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National Fuel Gas Company
(NYSE:NFG) 

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National Fuel Gas Company operates as a diversified energy company. It operates through four segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, and Utility. The Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and oil in California and in the Ap...

Founded: 1902
Full Time Employees: 2,162
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas Integrated

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      income
                                                                                   
      operating revenues:
                                                                                   
      utility revenues
    425,788,000 259,047,000 87,829,000 157,446,000 343,574,000 228,424,000 79,830,000 124,858,000 290,198,000 201,920,000 215,728,500 144,538,000 406,758,000 311,619,000                                                                  
      integrated upstream and gathering revenues
    358,823,000 323,223,000                                                                              
      pipeline and storage revenues
    73,762,000 69,237,000                                                                              
      operating revenues: - sum
    858,373,000 651,507,000 466,279,000 531,830,000 729,950,000 549,482,000 372,068,000 417,442,000 629,939,000 525,361,000 368,947,000 428,704,000 717,261,000 658,859,000 435,146,000 502,624,000 701,720,000 546,557,000 355,988,000 394,397,000 551,115,000 441,160,000 314,575,250 323,019,000 491,095,000 444,188,000 293,341,000 357,200,000 552,544,000                                                   
      operating expenses:
                                                                                   
      purchased gas
    207,851,000 85,606,000 -15,220,000 27,986,000 135,338,000 65,337,000 -17,382,000 4,952,000 105,940,000 56,552,000 -12,866,000 35,425,000 243,839,000 171,197,000 22,925,000 67,948,000 199,592,000 101,628,000 -5,191,000 18,737,000 106,661,000 51,620,000 -5,773,000 29,121,000 118,270,000 92,272,000 4,728,000 47,839,000 195,037,000 138,660,000 14,968,000 52,211,000 176,608,000 94,034,000 10,905,000 46,135,000 147,971,000 70,243,000 814,000 23,477,000 81,623,000 42,068,000 5,256,000 27,038,000 190,600,000 127,091,000 28,833,000 86,628,000 322,772,000 167,605,000 460,041,111 95,164 209,817 121,919,000 24,700,000 50,160,000 208,537,000 132,193,000 46,374,000 112,725,000 306,595,000 163,038,000 52,815,000 98,400,000 334,430,000 172,787,000 60,611,000 126,969,000 485,468,000 328,733,000 152,817,000 272,893,000 531,438,000 278,010,000 79,163,000 219,075,000 476,904,000 242,939,000  
      operation and maintenance:
                                                                                   
      utility
    67,060,000 59,897,000 55,895,000 56,053,000 63,447,000 55,244,000 51,988,000 53,412,000 59,288,000 53,705,000 39,221,250 50,080,000 56,453,000 50,352,000                                                                  
      integrated upstream and gathering and other
    61,064,000 56,306,000                                                                              
      pipeline and storage
    30,660,000 26,786,000                                                                              
      property, franchise and other taxes
    25,274,000 24,764,000 22,930,000 24,180,000 25,214,000 22,056,000 22,216,000 21,201,000 23,019,000 22,416,000 20,701,000 20,427,000 25,367,000 26,205,000 23,089,000 25,874,000 27,717,000 24,501,000 23,454,000 24,492,000 23,987,000 22,781,000 21,132,000 21,381,000 22,743,000 23,144,000 20,840,000 21,506,000 22,535,000 24,005,000 20,148,000 20,595,000 22,802,000 20,848,000 20,627,000 21,447,000 22,542,000 20,379,000 19,791,000 20,261,000 21,305,000 20,357,000 21,003,000 22,717,000 24,916,000 20,929,000 21,597,000 22,483,000 25,704,000 20,926,000 82,360,862 21,201 22,685 19,664,000 20,150,000 20,432,000 30,477,000 19,230,000 18,188,000 20,179,000 23,798,000 19,736,000 18,133,000 18,605,000 20,454,000 18,659,000 15,454,000 17,576,000 20,372,000 18,762,000 17,379,000 19,135,000 21,398,000 17,672,000 15,511,000 17,804,000 20,233,000 17,112,000  
      depreciation, depletion and amortization
    119,329,000 122,025,000 119,539,000 116,408,000 111,277,000 109,370,000 108,847,000 113,454,000 118,935,000 115,790,000 109,600,000 102,410,000 100,964,000 96,600,000 94,109,000 95,857,000 91,245,000 88,578,000 83,671,000 84,170,000 84,342,000 83,120,000 80,096,000 73,232,000 77,912,000 74,918,000 74,670,000 71,072,000 65,664,000 64,255,000 63,159,000 60,817,000 61,155,000 55,830,000 55,383,000 55,617,000 56,999,000 56,196,000 56,117,000 58,802,000 63,947,000 70,551,000 70,860,000 79,865,000 82,687,000 102,747,000 103,905,000 96,788,000 89,975,000 93,114,000 326,560,075 88,142 80,030 72,331,000 71,605,000 74,227,000 63,151,000 62,547,000 55,910,000 57,293,000 60,011,000 53,313,000 48,766,000 50,588,000 46,891,000 44,955,000 45,695,000 43,659,000 41,714,000 42,342,000 41,286,000 42,804,000 42,412,000 44,121,000 31,933,000 41,100,000 42,061,000 42,825,000  
      impairment of assets
         141,802,000                                                                          
      operating income
    347,135,000 276,123,000 179,765,000 230,252,000 317,252,000 86,191,000 -196,570,000 -51,440,000 250,623,000 207,110,000 125,303,000 154,096,000 221,377,000 254,370,000 177,795,000 180,697,000 246,366,000 209,659,000 132,273,000 150,070,000 214,039,000 143,542,000 -173,978,000 80,397,000 -24,580,000 148,020,000 83,940,000 112,827,000 153,359,000 161,683,000 80,629,000 107,760,000 156,702,000 141,995,000 87,395,000 123,354,000 169,957,000 172,139,000 81,245,000 45,161,000 -237,000,000 -305,924,000 -326,732,000 -489,214,000 44,331,000 160,560,000 102,004,000 127,013,000 180,075,000 160,581,000 517,497,216 127,004 162,991 131,208,000 107,265,000 90,293,000 132,097,000  75,191,000 94,805,000 153,756,000 117,411,000 72,605,000 89,146,000 152,586,000 126,113,000 64,922,000 88,086,000 138,642,000 -66,819,000 79,147,000 110,948,000 170,021,000 126,010,000 58,705,000 88,384,000 147,419,000 101,990,000  
      yoy
    9.42% 220.36% -191.45% -547.61% 26.59% -58.38% -256.88% -133.38% 13.21% -18.58% -29.52% -14.72% -10.14% 21.33% 34.42% 20.41% 15.10% 46.06% -176.03% 86.66% -970.79% -3.03% -307.26% -28.74% -116.03% -8.45% 4.11% 4.70% -2.13% 13.87% -7.74% -12.64% -7.80% -17.51% 7.57% 173.14% -171.71% -156.27% -124.87% -109.23% -634.61% -290.54% -420.31% -485.17% -75.38% -0.01% -80.29% 99907.09% 110381.56% 22.39% 382.45% -99.86% -99.88%  42.66% -4.76% -14.09%  3.56% 6.35% 0.77% -6.90% 11.83% 1.20% 10.06% -288.74% -17.97% -20.61% -18.46% -153.03% 34.82% 25.53% 15.33% 23.55%      
      qoq
    25.72% 53.60% -21.93% -27.42% 268.08% -143.85% 282.13% -120.52% 21.01% 65.29% -18.69% -30.39% -12.97% 43.07% -1.61% -26.66% 17.51% 58.50% -11.86% -29.89% 49.11% -182.51% -316.40% -427.08% -116.61% 76.34% -25.60% -26.43% -5.15% 100.53% -25.18% -31.23% 10.36% 62.47% -29.15% -27.42% -1.27% 111.88% 79.90% -119.06% -22.53% -6.37% -33.21% -1203.55% -72.39% 57.41% -19.69% -29.47% 12.14% -68.97% 407365.29% -22.08% -99.88% 22.32% 18.80% -31.65%   -20.69% -38.34% 30.96% 61.71% -18.55% -41.58% 20.99% 94.25% -26.30% -36.47% -307.49% -184.42% -28.66% -34.74% 34.93% 114.65% -33.58% -40.05% 44.54%   
      other income:
                                                                                   
      other income
    17,002,000 8,233,000 4,942,000 8,534,000 15,232,000 7,720,000 3,237,000 3,188,000 6,070,000 3,732,000 5,384,000 3,551,000 2,884,000 6,318,000 -4,800,000 -5,649,000 10,018,000 -1,079,000 -160,000 -2,028,000 -10,875,000 -2,176,000 157,000 2,547,000 -17,480,000 -3,040,000 1,435,000 -1,456,000 -5,919,000 -9,602,000 1,205,000 999,000 770,000 1,722,000 2,315,000 1,370,000 1,744,000 1,614,000 2,647,000 1,519,000 3,236,000 2,418,000 3,401,000 2,066,000 1,388,000 1,183,000 2,614,000 1,496,000 5,123,000 228,000 4,692,924 1,163 1,087 1,415,000 1,057,000 1,086,000 1,654,000 1,336,000 1,878,000 1,890,000 1,945,000 993,000 1,165,000 851,000 1,266,000 356,000 117,000 664,000 468,000 5,327,000 2,394,000 1,649,000 2,080,000 1,253,000 908,000 787,000 2,526,000 715,000  
      interest expense on long-term debt
    -30,083,000 -33,513,000 -33,514,000 -34,333,000 -39,662,000 -33,362,000 -33,008,000 -32,876,000 -28,453,000 -28,462,000 -28,449,000 -26,311,000 -27,583,000 -29,604,000 -30,207,000 -30,091,000 -30,079,000 -30,130,000 -30,161,000 -30,220,000 -48,820,000 -32,256,000 -32,159,000 -27,140,000 -25,270,000 -25,443,000 -25,598,000 -25,303,000 -25,273,000 -25,439,000 -28,534,000 -27,177,000 -27,148,000 -28,087,000 -29,230,000 -29,225,000 -28,913,000 -29,103,000 -29,084,000 -28,897,000 -28,994,000 -30,372,000 -29,016,000 -22,213,000 -22,376,000 -22,311,000 -22,427,000 -22,116,000 -22,766,000 -22,885,000 -90,212,406 -22,998 -22,786 -21,448,000 -21,408,000 -21,529,000 -20,425,000 -18,641,000 -17,573,000 -17,876,000 -17,926,000 -20,192,000 -21,952,000 -21,115,000 -22,061,000 -22,063,000 -22,062,000 -21,756,000 -17,545,000 -18,056,000 -18,054,000 -19,468,000 -16,289,000 -16,289,000 -16,288,000 -18,226,000 -17,888,000 -16,043,000  
      other interest expense
    -3,651,000 -9,861,000 -1,931,000 -3,556,000 -5,095,000 -4,381,000 -1,646,000 -1,341,000 -6,636,000 -6,273,000 -4,453,000 -5,781,000 -5,861,000 -3,843,000 -3,289,000 -3,882,000 -1,519,000 -1,161,000 -270,000 -1,012,000 -1,698,000 -1,919,000 -2,202,000 -1,420,000 -1,892,000 -1,551,000 -1,081,000 -1,202,000 -1,787,000 -1,073,000 -834,000 -1,006,000 -1,233,000 -502,000 -686,000 -846,000 -924,000 -910,000 241,000 -1,321,000 -1,237,000 -1,380,000 -173,000 -1,007,000 -1,584,000 -790,000 -623,000 -1,136,000 -1,375,000 -949,000 -3,835,149 -1,303 -526 -1,068,000 -1,387,000 -828,000 -1,253,000 -770,000 -540,000 -1,159,000 -1,454,000 -1,401,000 -1,492,000 -1,874,000 -2,006,000 -1,384,000 -2,484,000 -2,539,000 -2,849,000 375,000 339,000 -1,199,000 -2,285,000 -724,000 -1,152,000 -1,512,000 -1,516,000 -1,849,000  
      income before income taxes
    330,403,000 240,982,000 149,262,000 200,897,000 287,727,000 56,168,000 -227,987,000 -82,469,000 221,604,000 176,107,000 97,785,000 125,555,000 190,817,000 227,241,000 139,499,000 141,075,000 224,786,000 177,289,000 101,682,000 116,810,000 152,646,000 107,191,000 -208,182,000 54,384,000 -69,222,000 117,986,000 58,696,000 84,866,000 120,380,000 125,569,000 54,325,000 82,208,000 130,116,000 117,377,000 61,063,000 95,506,000 142,255,000 145,340,000 56,644,000 17,026,000 -263,717,000 -333,459,000 -350,229,000 -510,041,000 21,805,000 139,900,000 84,417,000 105,627,000 161,306,000 137,677,000 432,475,899 104,183 140,906 111,493,000 70,775,250 69,412,000 112,265,000 101,424,000     75,890,500 68,201,000 130,783,000 104,577,000 27,317,500 66,542,000 120,695,000 -77,967,000     72,945,500 72,008,000 132,368,000 87,407,000  
      income tax expense
    82,735,000 59,337,000 41,920,000 51,079,000 71,369,000 11,182,000 -60,366,000 -28,311,000 55,332,000 43,087,000 24,108,000 32,935,000 49,937,000 57,552,000 -18,643,000 32,917,000 57,458,000 44,897,000 14,720,000 30,335,000 40,210,000 29,417,000 -62,637,000 13,134,000 36,846,000 31,395,000 11,415,000 21,113,000 29,785,000 22,909,000 16,331,000 19,183,000 38,269,000 -81,277,000 15,487,000 35,792,000 52,971,000 56,432,000 19,092,000 8,740,000 -116,030,000 -144,350,000 -162,526,000 -216,907,000 5,136,000 55,160,000 26,987,000 41,107,000 66,095,000 55,425,000 172,646,174 45,688 55,186 43,549,000 38,728,000 26,228,000 44,873,000 40,725,000 23,177,000 31,017,000 72,136,000 38,052,000 21,177,000 25,616,000 50,355,000 40,078,000 15,560,000 23,638,000 47,211,000 -35,289,000 24,457,000 36,722,000 61,730,000 45,014,000 19,796,000 25,210,000 53,921,000 32,887,000  
      net income available for common stock
    247,668,000 181,645,000 107,342,000 149,818,000 216,358,000 44,986,000 -167,621,000 -54,158,000 166,272,000 133,020,000 73,677,000 92,620,000 140,880,000 169,689,000 158,142,000 108,158,000 167,328,000 132,392,000 86,962,000 86,475,000 112,436,000 77,774,000 -145,545,000 41,250,000 -106,068,000 86,591,000 47,281,000 63,753,000 90,595,000 102,660,000 37,994,000 63,025,000 91,847,000 198,654,000 45,576,000 59,714,000 89,284,000 88,908,000 37,552,000 8,286,000 -147,687,000 -189,109,000 -187,703,000 -293,134,000 16,669,000 84,740,000 57,430,000 64,520,000 95,211,000 82,252,000 259,829,725 58,495 85,720 67,944,000 48,802,000 43,184,000 67,392,000 60,699,000 37,357,000 46,891,000 115,611,000 58,543,000 38,401,000 42,585,000 80,428,000 64,499,000 26,998,000 42,904,000 73,484,000 -42,678,000 43,265,000 59,855,000 95,004,000 70,604,000 157,690,000 46,798,000 78,447,000 54,520,000  
      earnings reinvested in the business
                                                                                   
      balance at beginning of period
    2,143,340,000 2,012,529,000 431,831,500 1,855,366,000 1,698,648,000 1,727,326,000 471,464,000 2,090,172,000 1,973,279,000 1,885,856,000 396,771,250 1,810,454,000 1,713,176,000 1,587,085,000 297,793,750 1,407,683,000 1,281,963,000 1,191,175,000 247,907,500 1,100,718,000 1,028,844,000 991,630,000 318,150,250 1,176,870,000 1,320,592,000 1,272,601,000 274,725,000 1,236,657,000 1,172,334,000 1,098,900,000 212,917,250 1,070,939,000 1,014,733,000 851,669,000 169,090,250 817,348,000 762,641,000 676,361,000 275,800,000 699,399,000 880,619,000 1,103,200,000 403,590,250 1,650,840,000 1,666,659,000 1,614,361,000 360,654,250 1,557,184,000 1,493,466,000 1,442,617,000 301,505.5 1,398,999 1,343,765                           
      share repurchases under repurchase plan
      7,000 -3,311,000 -13,085,000 -26,993,000 -28,571,000 -18,435,000 -3,816,000                                                                       
      dividends on common stock
    -50,840,000 -50,834,000 -48,353,000 -48,340,000 -46,555,000 -46,671,000 -46,866,000 -47,195,000 -45,563,000 -45,597,000 -45,451,000 -45,444,000 -43,602,000 -43,598,000 -43,452,000 -43,446,000 -41,608,000 -41,604,000 -41,487,000 -41,493,000 -40,562,000 -40,560,000 -40,475,000 -40,470,000 -37,654,000 -37,650,000 -37,547,000 -37,543,000 -36,678,000 -36,663,000 -36,532,000 -36,526,000 -35,641,000 -35,590,000 -35,500,000 -35,469,000 -34,577,000 -34,544,000 -34,472,000 -34,404,000 -33,533,000 -33,472,000 -33,415,000 -33,388,000 -32,488,000 -32,442,000 -32,400,000 -32,373,000 -31,493,000 -31,403,000 -123,578,601 -31,346 -30,486  -30,416,000 -30,393,000 -29,527,000 -29,479,000 -29,399,000 -29,358,000 -28,478,000 -28,407,000 -28,315,000 -28,278,000 -27,222,000 -27,129,000 -26,967,000 -26,761,000 -25,841,000 -25,841,000 -25,714,000 -26,479,000 -25,307,000 -26,023,000 25,872,000 25,897,000 24,940,000 24,787,000  
      balance at march 31
    2,340,168,000    1,855,366,000    2,090,172,000    1,810,454,000    1,407,683,000    1,100,718,000    1,176,870,000    1,236,657,000    1,070,939,000    817,348,000    699,399,000    1,650,840,000    1,557,184,000    1,398,999    1,275,107,000    1,180,531,000    1,038,869,000    932,119,000    1,008,084,000    834,902,000   
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                   
      basic:
                                                                                   
      diluted:
                                                                                   
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      used in basic calculation
    95,026,278,000 91,171,715,000 -45,312,000 90,358,018,000 90,500,162,000 90,777,446,000 -174,867,000 91,874,049,000 92,114,415,000 91,910,244,000 23,604,000 91,803,638,000 91,794,765,000 91,579,814,000 22,208,000 91,456,265,000 91,444,638,000 91,266,300,000 16,968,000 91,172,683,000 91,163,291,000 91,007,657,000 1,002,447,000 87,966,289,000 86,561,066,000 86,378,450,000 26,784,000 86,306,434,000 86,290,047,000 86,032,729,000 41,318,000 85,930,289,000 85,809,233,000 85,630,296,000 49,775,000 85,422,313,000 85,334,887,000 85,189,851,000 56,546,000 84,917,664,000 84,806,982,000 84,651,233,000 61,573,000 84,453,602,000 84,317,508,000 84,208,645,000 66,225,000 84,029,124,000 83,856,120,000 83,707,687,000 83,435,788,917 83,557,968 83,498,508 83,390,278,000 59,761,000 83,227,602,000 83,107,884,000 82,870,931,000 77,412,000 82,687,467,000 82,400,851,000 82,223,428,000 202,434,000 81,801,377,000 81,175,261,000 80,612,303,000 199,127,000 79,551,195,000 79,514,793,000 79,289,005,000 -485,413,000 81,342,788,000 83,406,242,000 83,611,177,000 123,057,000 83,483,718,000 82,895,087,000 82,679,343,000  
      used in diluted calculation
    95,691,950,000 91,962,479,000 -20,074,000 91,139,556,000 91,176,327,000 91,434,741,000 -123,276,000 91,874,049,000 92,512,447,000 92,442,145,000 17,014,000 92,294,666,000 92,256,348,000 92,268,210,000 23,506,000 92,168,518,000 92,064,711,000 92,032,775,000 41,734,000 91,762,898,000 91,645,679,000 91,508,259,000 622,533,000 88,323,699,000 86,561,066,000 86,883,152,000 7,478,000 86,839,841,000 86,767,673,000 86,708,814,000 68,798,000 86,501,194,000 86,323,636,000 86,325,537,000 70,644,000 86,064,464,000 86,006,614,000 85,797,989,000 56,546,000 85,470,216,000 84,806,982,000 84,651,233,000 -849,759,000 85,248,281,000 85,133,142,000 85,118,516,000 59,874,000 84,973,100,000 84,837,123,000 84,659,001,000 84,257,529,564 84,325,465 84,159,734 84,006,050,000 49,335,000 83,674,823,000 83,678,261,000 83,699,981,000 21,304,000 83,782,493,000 83,673,977,000 83,420,351,000 103,868,000 82,970,921,000 82,569,323,000 82,172,649,000 379,898,000 80,391,402,000 80,129,743,000 80,167,893,000 -525,542,000 83,712,193,000 85,385,944,000 85,819,534,000 108,584,000 85,668,055,000 85,033,127,000 84,730,910,000  
      dividends per common share:
                                                                                   
      dividends declared
    535 535 391.25 535 515 515 376.25 515 495 495 361.25 495 475 475 346.25 475 455 455 336.25 455 445 445 328.75 445 435 435 321.25 435 425 425 313.75 425 415 415 306.25 415 405 405 298.75 405 395 395 291.25 395 385 385 283.75 385 375 375 0.269 0.375 0.365                           
      balance at december 31
     2,143,340,000    1,698,648,000    1,973,279,000    1,713,176,000    1,281,963,000    1,028,844,000    1,320,592,000    1,172,334,000    1,014,733,000    762,641,000    880,619,000    1,666,659,000    1,493,466,000    1,343,765,000    1,237,242,000    1,093,398,000   985,663,000 985,663,000   884,476,000 884,476,000   1,027,951,000 1,027,951,000   781,728,000 781,728,000  
      exploration and production and other revenues
      216,175,250 303,883,000 311,958,000 248,860,000 221,541,000 220,905,000 264,614,000 254,019,000 220,348,000 216,581,000 244,552,000 276,973,000 252,035,000 252,638,000 261,676,000 244,281,000 215,664,000 209,618,000 220,281,000 192,035,000 155,812,000 132,338,000 156,542,000 167,193,000 166,261,000 159,864,000 146,467,000 163,937,000 143,997,000 137,492,000 147,868,000 140,450,000 144,049,000 151,925,000 159,997,000 161,694,000 155,734,000 158,578,000 144,570,000                                       
      pipeline and storage and gathering revenues
      54,279,000 70,501,000 74,418,000 72,198,000 70,697,000 71,679,000 75,127,000 69,422,000 69,734,000 67,585,000 65,951,000 70,267,000 70,859,000 70,098,000 70,952,000 65,592,000 60,022,000 57,846,000 59,985,000 59,659,000 54,162,000 51,020,000 51,919,000 48,969,000 47,154,000 46,024,000 48,423,000 54,218,000 51,958,000 51,332,000 53,615,000 53,480,000 50,432,000 50,083,000 53,189,000 53,026,000 53,118,000 53,063,000 56,389,000                                       
      exploration and production and other
      25,968,500 35,272,000 35,059,000 33,541,000 38,540,000 35,148,000 32,794,000 34,826,000 37,955,000 27,659,000 31,782,000 26,874,000 31,556,000 64,593,000 49,806,000 45,619,000 46,008,000 43,112,000 41,895,000 42,027,000 39,800,000 32,404,000 39,959,000 36,693,000 38,847,000 35,674,000 40,141,000 32,795,000 35,113,000 31,141,000 39,586,000 35,542,000 42,946,000 34,098,000 37,593,000 30,461,000 36,236,000 35,427,000 42,964,000                                       
      pipeline and storage and gathering
      29,995,500 41,679,000 42,363,000 35,941,000 45,996,000 40,019,000 39,340,000 34,962,000 39,900,000 38,607,000 37,479,000 33,261,000 39,137,000 33,988,000 33,518,000 29,928,000 35,747,000 31,239,000 28,133,000 28,098,000 31,152,000 24,298,000 27,305,000 25,885,000 30,926,000 28,675,000 27,249,000 24,934,000 32,795,000 24,770,000 22,642,000 20,037,000 29,184,000 23,250,000 23,106,000 22,660,000 24,477,000 23,215,000 21,541,000                                       
      balance at june 30
      488,383,250 1,953,533,000   492,596,000 1,970,384,000   464,407,500 1,857,630,000   368,098,750 1,472,395,000   286,425,000 1,145,700,000   294,412,500 1,177,650,000   315,716,750 1,262,867,000   274,359,500 1,097,438,000   210,398,250 841,593,000   168,320,250 673,281,000   331,079,500 1,324,318,000   397,332,750 1,589,331,000   321,974.5 1,426,148   321,974,500 1,287,898,000   299,516,000 1,198,064,000   263,294,000 1,053,176,000   237,065,500 948,262,000   256,094,250 1,024,377,000   213,950,750 855,803,000    
      impairment of exploration and production properties
          50,174,000 200,696,000                                                                        
      gain on sale of assets
                   12,736,000                                                                
      utility and energy marketing revenues
                  112,252,000 179,888,000 369,092,000 236,684,000 80,302,000 126,933,000 270,849,000 189,466,000 78,016,000 139,661,000 282,634,000 228,026,000 79,926,000 151,312,000 357,654,000 272,092,000 93,240,000 154,088,000 339,422,000 225,725,000 92,456,000 146,360,000 308,889,000 207,780,000 83,621,000 123,976,000 248,173,000                                       
      utility and energy marketing
                  46,535,000 46,403,000 53,476,000 46,644,000 40,026,000 42,577,000 52,058,000 44,886,000 42,120,000 43,950,000 51,725,000 43,256,000 39,390,000 39,607,000 48,559,000 43,915,000 42,383,000 45,618,000 61,410,000 51,369,000 40,497,000 44,467,000 63,907,000 50,422,000 41,038,000 46,616,000 57,309,000                                       
      impairment of oil and gas producing properties
                         76,152,000 253,441,000 18,236,000 177,761,000              32,755,000 82,658,000 397,443,000 435,451,000 417,197,000 588,712,000 120,348,000                         182,811,000          
      gain on sale of timber properties
                         51,066,000                                                          
      cumulative effect of adoption of authoritative guidance for hedging
                             -950,000                                                      
      cumulative effect of adoption of authoritative guidance for financial assets and liabilities
                                                                                   
      cumulative effect of adoption of authoritative guidance for reclassification of stranded tax effects
                                10,406,000                                                   
      cumulative effect of adoption of authoritative guidance forfinancial assets and liabilities
                              1,859,250   7,437,000                                                  
      interest income
                                  1,859,000 1,632,000 1,025,000 2,249,000 1,269,000 853,000 391,000 1,600,000 1,595,000 564,000 278,000 1,799,000 2,291,000 327,000 46,000 1,258,000 2,849,000 370,000 249,000 702,000 4,333,314 317 140 1,386,000 2,003,000 390,000 192,000 1,105,000 1,639,000 325,000 68,000 884,000 1,680,000 569,000 326,000 1,154,000 1,418,000 1,460,000 1,005,000 1,892,000 2,459,000 3,086,000 2,177,000 3,093,000 -2,347,000 1,649,000 885,000 1,363,000  
      cumulative effect of adoption of authoritative guidance for stock-based compensation
                                         31,916,000                                          
      operating revenues
                                             375,195,000 301,062,000 339,815,000 596,127,000 523,909,000 366,623,000 440,144,000 756,242,000 550,072,000 1,828,237,407 440,008 597,826 452,854,000 313,260,000 328,861,000 552,309,000 432,423,000 286,034,000 380,979,000 660,881,000 450,948,000 277,985,000 354,127,000 671,380,000 457,011,000 278,933,000 367,111,000 804,645,000 607,163,000 397,858,000 548,382,000 885,853,000 568,268,000 260,025,000 463,145,000 812,156,000 504,240,000  
      operating expenses
                                                                                   
      operation and maintenance
                                             112,692,000 113,478,000 110,697,000 133,245,000 112,582,000 110,284,000 107,232,000 137,716,000 107,846,000 441,778,143 108,497 122,303 107,732,000 89,540,000 93,749,000 118,047,000 100,059,000 90,371,000 95,977,000 116,721,000 97,450,000 85,666,000 97,388,000 117,019,000 94,497,000 92,251,000 90,821,000 118,449,000 101,334,000 107,229,000 102,602,000 120,584,000 102,455,000 74,713,000 96,782,000 125,539,000 99,374,000  
      operating expenses - sum
                                              436,043,000 829,029,000                              442,258,000 360,437,000 374,761,000 664,737,000 402,250,000  
      balance at october 1
                                                         1,306,284,000 301,505,500   1,206,022,000 265,815,500   1,063,262,000 237,073,250   948,293,000 238,449,750   953,799,000 245,944,000   983,776,000 196,503,250   786,013,000  
      balance at april 1
                                                           1,275,107,000    1,180,531,000    1,038,869,000    932,119,000    1,008,084,000    834,902,000    
      gain on sale of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                50,879,000                   
      balance at january 1
                                                            1,237,242,000    1,093,398,000                   
      operating income other income:
                                                             118,394,000                      
      income from unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                              -61,000 -77,000 479,000 -1,100,000 792,000 624,000 672,000 401,000 2,451,000 627,000 974,000 -686,000 1,437,000 1,561,000 1,030,000 2,275,000 1,880,000 926,000 942,000 1,231,000  
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                              60,534,000 77,908,000 187,747,000 96,595,000         67,722,000 96,577,000 156,734,000 115,618,000      
      income from continuing operations
                                                              37,357,000 46,891,000 115,611,000 58,543,000         43,265,000 59,855,000 95,004,000 70,604,000      
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                   
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations
                                                                                   
      impairment of investment in partnership
                                                                                   
      adoption of authoritative guidance for defined benefit pension and other post-retirement plans
                                                                                   
      share repurchases
                                                                          -88,129,000 -17,083,000 -89,564,000  3,845,000  333,000 34,018,000  
      cumulative effect of the adoption of fin 48
                                                                          -101,500   -406,000      
      adoption of sfas 158 measurement date provision
                                                                      -201,000   -804,000          
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        assets
                                                                                     
        property, plant and equipment
      15,832,704,000 15,616,382,000 15,406,329,000 15,044,963,000 14,834,817,000 14,675,281,000 14,524,798,000 14,245,690,000 14,056,169,000 13,857,060,000 13,635,303,000 13,326,563,000 12,978,137,000 12,773,470,000 12,551,909,000 12,299,545,000 13,457,342,000 13,293,191,000 13,103,639,000 12,834,695,000 12,648,604,000 12,495,227,000 12,351,852,000 11,710,155,000 11,559,528,000 11,402,308,000 11,204,838,000 10,988,435,000 10,788,894,000 10,604,089,000 10,439,839,000 10,254,976,000 10,126,931,000 10,023,252,000 9,945,560,000 9,816,295,000 9,704,134,000 9,620,006,000 9,539,581,000 9,460,444,000 9,451,538,000 9,311,376,000 9,261,323,000 8,937,174,000 8,691,487,000 8,452,022,000 8,245,791,000 7,951,544,000 7,689,518,000 7,468,200,000 7,313,203,000 7,102,369,000 6,954,180,000 6,791,637,000 6,615,813,000 6,438,525,000 6,180,827,000 5,922,308,000 5,646,918,000 5,392,065,000 6,019,453,000 5,837,365,000 5,637,498,000 5,518,060,000 5,413,119,000 5,245,050,000 5,183,527,000 5,078,088,000 5,032,215,000 4,982,596,000 4,873,969,000 4,730,708,000 4,593,980,000 4,525,608,000 4,461,586,000 4,928,627,000 4,820,700,000 4,742,029,000 4,703,040,000 
        less - accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
      7,902,521,000 7,800,307,000  7,588,956,000 7,487,618,000 7,393,477,000  6,834,824,000 6,548,662,000 6,435,129,000  6,245,650,000 6,162,406,000 6,074,626,000  5,914,097,000 6,882,961,000 6,802,436,000  6,649,038,000 6,572,534,000 6,503,561,000  6,088,803,000 6,003,658,000 5,756,084,000  5,636,065,000 5,573,020,000 5,520,472,000  5,411,746,000 5,344,134,000 5,294,211,000  5,232,771,000 5,185,077,000 5,133,877,000  5,012,690,000 4,879,363,000 4,428,593,000  3,455,446,000 2,794,981,000 2,598,291,000  2,413,958,000 2,325,636,000        1,750,636,000            1,973,743,000           
        current assets
                                                                                     
        cash and temporary cash investments
      26,596,000 271,398,000 43,166,000 39,317,000 39,954,000 48,694,000 38,222,000 81,414,000 50,769,000 41,685,000 55,447,000 53,415,000 71,533,000 244,475,000 46,048,000 432,576,000 52,569,000 79,065,000 31,528,000 118,012,000 80,467,000 109,413,000 20,541,000 556,264,000 111,655,000 34,966,000 20,428,000 87,515,000 100,643,000 109,754,000 229,606,000 313,307,000 227,994,000 166,289,000 555,530,000 285,325,000 231,173,000 136,493,000 129,972,000 105,567,000 93,700,000 36,329,000 113,596,000 310,031,000 69,441,000 43,924,000 36,886,000 102,653,000 150,864,000 23,880,000 64,858,000 134,582,000 112,413,000 61,017,000 74,494,000 140,815,000 192,243,000 224,262,000 80,428,000 184,710,000 144,767,000 79,622,000 395,171,000 458,847,000 426,804,000 404,401,000 408,053,000 433,230,000 86,048,000 136,685,000 68,239,000 259,198,000 216,412,000 189,767,000 124,806,000 62,530,000 121,809,000 47,598,000 69,611,000 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 24,017 and 17,099, respectively
      292,548,000                                                                               
        unbilled revenue
      52,963,000 69,645,000 16,219,000 15,347,000 49,077,000 57,117,000 15,521,000 15,032,000 46,571,000 48,265,000 16,622,000 13,476,000 60,018,000 87,110,000 30,075,000 18,525,000 49,551,000 56,836,000 17,000,000 12,812,000 32,685,000 45,829,000 17,302,000 17,903,000 44,715,000 58,306,000 18,758,000 18,047,000 60,196,000 74,497,000 24,182,000 18,930,000 60,059,000 74,790,000 22,883,000 19,729,000 52,852,000 59,121,000 18,382,000 14,604,000 35,140,000 40,178,000 20,746,000 18,234,000 56,148,000 69,429,000 25,663,000 22,225,000 83,378,000 80,828,000                              
        gas stored underground
      4,768,000 18,978,000 33,468,000 12,810,000 6,413,000 24,725,000 35,055,000 14,186,000 8,565,000 26,891,000 32,509,000 13,047,000 6,554,000 23,780,000 32,364,000 12,336,000 6,302,000 22,767,000 33,669,000 12,451,000 5,745,000 19,648,000 33,338,000 14,356,000 8,860,000 29,991,000 36,632,000 17,075,000 6,848,000 30,336,000 37,813,000 16,090,000 6,842,000 24,139,000 35,689,000 17,793,000 9,027,000 23,431,000 34,332,000 15,944,000 8,599,000 28,811,000 34,252,000 16,506,000 7,361,000 25,555,000 39,422,000 20,183,000 3,176,000 36,047,000 51,484,000 22,180,000 14,443,000 44,485,000 49,795,000 24,787,000 16,195,000 50,808,000 54,325,000 22,525,000 11,927,000 47,839,000 48,584,000 27,245,000 14,696,000 49,042,000 55,862,000 27,721,000 15,950,000 64,279,000 87,294,000 53,735,000 19,512,000 60,481,000 66,195,000 30,829,000 17,021,000 57,865,000 59,461,000 
        materials and supplies - at average cost
      53,773,000 49,862,000 50,545,000 51,022,000 48,451,000 47,820,000 47,670,000 48,331,000 47,258,000 47,692,000 48,989,000 48,288,000 45,204,000 43,599,000          51,396,000 48,113,000 40,373,000  39,010,000 37,695,000 34,947,000  34,693,000 34,769,000 35,139,000  34,706,000 34,695,000 34,170,000  33,039,000 33,430,000 32,389,000  31,339,000 31,658,000 28,425,000  25,620,000 25,551,000 27,364,000  31,641,000 31,538,000 29,946,000   28,395,000                       
        unrecovered purchased gas costs
      13,005,000 20,723,000 5,769,000 2,903,000 3,562,000       24,098,000 26,851,000 78,739,000 99,342,000 32,412,000 3,751,000 32,602,000 33,128,000  479,000 367,000    1,619,000 2,246,000  5,760,000 8,700,000 4,204,000  426,000 7,787,000 4,623,000 3,757,000 4,681,000 3,697,000 2,440,000 933,000 1,245,000        1,825,000 9,001,000 12,408,000     2,100,000  3,002,000          1,900,000 2,926,000 26,716,000 37,708,000 5,680,000 1,421,000 12,186,000 14,769,000  13,962,000 23,991,000 12,970,000 
        other current assets
      63,943,000 62,097,000 80,759,000 64,241,000 78,532,000 83,435,000 92,229,000 82,923,000 85,123,000 99,400,000 100,260,000 71,586,000 75,233,000 61,117,000 59,369,000 61,359,000 68,265,000 64,314,000 59,660,000 51,969,000 56,117,000 47,904,000 47,557,000 47,652,000 100,188,000 96,831,000 97,054,000 56,052,000 57,586,000 69,219,000 68,024,000 52,690,000 60,324,000 47,914,000 51,505,000 50,852,000 51,585,000 49,778,000 59,354,000 47,118,000 56,714,000 66,145,000 60,665,000 49,449,000 59,592,000 68,053,000 54,752,000 49,412,000 54,903,000 45,197,000 56,905,000 46,205,000 51,731,000 49,108,000 56,121,000 48,246,000 40,354,000 43,516,000 38,334,000 44,786,000 58,522,000 107,201,000 115,969,000 42,639,000 50,593,000 64,052,000 68,474,000 32,477,000 53,718,000 56,385,000 65,158,000 31,767,000 30,854,000 32,453,000 45,057,000 26,324,000 30,700,000 60,205,000 63,723,000 
        current assets - sum
      507,596,000 758,600,000 410,727,000 408,155,000 568,473,000 464,612,000 355,919,000 398,732,000 419,003,000 453,602,000 414,428,000 407,287,000 543,358,000 872,830,000 761,131,000 1,150,345,000 671,116,000  522,449,000 439,557,000 457,184,000 453,439,000    430,696,000 362,623,000 403,296,000                611,470,000                              676,840,000  488,651,000 704,329,000 570,305,000 519,453,000 
        other assets
                                                                                     
        recoverable future taxes
      96,226,000 92,405,000 89,247,000 90,493,000 88,623,000 83,740,000 80,084,000 80,820,000 77,416,000 73,283,000 69,045,000 104,794,000 104,426,000 107,467,000 106,247,000 125,576,000 123,709,000 124,439,000 121,992,000 118,883,000 117,300,000 117,431,000 118,310,000 116,758,000 115,934,000 116,188,000 115,197,000 113,619,000 113,441,000 114,219,000 115,460,000 115,688,000 115,514,000 116,792,000 181,363,000 182,469,000 179,928,000 179,941,000 177,261,000 172,456,000 172,417,000 172,205,000 168,214,000 168,436,000 163,976,000 164,390,000 163,485,000 162,138,000 161,258,000 162,296,000 163,355,000 152,122,000 150,721,000 152,202,000 150,941,000 147,652,000 146,561,000 145,469,000 144,377,000 151,142,000 152,017,000 150,865,000 149,712,000 138,435,000 138,435,000 138,435,000 138,435,000 83,543,000 83,541,000 83,541,000 82,506,000 83,453,000 83,620,000 83,787,000 83,954,000 79,010,000 79,177,000 79,344,000 79,511,000 
        unamortized debt expense
      5,307,000 5,772,000 6,236,000 6,701,000 7,166,000 5,206,000 5,604,000 6,007,000 6,418,000 6,829,000 7,240,000 7,651,000 8,062,000 8,473,000 8,884,000 9,308,000 9,735,000 10,162,000 10,589,000 11,016,000 11,443,000 11,870,000 12,297,000 12,724,000 13,151,000 13,578,000 14,005,000 14,432,000 14,922,000 15,412,000 15,975,000 7,587,000 7,861,000 8,148,000 1,159,000 1,292,000 1,424,000 1,556,000 1,688,000 1,821,000 1,953,000 2,085,000 2,218,000 17,000,000 13,129,000 13,716,000 14,304,000 14,891,000 15,478,000 16,065,000 16,645,000 17,227,000 17,698,000 12,860,000 13,409,000 13,991,000 14,552,000 14,579,000 10,571,000 11,058,000 11,547,000 12,036,000 12,550,000 13,116,000 13,683,000 14,249,000 14,815,000 15,345,000 13,029,000 13,531,000 13,978,000 14,501,000 11,101,000 11,586,000 12,070,000 12,555,000 14,482,000 14,985,000 15,492,000 
        other regulatory assets
      127,061,000 133,604,000 135,486,000 124,300,000 118,800,000 106,386,000 108,022,000 73,934,000 69,609,000 72,088,000 72,138,000 63,398,000 61,497,000 73,321,000 67,101,000 58,075,000 57,693,000 57,178,000 60,145,000 145,632,000 147,099,000 153,172,000 156,106,000 160,294,000 161,800,000 165,409,000 167,320,000 107,206,000 108,193,000 111,611,000 112,918,000 171,792,000 171,902,000 174,577,000 174,433,000 315,126,000 314,903,000 323,448,000 320,750,000 269,343,000 270,941,000 275,721,000 278,227,000 215,630,000 217,369,000 222,609,000 224,436,000 241,640,000 244,486,000 257,697,000 252,568,000 556,449,000 556,310,000 551,707,000 546,851,000 481,900,000 504,399,000 570,927,000 574,644,000 524,355,000 529,420,000 534,146,000 542,801,000 518,225,000 521,917,000 522,669,000 530,913,000 196,278,000 189,394,000 190,890,000 189,587,000 129,640,000 133,881,000 131,154,000 137,577,000 84,325,000 85,427,000 76,890,000 76,917,000 
        deferred charges
      81,332,000 75,570,000 73,941,000 71,426,000 69,572,000 68,952,000 69,662,000 89,740,000 89,004,000 80,347,000 82,416,000 77,886,000 85,053,000 75,253,000 77,472,000 77,542,000 81,646,000 69,981,000 59,939,000 58,807,000 60,454,000 61,986,000 67,131,000 87,956,000 56,855,000 56,936,000 33,843,000 33,627,000 39,634,000 42,994,000 40,025,000 37,349,000 36,835,000 34,063,000 30,047,000 28,821,000 26,128,000 22,215,000 20,978,000 17,968,000 17,063,000 16,410,000 15,129,000 12,347,000 10,923,000 12,524,000 14,212,000 10,245,000 9,050,000 9,818,000 9,382,000 8,051,000 7,829,000 6,781,000 7,591,000 5,781,000 7,993,000 4,429,000 5,552,000 4,989,000 5,960,000 10,219,000 9,646,000 6,447,000 4,876,000 3,507,000 2,737,000 1,790,000 2,196,000 4,233,000 4,417,000 5,235,000 5,314,000 5,582,000 5,545,000 5,861,000 5,234,000 2,068,000 3,558,000 
        other investments
      65,870,000 68,962,000 68,346,000 73,764,000 71,958,000 71,493,000 81,705,000 79,547,000 78,744,000 76,633,000 73,976,000 74,777,000 74,618,000 72,870,000 95,025,000 96,566,000 103,164,000 106,483,000 149,632,000 149,250,000 147,421,000 145,921,000 154,502,000 144,584,000 137,044,000 141,229,000 144,917,000 137,847,000 135,022,000 129,715,000 132,545,000 130,744,000 123,039,000 123,368,000 125,265,000 126,485,000 117,284,000 114,721,000 110,664,000 111,385,000 104,273,000 108,209,000 92,990,000 89,027,000 88,246,000 87,468,000 86,788,000 87,855,000 85,825,000 99,433,000 96,308,000 93,749,000 92,746,000 90,513,000 86,774,000 84,495,000 85,555,000 81,055,000 79,365,000 84,118,000 83,744,000 80,701,000 77,839,000 76,354,000 79,219,000 77,692,000 78,503,000 73,174,000 67,335,000 69,801,000 80,640,000 82,474,000 83,754,000 85,325,000 85,902,000 83,444,000 80,866,000 90,282,000 88,414,000 
        goodwill
      5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 5,476,000 
        prepaid pension and post-retirement benefit costs
      182,682,000 171,569,000 169,228,000 199,286,000 194,325,000 185,224,000 180,230,000 230,591,000 222,834,000 208,015,000 200,301,000 234,425,000 224,701,000 206,629,000 196,597,000 187,692,000 178,102,000 158,009,000                                                      56,926,000 59,331,000 63,188,000 61,006,000 70,858,000 68,483,000 60,954,000 64,125,000 
        fair value of derivative financial instruments
      116,014,000 69,364,000 39,388,000 2,394,000 45,000 20,695,000 87,905,000 100,317,000 196,291,000 184,739,000 50,487,000 46,280,000 42,424,000 12,170,000 9,175,000 12,571,000 1,000 290,690,000  770,000 4,104,000 18,094,000 9,308,000 62,817,000 94,797,000 40,569,000 48,669,000 36,803,000 11,130,000 34,244,000 9,518,000 11,760,000 18,144,000 21,107,000 36,111,000 63,036,000 64,729,000 42,065,000 113,804,000 126,596,000 253,716,000 277,409,000 270,363,000 242,320,000 301,884,000 293,314,000 72,606,000 28,779,000 25,777,000 53,678,000 48,989,000 65,170,000 6,471,000 37,135,000 27,616,000 85,905,000 121,760,000 106,115,000 76,085,000 43,347,000 37,708,000 46,152,000 65,184,000 41,897,000 48,850,000 19,791,000 44,817,000 66,193,000 112,723,000 111,303,000 28,786,000   6,026,000 9,188,000 6,170,000 1,866,000 10,295,000 11,305,000 
        other
      9,857,000 8,475,000 8,387,000 8,158,000 8,326,000 7,860,000 5,958,000 5,007,000 4,723,000 4,549,000 4,891,000 3,745,000 1,896,000 1,581,000 2,677,000 3,487,000   1,169,000   81,000 81,000 81,000 81,000 21,354,000 80,000 42,632,000 42,184,000 42,190,000 102,000 108,000 426,000 754,000 742,000 479,000 485,000 491,000 604,000 116,000 157,000 162,000 167,000 172,000 178,000 184,000 1,355,000 633,000 738,000 459,000 2,447,000 2,524,000 843,000 965,000 1,105,000 2,418,000 2,594,000 2,650,000 1,530,000 1,648,000 1,747,000 1,836,000 306,000 269,000 3,153,000 4,719,000 6,625,000 7,914,000 12,273,000 13,353,000 7,732,000 7,442,000 4,843,000 7,344,000 8,059,000 7,716,000 6,010,000 3,368,000 4,388,000 
        other assets - sum
      689,825,000 631,197,000 595,735,000 581,998,000 564,291,000 555,032,000 624,646,000 671,439,000 750,515,000 711,959,000 565,970,000 618,432,000 608,153,000 563,240,000 568,654,000 576,293,000 559,526,000  558,093,000 583,461,000 582,398,000 594,063,000    625,738,000 590,024,000 580,581,000                796,470,000                              445,463,000  336,112,000 329,438,000 333,684,000 337,152,000 
        total assets
      9,127,604,000 9,205,872,000 8,719,104,000 8,446,160,000 8,479,963,000 8,301,448,000 8,319,770,000 8,481,037,000 8,677,025,000 8,587,492,000 8,280,260,000 8,106,632,000 7,967,242,000 8,134,914,000 7,896,262,000 8,112,086,000 7,805,023,000 7,589,673,000 7,464,825,000 7,208,675,000 7,115,652,000 7,039,168,000 6,964,935,000 7,118,985,000 6,708,659,000 6,702,658,000 6,462,157,000 6,336,247,000 6,278,975,000 6,186,928,000 6,036,486,000 5,974,103,000 5,914,573,000 5,791,932,000 6,103,320,000 5,867,507,000 5,804,675,000 5,661,717,000 5,636,387,000 5,541,197,000 5,801,024,000 6,190,332,000 6,702,139,000 6,889,668,000 7,227,946,000 7,145,094,000 6,739,597,000 6,588,458,000 6,567,195,000 6,264,984,000 6,218,347,000 6,343,940,000 6,274,689,000 6,108,197,000 5,935,142,000 5,836,853,000 5,835,496,000 5,747,755,000 5,284,742,000 5,133,265,000 5,183,317,000 4,981,981,000 5,105,625,000 4,949,361,000 4,985,788,000 4,817,701,000 4,769,129,000 4,355,302,000 4,195,537,000 4,224,187,000 4,130,187,000 4,293,861,000 4,163,075,000 4,031,423,000 3,888,412,000 3,793,125,000 3,961,018,000 3,799,353,000 3,734,331,000 
        capitalization and liabilities
                                                                                     
        capitalization:
                                                                                     
        comprehensive shareholders’ equity
                                                                                     
        common stock
        90,379,000    91,006,000    91,819,000    91,478,000    91,182,000    90,955,000    86,315,000    85,957,000    85,543,000    85,119,000    84,594,000    84,157,000         83,270,000    82,700,000 82,544,000   81,965,000 81,258,000 80,982,000  79,881,000 79,515,000 79,513,000  81,474,000 81,636,000   83,537,000 83,132,000   
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 95,027,447 shares and 90,379,095 shares, respectively
      95,027,000                                                                               
        paid in capital
      1,388,193,000 1,382,593,000 1,050,918,000 1,047,406,000 1,042,822,000 1,039,705,000 1,045,487,000 1,046,479,000 1,045,929,000 1,041,226,000 1,040,761,000 1,035,852,000 1,031,341,000 1,025,639,000 1,027,066,000 1,022,954,000 1,018,784,000 1,013,821,000 1,017,446,000 1,012,703,000 1,009,075,000 1,004,369,000 1,004,158,000 999,057,000 835,444,000 831,146,000 832,264,000 827,243,000 821,837,000 817,076,000 820,223,000 816,395,000 810,126,000 800,348,000 796,646,000 790,291,000 782,688,000 775,868,000 771,164,000 761,673,000 756,001,000 748,867,000 744,274,000 746,263,000 737,335,000 729,733,000 716,144,000 710,924,000 703,422,000 695,571,000 687,684,000 686,038,000 676,615,000 673,607,000 669,501,000 666,012,000 660,495,000 654,000,000 650,749,000 644,945,000 645,961,000 643,856,000 645,619,000 644,751,000 627,871,000 620,601,000 602,839,000 589,295,000 581,189,000 580,377,000 567,716,000 583,693,000 580,811,000 595,375,000 569,085,000 568,537,000 565,809,000 557,504,000 543,730,000 
        earnings reinvested in the business
      2,340,168,000 2,143,340,000 2,012,529,000 1,953,533,000 1,855,366,000 1,698,648,000 1,727,326,000 1,970,384,000 2,090,172,000 1,973,279,000 1,885,856,000 1,857,630,000 1,810,454,000 1,713,176,000 1,587,085,000 1,472,395,000 1,407,683,000 1,281,963,000 1,191,175,000 1,145,700,000 1,100,718,000 1,028,844,000 991,630,000 1,177,650,000 1,176,870,000 1,320,592,000 1,272,601,000 1,262,867,000 1,236,657,000 1,172,334,000 1,098,900,000 1,097,438,000 1,070,939,000 1,014,733,000 851,669,000 841,593,000 817,348,000 762,641,000 676,361,000 673,281,000 699,399,000 880,619,000 1,103,200,000 1,324,318,000 1,650,840,000 1,666,659,000 1,614,361,000 1,589,331,000 1,557,184,000 1,493,466,000 1,442,617,000 1,426,148,000 1,398,999,000 1,343,765,000 1,306,284,000 1,287,898,000 1,275,107,000 1,237,242,000 1,206,022,000 1,198,064,000 1,180,531,000 1,093,398,000 1,063,262,000 1,053,176,000 1,038,869,000 985,663,000 948,293,000 948,262,000 932,119,000 884,476,000 953,799,000 1,024,377,000 1,008,084,000 1,027,951,000 983,776,000 855,803,000 834,902,000 781,728,000 786,013,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      1,111,000       5,050,000 75,340,000 67,381,000                             -5,640,000 7,739,000 82,186,000 98,456,000 93,372,000 92,248,000 126,689,000 122,473,000                     -42,396,000 17,234,000 44,171,000 50,101,000 2,963,000    -6,203,000 43,984,000 21,733,000 32,991,000 30,416,000 
        total comprehensive shareholders’ equity
      3,824,499,000 3,587,960,000 3,094,604,000 2,975,488,000 2,765,611,000 2,752,813,000 2,848,343,000 3,113,525,000 3,303,473,000 3,174,002,000 2,963,376,000 2,935,902,000 2,878,726,000 2,536,856,000 2,079,896,000 2,003,947,000 1,863,662,000 2,110,195,000 1,786,206,000 2,011,114,000 2,098,969,000 2,044,625,000 1,971,986,000 2,225,857,000 2,079,959,000 2,182,140,000 2,139,025,000 2,143,751,000 2,090,509,000 2,046,991,000 1,937,330,000 1,927,381,000 1,919,187,000 1,859,923,000 1,703,735,000 1,684,048,000 1,651,320,000 1,568,943,000 1,527,004,000 1,527,642,000 1,622,479,000 1,812,681,000 2,025,440,000 2,247,358,000 2,599,249,000 2,603,129,000 2,410,683,000 2,340,703,000 2,299,532,000 2,250,740,000 2,194,729,000 2,137,165,000 2,042,113,000 2,016,210,000 1,960,095,000 1,989,240,000 1,966,887,000 1,921,148,000 1,891,885,000 1,850,611,000 1,816,515,000 1,754,942,000 1,745,971,000 1,741,739,000 1,709,096,000 1,634,544,000 1,589,236,000 1,634,672,000 1,636,994,000 1,594,467,000 1,603,599,000 1,583,672,000 1,628,664,000 1,690,987,000 1,630,119,000 1,551,861,000 1,505,576,000 1,454,848,000 1,443,562,000 
        long-term debt
      2,084,882,000 2,083,892,000 2,382,861,000 2,381,852,000 2,381,126,000 2,189,421,000 2,188,243,000 2,637,115,000 2,386,574,000 2,385,523,000 2,384,485,000 2,383,685,000 2,085,235,000 2,084,363,000 2,083,409,000 2,082,463,000 2,081,529,000 2,629,602,000 2,628,687,000 2,627,860,000 2,627,033,000 2,130,473,000 2,629,576,000 2,628,782,000 2,134,964,000 2,134,339,000 2,133,718,000 2,133,101,000 2,132,488,000 2,131,880,000 2,131,365,000 1,835,582,000 2,085,012,000 2,084,465,000 2,083,681,000 1,787,954,000 2,087,385,000 2,086,817,000 2,086,252,000 2,085,686,000 2,085,123,000 2,084,562,000 2,084,009,000 2,099,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,149,000,000 1,149,000,000 1,149,000,000 1,149,000,000 1,399,000,000 899,000,000 899,000,000 899,000,000 899,000,000 1,049,000,000 1,049,000,000 1,049,000,000 1,049,000,000 1,249,000,000 1,249,000,000 999,000,000 999,000,000 999,000,000 999,000,000 899,000,000 799,000,000 799,000,000 799,000,000 999,000,000 1,095,466,000 1,095,675,000 
        total capitalization
      5,909,381,000 5,671,852,000 5,477,465,000 5,357,340,000 5,146,737,000 4,942,234,000 5,036,586,000 5,750,640,000 5,690,047,000 5,559,525,000 5,347,861,000 5,319,587,000 4,963,961,000 4,621,219,000 4,163,305,000 4,086,410,000 3,945,191,000 4,739,797,000 4,414,893,000 4,638,974,000 4,726,002,000 4,175,098,000 4,601,562,000 4,854,639,000 4,214,923,000 4,316,479,000 4,272,743,000 4,276,852,000 4,222,997,000 4,178,871,000 4,068,695,000 3,762,963,000 4,004,199,000 3,944,388,000 3,787,416,000 3,472,002,000 3,738,705,000 3,655,760,000 3,613,256,000 3,613,328,000 3,707,602,000 3,897,243,000 4,109,449,000 4,346,358,000 4,248,249,000 4,252,129,000 4,059,683,000 3,989,703,000 3,948,532,000 3,899,740,000 3,843,729,000 3,786,165,000 3,691,113,000 3,165,210,000 3,109,095,000 3,138,240,000 3,115,887,000 3,320,148,000 2,790,885,000 2,749,611,000 2,715,515,000 2,653,942,000 2,794,971,000 2,790,739,000 2,758,096,000 2,683,544,000 2,838,236,000 2,883,672,000 2,635,994,000 2,593,467,000 2,602,599,000 2,582,672,000 2,527,664,000 2,489,987,000 2,429,119,000 2,350,861,000 2,504,576,000 2,550,314,000 2,539,237,000 
        current and accrued liabilities
                                                                                     
        notes payable to banks and commercial paper
      41,300,000 90,000,000 150,200,000 61,500,000 208,400,000 200,000,000 90,700,000  278,900,000 300,000,000 287,500,000 138,500,000 410,000,000 250,000,000 60,000,000 400,000,000 218,000,000 166,000,000 158,500,000   25,000,000 30,000,000  230,000,000 139,800,000 55,200,000               31,400,000   157,500,000 172,900,000 85,600,000       238,000,000 171,000,000 70,200,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 40,000,000   20,500,000        66,000,000        71,600,000  
        current portion of long-term debt
      300,000,000 600,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 350,000,000 500,000,000 500,000,000 50,000,000      399,000,000 549,000,000 549,000,000 549,000,000     500,000,000          250,000,000   300,000,000 300,000,000                  250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000  150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000    100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 200,000,000 200,024,000 200,050,000 96,393,000 129,000 22,925,000 
        accounts payable
      143,180,000 141,674,000 184,046,000 123,131,000 127,611,000 120,991,000 165,068,000 101,200,000 93,996,000 105,390,000 152,193,000 91,808,000 119,497,000 168,387,000 178,945,000 145,320,000 135,775,000 129,934,000 171,655,000 113,470,000 107,305,000 96,905,000 134,126,000 94,123,000 106,938,000 126,985,000 132,208,000 112,782,000 141,851,000 127,926,000 160,031,000 111,812,000 127,585,000 132,409,000 126,443,000 98,842,000 111,382,000 113,136,000 108,056,000 86,487,000 111,054,000 126,917,000 180,388,000 137,892,000 168,290,000 125,822,000 136,674,000 145,357,000 153,147,000 121,615,000 105,283,000 77,466,000 95,095,000 94,909,000 87,985,000 88,119,000 98,053,000 105,209,000 126,709,000 95,182,000 122,911,000 181,564,000 145,223,000 106,087,000 109,145,000 108,404,000 90,723,000 69,762,000 105,048,000 197,968,000 142,520,000 162,838,000 149,595,000 152,155,000 109,757,000 120,978,000 166,990,000 144,164,000 133,034,000 
        amounts payable to customers
      288,000 476,000 968,000 24,275,000 34,393,000 42,587,000 42,720,000 62,569,000 72,346,000 60,032,000 59,019,000 22,391,000 2,830,000 154,000 419,000 292,000 3,422,000 36,000 21,000 7,193,000 19,768,000 5,823,000 10,788,000 18,772,000 17,213,000 3,444,000 4,017,000 14,546,000 15,463,000  3,394,000 16,833,000 12,083,000 251,000  13,070,000 19,466,000 3,231,000 19,537,000 35,441,000 42,217,000 45,076,000 56,778,000 44,842,000 44,796,000 35,994,000 33,745,000 32,805,000 24,665,000 8,884,000 12,828,000 12,386,000 18,239,000 15,278,000 19,964,000 17,761,000 17,327,000 11,997,000 15,519,000 25,661,000 25,475,000 23,914,000 38,109,000 51,014,000 64,336,000 94,468,000 105,778,000 45,772,000 21,650,000 4,715,000 2,753,000 12,864,000 4,985,000 9,181,000 10,409,000 19,197,000 10,596,000 27,101,000 23,935,000 
        dividends payable
      50,840,000 50,834,000 48,353,000 48,340,000 46,555,000 46,671,000 46,872,000 47,195,000 45,563,000 45,597,000 45,451,000 45,444,000 43,602,000 43,598,000 43,452,000 43,446,000 41,608,000 41,604,000 41,487,000 41,484,000 40,562,000 40,560,000 40,475,000 40,470,000 37,654,000 37,650,000 37,547,000 37,543,000 36,678,000 36,663,000 36,532,000 36,526,000 35,641,000 35,590,000 35,500,000 35,469,000 34,577,000 34,544,000 34,473,000 34,404,000 33,533,000 33,472,000 33,415,000 33,388,000 32,488,000 32,442,000 32,400,000 32,373,000 31,493,000 31,403,000 31,373,000 31,346,000 30,486,000  30,416,000 30,393,000 29,527,000 29,479,000 29,399,000 29,358,000 28,478,000 28,407,000 28,316,000 28,278,000 27,222,000 27,129,000 26,967,000 26,761,000 25,841,000 25,841,000 25,714,000 26,479,000 25,307,000 26,023,000 25,873,000 25,897,000 24,927,000 24,770,000 25,008,000 
        interest payable on long-term debt
      13,738,000 34,644,000 14,393,000 39,060,000 19,454,000 44,376,000 27,247,000 46,926,000 22,553,000 42,288,000 20,399,000 40,134,000 14,303,000 43,142,000 17,376,000 45,017,000 17,376,000 45,017,000 17,376,000 45,304,000 17,663,000 45,350,000 27,521,000 31,600,000 18,508,000 29,461,000 18,508,000 29,461,000 18,508,000 30,016,000 19,062,000 28,357,000 26,435,000 27,962,000 35,031,000 28,985,000 34,900,000 28,985,000 34,900,000 28,985,000 34,900,000 30,285,000 36,200,000 18,585,000 29,960,000 18,195,000 29,960,000 18,195,000 29,960,000 18,195,000 29,960,000 18,976,000 30,741,000 16,320,000 29,491,000 16,320,000 29,491,000 16,320,000 25,512,000 15,953,000 25,512,000 15,953,000 30,512,000 17,203,000 30,512,000 17,203,000 32,031,000 18,722,000 21,397,000 15,557,000 22,114,000 15,774,000 18,158,000 13,541,000 18,158,000 13,541,000 18,419,000 13,803,000 18,420,000 
        customer advances
       17,108,000 17,188,000   15,295,000 19,373,000   23,086,000 21,003,000   31,314,000 26,108,000   14,620,000 17,223,000   16,032,000 15,319,000 561,000 615,000 13,727,000 13,044,000 166,000 433,000 7,351,000 13,609,000 197,000 154,000 18,398,000 15,701,000 224,000 300,000 13,779,000 14,762,000 38,000 33,000 23,425,000 16,236,000 44,000 270,000 20,436,000 19,005,000 81,000 81,000 18,678,000 21,959,000 246,000 145,000 22,068,000 24,055,000 315,000 204,000 25,814,000 19,643,000 1,021,000 2,700,000 27,633,000 27,638,000 1,029,000 2,715,000 30,653,000 24,555,000 3,229,000 1,828,000 30,093,000 33,017,000   23,498,000 22,863,000     
        customer security deposits
      27,805,000 29,875,000 29,853,000 28,739,000 30,358,000 36,091,000 36,265,000 36,674,000 30,600,000 30,843,000 28,764,000 34,024,000 34,382,000 28,829,000 24,283,000 25,200,000 20,766,000 20,273,000 19,292,000 19,272,000 19,503,000 17,623,000 17,199,000 15,226,000 14,999,000 15,510,000 16,210,000 16,801,000 18,519,000 23,842,000 25,703,000 18,468,000 18,973,000 22,503,000 20,372,000 17,522,000 17,512,000 16,692,000 16,019,000 16,094,000 16,101,000 16,757,000 16,490,000 18,329,000 18,463,000 16,391,000 15,761,000 16,166,000 15,581,000 15,690,000 16,183,000 16,830,000 17,138,000 18,926,000 17,942,000 16,847,000 17,021,000 17,685,000 17,321,000 17,672,000 18,064,000 18,508,000 18,320,000 18,618,000 19,426,000 19,565,000 17,430,000             
        other accruals and current liabilities
      242,760,000 209,202,000 174,689,000 207,179,000 184,925,000 172,409,000 162,903,000 169,133,000 183,966,000 200,009,000 160,974,000 260,897,000 257,923,000 239,097,000 257,327,000 254,383,000 218,139,000 187,965,000 194,169,000 168,378,000 176,940,000 154,377,000 140,176,000 138,344,000 150,239,000 173,603,000 139,600,000 180,063,000 195,797,000 191,172,000 132,693,000 161,252,000 147,549,000 121,596,000 111,889,000 107,101,000 106,287,000 88,519,000 74,430,000 72,759,000 104,925,000 95,830,000 96,557,000 157,729,000 179,233,000 137,285,000 136,672,000 154,145,000 235,900,000 102,709,000 83,946,000 109,933,000 140,056,000 103,582,000 79,099,000 160,899,000 197,952,000 146,251,000 94,787,000 133,856,000 160,363,000 30,838,000 16,046,000 65,244,000 110,174,000 19,451,000 18,875,000 198,057,000 246,291,000 65,415,000 45,220,000 136,458,000 213,087,000 50,207,000 36,062,000 96,587,000 176,307,000 31,071,000 27,040,000 
        current and accrued liabilities - sum
      820,147,000 1,173,968,000 925,764,000 889,897,000 1,203,160,000 1,199,313,000 1,095,892,000 516,638,000 727,924,000 807,245,000 806,312,000 665,700,000 917,300,000 1,535,042,000 1,942,569,000 2,166,446,000 2,006,162,000  1,236,133,000 600,602,000 402,972,000 906,183,000    546,462,000 421,908,000 395,925,000                419,937,000                              503,694,000  493,383,000 525,754,000 339,577,000 290,345,000 
        other liabilities
      105,924,000 111,091,000 112,636,000 116,239,000 117,047,000 120,156,000 120,036,000 124,818,000 125,018,000 120,061,000 121,813,000 116,770,000 112,290,000 119,276,000 116,701,000 133,428,000 134,729,000 136,923,000 135,846,000                                                             
        deferred income taxes
      1,325,733,000 1,274,254,000 1,225,262,000 1,153,427,000 1,072,436,000 1,089,394,000 1,111,165,000 1,172,068,000 1,199,909,000 1,164,512,000 1,124,170,000 1,030,526,000 1,000,526,000 879,676,000 698,229,000 767,207,000 709,598,000 799,599,000 660,420,000 742,638,000 763,441,000 735,236,000 696,054,000 783,377,000 777,299,000 708,774,000 653,382,000 647,602,000 618,850,000 598,285,000 512,686,000 491,520,000 482,682,000 453,285,000 891,287,000 881,547,000 837,098,000 803,166,000 823,795,000 807,955,000 844,916,000 999,399,000 137,200,000 39,383,000 39,260,000 36,421,000 40,323,000 47,153,000 39,650,000 23,127,000 79,359,000 15,148,000 34,241,000 19,112,000 10,755,000 14,727,000 20,281,000 14,921,000 15,423,000 22,885,000 34,917,000 20,901,000 24,476,000 32,893,000 40,600,000 48,621,000 53,863,000 33,009,000 26,197,000 6,340,000  84,297,000 41,253,000 17,468,000 8,550,000 21,271,000 23,951,000 16,533,000 23,402,000 
        taxes refundable to customers
      303,199,000 304,370,000 306,335,000 297,602,000 302,293,000 303,344,000 305,645,000 302,733,000 316,455,000 317,838,000 268,562,000 347,066,000 354,274,000 360,276,000 362,098,000 346,577,000 348,480,000 350,628,000 354,089,000 353,736,000 355,375,000 357,354,000 357,508,000 357,945,000 360,331,000 361,556,000 366,503,000 366,184,000 365,380,000 366,448,000 370,628,000 366,183,000 365,091,000 366,768,000 95,739,000 93,321,000 93,506,000 93,940,000 93,318,000 91,452,000 93,674,000 94,468,000 89,448,000 95,157,000 90,214,000 90,303,000 91,736,000 90,463,000 90,779,000 84,781,000 85,655,000 65,069,000 65,066,000 66,396,000 66,392,000 65,554,000 65,550,000 65,547,000 65,543,000 70,343,000 69,592,000 69,589,000 69,585,000 67,057,000 67,053,000 67,050,000 67,046,000 18,459,000 18,456,000 18,452,000 18,449,000 14,037,000 14,033,000 14,031,000 14,026,000 10,437,000 10,433,000 10,430,000 10,426,000 
        cost of removal regulatory liability
      314,865,000 311,971,000 307,659,000 302,932,000 300,256,000 296,660,000 292,477,000 289,356,000 288,819,000 284,687,000 277,694,000 272,740,000 265,626,000 263,707,000 259,947,000 256,092,000 252,471,000 249,208,000 245,636,000 241,377,000 237,867,000 234,641,000 230,079,000 227,043,000 224,546,000 222,172,000 221,699,000 218,340,000 215,864,000 214,842,000 212,311,000 213,560,000 207,711,000 205,554,000 204,630,000 199,739,000 196,901,000 195,544,000 193,424,000 191,217,000 189,421,000 184,784,000 184,907,000 180,106,000 178,096,000 175,941,000 173,199,000 166,996,000 165,138,000 163,238,000 157,622,000 151,846,000 149,651,000 147,267,000 139,611,000 148,668,000 146,771,000 144,770,000 135,940,000 133,759,000 131,958,000 125,862,000 124,032,000 123,357,000 121,954,000 120,797,000 105,546,000 107,245,000 105,855,000 103,877,000 103,100,000 101,251,000 99,924,000 98,613,000 91,226,000 88,949,000 87,986,000 86,907,000 85,076,000 
        other regulatory liabilities
      116,509,000 120,230,000 121,944,000 137,025,000 140,828,000 147,561,000 151,452,000 164,390,000 165,023,000 165,988,000 165,441,000 190,907,000 189,378,000 191,499,000 188,803,000 199,094,000 196,589,000 204,476,000 200,643,000 182,430,000 177,685,000 168,188,000 161,573,000 160,501,000 157,371,000 148,350,000 142,367,000 159,259,000 156,722,000 150,337,000 146,743,000 128,184,000 124,868,000 118,551,000 113,716,000 88,647,000 91,661,000 104,054,000 99,789,000 102,018,000 101,104,000 113,187,000 108,617,000 126,371,000 119,631,000 96,959,000 81,152,000 90,643,000 94,000,000 69,897,000 61,549,000 33,247,000 31,904,000 22,911,000 21,014,000 39,657,000 37,327,000 100,832,000 94,684,000 92,811,000 88,825,000 88,263,000 89,334,000 86,106,000 87,215,000 116,035,000 120,229,000 115,617,000 105,874,000 96,378,000 91,933,000 95,846,000 92,343,000 78,374,000 76,659,000 73,212,000 70,842,000 70,995,000 75,456,000 
        other post-retirement liabilities
      3,741,000 3,731,000  3,393,000 3,404,000 3,476,000 3,511,000 2,741,000 2,803,000 2,859,000 2,915,000 2,921,000 2,977,000 2,998,000                                                                  
        asset retirement obligations
      228,105,000 234,405,000 236,787,000 188,305,000 193,802,000 199,310,000 203,006,000 157,653,000 161,027,000 164,777,000 165,492,000 160,415,000 160,910,000 161,221,000 161,545,000 152,100,000 207,047,000 208,128,000 209,639,000 191,853,000 192,127,000 192,682,000 192,228,000 128,666,000 128,779,000 128,382,000 127,458,000 104,732,000 104,138,000 104,343,000 108,235,000 101,833,000 106,481,000 106,516,000 106,395,000 115,354,000 114,014,000 113,194,000 112,330,000 114,804,000 171,991,000 158,108,000 156,805,000 119,644,000 119,164,000 118,035,000 117,713,000 121,760,000 120,884,000 120,122,000 119,511,000 126,879,000 125,328,000 123,984,000 119,246,000 78,232,000 77,230,000 76,930,000 75,731,000 65,583,000 102,094,000 100,580,000 101,618,000 92,601,000 92,461,000 91,538,000 91,373,000 86,559,000 90,954,000 92,597,000 93,247,000 74,653,000 76,357,000 77,253,000 75,939,000 80,739,000 79,609,000 78,464,000  
        other liabilities - sum
      2,398,076,000 2,360,052,000 2,315,875,000 2,198,923,000 2,130,066,000 2,159,901,000 2,187,292,000 2,213,759,000 2,259,054,000 2,220,722,000 2,126,087,000 2,121,345,000 2,085,981,000 1,978,653,000 1,790,388,000 1,859,230,000 1,853,670,000  1,813,799,000                                                             
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                     
        total capitalization and liabilities
      9,127,604,000 9,205,872,000 8,719,104,000 8,446,160,000 8,479,963,000 8,301,448,000 8,319,770,000 8,481,037,000 8,677,025,000 8,587,492,000 8,280,260,000 8,106,632,000 7,967,242,000 8,134,914,000 7,896,262,000 8,112,086,000 7,805,023,000 7,589,673,000 7,464,825,000 7,208,675,000 7,115,652,000 7,039,168,000 6,964,935,000 7,118,985,000 6,708,659,000 6,702,658,000 6,462,157,000 6,336,247,000 6,278,975,000 6,186,928,000 6,036,486,000 5,974,103,000 5,914,573,000 5,791,932,000 6,103,320,000 5,867,507,000 5,804,675,000 5,661,717,000 5,636,387,000 5,541,197,000 5,801,024,000 6,190,332,000 6,702,139,000 6,889,668,000 7,227,946,000 7,145,094,000 6,739,597,000 6,588,458,000 6,567,195,000 6,264,984,000 6,218,347,000 6,343,940,000 6,274,689,000 6,108,197,000 5,935,142,000 5,836,853,000 5,835,496,000 5,747,755,000 5,284,742,000 5,133,265,000 5,183,317,000 4,981,981,000 5,105,625,000 4,949,361,000 4,985,788,000 4,817,701,000 4,769,129,000 4,355,302,000 4,195,537,000 4,224,187,000 4,130,187,000 4,293,861,000 4,163,075,000 4,031,423,000 3,888,412,000 3,793,125,000 3,961,018,000 3,799,353,000 3,734,331,000 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 17,504 and 17,099, respectively
       265,897,000                                                                              
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 95,017,438 shares and 90,379,095 shares, respectively
       95,017,000                                                                              
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
       -32,990,000 -59,222,000 -115,807,000 -222,975,000 -76,153,000 -15,476,000    -55,060,000 -49,384,000 -54,864,000 -293,746,000 -625,733,000 -582,868,000 -654,254,000 -277,026,000 -513,597,000 -238,462,000 -101,988,000 -79,741,000 -114,757,000 -41,794,000 -18,917,000 -56,150,000 -52,155,000 -32,666,000 -54,286,000 -28,690,000 -67,750,000 -72,396,000 -47,760,000 -40,919,000 -30,123,000 -33,304,000 -34,091,000 -54,859,000         -3,979,000 -43,638,000 -45,055,000 -22,038,000 -19,234,000 -58,609,000 -117,023,000 -84,644,000 -99,020,000 -47,940,000 -51,889,000 -53,132,000 -47,699,000 -75,098,000 -92,521,000 -64,650,000 -44,985,000 -38,153,000 -38,902,000 -52,702,000      -105,872,000 -41,867,000 -16,286,000      
        less — accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
        7,693,687,000    7,185,593,000    6,335,441,000    5,985,432,000    6,719,356,000    6,353,785,000    5,695,328,000    5,462,696,000    5,271,486,000    5,085,099,000    3,929,428,000    2,502,700,000    2,161,477,000    1,876,010,000    1,646,394,000  2,285,313,000 2,236,152,000 2,187,269,000 2,164,383,000 2,118,594,000 2,078,625,000 2,051,482,000 2,010,584,000  1,938,841,000 1,719,869,000 1,686,616,000 1,650,715,000 1,616,488,000 1,583,181,000 1,960,265,000 1,893,449,000 1,846,665,000 1,825,314,000 
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 17,099 and 26,194, respectively
        180,801,000                                                                             
        pension and other post-retirement liabilities
        5,252,000            3,065,000 4,732,000 4,756,000 4,775,000 7,526,000 117,291,000 118,804,000 124,097,000 127,181,000 127,237,000 126,959,000 129,616,000 133,729,000 53,142,000 49,213,000 40,842,000 66,103,000 138,275,000 133,852,000 125,055,000 149,079,000 299,326,000 291,259,000 272,672,000 277,113,000 222,756,000 216,852,000 205,431,000 202,807,000 144,136,000 137,204,000 126,108,000 134,202,000 152,174,000 145,085,000 139,664,000 158,014,000 511,516,000 500,946,000 514,116,000 516,197,000 481,331,000 472,717,000 467,396,000 481,520,000 435,517,000 434,488,000 433,010,000 446,082,000 420,361,000 414,479,000 401,737,000 415,888,000 61,404,000 67,203,000 73,076,000 78,909,000        32,918,000 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 23,732 and 26,194, respectively
         222,515,000                                                                            
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 90,355,956 shares and 91,005,993 shares, respectively
         90,356,000                                                                            
        cash held in trust for bondholders
          51,352,000                                                                           
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 23,451 and 26,194, respectively
          291,132,000                                                                           
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 90,397,698 shares and 91,005,993 shares, respectively
          90,398,000                                                                           
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 28,384 and 26,194, respectively
           202,821,000                                                                          
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 90,612,955 shares and 91,005,993 shares, respectively
           90,613,000                                                                          
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 26,194 and 36,295, respectively
            127,222,000                                                                         
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 32,622 and 36,295, respectively
             156,846,000                                                                        
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,612,488 shares and 91,819,405 shares, respectively
             91,612,000                                                                        
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 39,695 and 36,295, respectively
              180,717,000                                                                       
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 92,031,724 shares and 91,819,405 shares, respectively
              92,032,000                                                                       
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 37,116 and 36,295, respectively
               189,669,000                                                                      
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 92,115,581 shares and 91,819,405 shares, respectively
               92,116,000                                                                      
        hedging collateral deposits
                   1,600,000 91,670,000 154,470,000 102,370,000  88,610,000 1,710,000    7,699,000 10,728,000 9,666,000 6,832,000 6,835,000 1,983,000 2,784,000 3,441,000 2,283,000 3,657,000 4,465,000 1,741,000 2,142,000 1,771,000  1,484,000 3,008,000 9,963,000 9,551,000 11,124,000 11,101,000 15,726,000 13,468,000 2,734,000    1,094,000 694,000 750,000  364,000 3,392,000 18,872,000 25,118,000 19,701,000 37,984,000 61,826,000 31,446,000 11,134,000 8,222,000 13,657,000 1,092,000 848,000 6,359,000 22,195,000 3,743,000 1,000 30,778,000 2,354,000 1,996,000 4,066,000 3,400,000 2,034,000 9,760,000 19,676,000 
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 36,295 and 40,228, respectively
                160,601,000                                                                     
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 43,108 and 40,228, respectively
                 183,377,000                                                                    
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,803,996 shares and 91,478,064 shares, respectively
                 91,804,000                                                                    
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 48,146 and 40,228, respectively
                  257,965,000                                                                   
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,795,080 shares and 91,478,064 shares, respectively
                  91,795,000                                                                   
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 43,925 and 40,228, respectively
                   332,410,000                                                                  
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,786,806 shares and 91,478,064 shares, respectively
                   91,787,000                                                                  
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 40,228 and 31,639, respectively
                    361,626,000                                                                 
        materials, supplies and emission allowances
                    40,637,000 39,634,000 48,887,000 47,351,000 53,560,000 53,740,000 52,212,000 51,694,000 51,877,000                                                         
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 41,983 and 31,639, respectively
                     399,033,000                                                                
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,465,569 shares and 91,181,549 shares, respectively
                     91,466,000                                                                
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 41,483 and 31,639, respectively
                      339,421,000                                                               
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,449,226 shares and 91,181,549 shares, respectively
                      91,449,000                                                               
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 35,599 and 31,639, respectively
                       264,255,000                                                              
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,436,837 shares and 91,181,549 shares, respectively
                       91,437,000                                                              
        assets held for sale
                            53,424,000                                                         
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 31,639 and 22,810, respectively
                        205,294,000                                                             
        prepaid post-retirement benefit costs
                        149,151,000 93,627,000 89,101,000 80,032,000 76,035,000 75,235,000 71,381,000 64,999,000 60,517,000 88,939,000 86,802,000 84,609,000 82,733,000 61,371,000 59,586,000 57,054,000 56,370,000 18,619,000 18,315,000 17,960,000 17,649,000 27,158,000 26,344,000 25,357,000 24,459,000 46,062,000 43,400,000 39,520,000 36,512,000 29,532,000 28,366,000 24,865,000 22,774,000                 21,738,000 21,447,000 20,775,000          
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 32,322 and 22,810, respectively
                         188,863,000                                                            
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,172,701 shares and 90,954,696 shares, respectively
                         91,173,000                                                            
        deferred credits
                                                                                     
        other deferred credits
                         139,774,000 141,379,000 145,689,000 139,177,000 137,217,000 134,633,000 140,867,000 122,368,000 114,211,000 112,813,000 113,878,000 111,025,000 110,128,000 109,794,000 106,527,000 109,019,000 115,436,000 115,636,000 116,849,000 119,242,000 120,856,000 122,280,000 125,937,000 128,073,000 128,406,000 126,908,000 133,426,000 133,908,000 137,664,000 135,622,000 143,160,000 141,510,000 160,406,000 155,897,000 166,965,000 161,346,000 153,150,000 150,467,000 156,921,000 153,851,000 150,425,000 147,466,000 154,805,000 151,633,000 139,870,000 140,146,000 145,324,000 144,439,000 124,683,000 126,829,000 129,250,000 128,316,000 119,898,000 116,238,000 115,856,000 110,794,000 99,533,000 93,007,000 73,646,000 72,885,000 
        deferred credits - sum
                         1,969,099,000 1,986,678,000 1,957,887,000    1,839,717,000 1,767,506,000 1,663,470,000                2,123,373,000                              1,037,742,000  948,881,000 930,688,000 909,462,000 904,749,000 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 30,128 and 22,810, respectively
                          229,479,000                                                           
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,163,797 shares and 90,954,696 shares, respectively
                          91,164,000                                                           
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 26,221 and 22,810, respectively
                           178,584,000                                                          
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 91,152,710 shares and 90,954,696 shares, respectively
                           91,153,000                                                          
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 22,810 and 25,788, respectively
                            143,583,000                                                         
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 26,462 and 25,778, respectively
                             136,438,000                                                        
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 90,943,652 shares and 86,315,287 shares, respectively
                             90,944,000                                                        
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 29,627 and 25,788, respectively
                              172,011,000                                                       
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 86,561,532 shares and 86,315,287 shares, respectively
                              86,562,000                                                       
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 26,717and 25,788, respectively
                               158,944,000                                                      
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 86,551,528 shares and 86,315,287 shares, respectively
                               86,552,000                                                      
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 25,788 and 24,537, respectively
                                139,956,000                                                     
        materials and supplies — at average cost
                                40,717,000    35,823,000    33,926,000    33,866,000    30,414,000    27,817,000    29,904,000    28,577,000    27,932,000  31,707,000 31,560,000 24,987,000 32,753,000 27,754,000 28,501,000 24,520,000 24,768,000 24,257,000 25,694,000 31,317,000 33,310,000 37,618,000 41,569,000 35,669,000 30,621,000 31,853,000 32,925,000 36,693,000 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 29,137 and 24,537, respectively
                                 178,762,000                                                    
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 86,306,593 shares and 85,956,814 shares, respectively
                                 86,307,000                                                    
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 30,234 and 24,537, respectively
                                  235,586,000                                                   
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 86,300,675 shares and 85,956,814 shares, respectively
                                  86,301,000                                                   
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 26,318 and 24,537, respectively
                                   192,604,000                                                  
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 86,270,957 shares and 85,956,814 shares, respectively
                                   86,271,000                                                  
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 24,537 and 22,526, respectively
                                    141,498,000                                                 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 26,711 and 22,526, respectively
                                     151,005,000                                                
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 85,943,875 shares and 85,543,125 shares, respectively
                                     85,944,000                                                
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 28,592 and 22,526, respectively
                                      198,922,000                                               
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 85,881,897 shares and 85,543,125 shares, respectively
                                      85,882,000                                               
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 24,511 and 22,526, respectively
                                       161,029,000                                              
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 85,760,846 shares and 85,543,125 shares, respectively
                                       85,761,000                                              
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 22,526 and 21,109, respectively
                                        112,383,000                                             
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 27,545 and 21,109, respectively
                                         127,876,000                                            
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 85,467,963 shares and 85,118,886 shares, respectively
                                         85,468,000                                            
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 27,199 and 21,109, respectively
                                          171,162,000                                           
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 85,375,068 shares and 85,118,886 shares, respectively
                                          85,375,000                                           
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 22,701 and 21,109, respectively
                                           161,025,000                                          
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 85,292,570 shares and 85,118,886 shares, respectively
                                           85,293,000                                          
        unamortized investment tax credit
                                           340,000 383,000 470,000 557,000 644,000 731,000 834,000 937,000 1,041,000 1,145,000 1,253,000 1,361,000 1,470,000 1,579,000 1,685,000 1,792,000 1,898,000 2,005,000 2,150,000 2,296,000 2,441,000 2,586,000 2,761,000 2,937,000 3,112,000 3,288,000 3,463,000 3,638,000 3,814,000 3,989,000 4,165,000 4,340,000 4,516,000 4,691,000 4,866,000 5,042,000 5,217,000 5,392,000 5,568,000 5,743,000 5,919,000 6,094,000 
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 21,109 and 29,029, respectively
                                            133,201,000                                         
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 27,413 and 29,029, respectively
                                             140,911,000                                        
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,948,691 shares and 84,594,383 shares, respectively
                                             84,949,000                                        
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 34,236 and 29,029, respectively
                                              137,718,000                                       
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,892,747 shares and 84,594,383 shares, respectively
                                              84,893,000                                       
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 30,946 and 29,029, respectively
                                               211,112,000                                      
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,739,068 shares and 84,594,383 shares, respectively
                                               84,739,000                                      
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 29,029 and 31,811, respectively
                                                105,004,000                                     
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 34,226 and 31,811, respectively
                                                 135,427,000                                    
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,528,930 shares and 84,157,220 shares, respectively
                                                 84,529,000                                    
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 40,922 and 31,811, respectively
                                                  207,673,000                                   
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,385,366 shares and 84,157,220 shares, respectively
                                                  84,385,000                                   
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 35,443 and 31,811, respectively
                                                   166,887,000                                  
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,264,485 shares and 84,157,220 shares, respectively
                                                   84,264,000                                  
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 31,811 and 27,144, respectively
                                                    149,735,000                                 
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 36,197 and 27,144, respectively
                                                     202,437,000                                
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 84,086,437 shares and 83,661,969 shares, respectively
                                                     84,086,000                                
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 38,935 and 27,144 respectively
                                                      267,512,000                               
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 83,980,596 shares and 83,661,969 shares, respectively
                                                      83,981,000                               
        less - accumulated depreciation, depletion
                                                                                     
        and amortization
                                                       2,242,521,000  2,088,337,000 2,007,535,000 1,935,448,000                          
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts
                                                                                     
        of 31,445 and 27,144 respectively
                                                       164,074,000                              
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued
                                                                                     
        and outstanding – 83,741,402 shares and
                                                                                     
        83,661,969 shares, respectively
                                                       83,741,000                              
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 27,144 and 30,317, respectively
                                                        133,182,000                             
        unbilled utility revenue
                                                        19,483,000 13,643,000 41,735,000 47,134,000 19,652,000 12,212,000 31,318,000 47,335,000 17,284,000 13,399,000 48,551,000 59,211,000 20,920,000 12,957,000 38,634,000 55,012,000 18,884,000 14,568,000 55,070,000 79,404,000 24,364,000 19,580,000 75,084,000 78,480,000 20,682,000 20,569,000 58,850,000 67,866,000 25,538,000 
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 83,661,969 shares and 83,330,140 shares, respectively
                                                        83,662,000                             
        of 34,887 and 30,317, respectively
                                                         165,047,000                            
        and outstanding – 83,587,858 shares and
                                                                                     
        83,330,140 shares, respectively
                                                         83,588,000 83,522,000 83,482,000                          
        of 38,996 and 30,317, respectively
                                                          203,099,000                           
        and outstanding – 83,521,745 shares and
                                                                                     
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 34,030 and 30,317, respectively
                                                           143,567,000                          
        and outstanding – 83,482,125 shares and
                                                                                     
        total common shareholders’ equity before
                                                                                     
        items of other comprehensive loss
                                                           2,100,854,000                          
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 30,317 and 31,039, respectively
                                                            115,818,000                         
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 83,330,140 shares and 82,812,677 shares, respectively
                                                            83,330,000                         
        total common shareholders’ equity before items of other comprehensive loss
                                                            2,059,115,000 2,037,180,000 2,018,776,000 1,974,280,000 1,939,584,000    1,790,956,000                 
        less—accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
                                                             1,817,655,000  1,694,366,000                      
        receivables—net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 38,538 and 31,039, respectively
                                                             113,949,000                        
        materials and supplies—at average cost
                                                             28,137,000  27,263,000                      
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 43,124 and 31,039, respectively
                                                              168,757,000                       
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 83,173,850 shares and 82,812,677 shares, respectively
                                                              83,174,000                       
        receivables—net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 35,849 and 31,039, respectively
                                                               152,888,000                      
        authorized —200,000,000 shares;
                                                                                     
        issued and outstanding – 83,038,485 shares and 82,812,677 shares, respectively
                                                               83,038,000                      
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 31,039 and 30,961, respectively
                                                                131,885,000                     
        investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                1,306,000 1,367,000 1,443,000 13,728,000 14,828,000 14,037,000 13,713,000 14,728,000 16,257,000 15,094,000 13,667,000 13,443,000 16,279,000 16,916,000 16,605,000 17,825,000 18,256,000 16,377,000 15,850,000 13,258,000 11,590,000 
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 82,812,677 shares and 82,075,470 shares, respectively
                                                                82,813,000                     
        less – accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
                                                                 1,607,088,000                    
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 39,221 and 30,961, respectively
                                                                 165,576,000                    
        materials and supplies – at average cost
                                                                 28,923,000                    
        total common shareholder equity before items of other comprehensive loss
                                                                 1,925,709,000 1,909,036,000 1,819,592,000  1,779,892,000 1,747,998,000 1,687,246,000      1,689,544,000 1,670,531,000 1,707,273,000      
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 44,132 and 30,961, respectively
                                                                  227,898,000                   
        cash held in escrow
                                                                    2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000       61,964,000     
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 35,870 and 30,961, respectively
                                                                   147,829,000                  
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares;
                                                                                     
        issued and outstanding - 82,338,454 shares and 82,075,470 shares, respectively
                                                                   82,338,000                  
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 30,961 and 38,334, respectively
                                                                    132,136,000                 
        intangible assets
                                                                    1,677,000 20,188,000 20,637,000 21,087,000 21,536,000 24,627,000 25,123,000 25,620,000 26,174,000 26,839,000 27,505,000 28,170,000 28,836,000 29,757,000 30,423,000 30,833,000 31,498,000 
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 82,075,470 shares and 80,499,915 shares, respectively
                                                                    82,075,000                 
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 40,786 and 38,334, respectively
                                                                     143,684,000                
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 50,993 and 38,334, respectively
                                                                      226,566,000               
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 42,955 and 38,334, respectively
                                                                       176,202,000              
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 38,334 and 33,117, respectively
                                                                        144,466,000             
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 80,499,915 shares and 79,120,544 shares, respectively
                                                                        80,500,000             
        total common shareholders’ equity before items of other comprehensive income
                                                                        1,631,632,000    1,600,636,000    1,636,322,000    1,413,146,000 
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 45,209 and 33,117, respectively
                                                                         200,594,000            
        total common shareholder equity before items of other comprehensive income
                                                                         1,617,438,000 1,592,823,000 1,544,366,000      1,507,877,000 1,483,843,000 1,421,857,000  
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 54,299 and 33,117, respectively
                                                                          304,500,000           
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 41,369 and 33,117, respectively
                                                                           229,220,000          
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 33,117 and 28,654, respectively
                                                                            185,397,000         
        prepaid pension and other post-retirement benefit costs
                                                                            21,034,000         
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 79,120,544 shares and 83,461,308 shares, respectively
                                                                            79,121,000         
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 35,588 and 28,654, respectively
                                                                             302,522,000        
        post-retirement liabilities
                                                                             60,152,000 62,372,000 66,706,000 70,555,000 24,310,000 26,953,000 31,512,000  
        receivables – net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 42,687 and 28,654, respectively
                                                                              363,872,000       
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 34,106 and 28,654, respectively
                                                                               242,440,000      
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 83,946,575 shares and 83,461,308 shares, respectively
                                                                               83,947,000      
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 28,654 and 31,427, respectively
                                                                                172,380,000     
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 83,461,308 shares and 83,402,670 shares, respectively
                                                                                83,461,000     
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 34,107 and 31,427, respectively
                                                                                 222,249,000    
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 44,471 and 31,427, respectively
                                                                                  335,666,000   
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 35,677 and 31,427, respectively
                                                                                   192,608,000  
        authorized - 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding – 82,624,576 shares and 83,402,670 shares, respectively
                                                                                   82,625,000  
        receivables — net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of 31,427 and 26,940, respectively
                                                                                    144,254,000 
        authorized — 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding — 83,402,670 shares and 84,356,748 shares, respectively
                                                                                    83,403,000 
        asset retirement obligation
                                                                                    77,392,000 
      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 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 
                                                                                
          operating activities
                                                                                
          net income available for common stock
        247,668,000 181,645,000 107,342,000 149,818,000 216,358,000 44,986,000 -167,621,000 -54,158,000 166,272,000 133,020,000 73,677,000 92,619,000 140,881,000 169,689,000 158,142,000 108,159,000 167,328,000 132,392,000 86,962,000 86,475,000 112,436,000 77,774,000 -145,545,000 41,250,000 -106,068,000 86,591,000 47,281,000 63,753,000 90,596,000 102,660,000 37,994,000 63,026,000 91,847,000 198,654,000 45,576,000 59,715,000 89,283,000 88,908,000 37,552,000 8,286,000 -147,687,000 -189,109,000 -187,703,000 -293,133,000 16,669,000 84,740,000 57,430,000 177,463,000 82,252,000 47,842,000 58,495,000 85,720,000 67,944,000 171,275,000 128,091,000 60,699,000 37,357,000 46,891,000 115,611,000 58,543,000 187,512,000 144,927,000 64,499,000 73,710,000 30,806,000 -42,678,000 225,463,000 165,608,000 70,604,000 179,765,000 132,967,000 54,520,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                
          impairment of assets
          141,802,000                                                                   
          depreciation, depletion and amortization
        119,329,000 122,025,000 119,539,000 116,408,000 111,277,000 109,370,000 108,847,000 113,454,000 118,935,000 115,790,000 109,600,000 102,409,000 100,964,000 96,600,000 94,109,000 95,858,000 91,245,000 88,578,000 83,671,000 84,170,000 84,342,000 83,120,000 80,096,000 73,232,000 77,912,000 74,918,000 74,670,000 71,072,000 65,663,000 64,255,000 63,159,000 60,817,000 61,155,000 55,830,000 55,383,000 55,618,000 56,998,000 56,196,000 56,117,000 58,802,000 63,947,000 70,551,000 70,860,000 79,865,000 82,686,000 102,747,000 103,905,000 183,089,000 93,114,000 86,257,000 88,142,000 80,030,000 72,331,000 199,925,000 125,698,000 62,547,000 55,910,000 57,293,000 60,011,000 53,313,000 142,433,000 91,846,000 44,955,000 127,715,000 84,056,000 42,342,000 129,337,000 86,533,000 44,121,000 125,986,000 84,886,000 42,825,000 
          deferred income taxes
        34,019,000 34,277,000 60,520,000 34,967,000 31,172,000 -5,385,000 -49,822,000 -17,975,000 26,825,000 38,362,000 50,307,000 20,351,000 27,288,000 53,457,000 -16,735,000 26,938,000 50,090,000 44,122,000 16,716,000 27,869,000 34,817,000 26,591,000 -62,019,000 11,449,000 53,517,000 51,366,000 11,142,000 20,655,000 26,293,000 64,175,000 25,384,000 18,922,000 32,217,000 -94,676,000 12,902,000 41,292,000 18,929,000 44,852,000 22,454,000 14,664,000 -143,899,000 -140,013,000 -159,471,000 -208,467,000 -22,856,000 33,207,000 23,020,000 71,939,000 30,093,000 26,880,000 38,450,000 61,557,000 41,000,000 104,948,000 81,696,000 39,398,000 23,925,000 33,816,000 69,910,000 36,600,000 63,813,000 41,796,000 21,092,000 -85,494,000 -80,857,000 -69,626,000 27,603,000 12,817,000 5,296,000 27,107,000 21,803,000 11,198,000 
          premiums paid on early redemption of debt
                                                                               
          stock-based compensation
        5,847,000 4,094,000 4,033,000 5,234,000 5,782,000 4,705,000 6,096,000 5,507,000 5,817,000 4,660,000 4,823,000 4,521,000 5,711,000 5,575,000 4,328,000 4,547,000 5,144,000 5,487,000 4,769,000 3,639,000 4,724,000 3,933,000 5,215,000 2,136,000 4,314,000 3,266,000 5,042,000 5,413,000 5,420,000 5,311,000 3,992,000 3,908,000 3,957,000 3,905,000 3,405,000 3,225,000 3,150,000 2,482,000 2,617,000 620,000 1,558,000 960,000 -5,175,000 2,398,000 2,907,000 3,078,000 -675,000 8,045,000 2,960,000                        
          other
        6,618,000 7,701,000 5,640,000 4,979,000 7,171,000 7,146,000 5,869,000 6,668,000 3,833,000 8,041,000 3,007,000 5,882,000 6,680,000 4,078,000 4,456,000 13,033,000 9,819,000 4,675,000 3,101,000 1,053,000 3,855,000 2,887,000 882,000 -4,155,000 7,889,000 1,911,000 644,000 -33,000 5,815,000 2,182,000 3,822,000 4,259,000 4,374,000 3,678,000 5,392,000 3,371,000 4,106,000 3,607,000 2,935,000 3,579,000 2,688,000 3,418,000 2,494,000 2,620,000 2,351,000 2,358,000 3,094,000 -118,000 -2,095,000 -4,779,000 5,135,000 6,686,000 7,923,000 6,618,000 4,269,000 2,375,000 8,239,000 1,571,000 -1,639,000 2,443,000 7,884,000 6,270,000 7,958,000 9,365,000 6,611,000 6,628,000 -1,120,000 -194,000 4,916,000 4,722,000 3,818,000 5,728,000 
          change in:
                                                                                
          receivables and unbilled revenue
        -7,894,000 -138,565,000 40,733,000 102,299,000 -82,388,000 -115,165,000 29,116,000 55,376,000 8,336,000 -58,459,000 21,255,000 120,564,000 101,282,000 -29,522,000 26,063,000 -28,248,000 -67,896,000 -98,688,000 -20,680,000 60,426,000 -37,553,000 -63,606,000 -6,623,000 62,293,000 407,000 -58,655,000 37,963,000 98,793,000 -28,836,000 -101,541,000 4,139,000 88,933,000 -40,597,000 -83,357,000 12,505,000 76,270,000 -24,760,000 -67,395,000 1,348,000 20,455,000 2,939,000 -31,150,000 29,463,000 110,514,000 -27,392,000 -60,947,000 49,301,000 -198,277,000 -92,261,000                        
          gas stored underground and materials and supplies
        10,299,000 15,173,000 -20,181,000 -9,058,000 17,681,000 10,180,000  -6,694,000 18,760,000 6,915,000              -8,489,000 13,101,000 6,985,000 -21,264,000 -11,542,000 20,740,000 8,353,000 -22,853,000 -9,172,000 17,667,000 10,337,000 -17,116,000 -8,777,000 13,879,000 10,597,000 -19,215,000 -6,954,000 19,171,000 3,466,000 -16,821,000 -8,826,000 19,699,000 9,386,000 -22,218,000 52,661,000 17,977,000 -27,567,000 -7,840,000 28,450,000 3,941,000 30,853,000 37,156,000 -2,226,000 -32,321,000 -7,757,000 35,972,000 -5,828,000 20,384,000 37,932,000 2,839,000 71,491,000 79,128,000 20,971,000 14,819,000 44,734,000 -186,000 34,725,000 47,243,000 5,324,000 
          unrecovered purchased gas costs
        7,718,000 -14,954,000 -2,866,000 659,000       24,098,000 2,753,000 51,888,000 20,603,000 -66,930,000 -28,661,000 28,851,000 526,000   -112,000 -367,000 1,619,000 627,000 -2,246,000 5,760,000 2,940,000 -4,496,000 -4,204,000 426,000 7,361,000 -3,164,000 -866,000 924,000 -984,000 -1,257,000 -1,507,000 312,000       10,583,000 3,407,000     -2,100,000  -3,002,000        35,808,000 34,782,000 10,992,000 9,089,000 13,347,000 2,583,000 12,970,000 -992,000 -11,021,000 
          other current assets
        -1,855,000 18,581,000 -16,651,000 14,301,000 4,923,000 8,814,000 -9,287,000 2,230,000 14,309,000 892,000 -28,847,000 3,634,000 -14,116,000 -1,748,000 1,990,000 6,906,000 -3,951,000 -4,654,000 -7,690,000 4,165,000 -8,196,000 -251,000 55,000 52,446,000 -3,148,000 14,000 -41,002,000 1,534,000 11,633,000 -1,195,000 -15,334,000 7,634,000 -12,410,000 3,591,000 -653,000 733,000 -1,807,000 9,576,000 -12,155,000 11,157,000 9,431,000 -5,254,000 -11,217,000 10,183,000 9,819,000 -5,635,000 -9,006,000 -443,000 12,764,000 -14,337,000 9,839,000 -2,624,000 7,013,000                    
          accounts payable
        -7,943,000 21,412,000 11,041,000 -15,578,000 7,619,000 9,703,000 19,321,000 1,936,000 -12,286,000 -3,355,000 15,245,000 -23,171,000 -35,260,000 6,091,000 -7,352,000 17,253,000 12,894,000 -10,888,000 23,878,000 -1,139,000 9,154,000 -541,000 8,509,000 -7,701,000 -13,745,000 8,280,000 -8,638,000 -26,358,000 8,724,000 1,502,000 15,635,000 -8,511,000 -2,335,000 13,173,000 12,146,000 -8,951,000 -4,808,000 18,805,000 13,023,000 -21,901,000 -11,002,000 -20,784,000 23,534,000 -51,679,000 43,454,000 19,378,000 -11,237,000 69,379,000 39,382,000 -2,938,000 -9,215,000 14,293,000 6,163,000 -38,590,000 -28,656,000 -21,500,000 31,526,000 -27,728,000 3,988,000 29,246,000 127,000 12,179,000 11,408,000 -82,146,000 -45,186,000 3,705,000 53,081,000 39,838,000 42,398,000 -12,560,000 34,417,000 11,736,000 
          amounts payable to customers
        -188,000 -492,000 -23,307,000 -10,118,000 -8,194,000 -133,000 -19,849,000 -9,777,000 12,314,000 1,013,000 36,628,000 19,561,000 2,676,000 -265,000 127,000 -3,130,000 3,386,000 15,000 -7,172,000 -12,575,000 13,945,000 -4,965,000 -7,984,000 1,559,000 13,769,000 -573,000 -10,529,000 -917,000 15,463,000 -3,394,000 -13,439,000 4,750,000 11,832,000 251,000 -13,070,000 -6,396,000 16,235,000 -16,306,000 -15,904,000 -6,776,000 -2,859,000 -11,702,000 11,936,000 46,000 8,802,000 2,249,000 940,000 11,837,000 -3,944,000 442,000 -5,853,000 2,961,000 -4,686,000 2,242,000 1,808,000 -3,522,000 -10,142,000 186,000 1,561,000 -14,195,000 -54,764,000 -41,442,000 -11,310,000 43,019,000 18,897,000 1,962,000 2,455,000 -5,424,000 -1,228,000 -4,738,000 -13,339,000 3,166,000 
          customer advances
        -17,108,000 -80,000 17,188,000 -15,295,000 -4,078,000 19,373,000 -23,086,000 2,083,000 21,003,000 -31,314,000 5,206,000 26,108,000 -14,620,000 -2,603,000 17,223,000 -16,032,000 713,000 14,758,000 -54,000 -13,112,000 683,000 12,878,000 -267,000 -6,918,000 -6,258,000 13,412,000 43,000 -18,244,000 2,697,000 15,477,000 -76,000 -13,479,000 -983,000 14,724,000 5,000 -23,392,000 7,189,000 16,192,000 -226,000 -20,166,000 1,431,000 18,924,000 -21,878,000 -3,281,000 21,713,000 101,000 -21,923,000 -1,987,000 -19,328,000 -19,439,000 6,171,000 18,622,000 -1,679,000 -24,933,000 -5,000 -23,526,000 -21,840,000 6,098,000 -29,788,000 -31,189,000 -2,924,000 -22,863,000 -22,863,000 635,000    
          customer security deposits
        -2,070,000 22,000 1,114,000 -1,619,000 -5,733,000 -174,000 -409,000 6,074,000 -243,000 2,079,000 -5,260,000 -358,000 5,553,000 4,546,000 -917,000 4,434,000 493,000 981,000 20,000 -231,000 1,880,000 424,000 1,973,000 227,000 -511,000 -700,000 -591,000 -1,718,000 -5,323,000 -1,861,000 7,235,000 -505,000 -3,530,000 2,131,000 2,850,000 10,000 820,000 673,000 -75,000 -7,000 -656,000 267,000 -1,839,000 -134,000 2,072,000 630,000 -405,000 -602,000 -493,000 -647,000 -308,000 -1,788,000 984,000 -474,000 -300,000 364,000 -351,000 -392,000 -444,000 188,000 1,188,000 1,996,000 2,135,000          
          other accruals and current liabilities
        18,606,000 37,561,000 -43,794,000 22,755,000 262,000 21,266,000 -21,209,000 -3,081,000 -1,685,000 28,612,000 -113,027,000 16,622,000 24,218,000 4,523,000 -27,062,000 50,158,000 6,120,000 5,044,000 11,160,000 14,096,000 -18,557,000 27,615,000 -1,773,000 -2,302,000 -6,362,000 15,438,000 -25,048,000 -11,988,000 9,616,000 38,412,000 -22,673,000 -11,108,000 26,114,000 11,532,000 1,581,000 -19,267,000 38,771,000 5,919,000 78,000 -19,045,000 36,773,000 -14,353,000 -20,967,000 -39,697,000 59,907,000 -6,416,000 -10,718,000 102,222,000 12,347,000 -2,868,000 -35,739,000 44,940,000 -5,667,000 17,083,000 65,039,000 -4,008,000 -35,085,000 -56,730,000 92,086,000 1,387,000 30,961,000 90,498,000 -13,536,000 166,217,000 216,249,000 30,407,000 94,031,000 192,787,000 25,400,000 77,842,000 163,928,000 -756,000 
          other assets
        -13,779,000 -5,085,000 6,242,000 -15,066,000 -16,390,000 -3,892,000 -12,837,000 -13,181,000 -15,859,000 -6,306,000 12,803,000 -12,466,000 -6,663,000 -20,238,000 -14,740,000 -11,525,000 -25,821,000 -6,838,000 -4,589,000 -5,200,000 973,000 10,066,000 -5,988,000 -7,856,000 17,900,000 -28,259,000 39,709,000 4,092,000 3,714,000 -42,400,000 1,214,000 -1,229,000 -4,266,000 -5,275,000 663,000 -3,516,000 8,357,000 -8,389,000 -1,834,000 21,000 2,869,000 885,000 1,572,000 -702,000 -316,000 2,142,000 -6,936,000 23,445,000 -6,268,000 -747,000 1,190,000 -5,603,000 -597,000 -12,796,000 -48,692,000 -28,139,000 -3,249,000 4,545,000 26,173,000 -10,463,000 29,197,000 11,285,000 16,967,000 -8,517,000 2,399,000 12,560,000 19,178,000 18,127,000 10,163,000 918,000 -3,765,000 1,883,000 
          other liabilities
        -16,909,000 -8,394,000 -28,842,000 -11,575,000 -19,286,000 -9,057,000 -10,832,000 -5,321,000 -6,925,000 -2,403,000 -23,186,000 468,000 -11,539,000 3,122,000 -2,050,000 -6,690,000 -5,342,000 -3,777,000 -33,460,000 -316,000 -2,386,000 2,391,000 164,000 607,000 -2,000,000 5,857,000 3,917,000 11,471,000 10,923,000 -21,333,000 -263,000 7,208,000 16,008,000 -21,775,000 -3,455,000 5,436,000 4,324,000 -4,122,000 -5,331,000 -4,079,000 -6,977,000 2,904,000 -29,088,000 9,075,000 24,054,000 19,132,000 -8,864,000 15,946,000 -7,205,000 -7,192,000 15,974,000 -16,912,000 6,495,000 25,338,000 44,323,000 31,724,000 -8,028,000 7,914,000 -24,355,000 670,000 -11,358,000 -535,000 -22,667,000 -14,453,000 -4,301,000 -6,217,000 17,373,000 4,504,000 1,889,000 -821,000 -2,434,000 -6,810,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        382,358,000 274,921,000 237,751,000 388,406,000 253,782,000 220,088,000 197,946,000 281,754,000 315,317,000 270,944,000 181,963,000 343,903,000 383,870,000 327,339,000 158,505,000 228,397,000 254,136,000 171,483,000 119,743,000 254,677,000 212,390,000 204,743,000 116,939,000 232,878,000 223,243,000 167,749,000 123,928,000 229,720,000 236,463,000 104,372,000 96,062,000 230,775,000 191,958,000 94,808,000 133,121,000 199,240,000 207,243,000 144,647,000 129,024,000 147,192,000 198,690,000 114,073,000 140,944,000 205,134,000 318,423,000 189,079,000 183,821,000 503,236,000 176,694,000 151,339,000 220,378,000 220,895,000 145,960,000 540,990,000 338,897,000 79,228,000 141,004,000 193,060,000 255,751,000 87,471,000 419,893,000 279,331,000 68,333,000 511,821,000 335,756,000 100,144,000 415,067,000 306,868,000 75,345,000 404,552,000 274,673,000 43,031,000 
          investing activities
                                                                                
          capital expenditures
        -220,636,000 -277,631,000 -285,505,000 -193,056,000 -193,833,000 -240,427,000 -247,036,000 -202,242,000 -235,020,000 -246,938,000 -282,130,000 -231,376,000 -262,889,000 -233,473,000 -219,339,000 -177,072,000 -201,924,000 -213,491,000 -238,959,000 -173,908,000 -155,566,000 -183,301,000 -165,149,000 -155,518,000 -196,991,000 -198,495,000 -201,496,000 -200,863,000 -209,012,000 -177,567,000 -180,010,000 -142,274,000 -119,107,000 -142,613,000 -135,561,000 -106,543,000 -102,178,000 -106,053,000 -99,795,000 -122,800,000 -172,544,000 -186,437,000 -299,214,000 -225,624,000 -248,414,000 -244,927,000 -304,990,000 -367,393,000 -194,920,000 -190,062,000 -173,662,000 -176,756,000 -162,981,000 -776,896,000 -499,607,000 -232,670,000 -253,873,000 -191,401,000 -200,286,000 -192,052,000 -327,513,000 -230,530,000 -62,135,000 -237,126,000 -178,772,000 -84,268,000 -264,728,000 -144,707,000 -69,744,000 -206,509,000 -132,313,000 -65,302,000 
          free cash flows
        161,722,000 -2,710,000 -47,754,000 195,350,000 59,949,000 -20,339,000 -49,090,000 79,512,000 80,297,000 24,006,000 -100,167,000 112,527,000 120,981,000 93,866,000 -60,834,000 51,325,000 52,212,000 -42,008,000 -119,216,000 80,769,000 56,824,000 21,442,000 -48,210,000 77,360,000 26,252,000 -30,746,000 -77,568,000 28,857,000 27,451,000 -73,195,000 -83,948,000 88,501,000 72,851,000 -47,805,000 -2,440,000 92,697,000 105,065,000 38,594,000 29,229,000 24,392,000 26,146,000 -72,364,000 -158,270,000 -20,490,000 70,009,000 -55,848,000 -121,169,000 135,843,000 -18,226,000 -38,723,000 46,716,000 44,139,000 -17,021,000 -235,906,000 -160,710,000 -153,442,000 -112,869,000 1,659,000 55,465,000 -104,581,000 92,380,000 48,801,000 6,198,000 274,695,000 156,984,000 15,876,000 150,339,000 162,161,000 5,601,000 198,043,000 142,360,000 -22,271,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -218,858,000 -278,886,000 -273,736,000 -192,585,000 -190,830,000 -234,549,000 -248,334,000 -202,424,000 -235,289,000 -247,858,000 -283,248,000 -344,450,000 -275,813,000 -208,836,000 -224,184,000 63,681,000 -188,491,000 -169,710,000 -236,247,000 -174,780,000 -155,320,000 -66,870,000 -649,688,000 -182,609,000 -198,036,000 -193,283,000 -208,662,000 -201,318,000 -209,079,000 -180,116,000 -178,640,000 -111,192,000 -99,054,000 -140,001,000 -124,159,000 -113,504,000 -80,311,000 -104,591,000 -75,787,000 -105,417,000 -80,673,000 -191,619,000 -304,760,000 -225,427,000 -248,447,000 -246,156,000 -303,704,000 -362,466,000 -191,305,000 -188,699,000 -174,102,000 -176,668,000 -166,514,000 -778,163,000 -500,396,000 -233,636,000 -259,807,000 -121,777,000 -143,970,000 -192,100,000 -327,786,000 -230,645,000 -62,452,000 -237,899,000 -179,307,000 -84,900,000 -204,070,000 -82,440,000 -10,608,000 -205,744,000 -133,622,000 -65,127,000 
          financing activities
                                                                                
          changes in notes payable to banks and commercial paper
        -48,700,000 -60,200,000  -146,900,000 8,400,000 109,300,000          182,000,000 52,000,000 7,500,000  -25,000,000 -5,000,000  -230,000,000 90,200,000 84,600,000                31,400,000  -157,500,000 -15,400,000 87,300,000     -238,000,000 67,000,000 30,200,000 -20,000,000 -20,000,000    20,500,000             
          net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
          -2,000 -288,000   -37,000    -227,000          -101,000                    -1,027,000         496,085,000 496,085,000 496,085,000        247,780,000   296,655,000      
          shares repurchased under repurchase plan
          -3,959,000 -16,947,000 -33,524,000 -36,239,000 -23,617,000                                                           -129,592,000 -108,941,000  -43,344,000 -43,344,000 -42,921,000 
          reduction of long-term debt
          -50,000,000       -399,000,000 -150,000,000               -259,465,000 -307,047,000                  -150,000,000 -150,000,000 -150,000,000 -200,000,000    -100,000,000 -100,000,000  -200,024,000 -24,000 -24,000 -119,550,000 -23,207,000 -23,005,000 
          dividends paid on common stock
        -50,834,000 -48,353,000 -48,340,000 -46,555,000 -46,671,000 -46,872,000 -47,188,000 -45,562,000 -45,597,000 -45,451,000 -45,443,000 -43,602,000 -43,599,000 -43,452,000 -43,446,000 -41,610,000 -41,604,000 -41,487,000 -41,483,000 -40,571,000 -40,560,000 -40,475,000 -40,471,000 -37,654,000 -37,650,000 -37,547,000 -37,543,000 -36,678,000 -36,665,000 -36,532,000 -36,526,000 -35,641,000 -35,591,000 -35,500,000 -35,469,000 -34,577,000 -34,544,000 -34,473,000 -34,405,000 -33,532,000 -33,472,000 -33,415,000 -33,389,000 -32,488,000 -32,442,000 -32,400,000 -32,373,000 -62,776,000 -31,373,000 -31,346,000 -30,485,000 -60,879,000 -88,404,000 -58,877,000 -29,398,000 -29,358,000 -28,478,000 -28,407,000 -28,316,000 -81,318,000 -54,096,000 -26,967,000 -77,398,000 -51,556,000 -25,714,000 -77,204,000 -51,896,000 -25,873,000 -74,748,000 -49,808,000 -25,026,000 
          net proceeds from common stock sale
        -8,703,000 347,106,000                                                                       
          net repurchases of common stock under stock and benefit plans
        -65,000 -6,356,000 -524,000 -108,000 -55,000 -3,971,000 -40,000 -2,000                                                                 
          net cash from financing activities
        -408,302,000 232,197,000 39,834,000 -247,810,000 -20,340,000 24,933,000 7,196,000 -48,685,000 -70,944,000 -36,848,000 103,317,000 -17,571,000 -282,599,000 -10,146,000 -383,649,000 140,029,000 10,229,000 -42,846,000 116,920,000 -40,642,000 -86,016,000 -49,001,000 -10,673,000 391,311,000 52,544,000 42,906,000 17,644,000 -36,678,000 -37,296,000 -44,765,000 -1,123,000 -34,270,000 -31,199,000 -344,048,000 261,243,000 -31,584,000 -32,252,000 -33,535,000 -28,832,000 -29,908,000 -60,646,000 279,000     54,116,000 -54,764,000 -26,367,000 -32,364,000 -24,107,000 7,169,000 7,077,000 297,560,000 273,314,000 298,242,000 14,521,000 -31,340,000 -48,636,000 -210,920,000 -41,313,000 -29,935,000 -9,533,000 91,069,000 -138,640,000 53,202,000 -76,605,000 -132,822,000 224,000 -207,134,000 -88,066,000 1,108,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
              -43,192,000   -13,762,000 2,032,000 -18,118,000 -174,542,000 108,357,000 -449,328,000 432,107,000 75,874,000 -41,073,000 416,000 39,255,000 -28,946,000 88,872,000  441,580,000 77,751,000 17,372,000                                               
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at october 1
               55,447,000  137,718,000  120,138,000  20,541,000  27,260,000  233,047,000                                           
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at march 31
                                                                                
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                
          non-cash investing activities:
                                                                                
          non-cash capital expenditures
        12,319,000 70,359,000 36,641,000 29,814,000 -12,803,000 71,616,000 39,520,000 17,547,000 -35,001,000 97,922,000 37,385,000 7,328,000 -45,819,000 110,314,000 45,847,000 10,925,000 -17,520,000 81,010,000 21,215,000 13,412,000 15,931,000 52,142,000 29,194,000 -1,356,000 -34,348,000 93,838,000 1,696,000 4,496,000 -11,246,000 86,175,000 17,403,000 19,471,000 -4,177,000 56,116,000 24,708,000 10,576,000 -12,033,000 48,965,000 16,054,000 -21,678,000 -27,925,000 93,983,000 -3,628,000 28,103,000 -7,180,000 101,664,000 881,000 109,355,000 52,738,000    86,144,000                    
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
         228,232,000    10,472,000                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at october 1
         43,166,000    38,222,000                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at december 31
         271,398,000    48,694,000                                                                   
          non-cash financing activities:
                                                                                
          non-cash accrued placement fees from common stock sale
         8,531,000                                                                       
          premium paid on early redemption of debt
                                                                              
          sale of fixed income mutual fund shares in grantor trust
                  10,000,000 30,000,000                                                       
          acquisition of upstream assets
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of short-term note payable to bank
                  250,000,000                                                           
          repayment of short-term note payable to bank
                                                                               
          net change in other short-term notes payable to banks and commercial paper
              90,700,000 -278,900,000 -21,100,000 12,500,000 149,000,000 -21,500,000 160,000,000 -60,000,000                                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
                                                                                
          cash paid for:
                                                                                
          interest
                                                                                
          income taxes
                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents at june 30
                                                                                
          gain on sale of assets
                                                                               
          reduction of other post-retirement regulatory liability
                                                                              
          gas stored underground and materials, supplies and emission allowances
                  -20,163,000 -9,486,000 15,621,000 5,622,000 -21,032,000 -7,899,000 14,929,000 17,111,000 -21,038,000 -8,234,000 13,385,000 13,873,000                                                   
          net proceeds from sale of exploration and production properties
                                                                                
          non-cash contingent consideration for asset sale
                                                                               
          impairment of exploration and production properties
                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at june 30
                                                                                
          deposit paid for upstream assets
                                                                                
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                                   -8,276,000 -9,912,000 -120,509,000                                           
          net repurchases of common stock
                 -3,897,000 -13,000 -2,000 -6,694,000  -361,000 -167,000 -8,859,000   -8,000 -3,526,000   -6,000 -4,147,000    -8,233,000                                           
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at december 31
                 41,685,000    246,075,000    79,065,000    109,413,000    44,632,000    112,538,000                                           
          impairment of oil and gas producing properties
                          76,152,000 253,441,000 18,236,000               32,755,000 82,658,000 397,443,000 435,451,000 417,197,000 588,712,000                    182,811,000 182,811,000 182,811,000       
          net proceeds from sale of oil and gas producing properties
                      240,914,000               38,196,000   20,795,000 5,759,000 22,081,000 10,297,000 94,364,000 10,574,000               -5,934,000       3,701,000 60,000  5,675,000 2,313,000 1,500,000 5,137,000 2,330,000 2,141,000 
          net proceeds from sale of timber properties
                          104,582,000                                                   
          acquisition of upstream assets and midstream gathering assets
                              -479,208,000                                                  
          change in notes payable to banks and commercial paper
                                                                         66,000,000      71,600,000 
          net proceeds from issuance (repurchase) of common stock
                                  -13,000      -1,501,000                    8,168,000 5,030,000 1,555,000 3,879,000 -1,638,000 271,000 -3,104,000             
          cash paid (refunded) for:
                                                                                
          gain on sale of timber properties
                          -51,066,000                                                   
          net proceeds from issuance (repurchases) of common stock
                                                                                
          receivable from sale of oil and gas producing properties
                                         17,310,000    20,795,000 -2,538,000 11,784,000 -84,067,000 94,364,000                               
          excess tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation awards
                                              -82,000 -1,560,000 -226,000 -40,000 -1,357,000 -7,667,000 -3,149,000       -1,076,000      -13,207,000 -13,437,000 -13,437,000 -5,927,000 -5,927,000 -5,927,000 -16,275,000 -16,275,000 -16,275,000 -13,689,000 -13,689,000 -13,717,000 
          hedging collateral deposits
                                      -1,158,000 1,374,000 808,000 -2,724,000 401,000 -371,000 -1,771,000 1,484,000 1,524,000 6,955,000 -412,000 1,573,000 -23,000 4,625,000 -2,258,000 -10,734,000 -2,734,000 1,094,000 1,094,000 -400,000 56,000 -750,000 364,000 16,309,000 829,000 -5,417,000 18,283,000 23,842,000 -30,380,000 -20,312,000 -7,374,000 -12,809,000 -244,000 -6,358,000 -22,194,000 -3,742,000 -26,712,000 1,712,000 2,070,000 16,276,000 17,642,000 9,916,000 
          net proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                      -152,000 1,371,000   1,561,000 2,993,000 2,292,000 938,000 5,491,000 2,064,000 4,226,000 2,068,000 1,797,000 5,169,000 2,026,000 1,548,000 889,000 4,863,000 1,857,000  2,064,000 -246,000 956,000        26,798,000 10,724,000 3,997,000 14,760,000 6,989,000 6,989,000 17,285,000 11,764,000 9,846,000 16,819,000 14,604,000 6,743,000 
          net increase in cash and temporary cash investments
                                      -83,701,000 85,313,000 61,705,000 -389,241,000 270,205,000 54,152,000 94,680,000 6,521,000 24,405,000 11,867,000 57,371,000 -77,267,000 -196,435,000 240,590,000 25,517,000 7,038,000  86,006,000   22,169,000 51,396,000 -13,477,000 60,387,000 111,815,000 143,834,000 -104,282,000 39,943,000   50,794,000 18,751,000 -3,652,000 364,991,000 17,809,000 68,446,000 134,392,000 91,606,000 64,961,000 -7,081,000 52,198,000 -22,013,000 
          cash and temporary cash investments at beginning of year
                                                                                
          cash and temporary cash investments at end of year
                                                                                
          cash and temporary cash investments at october 1
                                       555,530,000  129,972,000  113,596,000  36,886,000  64,858,000 64,858,000  74,494,000 80,428,000 80,428,000 80,428,000  2,000,000 395,171,000 408,053,000 408,053,000 408,053,000 68,239,000 68,239,000 68,239,000 124,806,000 124,806,000 124,806,000 69,611,000 69,611,000 69,611,000 
          cash and temporary cash investments at june 30
                                                             140,815,000       458,847,000   433,230,000   259,198,000   62,530,000   
          three months ended june 30, 2018
                                                                                
          balance at april 1, 2018
                                                                                
          other comprehensive gains and losses before reclassifications
                                       -17,973,000 -5,869,000 -3,194,000  -15,104,000 56,194,000 -30,449,000   -25,118,000 44,696,000  -40,686,000 -105,617,000 140,880,000  -38,878,000                         
          amounts reclassified from other comprehensive income
                                       -85,000    -4,701,000 11,705,000 -17,763,000   3,530,000 -39,165,000  2,138,000 -17,037,000 -14,176,000                           
          balance at june 30, 2018
                                                                                
          nine months ended june 30, 2018
                                                                                
          balance at october 1, 2017
                                       20,801,000                                       
          three months ended june 30, 2017
                                                                                
          balance at april 1, 2017
                                                                                
          balance at june 30, 2017
                                                                                
          nine months ended june 30, 2017
                                                                                
          balance at october 1, 2016
                                       64,782,000  64,782,000                                   
          cash and temporary cash investments at march 31
                                                       150,864,000       192,243,000       426,804,000   86,048,000   216,412,000   121,809,000  
          three months ended march 31, 2018
                                                                                
          balance at january 1, 2018
                                                                                
          balance at march 31, 2018
                                                                                
          six months ended march 31, 2018
                                                                                
          three months ended march 31, 2017
                                                                                
          balance at january 1, 2017
                                                                                
          balance at march 31, 2017
                                                                                
          six months ended march 31, 2017
                                                                                
          cash and temporary cash investments at december 31
                                         166,289,000    136,493,000    36,329,000    43,924,000   23,880,000    61,017,000   224,262,000    79,622,000   404,401,000   136,685,000   189,767,000   47,598,000 
          three months ended december 31, 2017
                                                                                
          amounts reclassified from other comprehensive loss
                                         -7,351,000              15,470,000                         
          balance at december 31, 2017
                                         10,256,000                                       
          three months ended december 31, 2016
                                                                                
          balance at december 31, 2016
                                         16,570,000    16,570,000                                   
          three months ended june 30, 2016
                                                                                
          balance at april 1, 2016
                                                                                
          balance at june 30, 2016
                                                                                
          nine months ended june 30, 2016
                                                                                
          balance at october 1, 2015
                                           157,197,000   157,197,000                               
          three months ended march 31, 2016
                                                                                
          balance at january 1, 2016
                                                                                
          balance at march 31, 2016
                                                                                
          six months ended march 31, 2016
                                                                                
          three months ended december 31, 2015
                                                                                
          balance at december 31, 2015
                                             162,728,000    162,728,000                               
          balance at beginning of year
                                                                                
          liabilities incurred
                                                                                
          revisions of estimates
                                                                                
          liabilities settled
                                                                                
          accretion expense
                                                                                
          three months ended march 31, 2015
                                                                                
          balance at january 1, 2015
                                                                                
          balance at march 31, 2015
                                                                                
          six months ended march 31, 2015
                                                                                
          balance at october 1, 2014
                                                43,659,000  43,659,000                           
          three months ended december 31, 2014
                                                                                
          balance at december 31, 2014
                                                 170,363,000    170,363,000                           
          net cash from (used) in financing activities
                                                   260,883,000 -44,459,000 64,115,000                           
          three months ended june 30, 2015
                                                                                
          balance at april 1, 2015
                                                                                
          balance at june 30, 2015
                                                                                
          nine months ended june 30, 2015
                                                                                
          three months ended june 30, 2014
                                                                                
          balance at april 1, 2014
                                                                                
          balance at june 30, 2014
                                                                                
          nine months ended june 30, 2014
                                                                                
          balance at october 1, 2013
                                                   30,722,000   30,722,000                        
          three months ended march 31, 2014
                                                                                
          balance at january 1, 2014
                                                       26,345,000                         
          balance at march 31, 2014
                                                       2,937,000                         
          six months ended march 31, 2014
                                                                                
          three months ended december 31, 2013
                                                                                
          balance at december 31, 2013
                                                     26,345,000   26,345,000                        
          elimination of other post-retirement regulatory liability
                                                                                
          net decrease in cash and temporary cash investments
                                                        -40,978,000           -315,549,000             
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
                                                                                
          provided by operating activities:
                                                                                
          excess tax benefits associated with stock-based
                                                                                
          compensation awards
                                                        -3,149,000                        
          other comprehensive gain
                                                                                
          before reclassifications
                                                        1,507,000                        
          amounts reclassified from
                                                                                
          other comprehensive loss
                                                        -5,884,000       -5,433,000    -19,665,000    -26,937,000 -5,930,000   -25,581,000     
          gain on sale of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                              
          excess tax costs (benefits) associated with stock-based compensation awards
                                                             -1,511,000                  
          receivables and unbilled utility revenue
                                                         26,003,000 66,265,000 -54,142,000 -55,261,000 23,008,000 -50,906,000 -51,054,000 29,806,000 97,474,000 -69,409,000 -53,984,000 6,676,000 -101,881,000 -67,882,000 -5,520,000 -149,895,000 -98,914,000 -129,102,000 -245,912,000 -127,894,000 -73,150,000 -225,511,000 -91,341,000 
          net proceeds from sale of unconsolidated subsidiaries
                                                                              
          excess tax (costs) benefits associated with stock-based compensation awards
                                                             1,511,000                  
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                
          net proceeds from sale of timber mill and related assets
                                                                                
          net proceeds from sale of landfill gas pipeline assets
                                                                                
          prepayments and other current assets
                                                             18,190,000 -943,000 -5,182,000 6,451,000 12,513,000 48,679,000 8,768,000 39,043,000 31,318,000 17,859,000 37,904,000 16,954,000 14,958,000 17,370,000 15,878,000 10,422,000 30,685,000 28,659,000 20,398,000 
          other comprehensive income, before tax:
                                                                                
          unrealized gain on securities available for sale arising during the period
                                                             -1,870,000 3,116,000 712,000    2,540,000 -3,361,000 1,158,000  3,775,000   -1,603,000 -2,014,000 -1,201,000 1,570,000 483,000 790,000 
          unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments arising during the period
                                                             30,432,000 14,498,000 2,155,000     16,528,000 27,633,000 -4,853,000  32,923,000 118,880,000 -139,684,000  -20,859,000 13,343,000 -20,456,000 9,501,000 
          reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses on derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                             -21,599,000          -24,853,000 -39,615,000 -28,792,000  6,741,000   -958,000  
          other comprehensive income, before tax
                                                             6,963,000 1,429,000      1,414,000 23,248,000 -17,601,000   80,064,000 -108,203,000  -16,657,000 30,523,000 -20,028,000 8,600,000 
          income tax benefit related to unrealized gain on securities available for sale arising during the period
                                                             -701,000      960,000 -1,271,000 438,000  1,429,000   -608,000 -761,000 -59,000    
          income tax expense related to unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments arising during the period
                                                             12,688,000        11,310,000          3,730,000 
          reclassification adjustment for income tax benefit (expense) on realized losses (gains) from derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                             -8,973,000                   
          income taxes—net
                                                             3,014,000                   
          other comprehensive income
                                                             3,949,000 1,244,000      749,000 13,800,000 -10,306,000   47,138,000 -64,005,000  -10,083,000 22,251,000 -11,258,000 2,575,000 
          comprehensive income
                                                             47,133,000 68,636,000 55,266,000    38,878,000 43,334,000 94,228,000 54,193,000 15,967,000 67,554,000 4,460,000 -4,150,000 69,423,000 60,521,000 69,049,000 67,189,000 57,095,000 
          reclassification adjustment for realized gains on derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                              -16,185,000 -11,864,000    -9,053,000 -11,830,000 -5,590,000 -12,052,000          
          income tax expense related to unrealized gain on securities available for sale arising during the period
                                                              1,161,000 263,000              562,000 209,000 275,000 
          income tax benefit related to unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments arising during the period
                                                              840,000 817,000     6,794,000  -2,062,000  13,399,000 48,128,000 -57,136,000  -8,648,000 5,433,000 -8,494,000  
          reclassification adjustment for income tax expense on realized gains from derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                              -1,816,000 -4,644,000    -3,725,000  -2,300,000 -4,962,000          
          income taxes – net
                                                              185,000 -3,564,000          32,926,000 -44,198,000 -17,461,000    6,025,000 
          foreign currency translation adjustment
                                                                   17,000 77,000 47,000 17,000 -42,000 34,000 8,000 2,000 -56,000 -18,000 10,029,000 1,223,000 -4,868,000 
          reclassification adjustment for realized foreign currency translation loss in net income
                                                                   34,000             
          other comprehensive loss, before tax
                                                               -8,997,000    -33,598,000    -45,566,000 -9,603,000   -43,042,000     
          loss from unconsolidated subsidiaries, net of cash distributions
                                                                                
          impairment of investment in partnership
                                                                       1,804,000 1,804,000 1,804,000       
          investment in subsidiary, net of cash acquired
                                                                   -1,750,000             
          (income) income from unconsolidated subsidiaries, net of cash distributions
                                                                 77,000 3,799,000 1,100,000      1,032,000     -960,000 -18,000 
          reclassification adjustment for income tax benefit (expense) on realized losses (gains) on derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                                                
          reclassification adjustment for realized foreign currency transaction loss in net income
                                                                                
          reclassification adjustment for income tax expense on realized gains on derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                                    -4,858,000            
          item 1.
                                                                                
          |
                                                                                
          cash held in escrow
                                                                   2,000,000    -2,000,000   58,397,000 58,397,000 58,397,000    
          unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments arising during the period
                                                                   -27,136,000    -24,446,000    -47,713,000     
          income tax benefit related to unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments arising during the period
                                                                   -11,168,000    -9,950,000    -19,516,000     
          income taxes — net
                                                                   -13,933,000 665,000 9,448,000 -7,295,000 -18,629,000 -3,673,000    -6,574,000 8,272,000 -8,770,000  
          income from unconsolidated subsidiaries, net of cash distributions
                                                                    904,000 1,228,000 1,599,000 180,000 808,000  1,340,000 1,651,000 431,000 -1,486,000   
          investment in partnership
                                                                      -70,000 -800,000      -3,300,000 -3,300,000 -1,650,000 
          unrealized loss on securities available for sale arising during the period
                                                                      -713,000  -2,945,000 -10,032,000       
          income tax benefit related to unrealized loss on securities available for sale arising during the period
                                                                      -271,000  -1,113,000 -3,791,000       
          investment in partnerships
                                                                                
          net proceeds from sale of foreign subsidiaries
                                                                                
          effect of exchange rates on cash
                                                                             1,245,000 -787,000 -1,025,000 
          other comprehensive loss, before tax:
                                                                                
          reclassification adjustment for income tax benefit on realized (gains) losses from derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                                       -10,108,000 -15,959,000 -11,411,000     -364,000  
          reclassification adjustment for realized losses on derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                                          33,082,000  5,421,000 5,581,000  3,177,000 
          reclassification adjustment for income tax benefit on realized losses on derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                                          13,546,000   2,277,000   
          minimum pension liability adjustment
                                                                              -320,000  
          income tax benefit related to minimum pension liability adjustment
                                                                              -121,000  
          reclassification adjustment for income tax benefit on realized losses from derivative financial instruments in net income
                                                                           2,816,000 2,133,000   2,020,000 
          minority interest in foreign subsidiaries
                                                                                
          dividends paid to minority interest
                                                                                
          loss on sale of timber properties
                                                                                
          gain on sale of oil and gas producing properties
                                                                                
          net proceeds from sale of foreign subsidiary
                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                                                                
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information cash paid for: