000 9,680,000 9,571,000 7,217,000 9,229,000 8,536,000 8,821,000 7,509,000 6,711,000 7,951,000 7,486,000 6,641,000 6,756,000 6,380,000 5,952,000 5,212,000 4,902,000 4,630,000 4,325,000 3,674,000 3,644,000 3,412,000 3,665,000 3,770,000 3,678,000 3,481,000 3,542,000 2,951,000 3,098,000 2,788,000 4,917,000 4,526,000 4,168,000 4,670,000 4,692,000 4,264,000 3,918,000 4,036,000      
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      9,400,000 9,900,000 9,600,000 9,600,000 9,700,000 10,500,000 10,945,000 11,201,000 11,719,000 12,426,000 12,842,000 13,432,000 14,272,000 14,421,000 14,916,000 15,767,000 16,231,000 10,139,000 9,602,000 10,020,000 10,510,000 11,194,000 11,077,000 11,546,000 11,696,000 11,563,000 12,004,000 12,404,000 12,523,000                                    
        receivables and other deferred charges
      12,900,000 17,300,000 14,200,000 14,100,000 13,000,000 11,700,000 12,147,000 12,923,000 16,047,000 16,448,000 16,263,000 12,111,000 12,312,000 12,323,000 13,176,000 13,463,000 14,338,000 12,549,000 14,056,000 11,464,000 10,054,000 12,079,000 23,865,000 62,122,000 51,602,000 49,579,000    6,985,000    3,699,000 3,381,000 4,352,000 2,929,000 2,786,000 4,325,000 3,353,000 2,574,000 3,165,000 2,453,000 1,884,000 2,067,000 3,164,000 2,746,000 2,740,000 2,681,000 2,856,000 2,898,000 2,769,000 3,363,000 2,904,000 2,999,000 3,088,000 3,059,000        
        total deferred charges and other assets
      632,900,000 639,400,000 637,100,000 637,500,000 636,800,000 636,800,000 642,596,000 645,296,000 651,139,000 662,631,000 195,023,000 196,539,000 201,352,000 210,588,000 194,179,000 198,496,000 201,281,000 196,856,000 189,121,000 188,901,000 189,702,000 194,878,000 201,417,000 198,257,000 184,559,000 184,575,000 138,411,000 135,778,000 134,024,000 118,162,000 113,264,000 112,234,000 113,079,000 112,820,000 112,106,000 103,166,000 101,181,000  102,306,000 101,344,000 100,380,000 101,098,000 101,562,000 101,669,000 91,218,000 92,334,000 79,768,000 79,982,000 79,527,000 79,867,000 89,656,000 90,908,000 91,809,000 91,368,000 90,272,000 91,594,000 92,415,000 93,602,000 66,971,000 62,140,000 9,106,000 7,784,000 8,001,718  
        total assets
      4,095,900,000 3,994,800,000 3,861,400,000 3,737,800,000 3,664,600,000 3,577,000,000 3,467,192,000 3,380,753,000 3,331,884,000 3,304,704,000 2,240,746,000 2,204,490,000 2,197,551,000 2,215,037,000 2,157,422,000 2,117,342,000 2,109,629,000 2,114,869,000 2,021,828,000 1,972,340,000 1,953,950,000 1,932,487,000 1,888,088,000 1,822,175,000 1,788,219,000 1,783,198,000 1,714,240,000 1,681,042,000 1,682,797,000 1,693,671,000 1,505,556,000 1,462,941,000 1,427,450,000 1,417,434,000 1,346,750,000 1,256,988,000 1,238,311,000 1,229,219,000 1,140,510,000 1,097,047,000 1,081,984,000 1,068,586,000 1,008,442,000 970,636,000 913,707,000 904,469,000 847,550,000 821,085,000 842,561,000 837,522,000 797,557,000 779,658,000 738,457,000 733,746,000 699,952,000 679,700,000 693,127,000 709,066,000 670,993,000 617,102,000 360,234,000 350,289,000 385,794,510  
        capitalization and liabilities
       2,025,000,000    2,024,000,000    2,023,000    2,022,000    2,021,000    2,020,000    2,019,000    2,018,000    2,017,000    2,016,000    2,015,000    2,014,000    2,013,000   2,013,000    2,012,000  2,010,000 2,009,000 2,009,000  2,008  
        capitalization
                                                                      
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                      
        preferred stock, par value 0.01 per share...
                                                                      
        common stock
      11,700,000 11,600,000 11,500,000 11,400,000 11,200,000 11,100,000 11,085,000 10,854,000 10,838,000 10,823,000 8,662,000 8,662,000 8,659,000 8,635,000 8,634,000 8,632,000 8,624,000 8,593,000 8,560,000 8,550,000 8,528,000 8,499,000 8,126,000 8,013,000 7,998,000 7,984,000 7,984,000 7,984,000 7,980,000 7,971,000 7,971,000 7,971,000 7,964,000 7,955,000 7,955,000 7,955,000 7,949,000 7,935,000 7,932,000 7,456,000 7,449,000 7,432,000 7,429,000 7,419,000 7,119,000 7,100,000 7,095,000 4,727,000 4,715,000 4,691,000 4,685,000 4,684,000 4,679,000 4,671,000 4,669,000 4,668,000 4,661,000 4,656,000 4,635,000 4,572,000 3,352,000 3,344,000 3,322,668  
        additional paid-in capital
      972,200,000 962,800,000 913,200,000 896,400,000 852,000,000 830,500,000 812,896,000 755,751,000 750,162,000 749,356,000 382,551,000 380,830,000 379,703,000 380,036,000 378,261,000 376,866,000 373,694,000 371,162,000 361,066,000 357,520,000 350,875,000 348,482,000 283,836,000 263,272,000 259,521,000 259,253,000 257,436,000 256,385,000 255,307,000 255,651,000 255,509,000 255,356,000 254,126,000 253,470,000 252,722,000 252,071,000 251,144,000 250,967,000 250,202,000 191,776,000 190,389,000 190,311,000 189,321,000 187,903,000 156,749,000 156,581,000 155,407,000 154,619,000 152,862,000 152,341,000 151,676,000 151,391,000 150,527,000 150,750,000 150,230,000 149,908,000 149,252,000 149,403,000 148,159,000 144,502,000 69,138,000 68,352,000 66,680,696  
        retained earnings
      669,300,000 626,800,000 597,200,000 594,100,000 586,400,000 550,300,000 528,426,000 525,525,000 521,689,000 488,663,000 476,601,000 477,795,000 472,209,000 445,509,000 428,941,000 428,833,000 421,344,000 393,072,000 378,897,000 374,936,000 369,623,000 342,969,000 328,357,000 326,454,000 322,804,000 300,607,000 284,694,000 285,762,000 284,111,000 261,530,000 249,805,000 250,377,000 250,024,000 229,141,000 208,402,000 206,896,000 206,194,000 192,062,000 185,195,000 185,490,000 182,165,000 166,235,000 162,036,000 161,333,000 159,446,000 142,317,000 136,188,000 139,350,000 138,176,000 124,274,000 118,330,000 118,187,000 117,579,000 106,239,000 99,912,000 100,225,000 98,691,000 91,248,000 76,805,000 63,231,000 60,043,000 61,931,000 56,817,921  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -1,500,000 -2,700,000 -3,200,000 -2,800,000 -2,300,000 -1,700,000 -4,135,000 -1,576,000  -2,738,000           -2,638,000 -2,865,000 -3,629,000 -4,462,000 -6,194,000 -6,267,000 -5,403,000 -5,747,000 -3,739,000 -6,713,000 -4,987,000 -5,718,000 -6,873,000 -4,272,000 -5,259,000 -5,244,000 -4,458,000 -4,878,000 -5,029,000 -5,168,000 -5,751,000 -5,840,000 -5,471,000 -5,479,000 -5,568,000 -5,676,000 -2,469,000 -2,473,000 -2,502,000 -2,533,000 -4,903,000 -4,958,000 -5,013,000 -5,062,000 -4,327,000 -4,394,000 -4,460,000 -4,527,000 -3,360,000 -2,524,000 -3,526,000 -3,600,000 -3,748,093  
        deferred compensation obligation
      17,400,000 12,600,000 12,500,000 12,500,000 12,200,000 9,800,000 9,775,000 9,703,000 9,562,000 9,050,000 8,987,000 9,001,000 8,816,000 7,060,000 7,003,000 7,018,000 6,477,000 7,240,000 7,186,000 7,203,000 6,992,000 5,679,000 5,634,000 5,659,000 5,468,000 4,543,000 4,505,000 4,694,000 4,376,000 3,854,000 3,818,000 3,782,000 3,573,000 3,395,000 3,366,000 3,336,000 3,100,000 2,416,000 2,476,000 2,452,000 2,221,000 1,883,000 1,863,000 1,843,000 1,715,000 1,258,000 1,217,000 1,202,000 1,138,000 1,124,000 1,110,000 1,096,000 994,000 982,000 970,000 958,000 828,000 817,000 777,000 739,000 1,333,000 1,315,000 1,548,507  
        treasury stock
      -17,400,000 -12,600,000 -12,500,000 -12,500,000 -12,200,000 -9,800,000 -9,775,000 -9,703,000 -9,562,000 -9,050,000 -8,987,000 -9,001,000 -8,816,000 -7,060,000 -7,003,000 -7,018,000 -6,477,000 -7,240,000 -7,186,000 -7,203,000 -6,992,000 -5,679,000 -5,634,000 -5,659,000 -5,468,000 -4,543,000 -4,505,000 -4,694,000 -4,376,000 -3,854,000 -3,818,000 -3,782,000 -3,573,000 -3,395,000 -3,366,000 -3,336,000 -3,100,000 -2,416,000 -2,476,000 -2,452,000 -2,221,000 -1,883,000 -1,863,000 -1,843,000 -1,715,000 -1,258,000 -1,217,000 -1,202,000 -1,138,000 -1,124,000 -1,110,000 -1,096,000 -994,000 -982,000 -970,000 -958,000 -828,000 -817,000 -777,000 -739,000 -1,333,000 -1,315,000 -1,548,507  
        total stockholders’ equity
      1,651,700,000 1,598,500,000 1,518,700,000 1,499,100,000 1,447,300,000 1,390,200,000 1,348,272,000 1,290,554,000 1,280,903,000 1,246,104,000 866,677,000 864,228,000 858,588,000 832,801,000 814,438,000 815,701,000 805,512,000 774,130,000 750,962,000 741,564,000 726,388,000 697,085,000 616,690,000 593,277,000 584,129,000 561,577,000 544,711,000 544,384,000 543,659,000 518,439,000 508,298,000 507,986,000 505,241,000 486,294,000 463,820,000 461,678,000 460,829,000 446,086,000 438,300,000 379,554,000 374,252,000 358,138,000 353,315,000 351,176,000 317,746,000 300,322,000 296,221,000 296,223,000 293,251,000 278,773,000 269,788,000 269,304,000 267,772,000 256,598,000 250,484,000 250,407,000 248,144,000 240,780,000 226,239,000 209,781,000 129,007,000 130,027,000 123,073,192  
        long-term debt
      1,325,300,000 1,327,100,000 1,437,900,000 1,249,600,000 1,260,000,000 1,261,700,000 1,172,956,000 1,174,762,000 1,185,166,000 1,187,075,000 643,801,000 645,742,000 656,284,000 578,388,000 583,833,000 585,805,000 597,878,000 549,903,000 505,459,000 498,450,000 508,525,000 508,499,000 519,971,000 430,106,000 440,183,000 440,168,000 375,810,000 275,924,000 285,998,000 316,020,000 241,597,000 241,596,000 222,014,000 197,395,000 201,248,000 201,590,000 136,537,000 136,954,000 143,525,000 143,865,000 148,602,000 149,340,000 155,909,000 156,247,000 158,083,000 158,486,000 165,044,000 165,370,000 117,195,000 117,592,000 107,344,000 107,674,000 100,952,000 101,907,000 108,721,000 108,755,000 110,236,000 110,285,000 89,642,000 98,814,000 86,282,000 86,313,000 86,422,273  
        total capitalization
      2,977,000,000 2,925,600,000 2,956,600,000 2,748,700,000 2,707,300,000 2,651,900,000 2,521,228,000 2,465,316,000 2,466,069,000 2,433,179,000 1,510,478,000 1,509,970,000 1,514,872,000 1,411,189,000 1,398,271,000 1,401,506,000 1,403,390,000 1,324,033,000 1,256,421,000 1,240,014,000 1,234,913,000 1,205,584,000 1,136,661,000 1,023,383,000 1,024,312,000 1,001,745,000 920,521,000 820,308,000 829,657,000 834,459,000 749,895,000 749,582,000 727,255,000 683,689,000 665,068,000 663,268,000 597,366,000 583,040,000 581,825,000 523,419,000 522,854,000 507,478,000 509,224,000 507,423,000 475,829,000 458,808,000 461,265,000 461,593,000 410,446,000 396,365,000 377,132,000 376,978,000 368,724,000 358,505,000 359,205,000 359,162,000 358,380,000 351,065,000 315,881,000 308,595,000 215,289,000 216,340,000 209,495,465  
        current liabilities
                                                                      
        current portion of long-term debt
      134,600,000 134,600,000 34,500,000 25,500,000 25,500,000 25,500,000 18,522,000 18,592,000 18,511,000 18,505,000 20,000,000 19,994,000 21,489,000 21,483,000 21,478,000 21,472,000 19,717,000 17,962,000 16,206,000 13,600,000 13,600,000 13,600,000 15,600,000 15,600,000 15,600,000 45,600,000 75,600,000 75,600,000 71,509,000 11,935,000 9,613,000 9,977,000 9,389,000 9,421,000 12,136,000 12,124,000 12,111,000 12,099,000 12,087,000 12,075,000 9,163,000 9,151,000 9,139,000 9,127,000 9,116,000 9,109,000 11,113,000 11,117,000 10,955,000 11,353,000 8,234,000 7,996,000 9,093,000 8,196,000 8,196,000 8,196,000 8,196,000 8,196,000 9,216,000 35,299,000 6,656,000 6,656,000 6,656,364  
        short-term borrowing
      199,600,000 158,000,000 95,800,000 245,300,000 215,400,000 196,500,000 214,753,000 207,091,000 170,355,000 179,853,000 118,570,000 95,807,000 94,079,000 202,157,000 167,332,000 137,024,000 140,865,000 221,634,000 192,026,000 169,294,000 156,123,000 175,644,000 216,388,000 286,405,000 254,339,000 247,371,000 224,744,000 301,226,000 276,393,000 294,458,000 268,293,000 235,288,000 229,108,000 250,969,000 203,098,000 145,591,000 199,333,000 209,871,000 154,490,000 180,042,000 172,742,000 173,397,000 127,093,000 94,713,000 66,772,000 88,231,000 71,169,000 47,870,000 83,470,000 105,666,000 91,297,000 75,491,000 47,635,000 61,199,000 30,756,000 13,553,000 15,656,000 34,707,000 63,958,000 30,023,000 10,084,000 2,000,000 33,000,000  
        accounts payable
      101,100,000 115,200,000 89,200,000 69,100,000 76,600,000 78,300,000 70,138,000 69,041,000 63,058,000 77,481,000 53,729,000 44,173,000 38,193,000 61,496,000 46,811,000 38,110,000 30,259,000 52,628,000 53,026,000 49,408,000 58,167,000 60,253,000 46,492,000 46,382,000 52,568,000 54,068,000 53,150,000 50,645,000 75,277,000 129,804,000 60,228,000 60,769,000 57,457,000 74,688,000 53,284,000 52,101,000 49,500,000 56,935,000 41,297,000 35,496,000 36,299,000 39,300,000 41,129,000 38,173,000 46,284,000 44,610,000 33,371,000 30,184,000 58,183,000 53,482,000 41,013,000 45,789,000 38,835,000 41,992,000 35,478,000 37,018,000 48,721,000 55,581,000 65,541,000 51,948,000 26,355,000 25,321,000 40,202,280  
        customer deposits and refunds
      41,800,000 45,100,000 44,900,000 48,100,000 42,000,000 45,700,000 47,408,000 44,775,000 43,682,000 46,427,000 40,228,000 38,468,000 36,676,000 37,152,000 37,825,000 34,489,000 33,374,000 36,488,000 35,782,000 33,983,000 32,455,000 33,302,000 32,635,000 30,707,000 29,122,000 30,939,000 29,629,000 29,839,000 29,710,000 34,155,000 34,887,000 32,018,000 34,795,000 34,751,000 32,493,000 30,725,000 29,638,000 29,238,000 26,858,000 27,572,000 27,039,000 27,173,000 24,020,000 21,449,000 22,307,000 25,197,000 24,970,000 23,482,000 24,405,000 26,140,000 26,943,000 25,532,000 26,788,000 29,271,000 29,832,000 29,991,000 30,509,000 30,918,000 26,317,000 24,960,000 8,508,000 7,632,000 9,534,441  
        accrued interest
      17,600,000 8,700,000 17,400,000 4,900,000 16,200,000 4,800,000 13,776,000 3,652,000 17,148,000 7,020,000 4,985,000 3,429,000 4,849,000 3,349,000 4,898,000 3,320,000 4,950,000 2,775,000 4,783,000 2,697,000 4,837,000 2,905,000 5,231,000 2,169,000 5,014,000 2,554,000 4,891,000 2,073,000 4,505,000 2,317,000 3,969,000 1,891,000 3,256,000 1,742,000 3,361,000 1,637,000 2,868,000 1,312,000 3,119,000 1,250,000 3,021,000 1,311,000 3,242,000 1,256,000 3,109,000 1,352,000 3,347,000 1,352,000 2,536,000 1,235,000 2,581,000 1,121,000 2,622,000 1,437,000 3,146,000 1,422,000 2,927,000 1,637,000 1,789,000 1,887,000 2,184,000 1,655,000 1,023,658  
        dividends payable
      16,400,000 16,400,000 16,100,000 16,000,000 14,700,000 14,700,000 14,492,000 14,272,000 13,138,000 13,119,000 10,500,000 10,500,000 9,518,000 9,492,000 9,490,000 9,488,000 8,504,000 8,466,000 8,442,000 8,433,000 7,709,000 7,683,000 7,293,000 7,244,000 6,655,000 6,644,000 6,644,000 6,644,000 6,067,000 6,060,000 6,060,000 6,060,000 5,318,000 5,312,000 5,312,000 5,312,000 4,981,000 4,973,000 4,678,000 4,673,000 4,400,000 4,390,000 4,388,000 4,382,000 3,950,000 3,939,000 3,936,000 3,933,000 3,730,000 3,710,000 3,706,000 3,706,000 3,504,000 3,502,000 3,501,000 3,501,000 3,304,000 3,300,000 3,143,000 2,959,000 2,170,000 2,164,000 2,082,267  
        accrued compensation
      10,500,000 21,600,000 12,100,000 12,200,000 9,500,000 23,900,000 14,495,000 12,519,000 7,066,000 16,544,000 9,831,000 9,772,000 6,350,000 14,660,000 10,355,000 9,471,000 9,270,000 15,505,000 13,497,000 10,767,000 8,990,000 13,994,000 10,903,000 9,260,000 7,518,000 16,236,000 10,362,000 8,699,000 8,506,000 13,923,000 10,396,000 7,953,000 5,444,000 13,112,000 8,544,000 6,683,000 5,560,000 10,496,000 7,823,000 6,742,000 4,107,000 10,014,000 8,909,000 6,500,000 4,845,000 10,076,000 7,269,000 5,495,000 4,937,000 8,394,000 6,467,000 5,437,000 4,708,000 7,435,000 6,417,000 5,088,000 4,610,000 6,932,000 6,784,000 3,445,000 3,087,000 2,190,000 3,304,736  
        regulatory liabilities
      11,600,000 14,500,000 13,100,000 16,100,000 16,400,000 16,100,000 14,762,000 19,677,000 21,328,000 13,719,000 9,092,000 12,894,000 10,556,000 5,031,000 3,506,000 6,663,000 9,427,000 2,312,000 5,357,000 13,911,000 19,677,000 6,284,000 6,460,000 10,328,000 13,524,000 5,991,000 5,691,000 10,168,000 15,085,000 7,883,000 9,099,000 22,194,000 18,503,000 6,485,000 5,338,000 5,609,000 7,275,000 1,291,000 2,412,000 6,808,000 9,313,000 7,365,000 9,346,000 15,205,000 18,621,000 3,268,000 2,797,000 5,875,000 7,071,000 4,157,000 4,397,000 5,329,000 7,576,000 1,577,000 2,641,000 3,743,000 7,427,000 6,653,000 9,009,000 8,882,000 5,451,000 6,719,000 3,227,337  
        derivative liabilities, at fair value
      200,000 800,000 500,000 200,000 100,000  633,000 27,000 31,000 354,000 828,000 2,178,000 798,000 585,000 2,051,000 427,000 484,000 743,000 1,969,000 351,000 84,000 127,000 439,000 802,000 1,986,000 1,844,000 2,216,000 10,994,000 6,798,000 14,871,000 9,774,000 886,000 2,359,000 6,247,000 1,732,000                              
        other accrued liabilities
      20,300,000 15,000,000 27,600,000 22,400,000 17,300,000 13,900,000 25,832,000 20,547,000 16,520,000 13,362,000 20,647,000 17,942,000 16,717,000 13,618,000 25,105,000 26,827,000 22,863,000 17,920,000 23,454,000 19,812,000 14,360,000 15,240,000 18,531,000 20,926,000 16,170,000 12,077,000 15,210,000 16,527,000 14,719,000 12,828,000 14,819,000 11,495,000 8,694,000 10,273,000 13,972,000 12,084,000 9,278,000 7,063,000 10,260,000 8,978,000 7,942,000 7,059,000 9,443,000 8,756,000 7,797,000 6,603,000 10,950,000 9,978,000 8,934,000 7,678,000 10,252,000 9,126,000 8,643,000 7,226,000 10,078,000 9,052,000 8,381,000 8,079,000 10,393,000 8,683,000 3,125,000 2,771,000 2,967,905  
        total current liabilities
      553,700,000 529,900,000 351,200,000 459,800,000 433,700,000 419,400,000 434,811,000 410,193,000 371,655,000 386,384,000 288,410,000 255,157,000 246,779,000 369,023,000 328,851,000 287,291,000 279,713,000 376,433,000 354,542,000 322,256,000 316,002,000 329,032,000 359,972,000 429,823,000 402,496,000 423,324,000 446,247,000 512,415,000 508,569,000 528,234,000 427,138,000 388,531,000 374,323,000 413,000,000 339,270,000 272,054,000 320,733,000 334,051,000 263,053,000 283,892,000 274,449,000 279,593,000 236,863,000 199,608,000 186,353,000 194,235,000 169,063,000 140,013,000 213,176,000 221,942,000 195,014,000 181,497,000 153,685,000 162,166,000 130,601,000 112,068,000 129,862,000 157,499,000 197,642,000 170,600,000 69,104,000 57,758,000 105,051,428  
        deferred credits and other liabilities
                                                                      
        deferred income taxes
      333,700,000 313,300,000 338,800,000 315,700,000 312,300,000 296,100,000 289,208,000 283,322,000 271,335,000 259,082,000 264,541,000 261,215,000 258,399,000 256,167,000 248,702,000 244,978,000 241,132,000 233,550,000 225,448,000 219,490,000 211,801,000 205,388,000 202,649,000 193,595,000 186,431,000 180,656,000 165,492,000 164,421,000 160,912,000 156,820,000 146,814,000 143,147,000 141,484,000 135,850,000 252,273,000 234,716,000 231,004,000 222,894,000 205,562,000 199,623,000 197,416,000 831,000 338,000 128,000 586,000  1,700,000 1,657,000 1,723,000 1,696,000 837,000 919,000 836,000 791,000 2,158,000 2,116,000 1,202,000 2,712,000 2,191,000 1,498,000 2,591,000 3,053,000 1,577,805  
        environmental liabilities
      3,000,000 2,900,000 2,800,000 2,800,000 2,300,000 2,200,000 2,441,000 2,402,000 2,546,000 2,607,000 2,562,000 2,512,000 2,530,000 3,272,000 2,901,000 3,097,000 3,271,000 3,538,000 3,709,000 3,904,000 4,052,000 4,299,000 4,447,000 4,520,000 6,046,000 6,468,000 6,713,000 6,994,000 7,370,000 7,638,000 7,941,000 8,090,000 8,215,000 8,263,000 8,382,000 8,457,000 8,535,000 8,592,000 8,682,000 8,765,000 8,843,000 8,942,000 9,003,000 9,043,000 9,147,000 8,923,000 9,022,000 9,076,000 9,129,000 9,155,000 8,838,000 8,905,000 9,094,000 9,114,000 9,170,000 9,298,000 9,437,000 9,492,000 10,587,000 11,104,000 425,000 469,000 511,223  
        other pension and benefit costs
      13,100,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 14,300,000 13,000,000 13,200,000 16,327,000 16,102,000 16,010,000 15,330,000 17,133,000 17,890,000 17,190,000 16,965,000 20,228,000 21,458,000 23,073,000 24,120,000 28,113,000 29,463,000 29,856,000 30,673,000 27,462,000 28,185,000 28,043,000 30,569,000 27,890,000 29,675,000 29,822,000 28,513,000 28,839,000 28,996,000 28,981,000 29,699,000 32,059,000 31,920,000 33,082,000 32,828,000 32,501,000 32,695,000 32,848,000 33,481,000 32,619,000 33,614,000 34,798,000 35,027,000 18,246,000 20,123,000 20,662,000 21,000,000 33,118,000 33,491,000 33,890,000 33,535,000 22,947,000 25,832,000 26,306,000 26,808,000 18,199,000 17,505,000 7,585,000 7,502,000 7,335,116  
        operating lease - liabilities
      7,500,000 7,900,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,400,000 8,700,000 9,157,000 9,341,000 9,832,000 10,550,000 11,040,000 11,585,000 12,110,000 12,392,000 12,975,000 13,807,000 14,161,000 8,571,000 8,380,000 8,719,000 9,125,000 9,872,000 9,681,000 10,055,000  9,896,000 10,392,000 10,710,000 10,873,000                                    
        deferred investment tax credits and other liabilities
      18,600,000 12,500,000 1,300,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,478,000 1,355,000 1,364,000 1,366,000 1,389,000 1,412,000 1,393,000 1,410,000 1,849,000 2,017,000 2,082,000 2,136,000 2,051,000 4,813,000 4,910,000 4,903,000 4,936,000 2,434,000 2,699,000 2,796,000 3,019,000 2,661,000 2,908,000 2,968,000 3,089,000 3,096,000 5,846,000 5,955,000 6,783,000 4,146,000 4,730,000 4,750,000 5,533,000 5,560,000 2,628,000 2,597,000 3,130,000 3,820,000 4,007,000 3,825,000                   
        total deferred credits and other liabilities
      565,200,000 539,300,000 553,600,000 529,300,000 523,600,000 505,700,000 511,153,000 505,244,000 494,160,000 485,141,000 441,858,000 439,363,000 435,900,000 434,825,000 430,300,000 428,545,000 426,526,000 414,403,000 410,865,000 410,070,000 403,035,000 397,871,000 391,455,000 368,969,000 361,411,000 358,129,000 347,472,000 348,319,000 344,571,000 330,978,000 328,523,000 324,828,000 325,872,000 320,745,000 342,412,000 321,666,000 320,212,000 312,128,000 295,632,000 289,736,000 284,681,000 281,515,000 262,355,000 263,605,000 251,525,000 251,426,000 217,222,000 219,479,000 218,939,000 219,215,000 225,411,000 221,183,000 216,048,000 213,075,000 210,146,000 208,470,000 204,885,000 200,502,000 157,470,000 137,907,000 75,841,000 76,191,000 71,247,617  
        environmental and other commitments and contingencies
                                                                      
        total capitalization and liabilities
      4,095,900,000 3,994,800,000 3,861,400,000 3,737,800,000 3,664,600,000 3,577,000,000 3,467,192,000 3,380,753,000 3,331,884,000 3,304,704,000 2,240,746,000 2,204,490,000 2,197,551,000 2,215,037,000 2,157,422,000 2,117,342,000 2,109,629,000 2,114,869,000 2,021,828,000 1,972,340,000 1,953,950,000 1,932,487,000 1,888,088,000 1,822,175,000 1,788,219,000 1,783,198,000 1,714,240,000 1,681,042,000 1,682,797,000 1,693,671,000 1,505,556,000 1,462,941,000 1,427,450,000 1,417,434,000 1,346,750,000 1,256,988,000 1,238,311,000 1,229,219,000 1,140,510,000 1,097,047,000 1,081,984,000 1,068,586,000 1,008,442,000 970,636,000 913,707,000 904,469,000 847,550,000 821,085,000 842,561,000 837,522,000 797,557,000 779,658,000 738,457,000 733,746,000 699,952,000 679,700,000 693,127,000 709,066,000 670,993,000 617,102,000 360,234,000 350,289,000 385,794,510  
        other businesses
       38,300,000    29,900,000                                                           
        income taxes receivable
        28,700,000 10,700,000 4,900,000 6,800,000 12,563,000 9,865,000  3,829,000 5,340,000 1,276,000  2,541,000 18,859,000 12,353,000 11,326,000 17,460,000 12,702,000 8,371,000 6,792,000 12,885,000 15,156,000 9,827,000 15,230,000 20,050,000 11,100,000 10,984,000 9,059,000 15,300,000 8,725,000 6,420,000 4,378,000 14,778,000 26,741,000 14,409,000 13,388,000 22,888,000 13,178,000 7,395,000 16,260,000 24,950,000 6,935,000 2,518,000  18,806,000 2,100,000   2,609,000 724,000   4,703,000 7,967,000 6,010,000 5,601,000 6,998,000 6,748,000 2,614,000 677,000 1,332,000 7,442,921  
        derivative liabilities at fair value
           100,000    927,000    1,630,000                                                   
        accumulated other comprehensive income
              -1,786,000  -1,137,000 -3,059,000 -1,983,000 -1,379,000 -1,398,000 1,370,000 1,850,000 1,303,000 2,439,000 558,000                                             
        income taxes payable
              818,000    7,554,000                                2,946,000   695,000 8,955,000   1,896,000 4,196,000            
        trade receivables
               71,786,000    62,881,000    58,482,000    56,890,000 49,002,000 46,695,000 45,309,000                                        
        operating lease liabilities
                              10,165,000                                        
        accounts receivable
                               49,562,000    85,404,000    77,223,000 52,775,000 41,113,000 58,375,000 62,803,000 47,103,000 41,851,000 44,434,000 41,007,000 39,861,000 42,270,000 62,062,000 53,300,000 43,270,000 44,858,000 80,313,000 75,293,000 60,578,000 66,933,000 62,891,000 53,787,000 42,107,000 41,619,000 68,975,000 76,605,000 88,074,000 70,029,000 30,757,000 31,062,000 52,905,447  
        current assets held for sale
                                21,155,000                                      
        noncurrent assets held for sale
                                7,179,000                                      
        chesapeake utilities corporation and subsidiaries consolidated balance sheets
                                                                      
        current liabilities held for sale
                                18,110,000                                      
        other assets
                                8,874,000 6,212,000 5,197,000  5,293,000 4,440,000 4,316,000                                
        mark-to-market energy assets
                                         229,000 1,339,000 823,000 477,000 405,000  153,000 286,000 358,000 46,000 1,055,000 187,000 136,000  385,000 379,000 248,000 150,000 210,000 721,000 585,000 261,000 1,754,000 1,642,000 2,379,000 1,532,000 944,000 4,482,473  
        mark-to-market energy liabilities
                                         188,000 189,000 773,000 29,000 256,000 423,000 433,000 154,000 47,000 20,000 1,018,000 141,000 32,000  127,000 124,000 74,000 85,000 331,000 556,000 504,000 131,000 1,496,000 1,492,000 2,514,000 1,484,000 650,000 3,052,440  
        deferred charges and other non-current assets
                                                                      
        total deferred charges and other non-current assets
                                           101,404,000                           
        other commitments and contingencies
                                                                      
        other
                                                   18,497,000 21,974,000 21,677,000 21,129,000 21,002,000 21,048,000 20,660,000 20,449,000 20,067,000 19,031,000 18,334,000 18,086,000 19,988,000 16,989,000 16,054,000     
        deferred investment tax credits
                                                    49,000 57,000 65,000 74,000 84,000 93,000 103,000 113,000 127,000 142,000 156,000 171,000 243,000 193,000 204,000 214,000 235,422  
        accrued asset removal cost—regulatory liability
                                                    39,851,000 39,991,000 40,007,000 39,510,000 39,156,000 38,923,000 38,554,000 38,096,000 37,899,000 37,461,000 37,013,000        
        other liabilities
                                                    3,775,000 3,491,000 2,484,000 2,477,000 2,102,000 1,625,000 1,580,000 1,558,000 9,262,000 8,514,000 8,668,000 8,259,000 9,584,000 4,814,000 4,245,000 4,069,000 3,929,612  
        long-term receivables
                                                               79,000 155,000 343,000 390,000 435,000 533,356  
        other deferred charges
                                                               3,132,000 3,860,000 3,891,000 3,798,000 3,819,000 3,823,448  
        accrued asset removal cost - regulatory liability
                                                               36,584,000       
        accrued asset removal cost — regulatory liability
                                                                35,092,000 33,214,000     
        investments
                                                                 1,959,000 1,834,000 1,647,000 1,600,790  
        natural gas
                                                                  322,527,000 321,413,000 316,124,761  
        propane
                                                                  52,588,000 52,044,000 51,827,293  
        advanced information services
                                                                  1,434,000 1,430,000 1,439,390  
        other plant
                                                                  10,911,000 10,920,000 10,815,345  
        accrued asset removal cost
                                                                  21,317,000 21,133,000 20,641,279 15,024,849 
        assets
                                                                      
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                      
        current
                                                                      
        underrecovered purchased gas costs
                                                                     1,479,358 
        cash-in/cash-out and gas required for operations
                                                                     32,707 
        conservation cost recovery
                                                                     186,234 
        flex rate asset
                                                                     736,985 
        total current regulatory assets
                                                                     2,435,284 
        non-current
                                                                      
        income tax related amounts due from customers
                                                                     711,961 
        deferred regulatory and other incomes
                                                                     200,746 
        deferred gas supply
                                                                     15,201 
        deferred gas required for operations
                                                                     141,082 
        deferred post retirement benefits
                                                                     194,529 
        environmental regulatory assets and expenditures
                                                                     279,222 
        total other regulatory assets
                                                                     1,542,741 
        total regulatory assets
                                                                     3,978,025 
        self insurance — current
                                                                     127,000 
        overrecovered purchased gas costs
                                                                      
        shared interruptible margins
                                                                     135,098 
        operational flow order penalties
                                                                     130,338 
        swing transportation imbalances
                                                                     178,675 
        total current regulatory liabilities
                                                                     571,111 
        self insurance — long-term
                                                                     1,221,101 
        income tax related amounts due to customers
                                                                     324,974 
        environmental overcollections
                                                                     32,299 
        total other regulatory liabilities
                                                                     1,578,374 
        total regulatory liabilities
                                                                     17,174,334 
        for the years ended december 31,
                                                                     2,004 
        calculation of basic earnings per share from continuing operations:
                                                                      
        net income from continuing operations
                                                                     9,549,667 
        weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                     5,735,405 
        basic earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                                     1.66 
        calculation of diluted earnings per share from continuing operations:
                                                                      
        reconciliation of numerator:
                                                                      
        net income from continuing operations — basic
                                                                     9,549,667 
        effect of 8.25% convertible debentures
                                                                     139,097 
        adjusted numerator — diluted
                                                                     9,688,764 
        reconciliation of denominator:
                                                                      
        weighted shares outstanding — basic
                                                                     5,735,405 
        effect of dilutive securities
                                                                      
        stock options
                                                                     1,784 
        warrants
                                                                     7,900 
        8.25% convertible debentures
                                                                     162,466 
        adjusted denominator — diluted
                                                                     5,907,555 
        diluted earnings per share fron continuing operations
                                                                     1.64 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 
                                                                                           
          operating activities
                                                                                           
          net income
        59,300,000 46,100,000 19,400,000 23,900,000 50,900,000 36,654,000 17,507,000 18,271,000 46,168,000 25,328,000 9,407,000 16,133,000 36,344,000 26,150,000 9,661,000 17,052,000 36,933,000 22,712,000 12,475,000 13,813,000 34,466,000 22,352,000 9,260,000 10,956,000 28,930,000 22,564,000 5,621,000 8,304,000 28,664,000 17,801,000 5,538,000 6,386,000 26,855,000 26,101,000 6,833,000 6,046,000 19,144,000 11,863,000 4,416,000 8,029,000 20,367,000 8,619,000 5,118,000 6,294,000 21,109,000 10,097,000 3,180,000 5,134,000 17,681,000 9,683,000 3,879,000 4,356,000 14,869,000 9,857,000 3,219,000 5,060,000 10,727,000 7,958,000 2,397,000 3,520,000 13,747,000 7,114,000 1,628,000 3,340,000 13,974,000 6,191,000 307,000 806,000 8,593,000 13,598,064,032 -198,298 -7,564,949,734 7,574,343,000 4,080,729 -355,898 1,481,791 7,991,088 3,934,179 -656,579 1,132,510 6,096,415 4,132,668 -693,774 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                           
          depreciation and amortization
        21,500,000 24,000,000 23,300,000 21,900,000 22,500,000 13,956,000 16,957,000 17,878,000 16,909,000 13,405,000 17,610,000 17,303,000 17,183,000 17,441,000 17,339,000 17,216,000 16,977,000 16,201,000 15,798,000 15,297,000 15,365,000 15,324,000 18,293,000 12,248,000 12,252,000 11,851,000 11,365,000 11,610,000 11,074,000 10,626,000 10,633,000 9,839,000 9,704,000 9,332,000 9,361,000 9,094,000 8,812,000 8,666,000 8,210,000 7,780,000 7,503,000 7,817,000 7,637,000 7,543,000 6,975,000 6,170,000 6,775,000 6,736,000 6,635,000 5,894,000 6,274,000 5,977,000 5,820,000 5,097,000 5,767,000 5,885,000 5,761,000 5,217,000 4,978,000 4,937,000 5,021,000 5,039,000 5,058,000 5,038,000 5,623,000 4,353,000 2,438,000 2,413,000 2,384,000 8,998,215,521    2,231,941 2,144,926 2,367,523 2,315,795 2,185,186 2,044,179 2,037,003 1,977,347 1,866,852 1,889,266 
          depreciation and accretion included in other costs
        4,300,000  3,700,000 4,000,000 4,000,000  3,366,000 4,180,000 4,016,000  2,848,000 2,880,000 2,834,000  2,499,000 3,037,000 2,744,000  2,607,000 2,493,000 2,568,000  2,255,000 2,446,000 2,361,000  2,058,000 2,187,000 2,135,000  2,036,000 2,152,000 2,276,000  2,050,000 2,000,000 1,939,000 1,977,000 1,921,000 1,790,000 1,646,000 1,698,000 1,794,000 1,797,000 1,689,000 1,425,000 1,705,000 1,664,000 1,783,000 1,619,000 1,474,000 1,554,000 1,476,000 1,468,000 1,393,000 1,288,000 1,398,000 1,361,000 1,282,000 1,418,000 1,055,000 705,000 787,000 780,000 861,000 802,000 669,000 654,000 664,000 2,237,382,382    801,121 852,405 845,356 837,624 813,557 784,527 762,136 741,846 698,894 679,114 
          deferred income taxes
        20,000,000  23,200,000 3,600,000 16,500,000 5,811,000 6,779,000 11,905,000 11,905,000 -4,884,000 2,602,000 3,242,000 2,453,000 7,489,000 4,782,000 4,036,000 7,398,000 8,599,000 5,249,000 6,476,000 6,334,000 2,525,000 9,952,000 6,494,000 5,738,000 15,687,000 1,043,000 4,316,000 3,430,000 10,179,000 3,379,000 1,199,000 6,469,000 -18,435,000 17,486,000 4,185,000 7,849,000 19,253,000 5,842,000 1,836,000 4,326,000 21,675,000 211,000 -870,000 -496,000 22,391,000 -322,000 397,000 -231,000 4,913,000 4,151,000 3,588,000 2,208,000 1,779,000 3,540,000 3,189,000 5,373,000 3,531,000 1,734,000 3,560,000 8,889,000 3,542,000 6,164,000 3,314,000 369,000 4,490,000 2,902,000 3,463,000 -790,000 11,435,558,015   2,397,087,000 250,421 -10,346 2,547,487 -956,532 1,895,537 290,537 -660,128 -1,934,479 2,433,212 546,287 
          realized loss on commodity contracts and sale of assets
          -500,000 -600,000 -1,100,000  -745,000                                                                             
          unrealized loss on investments and commodity contracts
        400,000                        1,511,000                                                           
          employee benefits and compensation
        100,000      -24,000 -24,000 -24,000 27,000 97,000 99,000 119,000 -331,000 -260,000 -260,000 -260,000 466,000 -173,000 -173,000 -173,000 175,000 11,000 10,000 11,000 822,000 399,000 382,000 382,000 400,000 228,000 228,000 365,000 393,000 396,000 423,000 670,000 457,000 380,000 380,000 334,000 300,000 301,000 300,000                             394,954 509,614 465,473 454,987 -962,316 479,231 452,772 412,921 288,243 461,768 
          share-based compensation
        3,500,000 2,500,000 1,400,000 2,300,000 2,300,000 1,951,000 1,937,000 2,399,000 2,113,000 2,765,000 1,938,000 511,000 2,408,000 1,733,000 1,150,000 1,342,000 2,213,000 1,325,000 1,305,000 1,439,000 1,876,000 1,175,000 1,332,000 1,266,000 1,056,000 1,974,000 1,210,000 608,000 487,000 278,000 288,000 727,000 1,520,000 882,000 796,000 173,000 639,000 480,000 623,000 615,000 649,000 492,000 498,000 410,000 537,000 439,000 454,000 427,000 638,000 385,000 385,000 480,000 381,000  414,000 352,000 345,000  373,000 376,000 329,000  287,000 279,000 333,000                   
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                           
          accounts receivable and accrued revenue
        -11,300,000 -48,300,000 7,600,000 17,500,000 -13,900,000 -36,613,000 -3,757,000 22,264,000 7,806,000 -29,596,000 1,054,000 25,171,000 5,641,000 -41,851,000 5,926,000 17,234,000 7,532,000 -24,073,000 -1,225,000 24,148,000 -484,000 -17,681,000 -1,200,000 3,316,000 8,139,000 -15,508,000 635,000 33,215,000 18,147,000 -49,299,000 758,000 22,581,000 9,649,000 -32,418,000 -13,950,000 21,767,000 5,095,000 -23,178,000 -6,099,000 6,002,000 -3,738,000 -4,801,000 1,704,000 28,208,000 -8,014,000 -17,621,000 1,591,000 40,360,000 -3,647,000 -20,677,000 5,701,000 2,389,000 -8,657,000 -14,974,000 -580,000 27,343,000 9,760,000 -13,996,000 14,958,000 6,551,000 7,466,000 -43,804,000 -3,148,000 10,685,000 15,800,000 -39,165,000 107,000 16,189,000 9,217,000 19,392,000,922    -30,369,747 -4,781,006 7,841,265 -879,644 -7,578,360 -3,571,226 9,880,728 10,974,718 -21,660,123 -9,812,430 
          propane inventory, storage gas and other inventory
        5,200,000 -900,000 -1,700,000 400,000 1,600,000 1,639,000 -3,233,000 125,000 4,769,000 -2,675,000 -2,084,000 -321,000 5,373,000 -4,509,000 -3,608,000 -3,761,000 4,031,000 -5,121,000 -3,311,000 -2,456,000 1,371,000 -1,115,000 -1,316,000 219,000 3,921,000 231,000 1,538,000 -749,000 7,207,000 -4,272,000 -3,465,000 -2,604,000 12,448,000 -780,000 -5,713,000 -9,231,000 6,688,000 -352,000 -2,842,000 -2,410,000 3,073,000 -1,639,000 -1,239,000 -932,000 5,337,000 40,000 -1,937,000 -2,169,000 8,243,000 -3,559,000 -3,113,000 -2,884,000 5,064,000 -3,119,000 -1,694,000 -414,000 5,830,000 -2,643,000 -3,156,000 -2,462,000 5,777,000 562,000 -3,793,000 -2,773,000 6,155,000 526,000 -2,935,000 -3,521,000 8,527,000 -1,722,371,159    2,667,223 -4,255,525 -4,820,054 7,601,692 1,832,618 -4,425,409 -4,380,236 7,327,791 -271,882 -6,773,599 
          regulatory assets and liabilities
        1,400,000  -14,700,000 -5,900,000 3,600,000  -7,126,000                                                                             
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        1,300,000 1,300,000 -5,000,000 700,000 1,600,000 791,000 -4,710,000 1,747,000 2,572,000 21,454,000 -5,718,000 -1,032,000 3,985,000 3,596,000 -4,798,000 3,700,000 6,626,000 5,293,000 -9,602,000 -1,382,000 4,171,000 1,289,000 -4,881,000 2,657,000 3,359,000 -2,844,000 4,299,000 -2,213,000 11,873,000 -5,888,000 -13,056,000 3,428,000 8,095,000 -4,141,000 -4,989,000 993,000 1,136,000 -1,872,000 -2,393,000 1,520,000 1,358,000 -600,000 -3,420,000 761,000 2,500,000 105,000 -3,987,000 998,000 2,185,000 297,000 -3,673,000 843,000 1,469,000 143,000 -2,940,000 632,000 1,452,000 399,000 -2,536,000 264,000 1,528,000 526,000 -2,918,000 1,626,000 1,923,000 -1,227,000 -2,477,000 1,597,000 1,360,000 -1,173,937,567    815,941 -1,318,035 -1,752,679 1,066,292 499,032 -625,061 -1,027,640 882,231 515,662 -38,666 
          accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
        9,400,000 2,900,000 11,700,000 -4,200,000 2,900,000 -6,075,000 11,099,000 5,490,000 -10,114,000 -5,667,000 7,145,000 2,893,000 -21,166,000 3,533,000 1,465,000 10,644,000 -12,918,000 -10,040,000 11,762,000 5,797,000 766,000 5,865,000 680,000 2,639,000 -4,243,000 -10,471,000 5,352,000 -12,119,000 -44,783,000 45,497,000 16,562,000 780,000 -26,932,000 11,081,000 4,795,000 5,617,000 -5,897,000 15,150,000 7,748,000 -2,465,000 -1,604,000 -5,752,000 3,845,000 -11,366,000 2,376,000 10,657,000 3,787,000 -27,312,000 4,821,000 10,650,000 100,000 6,564,000 1,510,000 202,000 -1,779,000 -10,220,000 -8,139,000 12,171,000 -26,457,000 11,344,000 -10,670,000 29,775,000 834,000 -2,015,000 -12,741,000 23,594,000 1,662,000 -4,131,000 -10,940,000 -15,132,245,378    23,314,572 5,841,810 -841,658 -6,184,675 8,335,224 1,683,988 -5,950,122 -15,503,460 13,705,011 12,458,493 
          income taxes receivable
        5,000,000  -17,900,000 -5,900,000 1,900,000 5,834,000        16,318,000 -6,506,000          4,820,000 -8,950,000 -116,000 -1,925,000 6,241,000 -6,575,000 -2,305,000 -383,000 8,741,000   -1,000,000 9,500,000 -12,431,000 -5,783,000 11,839,000 8,841,000     -16,446,000    -1,669,000 -2,619,000 -2,300,000 8,899,000 3,233,000 -1,930,000 -478,000 1,398,000 2,827,000 -398,000 -2,396,000 -270,000 2,631,000 -8,593,000 -6,379,000 8,580,000 1,477,000 -2,568,000 -234,000 6,345,000 -6,152,001,541    1,321,756 -1,340,826 -3,834,776 3,695,290 -1,322,527 -2,222,891 655,032 4,691,299 -2,099,723 -2,906,628 
          customer deposits and refunds
        -3,200,000 200,000 -3,200,000 6,100,000 -3,700,000 -1,681,000 2,633,000 1,093,000 -2,745,000 852,000 1,760,000 1,792,000 -476,000 -673,000 3,336,000 1,115,000 -3,114,000 696,000 1,799,000 1,528,000 -847,000 666,000 1,804,000 1,585,000 -1,817,000 1,181,000 1,324,000 129,000 -4,445,000 -732,000 2,869,000 -2,777,000 44,000 2,258,000 1,768,000 1,087,000 400,000 2,379,000 -713,000 533,000 -134,000 3,153,000 2,571,000 -858,000 -2,890,000 242,000 1,489,000 -923,000 -1,735,000 -803,000 1,399,000 -1,438,000 -2,520,000 -561,000 -159,000 -518,000 -409,000 4,369,000 1,909,000 983,000 -2,165,000 147,000 850,000 437,000 604,000 952,000 875,000 -48,000 -1,854,000 -501,242,616   8,522,705,000 1,141,917 1,031,660 1,486,146 -1,125,068 1,593,791 1,235,493 -229,064 -238,955 156,953 1,467,630 
          accrued compensation
        -11,500,000 9,400,000 -200,000 2,500,000 -14,600,000 9,331,000 1,861,000 5,288,000 -9,480,000 6,565,000 -42,000 3,375,000 -8,436,000 4,214,000 821,000 126,000 -6,392,000 1,938,000 2,657,000 1,708,000 -5,105,000 3,033,000 1,580,000 1,680,000 -8,766,000 5,867,000 1,618,000 183,000 -5,548,000 3,512,000 2,392,000 2,535,000 -7,731,000 4,518,000 1,846,000 1,090,000 -4,966,000 2,651,000 1,047,000 2,603,000 -5,943,000 1,075,000 2,382,000 1,474,000 -5,262,000 1,279,000 1,733,000 530,000 -3,505,000 1,897,000 1,000,000 693,000 -2,753,000 991,000 1,299,000 452,000 -2,305,000 1,239,000 1,014,000 -225,000 -2,009,000 604,000 652,000 1,063,000 -980,000 -1,786,000 871,000 457,000 -1,608,000 -174,253,794   1,709,203,000 777,368 741,532 556,640 -957,599 300,254 678,534 400,327 -1,921,627 766,545 57,317 
          accrued interest
        8,900,000 -8,700,000 12,500,000 -11,300,000 11,400,000 -8,955,000 10,123,000 -13,495,000 10,127,000                                      1,994,000 -1,183,000 1,301,000 -1,346,000 1,460,000 -1,501,000 1,185,000 -1,709,000 1,724,000 -1,505,000 1,290,000 -1,714,000 1,803,000 -1,085,000 844,000 -1,478,000 1,640,000 -1,208,000 949,000 -1,094,000 528,000 -508,000 1,140,000 157,312,377   1,547,136,000 -926,079 980,101 -901,330 880,420 -751,193 970,773 -913,185 967,277 -939,716 -214,507 
          other assets and liabilities
        3,700,000 -3,200,000 400,000 500,000 -1,300,000 382,000 977,000 3,146,000 1,195,000 1,934,000 -3,344,000 1,239,000 1,538,000 -959,000 1,322,000 -2,309,000 -825,000 -2,890,000 -1,295,000 -4,436,000 3,761,000 -1,977,000 120,000 -2,551,000 -1,315,000 -14,137,000 -981,000 -4,531,000 3,585,000 -5,540,000 1,318,000 -2,207,000 347,000 -2,296,000 2,905,000 -4,885,000 1,631,000 -750,000 733,000 -3,028,000 1,242,000 -3,320,000 -337,000 -3,068,000 2,753,000  -1,706,000 303,000 -240,000  -65,000                                 
          net cash from operating activities
        118,000,000 35,400,000 59,100,000 54,200,000 85,000,000 21,732,000 50,290,000 70,096,000 97,282,000 20,135,000 34,364,000 67,316,000 81,667,000 22,872,000 12,215,000 54,675,000 69,120,000 -2,280,000 18,568,000 53,834,000 80,382,000 43,036,000 24,202,000 32,870,000 58,808,000 -975,000 29,364,000 34,089,000 40,486,000 18,782,000 19,644,000 41,680,000 66,672,000 11,717,000 2,002,000 36,416,000 59,954,000 21,146,000 8,070,000 31,727,000 42,428,000 6,458,000 10,913,000 23,734,000 64,037,000 14,924,000 6,138,000 12,223,000 45,999,000 6,504,000 12,364,000 19,095,000 34,968,000 1,776,000 3,583,000 25,963,000 34,550,000 18,347,000 -7,315,000 25,819,000 34,270,000 5,359,000 -2,062,000 11,299,000 46,409,000 -1,643,000 631,000 15,785,000 31,036,000 28,528,965,886 3,780,461   5,989,956 -926,129 3,696,786 16,921,271 11,142,551 -3,418,721 2,649,324 19,743,844 -4,140,747 -5,445,491 
          capital expenditures
          
          free cash flows
        118,000,000 35,400,000 59,100,000 54,200,000 85,000,000 21,732,000 50,290,000 70,096,000 97,282,000 20,135,000 34,364,000 67,316,000 81,667,000 22,872,000 12,215,000 54,675,000 69,120,000 -2,280,000 18,568,000 53,834,000 80,382,000 43,036,000 24,202,000 32,870,000 58,808,000 -975,000 29,364,000 34,089,000 40,486,000 18,782,000 19,644,000 41,680,000 66,672,000 11,717,000 2,002,000 36,416,000 59,954,000 21,146,000 8,070,000 31,727,000 42,428,000 6,458,000 10,913,000 23,734,000 64,037,000 14,924,000 6,138,000 12,223,000 45,999,000 6,504,000 12,364,000 19,095,000 34,968,000 1,776,000 3,583,000 25,963,000 34,550,000 18,347,000 -7,315,000 25,819,000 34,270,000 5,359,000 -2,062,000 11,299,000 46,409,000 -1,643,000 631,000 15,785,000 31,036,000 28,528,965,886 3,780,461   5,989,956 -926,129 3,696,786 16,921,271 11,142,551 -3,418,721 2,649,324 19,743,844 -4,140,747 -5,445,491 
          investing activities
                                                                                           
          property, plant and equipment expenditures
        -141,900,000 -126,400,000 -108,300,000 -100,100,000 -113,800,000 -95,714,000 -101,626,000 -82,448,000 -75,512,000 -50,934,000 -47,419,000 -47,847,000 -42,418,000 -30,248,000 -32,941,000 -35,200,000 -29,887,000 -38,711,000 -43,582,000 -52,637,000 -51,994,000 -42,090,000 -40,642,000 -47,597,000 -35,182,000 -45,412,000 -48,872,000 -47,227,000 -43,216,000 -98,357,000 -44,599,000 -63,695,000 -63,116,000 -45,192,000 -41,510,000 -46,455,000 -42,172,000 -63,010,000 -36,806,000 -33,198,000 -36,847,000 -42,567,000 -37,332,000 -37,211,000 -27,508,000 -28,183,000 -26,228,000 -24,289,000 -18,464,000 -28,541,000 -27,359,000 -25,003,000 -16,217,000 -21,025,000 -16,842,000 -19,396,000 -14,744,000 -13,660,000 -12,141,000 -12,881,000 -8,355,000 -18,458,000 -12,703,000 -8,151,000 -6,099,000 -6,929,000 -7,705,000 -7,845,000 -4,124,000 -30,732,120,670 -8,283,856   -8,399,810 -6,908,023 -7,612,165 -8,357,392 -20,510,559 -12,088,181 -9,290,708 -6,956,380 -14,592,455 -7,637,302 
          proceeds from sale of assets
        100,000 8,900,000 2,800,000 600,000 600,000 2,058,000 1,375,000 1,517,000 250,000 275,000 617,000 1,528,000 506,000 316,000 177,000 3,148,000 219,000 306,000 230,000 103,000 394,000 3,760,000 47,000 167,000 4,106,000 100,000                                                        
          environmental expenditures
        100,000    100,000 -234,000 39,000 -144,000 -61,000 45,000 50,000 -18,000 -742,000 371,000 -196,000 -174,000 -267,000 -171,000 -195,000 -148,000 -247,000 -148,000 -73,000 -1,526,000 -422,000 -245,000 -281,000 -376,000 -268,000 -303,000 -149,000 -125,000 -48,000 -119,000 -75,000 -78,000 -57,000 -90,000 -83,000 -78,000 -99,000 -61,000 -40,000 -24,000 -49,000 -99,000 -55,000 -53,000 -26,000 317,000 -67,000 -189,000 -20,000 -262,000 -151,000 -139,000 -55,000 -120,000 -199,000 -162,000 -164,000 232,000 -112,000 -43,000 -367,000 -385,000 -26,000 1,000 -8,000 -479,396,470 -203,776             
          net cash from investing activities
        -141,700,000 -117,500,000 -105,500,000 -99,600,000 -113,100,000 -93,893,000 -100,212,000 -81,084,000 -74,711,000 -975,648,000 -46,752,000 -46,337,000 -42,654,000 -39,321,000 -32,960,000 -34,232,000 -29,935,000 -74,947,000 -43,547,000 -52,682,000 -51,847,000 -45,080,000 -56,297,000 -48,756,000 -31,498,000 -46,674,000 -49,033,000 -47,511,000 -43,369,000 -115,097,000 -44,506,000 -63,690,000 -62,971,000 -45,442,000 -52,876,000 -46,384,000 -42,193,000  -36,859,000 -33,238,000 -36,895,000  -37,312,000 -58,314,000 -27,359,000  -26,237,000 -23,912,000 -18,461,000  -24,843,000 -42,285,000 -18,640,000  -16,961,000 -19,456,000 -12,753,000  -11,879,000 -13,198,000 -8,220,000  -14,813,000 -8,194,000 -6,776,000          -6,938,242         
          financing activities
                                                                                           
          common stock dividends
        -16,200,000 -15,900,000 -15,800,000 -14,500,000 -14,500,000 -14,312,000 -14,061,000 -12,943,000 -12,884,000 -10,500,000 -10,500,000 -9,517,000 -9,492,000 -9,280,000 -9,292,000 -8,301,000 -8,274,000 -8,250,000 -8,240,000 -7,534,000 -7,513,000 -7,117,000 -7,068,000 -6,493,000 -6,483,000 -6,458,000 -6,476,000 -5,882,000 -5,877,000 -5,872,000 -5,870,000 -5,154,000 -5,147,000 -5,148,000 -5,144,000 -4,821,000 -4,815,000 -4,518,000 -4,511,000 -4,249,000 -4,204,000 -4,199,000 -4,193,000 -3,959,000 -3,573,000 -3,568,000 -3,565,000 -3,385,000 -3,369,000 -3,365,000 -3,360,000 -3,180,000 -3,176,000 -3,175,000 -3,173,000 -2,998,000 -2,989,000 -2,990,000 -2,988,000 -2,849,000 -2,836,000 -2,826,000 -2,818,000 -2,686,000 -2,683,000 -2,079,000 -1,930,000 -1,866,000 -2,082,000 -7,950,965,485 -2,078,485   -1,784,325 -1,779,509 -1,741,451 -1,724,536 -1,520,224 -1,516,408 -1,479,890 -1,466,009 -1,454,605 -1,446,591 
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of expenses
        5,200,000 46,900,000 14,900,000 41,400,000 19,800,000                                                                               
          tax withholding payments related to net settled stock compensation
        -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -34,000 -1,466,000 -2,455,000 -2,838,000 -1,478,000 -977,000 -692,000 -491,000 -719,000 -692,000                                               
          change in cash overdrafts due to outstanding checks
        -400,000 -2,000,000 500,000 3,600,000 -1,700,000 88,000 1,177,000 -480,000 715,000 1,856,000 -1,834,000 -323,000 1,144,000 1,013,000 -2,425,000 1,223,000 -646,000 593,000 -1,108,000 7,000 1,485,000 1,121,000 1,296,000 -4,727,000 1,681,000 -3,403,000 464,000 84,000 -6,655,000 80,000 -1,720,000 2,352,000 4,751,000 -643,000 -2,957,000 587,000 1,454,000 993,000 2,974,000 -1,501,000 -514,000 597,000 4,558,000 -2,191,000 -418,000 303,000 -305,000 -501,000 1,026,000 -1,452,000 -1,323,000 83,000 4,778,000 -2,037,000 -594,000 -1,550,000 -988,000 4,272,000 -402,000 -2,791,000 -3,765,000 7,854,000 -834,000 364,000    -685,255,026 1,547,709   -1,123,753 -261,144 -455,886 1,299,731 -993,004 -226,863 933,855 335,059 31,409 1,144,432 
          net borrowings under line of credit agreements
        42,000,000                                                                                   
          repayment of long-term debt and finance lease obligation
        -2,000,000 -11,000,000 -1,900,000 -10,600,000 -2,000,000                                                                               
          net cash from financing activities
        26,600,000 82,100,000 46,700,000 46,200,000 20,900,000 78,456,000 45,101,000 15,723,000 -25,780,000 958,624,000 10,012,000 -19,875,000 -42,152,000 20,173,000 19,039,000 -21,465,000 -38,953,000 76,317,000 25,854,000 -1,716,000 -26,459,000 2,487,000    50,314,000 16,735,000      -3,319,000 35,953,000    44,541,000 27,059,000 1,462,000 -5,073,000 35,189,000 28,076,000 20,514,000 -25,082,000 5,341,000 19,855,000 9,427,000 -26,103,000  12,061,000 22,792,000 -17,081,000  13,687,000 -6,817,000 -22,387,000 -2,941,000 19,136,000 -12,777,000 -25,709,000 12,567,000 10,362,000 -3,989,000 -32,311,000                   
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        2,900,000         3,111,000 -2,376,000 1,104,000 -3,139,000 3,724,000 -1,706,000 -1,022,000 232,000 -910,000 875,000 -564,000 2,076,000   -392,000 -3,003,000 2,665,000 -2,934,000 -721,000 1,886,000 -126,000   382,000   -3,281,000 1,522,000   -49,000 460,000    11,596,000    1,435,000     1,315,000 309,000 -310,000 -590,000 867,000 -58,000     -884,000 7,322,000 2,100,000 -886,000 -1,663,000 1,666,000 -981,632,069 -564,801      -212,326   -401,147 279,762   
          cash and cash equivalents—beginning of period
        1,800,000  7,900,000  4,904,000  6,204,000  4,976,000  3,499,000  6,985,000  6,089,000  5,614,000  4,178,000  2,855,000  4,574,000  3,356,000  3,361,000    2,637,000                           
          cash and cash equivalents—end of period
        4,700,000  300,000 800,000 700,000  -4,821,000 4,735,000 1,695,000  -2,376,000 1,104,000 3,065,000  -1,706,000 -1,022,000 5,208,000  875,000 -564,000 5,575,000  -534,000 -392,000 3,982,000  -2,934,000 -721,000 7,975,000  1,703,000 -1,484,000 5,996,000  967,000 -3,281,000 5,700,000  -1,730,000 -49,000 3,315,000  1,677,000 -14,066,000 16,170,000  -244,000 -2,262,000 4,791,000  -418,000 -398,000 2,608,000    2,047,000                           
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net operating cash:
                                                                                           
          depreciation and accretion included in operations expenses
                                                                                           
          deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
                                                                                           
          realized gains on sale of assets/commodity contracts
                                                                                           
          unrealized gains on investments/commodity contracts
                                                                                           
          other
             -5,000 34,000                        -12,000 -11,000 -12,000 -711,000 -22,000 -13,000 -4,000 -121,000 18,000 24,000 34,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 1,000 3,000 -1,000 56,000 -62,000 -19,000 -3,000 -6,000 -7,000 -7,000 -7,000 -7,000 -25,000 -2,000 -16,000    41,000     4,040,986    1,794 101 -1,000 -839 -15,511 -1,279 -1,278 -528 -60,184 -3,349 
          regulatory assets/liabilities
                10,059,000 -13,390,000 4,696,000 4,189,000 24,607,000 -11,217,000 -21,049,000 -12,179,000 5,774,000 -11,902,000 -14,273,000 -6,412,000 14,123,000 -2,689,000 -6,417,000 -3,176,000 7,309,000 -652,000 -5,550,000 -4,731,000 3,121,000 -1,649,000 -7,136,000 -476,000 11,511,000 -3,782,000 -3,328,000 -1,848,000 6,103,000 -4,197,000 -3,845,000 -3,422,000 3,941,000 -2,584,000 -6,261,000 -3,457,000 16,185,000                                       
          income taxes receivable/payable
               -10,683,000 4,647,000  -4,064,000 -8,830,000 10,095,000                              -4,417,000 -2,453,000 21,753,000                                       
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
             -3,000 -9,000 612,000     -9,760,000       -6,602,000            -238,000                                                
          net borrowings (repayments) under line of credit agreements
         64,100,000 -150,100,000 26,300,000 20,300,000 -18,769,000 5,866,000                  11,695,000 20,946,000 -73,079,000                                                         
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                        7,000           -25,000   20,000,000                               
          cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period
                                                               1,643,000 -10,000 2,828,000 1,611,000 2,590,208,199   -1 4,488,367 2,487,658 
          cash and cash equivalents — end of period
                                                             1,315,000 309,000   867,000 -58,000 -156,000 1,984,000 -1,110,000 -6,513,000 -884,000 10,150,000 2,100,000 -886,000 -1,663,000 3,277,000 1,608,576,130 -564,801   1,688,058 -4,041 -3,367,257 4,276,041 2,137,388 -15,295 -401,147 2,767,420 1,881,554 -3,313,328 
          unrealized gain on investments and commodity contracts
          -900,000 -1,300,000 400,000  -690,000                                                                             
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
            -7,200,000    -3,209,000                                  1,677,000    -244,000    -418,000 -398,000 -753,000        341,000              -4,041         
          realized (loss) on sale of assets/commodity contracts
                                                                                           
          unrealized loss on investments/commodity contracts
                -830,000 -1,095,000 310,000 -580,000 -551,000 -541,000 402,000 1,415,000 541,000  39,000 -599,000 -389,000        -721,000   -158,000 44,000   52,000 132,000 -142,000   18,000    21,000                                       
          issuance of stock under the dividend reinvestment plan, net of offering fees
              54,278,000 2,430,000 41,000  -14,000    179,000 1,017,000 3,242,000  2,270,000 2,746,000 2,053,000                                                               
          proceeds from long-term debt, net of offering fees
                  79,840,000  -31,000 -25,000 49,915,000                                                                   
          repayment of long-term debt
              -2,052,000 -10,500,000 -1,973,000  -1,971,000 -12,071,000 -1,967,000  -1,965,000 -10,315,000 -213,000                                 -39,000 -8,555,000 -15,000 -6,743,000 -15,000 -1,424,000 -20,000 -7,744,000 92,000 -1,447,000 -35,000 -5,653,000 -930,000 -1,419,000 -28,858,000 -10,887,000 -20,000 -7,655,602,870 -58   -6,636,397 -51 -63 -1,020,069 -3,000,055 -909,165 -210 -1,020,244 -3,000,231 -789,399 
          realized (loss) on commodity contracts and sale of assets
                -1,811,000                                                                           
          net repayments under line of credit agreements
                -10,213,000  22,497,000 3,561,000 -107,755,000        -19,528,000                                                               
          issuance of stock for dividend reinvestment plan
                                         -165,000 -167,000 199,000 222,000  171,000 234,000 195,000                         206,000 60,000 62,000 64,000 28,525,662   54,741 70,380 108,308 66,007 93,513 52,248 63,610 112,494 176,305 143,859 
          realized gain on commodity contracts and sale of assets
                  149,000 -748,000 -284,000  -267,000 -2,706,000 -4,274,000  -913,000 -1,828,000 -3,514,000  -1,380,000 962,000 -4,458,000                                                           
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                         
          proceeds from the sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                         
          net advances (repayments) under line of credit agreements
                      29,135,000 -1,416,000 -82,008,000  21,641,000                                                                 
          income taxes (payable) receivable
                        6,134,000  -4,331,000 -1,579,000 6,093,000  -5,329,000                                                             
          unrealized (gain) on investments/commodity contracts
                                                                                           
          repayment of long-term debt, net of offering fees
                                                                                           
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of offering fees
                              89,840,000 -13,000                                                           
          realized gain on sale of assets/commodity contracts
                                                                                           
          unrealized gain on investments/commodity contracts
                                  64,000                247,000                                         
          issuance (repurchase) of stock under equity issuance plans, net of offering fees
                                                                                           
          repayment of long-term debt and capital lease obligation
                              -10,100,000 -30,000,000         -6,590,000 -345,000 -4,749,000 -416,000 -6,565,000 -355,000 -1,824,000 -402,000 -6,558,000 -328,000 -3,858,000 -76,000 -8,249,000 14,000 -1,538,000 -196,000                                   
          issuance (repurchase) of stock under the dividend reinvestment plan
                               167,000 192,000                                                           
          net cash (used) provided by financing activities
                               15,494,000 -30,313,000                                                           
          realized (gain) loss on commodity contracts/sale of assets/investments
                                                                                           
          issuance of stock under the dividend reinvestment plan
                                  -168,000 -185,000 -183,000                                                       
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                  99,861,000 -44,000 30,000,000                                                       
          repayment of long-term debt, long-term borrowing under the revolver and capital lease obligation
                                  -6,021,000 -414,000  -365,000                                                     
          realized loss on commodity contracts/sale of assets/investments
                                   -209,000 -363,000  158,000     893,000 1,330,000   185,000 479,000                                           
          proceeds from sales of assets
                                   92,000 115,000  242,000 130,000 193,000  416,000 149,000 36,000  30,000 38,000 51,000  60,000 -149,000 198,000  46,000 430,000 29,000  109,000 11,000 34,000  32,000 79,000 2,170,000  561,000 45,000 299,000                       
          net repayment under line of credit agreements
                                    -18,149,000                -19,269,000    -21,696,000    -13,647,000  19,239,000 -1,509,000 -17,501,000  18,071,000 -7,677,000 -19,740,000  -22,981,000 -88,000           2,500,001 -7,329,054       
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities
                                    4,769,000                                      6,214,000    4,142,370       11,511,320      
          realized loss on sale of assets/investments/commodity contracts
                                                                                           
          net borrowing under line of credit agreements
                                                                                           
          (purchase) issuance of stock under the dividend reinvestment plan
                                      -190,000 -164,000 -164,000                                                   
          stock issuance
                                                                                           
          net borrowing (repayment) under line of credit agreements and short-term borrowing under the revolver
                                                                                           
          proceeds from long-term debt and long-term borrowing under the revolver
                                      -15,000                                                     
          net cash provided in financing activities
                                                                                           
          net repayment under line of credit agreements and short-term borrowing under the revolver
                                       7,900,000 -24,213,000                                                   
          net cash provided (used) in financing activities
                                                                                           
          realized gain on commodity contracts/sale of assets/investments
                                        3,416,000          275,000 154,000 -840,000                                       
          proceeds from long-term debt under the revolver
                                        25,000,000                                                   
          repayment of long term debt and capital lease obligation
                                        -428,000                                                   
          realized loss on sale of assets/investments
                                                                                           
          net (repayment) borrowing under line of credit agreements
                                           -50,785,000 -11,125,000                                               
          net cash used by financing activities
                                           6,687,000 -16,239,000                                -25,238,000        -8,707,921   6,279,007 -12,548,092 20,580,109 8,531,470 
          goodwill & long-lived asset impairment
                                                                                           
          change in intangibles
                                                                                           
          net cash used by investing activities
                                                                         -3,436,000 -7,731,000 -7,844,000 -4,132,000 -31,211,517,140 -8,487,632      -8,425,676 -20,516,483 -12,099,426 -9,329,478 -6,915,990 -14,557,808 -6,399,307 
          issuance (purchase) of stock for dividend reinvestment plan
                                                                      137,000 116,000 152,000                   
          net borrowing (repayment) under line of credit agreements
                                               4,327,000 839,000 46,280,000 31,784,000   17,481,000 22,996,000   13,343,000 17,258,000               19,575,000 7,613,000 -7,800,000 -23,200,000             24,827,231  
          realized gain on sale of assets/investments
                                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                                                                          
          purchase of stock for dividend reinvestment plan
                                                    27,000 95,000 132,000 -51,000 -341,000 -341,000 -346,000 -329,000 -326,000  -327,000 -292,000 -327,000                           
          other liabilities
                                                            -173,000 -328,000 -3,268,000 -344,000 367,000 -315,000 -130,000 132,000 -400,000 -4,000 -288,000 -24,000 503,000 757,000 176,000 179,000 -38,000 68,366,789   3,868,941,000 -6,277 -167,004 30,804 -15,222 1,211,444      
          acquisitions
                                                         -834,000                                  
          gain on sale of assets
                                                      -16,000 -412,000 -8,000    -8,000                             
          unrealized loss on commodity contracts
                                                      5,000 -6,000 68,000 60,000 -124,000 61,000 -214,000 192,000 -85,000            247,000 -159,000 1,294,000          -609,200 -43,624 -56,091   
          unrealized loss on investments
                                                                          -142,000 -113,000 94,000         -86,142      
          realized gain on sales of investments
                                                          -392,000 -241,000 -69,000                               
          employee benefits
                                                      157,000 157,000 162,000  250,000 247,000 211,000  126,000 183,000 126,000  -916,000 -188,000 497,000  -211,000 -111,000 -272,000  419,000 565,000 412,000               
          purchase of investments
                                                      21,000    -38,000 -391,000 -7,000  -95,000 -29,000  -100,000 -156,000 -44,000 2,011,000 -2,177,000 179,000 -310,000            -27,014    -44,183   
          regulatory assets
                                                      -2,987,000 -2,462,000 -2,788,000 763,000 -2,879,000 869,000 852,000 501,000 -225,000 -1,130,000 1,106,000 -1,286,000 361,000 113,000 488,000 -280,000 -259,000 -443,000 1,669,000 -660,000 -1,491,000 -295,000 604,000 410,765,544   1,355,059,000 -557,415 -384,619 -76,500 673,854 -1,230,372 -97,158 438,203 3,388,281 -2,405,464 -716,767 
          regulatory liabilities
                                                      -3,047,000 -1,164,000 2,925,000 -1,965,000 -900,000 -123,000 5,711,000 -1,123,000 -1,238,000 -3,658,000 799,000 -993,000 -4,421,000 -1,485,000 4,372,000 212,000 -741,000 -2,120,000 3,314,000 -1,108,000 -1,275,000 -1,903,000 5,357,000 -3,104,558,577   6,461,459,000 -61,270 387,264 -683,722 2,481,819 38,069 675,746 271,169 1,839,084 -1,855,421 -218,009 
          unrealized gain on investments
                                                       -115,000 -37,000   241,000 -283,000 -50,000 101,000 -185,000 -317,000 -231,000   -143,000  -73,000 111,000 -51,000          -18,106 -160,247 -27,956   12,822 -69,450   
          income taxes receivable and payable
                                                       -8,260,000 11,565,000                                   
          sale of investments
                                                        184,000     -9,000 -60,000                             
          loss on sale of assets
                                                         -10,000 -103,000   75,000 -15,000     37,000 57,000                       
          realized gain on sale of investments
                                                             -68,000                              
          other deferred charges
                                                                         -153,000 6,000   -152,600,785   3,928,526,000 -676,800 -396,076 -701,904 -703,099 -266,923 6,718 1,442 26,941 -61,772 4,812 
          long-term receivables
                                                                             207,159,440   646,558,000 23,854 8,242 17,903 33,654 28,493 20,965 30,002 57,641 106,378 29,540 
          other short-term borrowing
                                                                                        
          purchase of investments and acquisitions
                                                                                           
          purchase of investments and acquisition
                                                            -2,437,000                               
          share based compensation
                                                                           344,000 241,000 819,636,014              
          (purchase) issuance of stock for dividend reinvestment plan
                                                                 -324,000 -311,000 -302,000 -307,000                       
          (gain) loss on sale of assets
                                                                -36,000 -4,000                          
          unrealized (gain) loss on commodity contracts
                                                                60,000                           
          sale (purchase) of investments
                                                                 -39,000 441,000      -30,000    34,000 -200,470,536    56,183 101,510       -58,674  
          cash acquired in the merger, net of cash paid
                                                                                           
          (purchases of) proceeds from investments
                                                                                           
          unrealized gain on commodity contracts
                                                                    -83,000  -69,000 -159,000 -215,000         624,280 -497,853 -63,296 -233,596     403,367 -424,669 
          unrealized (gain) loss on investments
                                                                                           
          proceeds from investments
                                                                                           
          cash settlement of warrants
                                                                                          
          common stock
                                                                                           
          balance — beginning of period
                                                                                3,298,473,000           
          dividend reinvestment plan
                                                                                3,541,000           
          retirement savings plan
                                                                                1,074,000           
          conversion of debentures
                                                                                371,000           
          performance shares and options exercised
                                                                                9,166,000           
          balance — end of period
                                                                                3,312,625,000           
          additional paid-in capital
                                                                                65,701,851,000           
          stock-based compensation
                                                                                -188,558,000           
          retained earnings
                                                                                57,104,623,000           
          cash dividends declared
                                                                                -2,007,914,000           
          accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                                                -851,674,000           
          loss on funded status of employee benefit plans, net of tax
                                                                                           
          deferred compensation obligation
                                                                                1,448,232,000           
          new deferrals
                                                                                44,310,000           
          treasury stock
                                                                                -1,448,232,000           
          new deferrals related to compensation obligation
                                                                                -44,310,000           
          purchase of treasury stock
                                                                                -193,853,000           
          sale and distribution of treasury stock
                                                                                193,853,000           
          total stockholders’ equity
                                                                                125,267,425,000           
          amount includes shares purchased in the open market for the company's rabbi trust to secure its
                                                                                           
          obligations under the company's deferred compensation plan and to fund its retirement savings plan.
                                                                                           
          amount includes shares issued to the company's rabbi trust as an obligation under the deferred
                                                                                           
          compensation plan and to fund its retirement savings plan.
                                                                                           
          chesapeake utilities corporation and subsidiaries
                                                                                           
          condensed consolidated balance sheets
                                                                                           
          assets
                                                                                           
          property, plant and equipment
                                                                                           
          natural gas
                                                                                292,502,187,000           
          propane
                                                                                49,368,064,000           
          advanced information services
                                                                                1,175,080,000           
          other plant
                                                                                9,325,062,000           
          total property, plant and equipment
                                                                                352,370,393,000           
          less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                                -94,287,329,000           
          plus: construction work in progress
                                                                                4,681,713,000           
          net property, plant and equipment
                                                                                262,764,777,000           
          investments
                                                                                1,848,377,000           
          current assets
                                                                                           
          cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                2,888,868,000           
          accounts receivable (less allowance for uncollectible
                                                                                           
          accounts of 900,830 and 952,075, respectively)
                                                                                72,478,022,000           
          accrued revenue
                                                                                4,876,484,000           
          propane inventory, at average cost
                                                                                5,664,495,000           
          other inventory, at average cost
                                                                                1,220,190,000           
          storage gas prepayments
                                                                                1,375,925,000           
          prepaid expenses
                                                                                2,494,694,000           
          mark-to-market energy assets
                                                                                322,799,000           
          other current assets
                                                                                146,448,000           
          total current assets
                                                                                95,220,071,000           
          deferred charges and other assets
                                                                                           
          goodwill
                                                                                674,451,000           
          other intangible assets
                                                                                174,622,000           
          total deferred charges and other assets
                                                                                8,152,177,000           
          total assets
                                                                                367,985,402,000           
          capitalization and liabilities
                                                                                           
          capitalization
                                                                                           
          stockholders' equity
                                                                                125,267,000           
          common stock, par value 0.4867 per share
                                                                                           
          total stockholders' equity
                                                                                125,267,425,000           
          long-term debt, net of current maturities
                                                                                63,222,636,000           
          total capitalization
                                                                                188,490,061,000           
          current liabilities
                                                                                           
          current portion of long-term debt
                                                                                6,656,364,000           
          short-term borrowing
                                                                                46,186,265,000           
          accounts payable
                                                                                41,700,860,000           
          dividends payable
                                                                                2,007,948,000           
          income taxes payable
                                                                                2,874,238,000           
          mark-to-market energy liabilities
                                                                                318,249,000           
          other accrued liabilities
                                                                                2,709,742,000           
          total current liabilities
                                                                                120,694,169,000           
          deferred credits and other liabilities
                                                                                           
          deferred investment tax credits
                                                                                267,129,000           
          environmental liabilities
                                                                                792,296,000           
          other pension and benefit costs
                                                                                2,524,503,000           
          accrued asset removal cost
                                                                                20,772,783,000           
          total deferred credits and other liabilities
                                                                                58,801,172,000           
          other commitments and contingencies
                                                                                           
          total capitalization and liabilities
                                                                                367,985,402,000           
          1.
                                                                                           
          2.
                                                                                           
          3.
                                                                                           
          for the three months ended march 31,
                                                                                2,008,000           
          calculation of basic earnings per share:
                                                                                           
          weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                                6,795,309,000           
          basic earnings per share
                                                                                1,110           
          calculation of diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                           
          reconciliation of numerator:
                                                                                           
          effect of 8.25% convertible debentures
                                                                                22,808,000           
          adjusted numerator — diluted
                                                                                7,597,151,000           
          reconciliation of denominator:
                                                                                           
          weighted shares outstanding — basic
                                                                                6,795,309,000           
          effect of dilutive securities :
                                                                                           
          restricted stock
                                                                                4,669,000           
          8.25% convertible debentures
                                                                                107,146,000           
          adjusted denominator — diluted
                                                                                6,907,124,000           
          diluted earnings per share
                                                                                1,100           
          amounts associated with conversion of securities that result in an anti-dilutive effect
                                                                                           
          on earnings per share are not included in this calculation.
                                                                                           
          4.
                                                                                           
          5.
                                                                                           
          6.
                                                                                           
          operating revenues, unaffiliated customers
                                                                                           
          total operating revenues, unaffiliated customers
                                                                                           
          intersegment revenues
                                                                                           
          total intersegment revenues
                                                                                           
          operating income
                                                                                14,040,715,000           
          total operating income
                                                                                10,469,024,000           
          other income
                                                                                17,591,000           
          interest charges
                                                                                1,593,371,000           
          income taxes
                                                                                4,890,592,000           
          net income from continuing operations
                                                                                7,574,343,000           
          all significant intersegment revenues are billed at market rates and have been
                                                                                           
          identifiable assets
                                                                                           
          total identifiable assets
                                                                                           
          7.
                                                                                           
          service cost
                                                                                           
          interest cost
                                                                                           
          expected return on plan assets
                                                                                           
          amortization of prior service cost
                                                                                           
          amortization of net income
                                                                                           
          net periodic (benefit) cost
                                                                                           
          8.
                                                                                           
          9.
                                                                                           
          directors stock compensation plan
                                                                                45,893,000           
          performance incentive plan
                                                                                185,358,000           
          total compensation expense
                                                                                231,251,000           
          less: tax benefit
                                                                                92,081,000           
          sfas 123r amounts included in net income
                                                                                139,170,000           
          10.
                                                                                           
          common stock shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                           
          12,000,000 shares are authorized at a par value of 0.4867 per share.
                                                                                           
          includes shares purchased with reinvested dividends and optional cash payments.
                                                                                           
          includes shares issued for director's compensation and performance incentive plan.
                                                                                           
          includes 58,747 and 57,309 shares at march 31, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively, held
                                                                                           
          in a rabbi trust established by the company relating to the deferred compensation plan.
                                                                                           
          11.
                                                                                           
          assets:
                                                                                           
          liabilities:
                                                                                           
          12.
                                                                                           
          ·
                                                                                           
          continuing operations
                                                                                7,574,343,000           
          discontinued operations
                                                                                           
          total net income
                                                                                7,574,343,000           
          total earnings per share
                                                                                1,100           
          other & eliminations
                                                                                89,693,000           
          revenue
                                                                                68,928,383,000           
          cost of sales
                                                                                49,317,541,000           
          gross margin
                                                                                19,610,842,000           
          operations & maintenance
                                                                                6,714,372,000           
          depreciation & amortization
                                                                                1,191,538,000           
          other taxes
                                                                                1,235,908,000           
          other operating expenses
                                                                                9,141,818,000           
          statistical data — delmarva peninsula
                                                                                           
          heating degree-days
                                                                                           
          actual
                                                                                2,222,000           
          10-year average
                                                                                2,270,000           
          estimated gross margin per hdd
                                                                                1,937,000           
          per residential customer added:
                                                                                           
          estimated gross margin
                                                                                372,000           
          estimated other operating expenses
                                                                                106,000           
          residential customer information
                                                                                           
          average number of customers:
                                                                                           
          delmarva
                                                                                46,015,000           
          florida
                                                                                13,571,000           
          total
                                                                                59,586,000           
          operating income - other
                                                                                88,923,000           
          operating income - eliminations
                                                                                770,000           
          eliminations are entries required to eliminate activities between business segments from the consolidated results.
                                                                                           
          total capitalization, excluding short-term debt
                                                                                188,490,000           
          non-cash adjustments to net income
                                                                                3,421,128,000           
          changes in working capital
                                                                                -3,708,474,000           
          net cash from operating activties
                                                                                7,286,997,000           
          purchase obligations
                                                                                           
          commodities
                                                                                16,622,636,000           
          total purchase obligations
                                                                                26,990,630,000           
          at march 31, 2008
                                                                                           
          forward contracts
                                                                                           
          sale
                                                                                7,603,260,000           
          purchase
                                                                                7,140,000,000           
          estimated market prices and weighted-average contract prices are in dollars per gallon.
                                                                                           
          all contracts expire in 2008.
                                                                                           
          period
                                                                                           
          chesapeake purchased shares of stock on the open market for the purpose of reinvesting the dividend on deferred
                                                                                           
          stock units held in the rabbi trust accounts for certain senior executives under the deferred compensation plan.
                                                                                           
          the deferred compensation plan is discussed in detail in note k to the consolidated financial statements of the
                                                                                           
          company's form 10-k filed with the securities exchange commission on march 10, 2008. during the quarter,
                                                                                           
          546 shares were purchased through the reinvestment of dividends on deferred stock units.
                                                                                           
          commencing in february 2008, chesapeake purchased shares of stock on the open market for the purpose of
                                                                                           
          funding its retirement savings plan. during the quarter, 6,114 shares were purchased for this purpose.
                                                                                           
          exhibit
                                                                                           
          31.1
                                                                                           
          31.2
                                                                                           
          32.1
                                                                                           
          32.2
                                                                                           
          environmental recoveries
                                                                                   -67,669 -68,284 -5,924 -11,245 -38,770 40,390   
          supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing activities:
                                                                                           
          capital property and equipment acquired on account,
                                                                                           
          but not paid as of december 31
                                                                                           
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                           
          cash paid for interest
                                                                                           
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                                                           
          capital property and equipment acquired on account, but not paid as of september 30
                                                                                           
          capital property and equipment acquired on account, but not paid as of june 30
                                                                                           
          capital property and equipment acquired on account, but not paid as of march 31
                                                                                    1,219,839       
          sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                           
          environmental and other liabilities
                                                                                       -197,582 128,825 198,427 -53,431 
          net repayment of line of credit agreements
                                                                                        -10,509,392   
          environmental recoveries and other
                                                                                         34,647 36,705 
          net purchase of treasury stock
                                                                                           
          goodwill impairment
                                                                                           
          mark-to-market adjustments
                                                                                           
          accounts receivable
                                                                                           
          inventories, storage gas and materials
                                                                                           
          other current liabilities
                                                                                           
          other long-term liabilities
                                                                                           
          environmental recoveries, net of expenditures
                                                                                           
          issuance of stock:
                                                                                           
          dividend reinvestment plan optional cash net of issuance costs
                                                                                           
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.