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Spire Inc
(NYSE:SR) 

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Spire Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, retail distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and other end-users of natural gas in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Gas Utility and Gas Marketing. It is also involved in the...

Founded: 1857
Full Time Employees: 3,583
Sector: Utilities
Industry: Utilities-Regulated Gas

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    Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 
                                                                                   
      operating revenues
    762,200,000 334,100,000 421,900,000 1,051,300,000 669,100,000 293,800,000 414,100,000 1,128,500,000 756,600,000 310,400,000 418,500,000 1,123,400,000 814,000,000 314,200,000 448,000,000 880,900,000 555,400,000 290,200,000 327,800,000 1,104,900,000 512,600,000                                                           
      yoy
    13.91% 13.72% 1.88% -6.84% -11.56% -5.35% -1.05% 0.45% -7.05% -1.21% -6.58% 27.53% 46.56% 8.27% 36.67% -20.27% 8.35%                                                               
      qoq
    128.14% -20.81% -59.87% 57.12% 127.74% -29.05% -63.31% 49.15% 143.75% -25.83% -62.75% 38.01% 159.07% -29.87% -49.14% 58.61% 91.39% -11.47% -70.33% 115.55%                                                            
      operating expenses:
                                                                                   
      natural gas
    312,700,000 77,400,000 103,200,000 454,900,000 270,000,000 54,600,000 140,900,000 540,800,000 367,000,000 85,300,000 169,800,000 586,500,000 419,200,000 79,400,000 203,300,000 392,000,000 249,200,000 49,100,000 96,900,000 619,100,000 181,200,000                                                           
      operation and maintenance
    139,900,000 142,800,000 130,600,000 139,400,000 129,300,000 112,200,000 126,700,000 137,800,000 130,700,000 127,900,000 125,500,000 132,100,000 132,100,000 117,700,000 102,300,000 113,200,000 116,400,000 123,200,000 112,000,000 119,000,000 111,600,000 147,000,000 112,500,000 93,100,000 106,000,000 109,100,000 111,200,000 109,500,000 102,500,000 86,775,000 105,600,000 143,600,000 97,900,000 74,650,000 100,800,000 98,400,000                                            
      depreciation and amortization
    81,400,000 76,500,000 75,700,000 73,700,000 72,300,000 71,100,000 71,400,000 68,900,000 67,000,000 65,800,000 64,300,000 62,600,000 62,100,000 61,100,000 60,400,000 58,900,000 56,900,000 57,700,000 53,100,000 51,500,000 50,800,000 56,100,000 47,800,000 47,000,000 46,400,000 46,200,000 45,100,000 44,400,000 43,700,000 45,100,000 40,500,000 41,100,000 40,300,000 39,500,000 38,400,000 37,900,000 37,700,000 35,400,000 34,200,000 33,800,000 33,500,000 33,200,000 32,500,000 32,200,000 32,000,000 23,900,000 18,400,000 20,118,000 20,026,000 14,541,000 11,519,000 11,258,000 10,965,000 10,289,000 10,186,000 10,175,000 10,089,000 9,981,000 9,856,000 9,739,000 9,638,000 9,428,000 9,396,000 9,385,000 9,363,000 9,262,000 9,190,000 9,180,000 9,119,000 9,008,000 8,819,000 8,763,000 8,713,000 8,450,000 8,565,000 8,568,000 8,497,000 8,368,000 8,275,000 
      taxes, other than income taxes
    54,700,000 37,900,000 43,200,000 76,900,000 48,700,000 36,100,000 44,400,000 82,400,000 52,700,000 35,300,000 46,900,000 81,900,000 50,400,000 26,200,000 44,100,000 71,600,000 37,600,000 33,500,000 32,600,000 57,900,000 36,100,000 27,100,000 31,700,000 51,700,000 37,900,000 25,400,000 29,700,000 57,400,000 39,200,000 24,300,000 33,500,000 58,000,000 36,700,000 25,600,000 30,500,000 48,300,000 33,400,000 25,700,000 27,400,000 43,900,000 28,200,000 22,200,000 26,200,000 55,700,000 38,000,000 19,400,000 22,200,000 41,739,000 28,589,000 10,554,000 12,968,000 21,751,000 14,806,000 8,070,000 10,842,000 20,093,000 14,667,000 7,986,000 12,332,000 24,686,000 15,748,000 7,117,000 12,016,000 26,050,000 16,224,000 8,244,000 13,821,000 28,216,000 18,358,000 8,538,000 14,549,000 29,255,000 16,681,000 7,894,000 13,360,000 28,348,000 18,759,000 8,127,000 14,014,000 
      total operating expenses
    588,700,000 334,600,000 352,700,000 744,900,000 520,300,000 274,000,000 383,400,000 829,900,000 617,400,000 314,300,000 406,500,000 863,100,000 663,800,000 284,400,000 410,100,000 635,700,000 460,100,000 263,500,000 294,600,000 847,500,000 379,700,000 251,800,000 427,600,000 505,000,000 464,600,000 251,200,000 308,000,000 594,000,000 496,900,000 258,800,000 298,200,000 671,600,000 456,700,000 256,800,000 273,200,000 483,000,000 406,000,000 287,000,000 214,000,000 441,600,000 312,400,000 212,700,000 239,200,000 719,700,000 532,300,000 230,700,000 217,100,000 607,325,000 405,705,000 156,836,000 153,008,000 345,764,000 264,918,000 167,669,000 171,804,000 307,592,000 367,808,000 269,247,000 318,527,000 493,835,000 403,451,000 282,966,000 311,640,000 585,055,000 450,502,000 254,997,000 293,741,000 603,828,000 617,568,000 451,761,000 486,229,000 695,823,000 501,305,000 316,480,000 436,587,000 660,098,000 503,163,000 264,348,000 319,261,000 
      operating income
    173,500,000 -500,000 69,200,000 306,400,000 148,800,000 19,800,000 30,700,000 298,600,000 139,200,000 -3,900,000 12,000,000 260,300,000 150,200,000 29,800,000 37,900,000 245,200,000 95,300,000 26,700,000 33,200,000 257,400,000 132,900,000 100,000 -106,500,000 210,500,000 102,300,000 -25,600,000 13,300,000 209,500,000 105,100,000 -19,600,000 52,400,000 141,800,000 105,100,000 1,900,000 50,300,000 180,400,000 89,100,000 -7,700,000 35,300,000 167,700,000 87,000,000 -8,500,000 36,000,000 157,700,000 87,300,000 -8,400,000 24,700,000 87,179,000 62,905,000 -9,722,000 12,281,000 51,849,000 42,085,000 1,869,000 15,045,000 50,583,000 43,105,000 1,799,000 25,754,000 49,943,000 40,751,000 1,065,000 12,867,000 50,270,000 40,664,000 -3,067,000 16,203,000 55,240,000 56,688,000 28,000 19,259,000 51,883,000 40,046,000 6,792,000 21,340,000 40,736,000 36,398,000 4,646,000 11,281,000 
      yoy
    16.60% -102.53% 125.41% 2.61% 6.90% -607.69% 155.83% 14.71% -7.32% -113.09% -68.34% 6.16% 57.61% 11.61% 14.16% -4.74% -28.29% 26600.00% -131.17% 22.28% 29.91% -100.39% -900.75% 0.48% -2.66% 30.61% -74.62% 47.74% 0.00% -1131.58% 4.17% -21.40% 17.96% -124.68% 42.49% 7.57% 2.41% -9.41% -1.94% 6.34% -0.34% 1.19% 45.75% 80.89% 38.78% -13.60% 101.12% 68.14% 49.47% -620.17% -18.37% 2.50% -2.37% 3.89% -41.58% 1.28% 5.78% 68.92% 100.16% -0.65% 0.21% -134.72% -20.59% -9.00% -28.27% -11053.57% -15.87% 6.47% 41.56% -99.59% -9.75% 27.36% 10.02% 46.19% 89.17%     
      qoq
    -34800.00% -100.72% -77.42% 105.91% 651.52% -35.50% -89.72% 114.51% -3669.23% -132.50% -95.39% 73.30% 404.03% -21.37% -84.54% 157.29% 256.93% -19.58% -87.10% 93.68% 132800.00% -100.09% -150.59% 105.77% -499.61% -292.48% -93.65% 99.33% -636.22% -137.40% -63.05% 34.92% 5431.58% -96.22% -72.12% 102.47% -1257.14% -121.81% -78.95% 92.76% -1123.53% -123.61% -77.17% 80.64% -1139.29% -134.01% -71.67% 38.59% -747.04% -179.16% -76.31% 23.20% 2151.74% -87.58% -70.26% 17.35% 2296.05% -93.01% -48.43% 22.56% 3726.38% -91.72% -74.40% 23.62% -1425.86% -118.93% -70.67% -2.55% 202357.14% -99.85% -62.88% 29.56% 489.61% -68.17% -47.61% 11.92% 683.43% -58.82%  
      operating margin %
    22.76% -0.15% 16.40% 29.14% 22.24% 6.74% 7.41% 26.46% 18.40% -1.26% 2.87% 23.17% 18.45% 9.48% 8.46% 27.84% 17.16% 9.20% 10.13% 23.30% 25.93% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      interest expense
    60,400,000 58,800,000 49,900,000 47,400,000 48,000,000 49,500,000 48,800,000 52,200,000 50,600,000 48,200,000 46,700,000 47,200,000 43,600,000 34,400,000 29,300,000 27,500,000 28,600,000 28,200,000 26,900,000 25,800,000 25,700,000 25,200,000 26,400,000 27,200,000 26,700,000                                                       
      other income
    5,300,000 3,400,000 4,600,000 3,000,000 600,000 -4,800,000 2,400,000 7,300,000 17,500,000 4,100,000 6,300,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 -600,000 -12,100,000 -3,400,000 7,400,000 -8,500,000 -1,000,000 1,800,000 4,300,000 900,000 13,000,000 -19,500,000 5,700,000 5,900,000 6,400,000 6,100,000 2,800,000    2,200,000 1,400,000 1,500,000 3,600,000 500,000 950,000 1,600,000 800,000 1,400,000                                       
      income before income taxes
    118,400,000 -55,900,000 23,900,000 262,000,000 101,400,000 -34,500,000 -15,700,000 253,700,000 106,100,000 -48,000,000 -28,400,000 220,100,000 112,600,000 -5,200,000 -3,500,000 214,300,000 74,100,000 -10,000,000 5,300,000 233,400,000 111,500,000 -24,200,000 -119,900,000 163,800,000 81,300,000 -45,000,000 -5,900,000 188,000,000 82,000,000 -43,900,000 31,600,000 117,100,000 82,900,000 -20,000,000 30,400,000 161,300,000 67,500,000 -22,400,000 17,500,000 149,200,000 69,400,000 -28,400,000 18,700,000 139,300,000 69,500,000 -25,700,000 10,900,000 77,559,000 54,091,000 -18,314,000 5,023,000 46,484,000 37,143,000 23,436,250 9,330,000 45,685,000 38,730,000 24,948,750 19,764,000 44,121,000 35,910,000             19,030,250 14,024,000 32,349,000 29,748,000 -2,738,000 3,766,000 
      income tax expense
    23,400,000 -16,100,000 3,000,000 52,700,000 20,100,000 -8,600,000 -3,100,000 49,400,000 21,000,000   40,900,000 21,600,000   40,700,000 18,400,000   46,000,000 22,600,000   30,200,000 14,300,000         -6,700,000 8,700,000 53,300,000 22,300,000 -8,200,000 6,800,000 48,400,000 22,500,000 -9,700,000 4,600,000 44,900,000 22,400,000   25,340,000 18,499,000   16,242,000 11,575,000 -4,165,000 897,000 16,001,000 13,556,000 -3,961,000 4,374,000 16,228,000 12,541,000 -2,627,000 1,168,000 15,897,000 12,656,000 -5,942,000 3,774,000 17,356,000 17,321,000 -4,523,000 2,902,000 15,889,000 11,601,000 -1,885,000 4,752,000 11,519,000 10,649,000 -1,913,000 1,026,000 
      net income
    95,000,000 -39,800,000 20,900,000 209,300,000 81,300,000 -25,900,000 -12,600,000 204,300,000 85,100,000 -31,100,000 -21,600,000 179,200,000 91,000,000 -7,100,000 -1,400,000 173,600,000 55,700,000 -9,900,000 5,300,000 187,400,000 88,900,000 -19,700,000 -92,300,000 133,600,000 67,000,000 -34,300,000 -3,000,000 154,600,000 67,300,000 -25,900,000 25,900,000 98,200,000 116,000,000 -13,300,000 21,700,000 108,000,000 45,200,000 -14,200,000 10,700,000 100,800,000 46,900,000 -18,700,000 14,100,000 94,400,000 47,100,000 -14,900,000 11,700,000 52,219,000 35,592,000 -9,636,000 6,585,000 30,242,000 25,568,000 -651,000 8,433,000 29,684,000 25,174,000 -2,827,000 15,390,000 27,893,000 23,369,000 -1,597,000 4,731,000 28,020,000 22,886,000 -4,747,000 6,877,000 30,811,000 31,306,000 -3,594,000 9,259,000 51,354,000 20,903,000 570,000 9,272,000 20,830,000 19,099,000 -825,000 2,740,000 
      yoy
    16.85% 53.67% -265.87% 2.45% -4.47% -16.72% -41.67% 14.01% -6.48% 338.03% 1442.86% 3.23% 63.38% -28.28% -126.42% -7.36% -37.35% -49.75% -105.74% 40.27% 32.69% -42.57% 2976.67% -13.58% -0.45% 32.43% -111.58% 57.43% -41.98% 94.74% 19.35% -9.07% 156.64% -6.34% 102.80% 7.14% -3.62% -24.06% -24.11% 6.78% -0.42% 25.50% 20.51% 80.78% 32.33% 54.63% 77.68% 72.67% 39.21% 1380.18% -21.91% 1.88% 1.57% -76.97% -45.20% 6.42% 7.72% 77.02% 225.30% -0.45% 2.11% -66.36% -31.21% -9.06% -26.90% 32.08% -25.73% -40.00% 49.77% -730.53% -0.14% 146.54% 9.45% -169.09% 238.39%     
      qoq
    -338.69% -290.43% -90.01% 157.44% -413.90% 105.56% -106.17% 140.07% -373.63% 43.98% -112.05% 96.92% -1381.69% 407.14% -100.81% 211.67% -662.63% -286.79% -97.17% 110.80% -551.27% -78.66% -169.09% 99.40% -295.34% 1043.33% -101.94% 129.72% -359.85% -200.00% -73.63% -15.34% -972.18% -161.29% -79.91% 138.94% -418.31% -232.71% -89.38% 114.93% -350.80% -232.62% -85.06% 100.42% -416.11% -227.35% -77.59% 46.72% -469.36% -246.33% -78.23% 18.28% -4027.50% -107.72% -71.59% 17.92% -990.48% -118.37% -44.82% 19.36% -1563.31% -133.76% -83.12% 22.43% -582.12% -169.03% -77.68% -1.58% -971.06% -138.82% -81.97% 145.68% 3567.19% -93.85% -55.49% 9.06% -2415.03% -130.11%  
      net income margin %
    12.46% -11.91% 4.95% 19.91% 12.15% -8.82% -3.04% 18.10% 11.25% -10.02% -5.16% 15.95% 11.18% -2.26% -0.31% 19.71% 10.03% -3.41% 1.62% 16.96% 17.34% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% 
      provision for preferred dividends
    3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000  3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000         3,700,000                                                               
      income allocated to participating securities
    100,000 -100,000  300,000 100,000 -100,000  300,000 100,000 -100,000 -100,000 400,000 100,000   200,000 100,000 -100,000 100,000 300,000 100,000 -100,000 -100,000 200,000 100,000 -100,000                                                      
      net income available to common shareholders
    91,200,000 -43,400,000 17,200,000 205,300,000 77,500,000 -29,500,000 -16,300,000 200,300,000 81,300,000 -34,700,000 -25,200,000 175,100,000 87,200,000 -10,800,000 -5,100,000 169,700,000 51,900,000 -13,500,000 1,500,000 183,400,000 85,100,000 -23,300,000 -95,900,000 129,700,000 63,200,000 -37,900,000 -4,600,000                                                     
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
    59,000,000 58,500,000 58,900,000 58,300,000 57,700,000 56,100,000 57,700,000 55,800,000 53,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,400,000 52,000,000 52,200,000 51,800,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,500,000 51,200,000 51,200,000 51,000,000 50,900,000 50,700,000 50,700,000 50,600,000 50,600,000 49,100,000 49,600,000 48,200,000 48,200,000 46,900,000 48,100,000 45,600,000 45,500,000 44,100,000 44,400,000 43,300,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 43,100,000 43,100,000 35,800,000 34,900,000 32,617,000 32,570,000 25,875,000 26,110,000 22,421,000 22,372,000 22,262,000 22,282,000 22,254,000 22,193,000                       
      diluted
    59,200,000 58,700,000 59,100,000 58,500,000 57,900,000 56,300,000 57,700,000 55,900,000 53,600,000 52,600,000 52,500,000 52,600,000 52,600,000 52,100,000 52,300,000 51,900,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,600,000 51,300,000 51,200,000 51,100,000 51,100,000 50,800,000 50,900,000 50,800,000 50,800,000 49,300,000 49,700,000 48,400,000 48,400,000 47,000,000 48,200,000 45,700,000 45,700,000 44,300,000 44,600,000 43,500,000 43,400,000 43,300,000 43,300,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 35,900,000 35,000,000 32,656,000 32,648,000 25,952,000 26,194,000 22,498,000 22,434,000 22,340,000 22,357,000 22,336,000 22,263,000                       
      basic earnings per common share
    1,550,000 1,285,000 290,000 3,520,000 1,340,000 1,192,500 -280,000 3,590,000 1,520,000 1,130,000 -480,000 3,330,000 1,660,000 1,042,500 -100,000 3,270,000 1,010,000 1,310,000 30,000 3,560,000 1,650,000 475,000 -1,870,000 2,550,000 1,240,000 1,070,000 -90,000                                                     
      diluted earnings per common share
    1,540,000 1,282,500 290,000 3,510,000 1,340,000 1,190,000 -280,000 3,580,000 1,520,000 1,127,500 -480,000 3,330,000 1,660,000 1,040,000 -100,000 3,270,000 1,010,000 1,307,500 30,000 3,550,000 1,650,000 475,000 -1,870,000 2,540,000 1,240,000 1,067,500 -90,000                                                     
      benefit from preferred dividends
       3,700,000     3,700,000 2,775,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000  3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 1,600,000                                                     
      income tax (benefit) expense
             13,925,000 -6,800,000   14,250,000 -2,100,000   17,150,000    4,225,000 -27,600,000   11,300,000 -2,900,000      -33,100,000             10,775,000 -800,000   6,564,000 -1,562,000                             
      impairments
                          148,600,000                                                         
      operating revenues:
                                                                                   
      gas utility
                         378,850,000 305,700,000 679,100,000 530,600,000 207,300,000 301,400,000 776,700,000 573,800,000 220,700,000 334,800,000 790,600,000 541,900,000 240,900,000 305,100,000 641,100,000 472,300,000 193,700,000 253,200,000 611,500,000 398,800,000 203,200,000 260,200,000 847,000,000 581,400,000 179,000,000 214,000,000 634,442,000 435,166,000 111,498,000 131,517,000 354,097,000 250,111,000                           
      gas marketing and other
                         22,025,000 15,400,000 36,400,000 36,300,000 18,300,000 19,900,000 26,800,000 28,200,000 18,500,000 15,800,000 22,800,000 19,900,000 17,800,000 18,400,000 22,300,000 22,800,000 85,600,000 -3,900,000 -2,200,000 600,000 1,000,000 15,000,000 30,400,000 38,200,000 43,300,000 27,800,000                                 
      total operating revenues
                         400,875,000 321,100,000 715,500,000 566,900,000 225,600,000 321,300,000 803,500,000 602,000,000 239,200,000 350,600,000 813,400,000 561,800,000 258,700,000 323,500,000 663,400,000 495,100,000 279,300,000 249,300,000 609,300,000 399,400,000 204,200,000 275,200,000 877,400,000 619,600,000 222,300,000 241,800,000 694,504,000 468,610,000 147,114,000 165,289,000 397,613,000 307,003,000 169,538,000 186,849,000 358,175,000 410,913,000 271,046,000 344,281,000 543,778,000 444,202,000 284,031,000 324,507,000 635,325,000 491,166,000 251,930,000 309,944,000 659,068,000 674,256,000 451,789,000 505,488,000 747,706,000 541,351,000 323,272,000 457,927,000 700,834,000 539,561,000 268,994,000 330,542,000 
      natural and propane gas
                         133,575,000 70,700,000 249,000,000 214,600,000 33,600,000 75,500,000 337,400,000 251,700,000 38,400,000 107,200,000 383,700,000 240,800,000 45,700,000 76,700,000 254,300,000 193,800,000 28,500,000 54,100,000 261,100,000 148,500,000 37,600,000 57,700,000 482,800,000 304,300,000 35,300,000 49,300,000 405,359,000 241,787,000 23,253,000 43,233,000 230,440,000 136,515,000 32,748,000 46,641,000 171,164,000 146,751,000 39,244,000 76,632,000 260,706,000 173,365,000 30,352,000 57,315,000 250,238,000 182,000,000 43,740,000 87,841,000 313,506,000 254,897,000 56,834,000 112,896,000 377,526,000 222,841,000 51,335,000 121,490,000 373,576,000 251,523,000 47,989,000 90,305,000 
      total gas utility operating expenses
                         277,100,000 262,700,000 440,800,000 404,900,000 214,300,000 261,500,000 548,700,000 437,100,000 216,300,000 286,800,000 626,400,000 415,700,000 217,200,000 246,400,000 438,900,000 364,300,000 189,400,000 207,500,000 433,100,000 301,800,000 192,100,000 207,000,000 674,500,000 471,400,000 159,100,000 162,900,000 539,225,000 352,724,000 105,445,000 110,124,000 304,640,000 201,937,000                           
      interest charges:
                                                                                   
      interest on long-term debt
                             15,600,000 20,500,000 21,500,000 20,400,000 20,500,000 20,800,000 21,000,000 20,700,000 19,500,000 19,000,000 19,200,000 19,100,000 17,400,000 16,600,000 16,700,000 16,900,000 16,600,000 16,300,000 16,500,000 17,200,000 12,400,000 8,600,000 8,630,000 9,694,000 8,146,000 6,266,000 5,689,000 5,438,000 5,740,000 5,739,000 5,740,000 5,739,000 5,740,000 5,739,000 5,740,000 5,942,000 6,146,000 6,146,000 6,145,000 6,146,000 6,146,000 6,146,000 6,145,000 6,146,000 4,974,000 4,876,000 4,875,000 5,126,000 5,625,000 5,626,000 5,625,000 5,626,000 5,626,000 5,417,000 
      other interest charges
                             4,175,000 5,100,000 6,100,000 5,500,000 3,900,000 3,400,000 4,400,000 3,700,000 3,400,000 2,400,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,100,000 2,800,000 2,600,000 2,100,000 1,900,000 1,500,000 2,600,000 2,000,000 2,600,000 2,800,000 742,000 767,000 866,000 594,000 1,016,000 588,000 446,000 427,000 539,000 575,000 555,000 408,000 549,000 744,000 549,000 631,000 526,000 563,000 612,000 737,000 1,168,000 2,646,000 1,732,000 1,189,000 2,056,000 4,163,000 2,955,000 1,825,000 2,940,000 3,434,000 2,524,000 2,589,000 
      total interest charges
                             19,775,000 25,600,000 27,600,000 25,900,000 24,400,000 24,200,000 25,400,000 24,400,000 22,900,000 21,400,000 22,700,000 22,100,000 19,500,000 19,400,000 19,300,000 19,000,000 18,500,000 17,800,000 19,100,000 19,200,000 15,000,000 11,400,000 9,372,000 10,461,000 9,012,000 6,860,000 6,705,000 6,026,000 6,186,000 6,166,000 6,279,000 6,314,000 6,295,000 6,147,000 6,289,000 6,686,000 6,695,000 6,777,000 6,671,000 6,709,000 6,758,000 6,883,000 7,313,000 8,792,000 6,706,000 6,412,000 7,001,000 10,182,000 9,473,000 8,345,000 9,458,000 9,953,000 9,043,000 8,900,000 
      income tax benefit
                               33,400,000 14,700,000 -2,125,000 5,700,000 18,900,000                                                
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
    59,000,000 58,500,000 58,900,000 58,300,000 57,700,000 56,100,000 57,700,000 55,800,000 53,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,400,000 52,000,000 52,200,000 51,800,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,500,000 51,200,000 51,200,000 51,000,000 50,900,000 50,700,000 50,700,000 50,600,000 50,600,000 49,100,000 49,600,000 48,200,000 48,200,000 46,900,000 48,100,000 45,600,000 45,500,000 44,100,000 44,400,000 43,300,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 43,100,000 43,100,000 35,800,000 34,900,000 32,617,000 32,570,000 25,875,000 26,110,000 22,421,000 22,372,000 22,262,000 22,282,000 22,254,000 22,193,000                       
      diluted
    59,200,000 58,700,000 59,100,000 58,500,000 57,900,000 56,300,000 57,700,000 55,900,000 53,600,000 52,600,000 52,500,000 52,600,000 52,600,000 52,100,000 52,300,000 51,900,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,600,000 51,300,000 51,200,000 51,100,000 51,100,000 50,800,000 50,900,000 50,800,000 50,800,000 49,300,000 49,700,000 48,400,000 48,400,000 47,000,000 48,200,000 45,700,000 45,700,000 44,300,000 44,600,000 43,500,000 43,400,000 43,300,000 43,300,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 35,900,000 35,000,000 32,656,000 32,648,000 25,952,000 26,194,000 22,498,000 22,434,000 22,340,000 22,357,000 22,336,000 22,263,000                       
      basic earnings per share
                               3.05 1.33 1.23 0.52 2.03 2.4                                               
      diluted earnings per share
                               3.04 1.32 1.228 0.52 2.03 2.39                                               
      other income - net
                                 1,575,000 3,400,000 700,000                                                
      dividends declared per share
                                 0.422 0.563 0.563 0.563                                               
      see the accompanying notes to financial statements.
                                                                                   
      basic earnings per share of common stock
                                     -0.32 0.45 2.36 0.99 -0.36 0.24 2.32 1.08 -0.43 0.32 2.18 1.09 -0.61 0.34 1.59 1.09 -0.59 0.25 1.34 1.14 0.708 0.38 1.33 1.13 0.748 0.69 1.25 1.05 0.628 0.21 1.26 1.03        0.97 0.03 0.43 0.97 0.89 -0.04 0.13 
      diluted earnings per share of common stock
                                     -0.32 0.45 2.36 0.99 -0.36 0.24 2.31 1.08 -0.43 0.32 2.18 1.09 -0.62 0.33 1.59 1.09 -0.6 0.25 1.34 1.14 0.705 0.38 1.32 1.12 0.745 0.69 1.25 1.05 0.625 0.21 1.26 1.03        0.97 0.02 0.43 0.97 0.89 -0.04 0.13 
      dividends declared per share of common stock
                                     0.395 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.368 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.345 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.33 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.319 0.425 0.425 0.425 0.311 0.415 0.415 0.415 0.304 0.405 0.405 0.405 0.296 0.395 0.395 0.395 0.289 0.385 0.385 0.385 0.281 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.274 0.365 0.365 0.365 0.264 0.355 
      other operation and maintenance expenses
                                        99,400,000 99,800,000 91,800,000 94,300,000 91,600,000 99,100,000 90,600,000 103,800,000 97,100,000 80,500,000 73,000,000 72,009,000 62,322,000 57,097,000 42,404,000                             
      other income and
                                             650,000 500,000                                     
      see the accompanying notes to the financial statements.
                                                                                   
      other income – net
                                               700,000 1,400,000                                   
      weighted-average number of common stock outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
    59,000,000 58,500,000 58,900,000 58,300,000 57,700,000 56,100,000 57,700,000 55,800,000 53,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,400,000 52,000,000 52,200,000 51,800,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,600,000 51,500,000 51,200,000 51,200,000 51,000,000 50,900,000 50,700,000 50,700,000 50,600,000 50,600,000 49,100,000 49,600,000 48,200,000 48,200,000 46,900,000 48,100,000 45,600,000 45,500,000 44,100,000 44,400,000 43,300,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 43,100,000 43,100,000 35,800,000 34,900,000 32,617,000 32,570,000 25,875,000 26,110,000 22,421,000 22,372,000 22,262,000 22,282,000 22,254,000 22,193,000                       
      diluted
    59,200,000 58,700,000 59,100,000 58,500,000 57,900,000 56,300,000 57,700,000 55,900,000 53,600,000 52,600,000 52,500,000 52,600,000 52,600,000 52,100,000 52,300,000 51,900,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,600,000 51,300,000 51,200,000 51,100,000 51,100,000 50,800,000 50,900,000 50,800,000 50,800,000 49,300,000 49,700,000 48,400,000 48,400,000 47,000,000 48,200,000 45,700,000 45,700,000 44,300,000 44,600,000 43,500,000 43,400,000 43,300,000 43,300,000 43,200,000 43,200,000 35,900,000 35,000,000 32,656,000 32,648,000 25,952,000 26,194,000 22,498,000 22,434,000 22,340,000 22,357,000 22,336,000 22,263,000                       
      see accompanying notes to the financial statements.
                                                                                   
      other income and (income deductions) – net
                                                 -2,300,000 -2,400,000 -248,000 1,647,000 420,000 -398,000 1,340,000 1,084,000 942,750 451,000 1,381,000 1,939,000 617,250 157,000 467,000 1,845,000 428,500  318,000 1,587,000 579,250 1,331,000 247,000 739,000 722,250  1,076,000 2,650,000 1,409,000 1,029,000 1,071,000 3,303,000 1,659,000 1,385,000 
      gas marketing
                                                   59,811,000 33,253,000 35,209,000 33,433,000 41,255,000 55,249,000                    181,798,000 170,616,000 218,771,000 175,850,000 153,467,000 130,135,000 130,372,000 
      other
                                                   251,000 191,000 407,000 339,000 2,261,000 1,643,000 1,963,000 376,000 121,000 1,423,000 1,550,000 18,549,000 292,000 351,000 451,000 455,000 332,000 10,712,000 1,044,000 1,170,000 1,011,000 1,115,000 1,067,000 1,244,000 1,230,000 1,299,000 1,416,000 1,753,000 1,257,000 1,177,000 1,133,000 1,063,000 
      see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                   
      other operation expenses
                                                       35,267,000 33,920,000 36,193,000 32,639,000 38,043,000 37,565,000 36,597,000 36,930,000 39,500,000 34,862,000 33,526,000 33,227,000 37,779,000 37,463,000 36,090,000 33,900,000 40,251,000 36,301,000 36,124,000 34,285,000 38,989,000 35,213,000 32,019,000 29,283,000 36,816,000 33,680,000 26,282,000 31,029,000 
      maintenance
                                                       5,924,000 5,731,000 6,130,000 5,712,000 5,761,000 5,308,000 6,536,000 5,932,000 6,441,000 6,140,000 6,653,000 7,198,000 7,219,000 6,174,000 7,364,000 6,659,000 7,261,000 6,534,000 7,235,000 6,543,000 5,814,000 6,235,000 6,818,000 5,830,000 6,060,000 5,598,000 5,463,000 5,480,000 
      regulated gas distribution
                                                         97,466,000 116,459,000 298,620,000 250,902,000 95,949,000 151,423,000 388,375,000 277,443,000 83,103,000 124,745,000 373,520,000 282,929,000 95,092,000 160,332,000 440,468,000 358,101,000 110,708,000 189,598,000 507,089,000        
      non-regulated gas marketing
                                                         70,109,000 70,014,000 59,434,000 158,588,000 173,547,000 174,309,000 155,111,000 166,408,000 200,477,000 199,307,000 261,473,000 197,525,000 155,794,000 148,442,000 217,589,000 315,040,000 340,014,000 314,646,000 239,387,000        
      total regulated gas distribution operating expenses
                                                         93,430,000 106,020,000 245,236,000 214,380,000 100,344,000 141,682,000 341,072,000 239,753,000 87,076,000 119,152,000 330,671,000 251,224,000 104,700,000 151,411,000 398,414,000 325,209,000           
      average number of common shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
      basic
                                                             12,000 22,120,000 22,100,000 22,041,000 8,000 21,997,000 21,980,000 21,957,000 9,000 21,904,000 21,891,000 21,857,000           
      diluted
                                                             11,000 22,188,000 22,172,000 22,120,000 14,000 22,048,000 22,027,000 22,001,000 8,000 22,018,000 22,017,000 22,013,000           
      income before income taxes and dividends
                                                                                   
      on laclede gas redeemable preferred stock
                                                                 21,339,500 5,899,000 43,917,000 35,542,000               
      dividends on laclede gas redeemable preferred stock
                                                                     3,750  7,000 8,000 6,750 8,000 9,000        
      interest on long-term debt to unconsolidated affiliate trust
                                                                          347,000 70,000 893,000    893,000   
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                                   
      and dividends on laclede gas redeemable preferred stock
                                                                     26,865,000 10,651,000 48,174,000 48,635,000 22,859,250 12,011,000 45,958,000        
      income from continuing operations
                                                                     -4,747,000 6,877,000 30,811,000 31,306,000 -3,171,000 9,101,000 30,060,000        
      income from discontinued operations
                                                                         -0.02 0.01         
      of income tax
                                                                         -423,000 158,000 21,294,000        
      basic earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                   
      diluted earnings per share of common stock:
                                                                                   
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax
                                                                                   
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                   
      regulated
                                                                                   
      total regulated operating expenses
                                                                         117,739,000 177,092,000 460,347,000 289,683,000 106,516,000 178,528,000 453,368,000 318,057,000 96,229,000 149,103,000 
      average number of common shares outstanding
                                                                         5,403,500 21,701,000 21,589,000 21,554,000 21,000 21,478,000 21,445,000 21,381,000 17,000 21,269,000 
      income (loss) from discontinued operations
                                                                           0.99        
      gas distribution
                                                                            320,892,000 103,777,000 185,696,000 493,593,000 348,488,000 91,637,000 148,690,000 
      non-regulated
                                                                                   
      services
                                                                            37,362,000 47,463,000 51,707,000 30,134,000 36,429,000 46,089,000 50,417,000 
      income before income taxes and dividends on
                                                                                   
      redeemable preferred stock – laclede gas
                                                                            32,514,000       
      dividends on redeemable preferred stock – laclede gas
                                                                            10,000    12,000   
      interest on long-term debt to unconsolidated
                                                                                   
      affiliate trust
                                                                             670,000 894,000 893,000  670,000 894,000 
      dividends on redeemable preferred stock –
                                                                                   
      laclede gas
                                                                             8,250 10,000 11,000  9,250 12,000 
      net income applicable to common stock
                                                                             12,292,000 9,262,000 20,819,000 19,087,000 -836,000 2,728,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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    Annual
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        assets
                                                                       
        utility plant
      9,490,100,000 9,333,900,000 9,236,200,000 9,080,600,000 8,946,300,000 8,779,100,000 8,612,900,000 8,480,300,000 8,345,000,000 8,210,100,000 8,016,700,000 7,892,400,000 7,769,400,000 7,664,900,000 7,549,700,000 7,443,700,000 7,329,200,000 7,225,000,000 7,110,200,000 6,974,300,000 6,860,200,000 6,766,300,000 6,472,200,000 6,369,400,000 6,256,100,000 6,146,500,000 5,990,600,000 5,856,800,000 5,754,800,000 5,653,300,000 5,501,600,000 5,403,400,000 5,351,700,000 5,278,400,000 5,071,400,000 4,978,800,000 4,893,200,000 4,793,600,000 4,339,500,000 4,271,300,000 4,220,600,000 4,234,500,000 4,108,400,000 4,037,800,000 3,979,700,000 3,928,300,000 2,360,300,000 2,325,358,000 2,295,248,000 2,271,189,000 1,567,296,000 1,538,890,000 1,508,770,000 1,455,004,000 1,425,922,000 1,400,001,000 1,362,780,000 1,351,293,000 1,338,568,000 1,311,881,000 1,301,013,000 1,288,862,000 1,268,173,000 1,247,921,000 1,239,063,000 
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
      2,628,200,000 2,577,400,000 2,571,800,000 2,575,100,000 2,570,300,000 2,535,800,000 2,510,400,000 2,509,300,000 2,467,300,000 2,431,200,000 2,382,900,000 2,358,500,000 2,326,500,000 2,294,500,000 2,256,700,000 2,241,900,000 2,204,400,000 2,169,300,000 2,173,100,000 2,145,100,000 2,113,300,000 2,086,200,000 1,882,100,000 1,848,400,000 1,823,800,000 1,794,500,000 1,770,400,000 1,738,500,000 1,709,500,000 1,682,800,000 1,669,800,000 1,645,000,000 1,641,000,000 1,613,200,000 1,609,600,000 1,585,900,000 1,561,400,000 1,506,400,000 1,311,500,000 1,286,100,000 1,267,300,000 1,307,000,000 1,239,100,000 1,213,100,000 1,195,300,000  532,400,000 522,408,000 507,457,000  484,380,000 478,971,000 470,840,000 474,008,000 468,209,000 463,148,000 455,075,000 453,271,000 447,582,000 438,435,000 435,205,000 429,892,000 419,165,000 414,956,000 410,662,000 
        net utility plant
      6,861,900,000 6,756,500,000 6,664,400,000 6,505,500,000 6,376,000,000 6,243,300,000 6,102,500,000 5,971,000,000 5,877,700,000 5,778,900,000 5,633,800,000 5,533,900,000 5,442,900,000 5,370,400,000 5,293,000,000 5,201,800,000 5,124,800,000 5,055,700,000 4,937,100,000 4,829,200,000 4,746,900,000 4,680,100,000 4,590,100,000 4,521,000,000 4,432,300,000 4,352,000,000 4,220,200,000 4,118,300,000 4,045,300,000 3,970,500,000 3,831,800,000 3,758,400,000 3,710,700,000 3,665,200,000 3,461,800,000 3,392,900,000 3,331,800,000 3,287,200,000 3,028,000,000 2,985,200,000 2,953,300,000 2,927,500,000 2,869,300,000 2,824,700,000 2,784,400,000 2,759,700,000 1,827,900,000 1,802,950,000 1,787,791,000 1,776,630,000 1,082,916,000 1,059,919,000 1,037,930,000 980,996,000 957,713,000 936,853,000 907,705,000 898,022,000 890,986,000 873,446,000 865,808,000 858,970,000 849,008,000 832,965,000 828,401,000 
        non-utility property
      1,003,400,000 1,007,200,000 1,011,200,000 1,005,700,000 982,500,000 955,300,000 917,900,000 886,200,000 687,100,000 628,500,000 582,700,000 520,400,000 508,900,000 491,400,000 476,900,000 475,800,000 474,200,000 471,100,000 463,600,000 457,000,000 448,700,000 432,300,000 420,100,000 547,400,000 518,700,000 477,800,000 416,600,000 329,100,000 254,500,000 174,500,000 143,500,000 116,900,000 105,300,000 52,000,000 39,900,000 26,600,000 19,700,000 13,700,000 13,800,000 13,800,000 13,900,000 13,700,000 12,200,000 10,500,000 9,500,000 9,200,000 8,200,000 5,539,000 5,249,000 7,694,000 5,892,000 5,456,000 5,788,000 5,899,000 4,448,000 4,449,000 4,597,000 4,418,000 4,538,000 4,449,000 4,072,000 4,123,000 4,554,000 4,591,000 4,055,000 
        other investments
      125,400,000 128,000,000 125,400,000 117,900,000 118,500,000 115,300,000 112,100,000 105,300,000 105,500,000 102,600,000 102,500,000 131,300,000 93,500,000 87,800,000 90,500,000 89,000,000 90,400,000 83,100,000 76,400,000 76,400,000 74,800,000 71,700,000 70,600,000 68,100,000 74,700,000 72,300,000 74,800,000 68,400,000 69,500,000 68,700,000 71,000,000 66,400,000 66,300,000 64,200,000 63,800,000 63,200,000 61,900,000 62,100,000 62,400,000 61,100,000 60,800,000 59,900,000 63,100,000 60,800,000 60,900,000 60,000,000 60,400,000 62,231,000 62,774,000 58,306,000 53,337,000 52,910,000 51,631,000 55,117,000 54,688,000 52,508,000 52,290,000 53,485,000 50,505,000 49,112,000 49,193,000 46,321,000 45,090,000 43,805,000 42,995,000 
        total other property and investments
      1,128,800,000 1,135,200,000 1,136,600,000 1,123,600,000 1,101,000,000 1,070,600,000 1,030,000,000 991,500,000 792,600,000 731,100,000 685,200,000 651,700,000 602,400,000 579,200,000 567,400,000 564,800,000 564,600,000 554,200,000 540,000,000 533,400,000 523,500,000 504,000,000 490,700,000 615,500,000 593,400,000 550,100,000 1,663,000,000 1,569,100,000 1,495,600,000  1,386,100,000 1,354,900,000 1,343,200,000  1,267,600,000 1,253,700,000 1,243,000,000  1,022,200,000 1,020,900,000 1,020,700,000  1,021,300,000 1,017,300,000                      
        current assets:
                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      4,100,000 5,700,000 13,100,000 15,200,000 11,500,000 4,500,000 7,400,000 25,600,000 4,800,000 5,600,000 5,300,000 6,900,000 4,800,000 6,500,000 16,000,000 8,300,000 8,200,000 4,300,000 23,900,000 104,000,000 3,500,000 4,100,000 7,400,000 108,400,000 21,500,000 5,800,000 5,800,000 11,100,000 8,400,000 4,400,000 6,900,000 17,800,000 6,700,000 7,400,000 8,300,000 19,600,000 10,600,000 5,200,000 4,900,000 8,700,000 4,600,000 13,800,000 5,700,000 46,900,000 13,400,000 16,100,000 571,800,000 10,931,000 34,518,000 52,981,000 556,489,000 146,880,000 46,563,000 21,523,000 9,302,000 44,579,000 60,922,000 22,982,000 25,087,000 109,287,000 83,765,000 80,029,000 89,075,000 93,602,000 30,080,000 
        accounts receivable:
                                                                       
        utility
      426,200,000 191,900,000 228,000,000 373,400,000 379,600,000 196,300,000 238,400,000 398,500,000 428,800,000 192,400,000 245,900,000 453,700,000 479,400,000 210,800,000 266,100,000 389,200,000 476,200,000 338,400,000 342,600,000 447,700,000 281,500,000 131,800,000 153,200,000 248,200,000 282,000,000 139,800,000 167,200,000 318,600,000 339,200,000 151,900,000 159,800,000 302,400,000 333,600,000 140,500,000 141,900,000 238,500,000 310,400,000 127,800,000 133,100,000 217,100,000 224,700,000 138,100,000 139,700,000 303,800,000 355,400,000  127,800,000 275,688,000 254,692,000 101,118,000 70,380,000 148,624,000 130,925,000 65,762,000 100,015,000 135,758,000 87,021,000 146,821,000 165,171,000 79,729,000 130,460,000 159,423,000 95,691,000 166,854,000 208,744,000 
        other
      198,800,000 152,700,000 163,800,000 193,300,000 172,300,000 112,500,000 113,400,000 107,300,000 150,600,000 128,600,000 127,400,000 166,000,000 334,700,000 443,800,000 353,700,000 245,400,000 304,200,000 288,200,000 193,900,000 182,300,000 170,400,000 146,400,000 122,400,000 132,800,000 195,600,000 172,800,000 193,200,000 196,500,000 242,100,000 167,300,000 111,600,000 111,300,000 135,300,000 149,200,000 124,000,000 127,900,000 133,400,000 113,400,000 82,700,000 66,800,000 85,500,000 86,700,000 86,700,000 70,100,000 76,600,000 84,500,000 91,700,000 14,579,000 21,801,000 14,451,000 17,123,000 9,290,000 17,822,000 22,927,000 18,666,000 17,554,000 6,233,000 7,505,000 11,055,000 5,642,000 6,466,000 15,781,000 11,345,000 5,090,000 10,629,000 
        allowance for credit losses
      -28,700,000 -28,800,000 -33,800,000 -36,800,000 -34,700,000 -31,400,000 -33,200,000 -39,100,000 -35,400,000 -32,500,000 -34,700,000 -40,600,000 -34,500,000 -31,900,000 -32,600,000 -35,100,000 -31,400,000 -30,300,000 -34,500,000 -34,400,000 -28,900,000                                             
        delayed customer billings
      18,500,000 13,600,000 18,300,000 37,400,000 18,400,000 12,000,000 26,800,000 54,800,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 58,600,000 85,600,000 26,700,000 21,300,000 45,400,000 54,700,000 11,400,000 9,200,000 13,200,000 20,700,000 13,600,000 10,000,000 10,500,000 16,900,000 6,600,000 4,300,000 19,400,000 43,800,000 10,900,000 6,900,000 32,800,000 45,600,000 7,500,000 3,400,000 7,000,000 11,600,000 5,300,000 1,600,000 3,500,000 10,100,000 8,700,000 2,600,000 21,900,000 61,700,000 14,600,000 10,800,000 28,700,000 29,667,000   11,319,000 19,663,000   13,464,000  11,517,000 32,398,000  12,535,000 38,955,000  10,530,000 35,213,000  
        inventories:
                                                                       
        natural gas
      203,400,000 226,900,000 169,900,000 124,600,000 187,000,000 208,600,000 175,000,000 159,000,000 220,600,000 223,700,000 184,900,000 146,800,000 320,000,000 371,800,000 250,800,000 125,000,000 284,800,000 267,700,000 179,900,000 143,000,000 145,900,000 154,300,000 110,500,000 90,300,000 149,100,000 162,600,000 123,800,000 91,300,000 176,200,000 175,200,000 119,800,000 94,300,000 171,600,000 194,900,000 144,400,000 117,600,000 161,900,000 174,000,000 116,600,000 97,500,000 176,600,000 188,600,000 136,700,000 90,800,000 219,500,000 245,500,000                    
        propane gas
      8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 8,700,000 8,700,000 8,700,000 8,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 10,700,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 11,900,000 11,900,000 11,700,000 9,400,000 6,633,000 6,022,000 8,962,000 8,963,000 8,963,000 10,200,000 10,051,000            
        materials and supplies
      47,500,000 47,000,000 46,400,000 45,900,000 47,000,000 46,700,000 46,500,000 47,200,000 47,400,000 47,200,000 49,600,000 48,900,000 44,100,000 41,900,000 40,900,000 34,700,000 32,100,000 28,600,000 27,800,000 28,300,000 27,900,000 26,500,000 27,400,000 26,100,000 25,800,000 23,300,000 23,700,000 24,300,000 24,500,000 23,100,000 21,400,000 22,200,000 21,300,000 18,900,000 18,400,000 16,800,000 16,600,000 16,300,000 15,300,000 14,500,000 14,900,000 14,800,000 14,600,000 14,300,000 14,100,000 13,000,000                    
        regulatory assets
      63,400,000 78,300,000 35,000,000 42,300,000 89,600,000 115,400,000 89,800,000 116,900,000 256,400,000 348,300,000 93,300,000 143,000,000 269,100,000 355,400,000 152,000,000 164,000,000 265,700,000 306,500,000 65,100,000 60,400,000 70,500,000 69,500,000 70,200,000 68,000,000 67,900,000 78,600,000 79,000,000 75,300,000 655,100,000 669,800,000 695,100,000 673,600,000 716,600,000 791,100,000 840,500,000 827,700,000 786,400,000 838,000,000 730,700,000 732,600,000 31,700,000 27,600,000 27,000,000 27,400,000 615,800,000 637,400,000 540,000,000 537,398,000 530,963,000 545,947,000 432,700,000 424,743,000 440,880,000 433,376,000 457,749,000 458,648,000 427,021,000 420,733,000 453,030,000 457,034,000 467,078,000 467,130,000 388,869,000 395,869,000 354,274,000 
        prepayments
      34,500,000 47,800,000 60,600,000 39,200,000 41,500,000 47,600,000 59,300,000 34,100,000 43,300,000 48,200,000 55,100,000 32,500,000 31,600,000 41,100,000 55,000,000 26,600,000 25,500,000 29,000,000 42,400,000 29,400,000 30,800,000 29,200,000 42,200,000 27,900,000 30,800,000 29,100,000 39,500,000 21,000,000 25,700,000 31,000,000                                    
        total current assets
      1,038,500,000 807,700,000 780,100,000 907,800,000 988,000,000 771,300,000 825,800,000 1,005,700,000 1,219,900,000 1,076,900,000 861,200,000 1,111,600,000 1,629,700,000 1,592,000,000 1,261,100,000 1,089,300,000 1,435,300,000 1,316,500,000 898,300,000 1,040,000,000 770,000,000 590,600,000 559,300,000 718,800,000 776,400,000 614,500,000 649,800,000 793,600,000 905,300,000 659,600,000 584,900,000 718,300,000 852,500,000 725,500,000 629,100,000 684,300,000 815,600,000 569,600,000 453,400,000 503,800,000 636,000,000 530,100,000 483,000,000 637,200,000 816,100,000 604,900,000 995,200,000 541,631,000 570,724,000 475,880,000 841,389,000 459,913,000 400,063,000 261,691,000 277,810,000 415,513,000 344,650,000 351,135,000 437,687,000 387,075,000 438,175,000 476,699,000 372,702,000 501,978,000 639,901,000 
        deferred charges and other assets:
                                                                       
        goodwill
      1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,171,600,000 1,163,900,000 1,163,900,000 1,161,400,000 1,164,900,000 946,000,000 946,000,000 946,000,000 946,000,000 946,000,000 946,000,000 937,800,000 937,800,000 210,000,000 216,370,000 235,814,000 247,078,000                
        total deferred charges and other assets
      2,852,700,000 2,875,900,000 2,815,200,000 2,809,800,000 2,810,800,000 2,775,500,000 2,752,600,000 2,743,200,000 2,741,500,000 2,726,700,000 2,857,300,000 2,751,800,000 2,652,700,000 2,542,100,000 2,662,400,000 2,545,400,000 2,525,800,000 2,430,000,000 2,517,900,000 2,534,200,000 2,475,200,000 2,466,500,000 2,182,500,000 2,162,700,000 2,158,900,000 2,102,600,000 799,000,000 792,600,000 786,000,000 798,700,000                                    
        total assets
      11,881,900,000 11,575,300,000 11,396,300,000 11,346,700,000 11,275,800,000 10,860,700,000 10,710,900,000 10,711,400,000 10,631,700,000 10,313,600,000 10,037,500,000 10,049,000,000 10,327,700,000 10,083,700,000 9,783,900,000 9,401,300,000 9,650,500,000 9,356,400,000 8,893,300,000 8,936,800,000 8,515,600,000 8,241,200,000 7,822,600,000 8,018,000,000 7,961,000,000 7,619,200,000 7,332,000,000 7,273,600,000 7,232,200,000 6,843,600,000 6,584,900,000 6,586,800,000 6,701,100,000 6,546,700,000 6,298,200,000 6,256,700,000 6,310,100,000 6,077,400,000 5,310,900,000 5,319,800,000 5,411,400,000 5,290,200,000 5,082,900,000 5,180,700,000 5,288,500,000 5,074,000,000 3,656,700,000 3,180,471,000 3,206,730,000 3,125,386,000 2,422,039,000 2,009,098,000 1,942,155,000 1,741,338,000 1,758,131,000 1,874,330,000 1,742,304,000 1,734,417,000 1,844,227,000 1,776,920,000 1,830,905,000 1,860,028,000 1,666,004,000 1,784,956,000 1,875,646,000 
        capitalization and liabilities
                                                                       
        capitalization:
                                                                       
        preferred stock
      242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000 242,000,000                                       
        common stock
      59,100,000 59,000,000 59,000,000 59,000,000 58,300,000 57,700,000 57,700,000 57,700,000 55,000,000 53,200,000 52,600,000 52,600,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,500,000 52,100,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,700,000 51,600,000 51,500,000 51,200,000 51,100,000 51,000,000 50,800,000 50,700,000 50,700,000  50,700,000 48,400,000 48,300,000  48,200,000 45,700,000 45,700,000  45,600,000 43,400,000 43,400,000  43,300,000 43,300,000 43,300,000  43,200,000 32,777,000 32,751,000  32,676,000 22,644,000 22,564,000 22,505,000 22,490,000 22,479,000 22,417,000 22,400,000 22,376,000 22,282,000 22,271,000 22,252,000 22,158,000 22,139,000 22,129,000 
        paid-in capital
      1,981,800,000 1,981,400,000 1,979,200,000 1,977,400,000 1,933,700,000 1,902,200,000 1,901,500,000 1,899,700,000 1,727,400,000 1,616,500,000 1,578,300,000 1,576,500,000 1,571,800,000 1,571,300,000 1,570,000,000 1,541,100,000 1,516,900,000 1,517,900,000 1,513,900,000 1,512,200,000 1,550,000,000 1,549,200,000 1,539,900,000 1,520,700,000 1,506,700,000 1,505,800,000 1,492,700,000 1,485,600,000 1,482,800,000  1,480,200,000 1,327,300,000 1,324,900,000  1,323,700,000 1,177,700,000 1,175,700,000  1,173,500,000 1,040,300,000 1,038,700,000  1,035,600,000 1,033,300,000 1,031,000,000  1,027,500,000 597,468,000 594,857,000  592,946,000 172,736,000 169,496,000 166,717,000 165,056,000 163,944,000 162,309,000 160,152,000 158,976,000 157,362,000 156,018,000 154,697,000 152,904,000 151,327,000 150,166,000 
        retained earnings
      1,127,700,000 1,087,600,000 1,179,500,000 1,207,600,000 1,050,500,000 1,018,700,000 1,093,400,000 1,155,300,000 997,300,000 958,000,000 1,028,400,000 1,089,500,000 953,000,000 905,500,000 949,200,000 992,300,000 859,500,000 843,000,000 887,600,000 920,100,000 771,200,000 720,700,000 774,600,000 902,300,000 803,100,000 775,500,000 844,300,000 877,500,000 752,900,000  772,400,000 773,700,000 703,000,000  653,100,000 655,900,000 572,100,000  588,600,000 599,400,000 519,900,000  532,900,000 539,200,000 464,600,000  471,600,000 478,955,000 441,259,000  443,691,000 451,114,000 430,556,000 424,588,000 425,500,000 405,158,000 401,208,000 394,887,000 376,055,000 372,072,000 376,142,000 356,910,000 356,239,000 357,887,000 335,598,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      22,100,000 19,400,000 20,500,000 22,700,000 24,400,000 12,100,000 38,600,000 35,600,000 29,100,000 47,600,000 31,200,000 25,900,000 44,800,000 47,200,000 32,200,000 13,700,000 -300,000 3,600,000        -31,300,000 -17,200,000 -7,800,000 -1,800,000  4,400,000 4,100,000 3,000,000  3,200,000 3,700,000 3,200,000              11,684,000    2,158,000      -905,000 -2,295,000 -387,000 2,328,000 633,000 
        total shareholders' equity
      3,432,700,000 3,389,400,000 3,480,200,000 3,508,700,000 3,308,900,000 3,232,700,000 3,333,200,000 3,390,300,000 3,050,800,000 2,917,300,000 2,932,500,000 2,986,500,000 2,864,100,000 2,818,500,000 2,845,900,000 2,841,200,000 2,669,800,000 2,658,200,000 2,697,100,000 2,731,300,000 2,586,800,000 2,522,300,000 2,558,400,000 2,665,600,000 2,586,000,000 2,543,000,000 2,612,600,000 2,406,000,000 2,284,600,000                                     
        temporary equity
      5,900,000 6,100,000 5,200,000 9,300,000 8,400,000 8,600,000 8,600,000 10,300,000 14,800,000 16,500,000 17,700,000 18,800,000 16,200,000 13,100,000 15,000,000 11,800,000 9,800,000 9,800,000 9,300,000 8,200,000 5,300,000 3,400,000 4,100,000 3,900,000 4,100,000 3,400,000                                        
        long-term debt
      4,449,400,000 3,369,400,000 3,498,400,000 3,348,500,000 3,697,700,000 3,704,400,000 3,422,300,000 3,421,400,000 3,247,800,000 3,554,000,000 3,553,300,000 3,702,500,000 3,156,300,000 2,958,500,000 3,207,900,000 3,207,300,000 3,206,800,000 2,939,100,000 2,939,000,000 2,692,500,000 2,517,600,000 2,423,700,000 2,478,300,000 2,484,800,000 2,484,400,000 2,082,600,000 2,042,300,000 2,041,900,000 1,992,000,000 1,900,100,000 2,024,500,000 2,073,900,000 2,030,000,000 1,995,000,000 1,925,300,000 1,925,300,000 1,821,300,000 1,833,700,000 1,851,700,000 1,851,600,000 1,851,500,000 1,771,500,000 1,736,400,000 1,736,300,000 1,736,300,000 1,851,000,000 976,600,000 832,817,000 832,764,000 912,712,000 464,444,000 464,434,000 364,426,000             
        total capitalization
      7,888,000,000 6,764,900,000 6,983,800,000 6,866,500,000 7,015,000,000 6,945,700,000 6,764,100,000 6,822,000,000 6,313,400,000 6,487,800,000 6,503,500,000 6,707,800,000 6,036,600,000 5,790,100,000 6,068,800,000 6,060,300,000 5,886,400,000 5,607,100,000 5,645,400,000 5,432,000,000 5,109,700,000 4,949,400,000 5,040,800,000 5,154,300,000 5,074,500,000 4,629,000,000 4,654,900,000 4,447,900,000 4,276,600,000 4,163,400,000 4,338,700,000 4,233,900,000 4,115,700,000 3,986,300,000 3,953,500,000 3,808,300,000 3,618,000,000 3,601,900,000 3,654,100,000 3,533,000,000 3,451,800,000 3,345,100,000 3,345,000,000 3,347,900,000 3,269,800,000 3,359,400,000 2,510,400,000 1,939,439,000 1,899,152,000 1,958,994,000 1,545,441,000 1,104,437,000 985,204,000 950,559,000 954,590,000 929,042,000 943,894,000 933,494,000 912,884,000 910,963,000 917,795,000 895,818,000 920,139,000 922,892,000 898,189,000 
        current liabilities:
                                                                       
        current portion of long-term debt
      488,100,000 487,500,000 392,500,000 392,500,000 42,500,000 42,000,000 307,000,000 307,000,000 457,000,000 156,600,000 406,600,000 256,600,000 256,600,000 281,200,000 31,200,000 31,200,000 31,200,000 55,800,000 110,800,000 110,800,000 110,800,000 60,400,000 5,400,000 5,400,000 45,300,000 40,000,000 165,000,000 215,000,000 175,000,000 175,500,000 155,500,000 105,500,000 105,500,000 100,000,000   250,000,000 250,000,000    80,000,000 80,000,000 80,000,000 114,700,000    80,000,000     25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000    25,000,000 25,000,000     
        notes payable
      412,000,000 1,317,000,000 1,009,500,000 1,015,000,000 1,158,000,000 947,000,000 771,000,000 786,000,000 1,047,500,000 955,500,000 557,600,000 561,000,000 1,227,000,000 1,037,500,000 709,200,000 607,100,000 846,000,000 672,000,000 461,000,000 653,500,000 696,100,000 648,000,000 477,600,000 560,600,000 518,900,000 743,200,000 434,000,000 512,000,000 626,100,000 553,600,000 191,000,000 391,700,000 583,600,000 477,300,000 450,700,000 567,400,000 506,400,000 398,700,000 97,600,000 253,600,000 377,100,000 338,000,000 211,400,000 247,600,000 397,500,000 287,100,000  36,000,000 93,500,000 74,000,000   83,050,000   113,000,000   97,450,000 76,200,000 114,950,000 145,150,000 133,000,000 238,800,000 263,500,000 
        accounts payable
      309,500,000 248,300,000 240,200,000 283,500,000 292,300,000 237,200,000 205,200,000 193,400,000 293,800,000 253,100,000 196,300,000 232,300,000 506,800,000 617,400,000 581,200,000 367,500,000 427,500,000 409,900,000 294,300,000 352,100,000 260,800,000 243,300,000 200,800,000 221,400,000 307,900,000 301,500,000 297,600,000 324,800,000 430,900,000 290,100,000 195,500,000 194,800,000 245,600,000 257,100,000 206,400,000 218,600,000 273,800,000 210,900,000 135,800,000 127,100,000 159,500,000 146,500,000 148,100,000 160,100,000 221,100,000 176,700,000 152,000,000 215,085,000 160,750,000 140,234,000 104,862,000 108,648,000 100,994,000 81,322,000 73,045,000 94,313,000 101,782,000 96,808,000 125,315,000 107,288,000 122,844,000 135,108,000 79,303,000 100,416,000 175,285,000 
        advance customer billings
      48,900,000 58,100,000 29,400,000 16,100,000 59,200,000 48,400,000 17,100,000 6,100,000 25,000,000 20,900,000 7,600,000 6,800,000 16,900,000 18,700,000 7,600,000 6,300,000 31,300,000 32,100,000 13,800,000 11,400,000 43,200,000 45,300,000 22,400,000 11,600,000 31,400,000 32,600,000 11,600,000 6,500,000 19,800,000 22,700,000 9,700,000 8,100,000 27,300,000 32,000,000 15,900,000 14,500,000 60,200,000 70,200,000 53,000,000 31,700,000 59,300,000 44,300,000 12,900,000 8,400,000 30,900,000 32,200,000   16,011,000 23,736,000   15,950,000 6,225,000  11,600,000   9,639,000   10,421,000   16,578,000 
        wages and compensation accrued
      29,700,000 54,100,000 39,600,000 41,200,000 28,700,000 51,500,000 41,500,000 40,200,000 26,100,000 47,000,000 35,900,000 38,600,000 30,600,000 50,200,000 50,000,000 39,300,000 29,900,000 59,500,000 56,100,000 43,500,000 26,700,000 46,300,000 44,300,000 34,000,000 35,400,000 45,700,000 43,600,000 32,200,000 32,800,000 39,700,000 39,600,000 30,000,000 29,600,000 38,700,000 38,900,000 29,000,000 29,600,000 39,800,000 36,500,000 26,600,000 25,400,000 32,700,000 30,500,000 30,900,000 24,700,000 36,000,000 25,300,000 21,839,000 15,753,000 20,807,000 13,386,000 16,175,000 12,401,000 12,653,000 13,873,000 12,529,000 14,866,000 13,504,000 12,406,000 14,310,000 12,893,000 11,715,000 13,736,000 12,304,000 14,063,000 
        customer deposits
      34,100,000 32,800,000 32,600,000 32,200,000 31,600,000 29,900,000 29,500,000 29,400,000 28,800,000 27,700,000 27,700,000 28,300,000 28,800,000 28,200,000 28,600,000 29,400,000 29,400,000 28,900,000 29,100,000 29,900,000 30,900,000 30,600,000 35,400,000 35,900,000 36,500,000 35,600,000 35,700,000 36,700,000 36,100,000 35,500,000 35,400,000 36,100,000 35,900,000 34,900,000 35,000,000 35,700,000 35,700,000 34,900,000 31,900,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 32,100,000 34,200,000 36,200,000 35,800,000 34,000,000  15,588,000 15,485,000 15,062,000 7,828,000 7,706,000 8,437,000 9,123,000 9,459,000 10,080,000 10,914,000 10,719,000 11,315,000 12,328,000 11,663,000 12,163,000 13,839,000 13,045,000 13,772,000 
        taxes accrued
      63,500,000 109,100,000 91,900,000 81,000,000 61,400,000 105,200,000 90,800,000 82,600,000 64,900,000 104,100,000 88,500,000 79,900,000 57,600,000 90,100,000 76,800,000 67,400,000 47,200,000 78,800,000 68,100,000 60,000,000 41,200,000 71,400,000 61,000,000 55,100,000 43,800,000 68,500,000 56,700,000 50,900,000 44,600,000 65,400,000 56,500,000 49,100,000 36,000,000 61,000,000 55,600,000 46,700,000 39,700,000 55,200,000 41,400,000 36,800,000 32,900,000 51,700,000 45,000,000 85,200,000 50,800,000 63,400,000 56,100,000 71,442,000 36,274,000 32,896,000 28,522,000 44,550,000 13,196,000 13,040,000 25,062,000 11,694,000 29,091,000 36,509,000 17,633,000 23,758,000 42,830,000 25,148,000 24,712,000 34,078,000 37,557,000 
        regulatory liabilities
      34,400,000 39,400,000 48,600,000 51,600,000 51,000,000 49,500,000 37,900,000 25,100,000 7,100,000 7,300,000 5,500,000 5,300,000 3,700,000 3,700,000 3,200,000 3,200,000 4,100,000 34,600,000 46,800,000 56,300,000 95,500,000 113,000,000 58,800,000 31,800,000 50,000,000 60,800,000 31,300,000 35,300,000 363,400,000 354,600,000 364,300,000 353,100,000 335,100,000 157,200,000 139,800,000 144,100,000 132,100,000 130,700,000 105,700,000 33,800,000 41,500,000 32,400,000 29,400,000 38,500,000 122,900,000 126,100,000 90,100,000 102,407,000 90,795,000 82,560,000 58,382,000 83,026,000 56,776,000 53,867,000 53,267,000 51,904,000 50,308,000 49,077,000 47,898,000 45,468,000 45,088,000 44,681,000 45,231,000 42,506,000 42,639,000 
        total current liabilities
      1,713,300,000 2,548,600,000 2,086,500,000 2,112,500,000 1,991,200,000 1,703,900,000 1,709,800,000 1,650,300,000 2,210,500,000 1,755,400,000 1,530,400,000 1,406,900,000 2,404,700,000 2,353,600,000 1,749,900,000 1,395,800,000 1,720,700,000 1,608,300,000 1,291,800,000 1,507,500,000 1,546,700,000 1,449,200,000 1,107,800,000 1,152,500,000 1,252,500,000 1,468,800,000 1,219,600,000 1,336,700,000 1,563,400,000 1,321,700,000 814,100,000 928,000,000 1,211,300,000 1,097,900,000 909,800,000 1,015,300,000 1,342,200,000 1,161,300,000 491,800,000 618,800,000 847,500,000 853,800,000 720,400,000 853,700,000 1,082,300,000 782,800,000 320,100,000 399,964,000 477,724,000 353,178,000 182,801,000 207,344,000 275,070,000 179,283,000 187,760,000 323,179,000 185,494,000 189,114,000 315,332,000 285,821,000 362,994,000 407,761,000 300,114,000 429,226,000 560,718,000 
        deferred credits and other liabilities:
                                                                       
        deferred income taxes
      914,100,000 887,400,000 900,400,000 890,700,000 838,300,000 808,400,000 819,600,000 816,600,000 760,600,000 743,700,000 735,900,000 737,900,000 699,400,000 675,100,000 675,800,000 666,500,000 615,600,000 612,300,000 605,800,000 602,800,000 541,900,000 511,400,000 479,700,000 498,100,000 475,300,000 451,400,000 490,400,000 490,200,000 453,200,000 435,800,000 476,800,000 465,600,000 441,000,000 707,500,000 705,300,000 690,600,000  607,300,000 574,100,000 564,200,000 7,400,000    21,100,000 9,900,000 398,900,000 5,871,000 3,222,000 1,012,000 2,888,000 2,527,000 4,426,000    9,064,000 7,310,000 1,162,000 3,807,000 626,000    216,234,000 
        pension and postretirement benefit costs
      47,700,000 74,700,000 105,000,000 110,800,000 126,600,000 146,700,000 128,500,000 130,000,000 135,500,000 137,300,000 154,700,000 158,600,000 159,300,000 163,000,000 199,600,000 199,200,000 222,500,000 235,900,000 231,800,000 274,400,000 289,200,000 309,000,000 271,900,000 272,100,000 260,700,000 264,800,000 172,100,000 178,300,000 182,100,000 180,200,000 219,300,000 233,400,000 233,600,000 237,400,000 300,400,000 308,100,000 296,300,000 303,700,000 246,900,000 254,800,000 250,700,000 253,400,000 233,300,000 243,900,000 241,700,000 244,900,000 209,700,000 223,970,000 229,313,000 228,653,000 181,691,000 191,778,000 195,259,000 158,011,000 163,940,000 172,791,000 196,757,000 208,727,000 210,642,000 199,563,000 201,643,000 201,659,000 101,991,000 103,226,000 103,507,000 
        asset retirement obligations
      589,500,000 583,200,000 598,600,000 592,300,000 586,000,000 579,900,000 596,000,000 589,700,000 583,600,000 577,400,000 538,100,000 531,500,000 526,200,000 520,900,000 535,400,000 530,100,000 524,800,000 519,600,000 556,500,000 551,000,000 545,600,000 540,100,000 348,200,000 344,700,000 340,900,000 337,600,000 328,900,000 325,500,000 324,500,000 321,100,000 305,900,000 302,800,000 299,700,000 296,600,000 214,700,000 212,400,000 208,700,000 206,400,000 164,600,000 162,800,000 161,000,000 159,200,000 102,700,000 101,500,000 100,300,000 99,200,000 74,300,000 73,353,000 72,459,000 74,554,000 42,097,000 41,512,000 40,936,000 28,723,000 28,313,000 27,904,000 26,996,000 26,610,000 26,224,000 26,648,000 26,266,000 25,885,000 26,238,000 27,638,000 27,236,000 
        total deferred credits and other liabilities
      2,280,600,000 2,261,800,000 2,326,000,000 2,367,700,000 2,269,600,000 2,211,100,000 2,237,000,000 2,239,100,000 2,107,800,000 2,070,400,000 2,003,600,000 1,934,300,000 1,886,400,000 1,940,000,000 1,965,200,000 1,945,200,000 2,043,400,000 2,141,000,000 1,956,100,000 1,997,300,000 1,859,200,000 1,842,600,000 1,674,000,000 1,711,200,000 1,634,000,000 1,521,400,000 1,457,500,000 1,489,000,000 1,392,200,000 1,358,500,000 1,432,100,000 1,424,900,000 1,374,100,000 1,462,500,000 1,434,900,000 1,433,100,000 1,349,900,000 1,314,200,000 1,165,000,000 1,168,000,000 1,112,100,000 1,091,300,000 1,017,500,000 979,100,000 936,400,000 931,800,000 826,200,000 841,068,000 829,854,000 813,214,000 693,797,000 697,317,000 681,881,000 611,496,000 615,781,000 622,109,000 612,916,000 611,809,000 616,011,000 580,136,000 550,116,000 556,449,000 445,751,000 432,838,000 416,739,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                       
        total capitalization and liabilities
      11,881,900,000 11,575,300,000 11,396,300,000 11,346,700,000 11,275,800,000 10,860,700,000 10,710,900,000 10,711,400,000 10,631,700,000 10,313,600,000 10,037,500,000 10,049,000,000 10,327,700,000 10,083,700,000 9,783,900,000 9,401,300,000 9,650,500,000 9,356,400,000 8,893,300,000 8,936,800,000 8,515,600,000 8,241,200,000 7,822,600,000 8,018,000,000 7,961,000,000 7,619,200,000 7,332,000,000 7,273,600,000 7,232,200,000 6,843,600,000 6,584,900,000 6,586,800,000 6,701,100,000 6,546,700,000 6,298,200,000 6,256,700,000 6,310,100,000 6,077,400,000 5,310,900,000 5,319,800,000 5,411,400,000 5,290,200,000 5,082,900,000 5,180,700,000 5,288,500,000 5,074,000,000 3,656,700,000 3,180,471,000 3,206,730,000 3,125,386,000 2,422,039,000 2,009,098,000 1,942,155,000 1,741,338,000 1,758,131,000 1,874,330,000 1,742,304,000 1,734,417,000 1,844,227,000 1,776,920,000 1,830,905,000 1,860,028,000 1,666,004,000 1,784,956,000 1,875,646,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive gain
                        1,900,000 5,300,000                                              
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                          -28,100,000 -41,200,000 -49,600,000 -50,600,000 -16,900,000              -5,300,000 -1,700,000 -1,700,000  -3,200,000 -4,200,000 -5,400,000  -8,500,000 -2,578,000 -2,479,000   -6,491,000 -1,838,000 -2,652,000  -1,911,000 -6,383,000 -8,272,000 -8,836,000 -5,036,000      
        allowance for doubtful accounts
                           -24,900,000 -27,500,000 -28,000,000 -26,300,000 -23,000,000 -23,700,000 -28,100,000 -24,600,000 -22,400,000 -24,700,000 -25,700,000 -21,300,000 -18,300,000 -17,700,000 -20,800,000 -21,100,000 -20,500,000 -20,200,000 -18,900,000 -12,700,000 -14,200,000 -15,700,000 -18,600,000 -12,000,000 -15,900,000 -11,500,000 -10,549,000 -10,847,000 -8,046,000 -9,024,000 -8,833,000 -7,055,000 -8,842,000 -8,758,000 -5,989,000 -11,915,000 -11,095,000 -6,732,000 -13,037,000 -12,782,000     
        natural gas receivable
                                700,000 300,000 2,200,000 1,800,000 2,700,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 1,900,000 6,500,000 7,800,000 8,400,000 9,700,000 17,500,000 19,500,000 20,100,000 17,300,000 19,800,000 5,900,000 11,100,000 7,300,000  3,233,000 7,786,000 18,782,000 24,304,000 13,470,000 13,746,000 19,710,000 16,351,000 15,327,000 29,767,000 18,183,000 12,320,000 21,447,000 25,672,000 25,026,000    
        derivative instrument assets
                                6,300,000 24,500,000 19,700,000 13,300,000 8,400,000 7,300,000 4,700,000 5,900,000 7,300,000 8,200,000 18,700,000 11,400,000 9,000,000 7,600,000 4,300,000 4,600,000 3,600,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 2,400,000  13,560,000 4,985,000 3,291,000 21,279,000 6,021,000 1,246,000 3,879,000 5,297,000 3,232,000 10,127,000 10,491,000 13,150,000 13,657,000 14,600,000 11,234,000 17,429,000 30,652,000 25,381,000 
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                   7,900,000 6,500,000 6,500,000                                  
        dividends payable
                                31,200,000 31,100,000 31,300,000 30,000,000 28,400,000 28,300,000 28,100,000 26,600,000 26,300,000 24,900,000 24,800,000 23,500,000 22,300,000 22,100,000 22,300,000 21,100,000 20,900,000 20,500,000 20,900,000 19,900,000  15,083,000 15,142,000 14,556,000 14,454,000 10,059,000 9,931,000 9,664,000 9,697,000 9,626,000 9,280,000 9,244,000 9,195,000 8,982,000 8,962,000 8,928,000 8,688,000 8,675,000 8,674,000 
        interest accrued
                                28,700,000 18,900,000 27,200,000 15,200,000 27,800,000 15,800,000 26,300,000 14,600,000 24,200,000 15,300,000 22,300,000 14,800,000 19,700,000 14,300,000 19,500,000 14,300,000 19,400,000 14,900,000 19,900,000 15,100,000  8,064,000 9,755,000 8,335,000 3,887,000 6,191,000 5,034,000 5,405,000 8,789,000 5,519,000 5,603,000 9,023,000 5,756,000 6,072,000 9,865,000 6,217,000 6,367,000 10,333,000 6,825,000 
        unamortized purchased gas adjustments
                                  3,000,000 8,200,000 14,600,000 32,600,000 77,900,000 102,600,000 73,900,000 61,000,000 52,200,000 49,700,000 5,400,000 8,900,000 44,600,000 12,900,000   60,600,000 54,000,000  1,631,000 9,903,000 17,533,000 6,230,000 11,039,000 30,492,000 9,158,000 11,241,000 19,413,000 3,939,000 6,470,000 18,136,000    4,769,000 8,891,000 24,149,000 
        other regulatory assets
                                  60,400,000 64,600,000 82,100,000 65,100,000 71,400,000 72,900,000 70,700,000 64,800,000 82,300,000 44,200,000 37,500,000 32,400,000                          
        other regulatory liabilities
                                  30,900,000 32,800,000 23,400,000 20,700,000 20,500,000 21,600,000 24,900,000 29,700,000 42,800,000 28,900,000 22,400,000                           
        other property and investments
                                   1,414,800,000    1,287,800,000    1,240,700,000    1,019,600,000   1,008,200,000 1,007,000,000 278,600,000 284,140,000 303,837,000 313,078,000 59,229,000 58,366,000 57,419,000 61,016,000 59,136,000 56,957,000 56,887,000 57,903,000 55,043,000 53,561,000 53,265,000 50,444,000 49,644,000 48,396,000 47,050,000 
        spire inc.
                                                                       
        consolidated balance sheets
                                                                       
        september 30
                                   2,018,000,000    2,017,000,000    2,016,000,000    2,015,000,000    2,014,000,000    2,013,000                
        shareholders’ equity
                                   2,255,400,000                                    
        prepayments and other
                                    37,500,000 30,400,000 28,300,000 34,200,000 32,400,000 19,300,000 24,900,000 24,800,000 36,100,000 27,600,000 21,000,000 25,300,000 31,000,000 20,000,000 46,900,000 27,300,000 51,100,000 10,909,000 13,562,000 12,867,000 14,112,000 9,183,000 9,433,000 11,079,000 6,795,000 8,250,000 9,082,000 5,437,000 6,080,000 12,828,000 7,836,000 10,171,000 31,732,000 14,535,000 11,460,000 
        deferred charges:
                                                                       
        total deferred charges
                                    782,100,000 755,200,000 794,700,000 868,200,000 939,700,000 925,800,000 919,700,000 979,900,000 807,300,000 809,900,000 801,400,000 813,000,000 709,300,000 701,500,000 679,800,000 702,400,000 555,000,000 551,750,000 544,378,000 559,798,000 438,505,000 430,900,000 446,743,000 437,635,000 463,472,000 465,007,000 433,062,000 427,357,000 460,511,000 462,838,000 473,657,000 473,915,000 394,650,000 401,617,000 360,294,000 
        total equity
                                    2,307,700,000 2,153,500,000 2,085,700,000                                 
        see the accompanying notes to financial statements.
                                                                       
        total equity attributable to spire shareholders
                                      2,079,200,000                                 
        noncontrolling interest
                                      6,500,000                                 
        common stock equity
                                       1,991,300,000    1,768,200,000    1,573,600,000    1,508,400,000    1,046,282,000                
        total common stock equity
                                        2,028,200,000 1,883,000,000 1,796,700,000  1,802,400,000 1,681,400,000 1,600,300,000  1,608,600,000 1,611,600,000 1,533,500,000  1,533,800,000 1,106,622,000 1,066,388,000  1,080,997,000 640,003,000 620,778,000 611,158,000 615,204,000 589,670,000 579,551,000 569,167,000 548,571,000 546,680,000 553,526,000 531,564,000 530,914,000 533,681,000 508,526,000 
        the laclede group, inc.
                                                                       
        see the accompanying notes to the financial statements.
                                                                       
        unamortized purchase gas adjustment
                                                  22,100,000                     
        see accompanying notes to the financial statements.
                                                                       
        less – accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                   1,168,600,000    494,559,000                
        utilities
                                                   148,200,000                    
        unamortized purchased gas adjustment
                                                   22,400,000                    
        unamortized investment tax credits
                                                   2,700,000  2,794,000 2,847,000 2,900,000 2,953,000 3,006,000 3,060,000 3,166,000 3,219,000 3,272,000 3,379,000 3,432,000 3,485,000 3,592,000 3,646,000 3,700,000 3,809,000 3,863,000 3,918,000 
        natural gas stored underground
                                                    118,200,000 67,798,000 153,305,000 182,035,000 59,171,000 32,776,000 88,342,000 55,192,000 57,456,000           
        materials and supplies at average cost
                                                    8,000,000 8,408,000 8,581,000 8,154,000 4,477,000 4,385,000 4,257,000 3,917,000 4,102,000           
        non-utility
                                                     103,272,000 63,194,000 63,752,000 53,678,000 55,925,000 54,092,000 47,335,000 34,915,000 49,902,000 58,645,000 43,079,000 61,951,000 67,305,000 78,857,000 75,317,000 47,437,000 64,505,000 115,290,000 
        see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                       
        long-term debt (less current portion) – laclede gas
                                                           339,401,000 339,386,000 339,372,000 364,343,000 364,327,000  364,283,000 364,269,000     
        propane gas at fifo cost
                                                            8,964,000 8,964,000 8,962,000 16,927,000 16,881,000 15,625,000 15,625,000 15,649,000 19,846,000 19,861,000 19,871,000 
        natural gas stored underground at lifo cost
                                                             113,668,000 56,976,000 40,225,000 109,171,000 54,308,000 43,757,000 88,204,000 53,202,000 69,940,000 197,423,000 
        materials, supplies, and merchandise at average cost
                                                             4,855,000 4,310,000 4,402,000 4,255,000 3,942,000 4,338,000 4,162,000 5,055,000 5,501,000 5,353,000 
        long-term debt – laclede gas
                                                                364,313,000   364,254,000 389,225,000 389,211,000 389,196,000 
        allowances for doubtful accounts
                                                                   -8,297,000 -13,409,000 -12,666,000 -8,479,000 
        laclede gas redeemable preferred stock
                                                                      467,000 
        current portion of long-term debt and preferred stock
                                                                   25,000,000    
        deferred income taxes current
                                                                   1,873,000 9,717,000 1,959,000 7,624,000 
        current portion of preferred stock
                                                                      160,000 
        long-term debt to unconsolidated affiliate trust
                                                                       
        property and investments of discontinued operations
                                                                       
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                       
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                       
        deferred credits and other liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                       
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 
                                                                                      
          operating activities:
                                                                                      
          net income
        95,000,000 -39,800,000 20,900,000 209,300,000 81,300,000 -25,900,000 -12,600,000 204,300,000 85,100,000 -31,100,000 -21,600,000 179,200,000 91,000,000 -7,100,000 -1,400,000 173,600,000 55,700,000 -9,900,000 5,300,000 187,400,000 88,900,000 -19,700,000 -92,300,000 133,600,000 67,000,000 -34,300,000 -3,000,000 154,600,000 67,300,000 -25,900,000 25,900,000 98,200,000 116,000,000 -13,300,000 21,700,000 108,000,000 45,200,000 -14,200,000 10,700,000 100,800,000 46,900,000 -18,700,000 14,100,000 94,400,000 47,100,000 -14,900,000 11,689,000 52,219,000 35,592,000 -9,636,000 6,584,000 30,242,000 25,568,000 -651,000 8,433,000 29,684,000 25,174,000 -2,827,000 15,390,000 27,893,000 23,369,000 -1,597,000 4,731,000 28,020,000 22,886,000 -4,747,000 6,877,000 30,811,000 31,306,000 -3,594,000 9,259,000 51,354,000 20,903,000 570,000 9,272,000 20,830,000 19,099,000 -825,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                      
          depreciation and amortization
        81,400,000 76,500,000 75,700,000 73,700,000 72,300,000 71,100,000 71,400,000 68,900,000 67,000,000 65,800,000 64,300,000 62,600,000 62,100,000 61,100,000 60,400,000 58,900,000 56,900,000 57,700,000 53,100,000 51,500,000 50,800,000 50,500,000 50,100,000 49,200,000 47,500,000 46,800,000 45,800,000 44,900,000 44,200,000 45,500,000 41,000,000 41,500,000 40,400,000                                              
          deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
        21,900,000 -16,200,000 1,700,000 52,400,000 19,400,000 -9,400,000 -3,100,000 48,500,000 21,000,000 -18,800,000 -6,800,000 40,900,000 21,600,000 900,000 -2,100,000 40,700,000 18,400,000 -1,400,000 -100,000 46,700,000 21,800,000 -8,000,000 -25,800,000 28,500,000 14,300,000 -10,800,000 -2,900,000 32,800,000 12,700,000 -19,200,000 5,700,000 18,400,000 -33,600,000 -7,100,000 8,700,000 53,300,000 22,100,000 -8,900,000 6,700,000 48,600,000 22,400,000 -4,900,000      4,098,000 -702,000 8,845,000 24,340,000 -13,704,000 2,572,000 8,106,000 16,281,000 -1,773,000 7,940,000 17,939,000 14,958,000 -10,090,000 1,078,000 19,326,000 29,384,000 -11,769,000 -4,184,000 4,166,000 17,590,000 7,747,000 -11,566,000 12,033,000 -3,551,000 -4,580,000 1,884,000    -6,560,000 12,500,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                      
          accounts receivable
        -280,500,000 42,100,000 171,900,000 -12,600,000 -239,800,000 41,200,000 146,900,000 80,100,000 -255,500,000 50,100,000 240,400,000 200,600,000 -156,900,000 -35,600,000 12,500,000 149,400,000 -152,800,000 -94,400,000 93,700,000 -172,700,000 -169,600,000 -5,300,000 105,900,000 98,100,000 -162,500,000 47,300,000 149,700,000 66,200,000 -260,500,000 -52,800,000 142,900,000 53,900,000 -176,700,000  89,900,000 63,800,000 -186,800,000  60,200,000 24,100,000 -77,600,000  134,200,000                                    
          inventories
        23,000,000 -57,600,000 -45,800,000 63,600,000 21,200,000 -33,700,000 -15,300,000 61,900,000 2,900,000 -36,500,000 -38,900,000 168,500,000 49,700,000 -122,100,000 -132,000,000 157,400,000 -20,500,000 -88,600,000 -36,400,000 4,500,000 9,500,000 -42,800,000 -24,100,000 58,400,000 11,100,000 -38,500,000 -31,800,000 86,400,000 -2,500,000 -57,100,000 -24,700,000 76,400,000 20,900,000 -51,000,000 -28,400,000 44,100,000 11,800,000 -55,000,000 -19,900,000 79,500,000 11,900,000 -52,100,000 -46,200,000                                    
          regulatory assets and liabilities
        17,900,000 -69,000,000 -52,000,000 110,800,000 36,700,000 -1,800,000 25,600,000 225,900,000 91,700,000 -50,700,000 17,500,000 54,600,000 -90,100,000 -85,200,000 -93,300,000 -43,200,000 -187,300,000 79,700,000 3,600,000 -17,900,000 11,200,000 -66,900,000 -7,200,000 29,100,000 45,600,000  -23,800,000                                                    
          accounts payable
        92,000,000 -700,000 -48,900,000 200,000 96,900,000 -600,000 10,100,000 -88,600,000 54,000,000 16,400,000 -32,700,000 -276,200,000 -96,700,000 10,400,000 201,400,000 -64,000,000 42,900,000 98,000,000 -61,600,000 97,400,000 43,900,000 29,200,000 -21,800,000 -93,100,000 42,600,000 -17,700,000 -22,300,000 -124,400,000 158,000,000 65,600,000 -3,000,000 -47,900,000 -2,100,000 36,300,000 -13,500,000 -57,200,000 85,500,000 36,400,000 9,000,000 -33,400,000 18,000,000 -3,900,000 -14,000,000 -62,000,000 49,900,000 -2,700,000 -68,057,000 54,204,000 25,153,000 13,728,000 -2,080,000 11,793,000 12,004,000 6,235,000 11,521,000 -26,322,000 -224,000 -12,713,000 5,195,000 -28,501,000 31,159,000 -13,053,000 -15,476,000 -12,190,000 63,176,000 -7,878,000 -21,025,000 -74,754,000 17,473,000 -33,619,000 4,945,000 49,083,000 38,752,000 -21,737,000 -15,232,000 -6,171,000 46,695,000  
          delayed/advance customer billings
        -14,100,000 33,500,000 32,300,000 -62,000,000 4,300,000 46,100,000 39,100,000 -51,700,000 4,000,000 50,000,000 27,800,000 -69,100,000 -7,200,000 35,300,000 10,600,000 -68,500,000 -2,900,000 22,400,000 9,800,000 -38,800,000 -5,800,000 23,400,000 17,200,000 -30,100,000 -3,500,000 35,900,000 29,700,000 -46,300,000 -6,900,000                                                  
          taxes accrued
        -45,300,000 18,000,000 11,700,000 20,100,000 -43,800,000 16,600,000 6,000,000 20,800,000 -42,300,000 17,300,000 8,500,000 21,300,000 -32,100,000 13,400,000 9,000,000 20,200,000 -31,400,000 12,200,000 7,800,000 19,100,000 -30,200,000 11,800,000 5,200,000 10,800,000 -24,900,000 10,600,000 5,800,000 6,200,000 -19,100,000 10,800,000 7,500,000 13,100,000 -25,000,000 10,600,000 9,000,000 3,100,000 -16,900,000 10,500,000 3,800,000 4,100,000 -18,800,000 1,600,000 -40,100,000 34,300,000 -12,800,000 -23,100,000 -15,823,000 34,744,000 3,379,000 -12,896,000 -16,409,000 31,094,000 1,877,000 -1,737,000 -12,007,000 13,380,000 -805,000 -17,190,000 -7,420,000 18,872,000 7,125,000 -13,264,000 -19,071,000 17,651,000 9,101,000 -8,761,000 -9,376,000 -3,487,000 26,170,000 -12,277,000 -13,608,000 21,188,000 -2,189,000 -10,043,000 -7,980,000 11,106,000 12,074,000  
          other assets and liabilities
        86,700,000 1,400,000 -39,700,000 -85,600,000 30,500,000 -23,000,000 -900,000 -82,600,000 40,900,000 -29,200,000 -37,800,000 -35,000,000 -15,600,000 -23,400,000 -18,700,000 -41,800,000 -9,600,000 -54,400,000 -17,400,000 -28,900,000 -15,400,000 40,800,000 -28,900,000 -30,200,000 30,300,000 55,200,000 -3,600,000 -77,700,000 57,100,000 -36,100,000 -14,900,000 -38,800,000 50,300,000 -12,300,000 -12,500,000 18,200,000 18,500,000 3,500,000 -18,900,000 -39,900,000 20,300,000 -8,900,000 -56,600,000 -9,300,000 7,200,000 -8,800,000 -17,428,000 -7,920,000 6,648,000 31,528,000 -28,808,000 -4,098,000 4,213,000 -2,717,000 -24,565,000 8,794,000 2,807,000 10,159,000 -18,888,000 2,121,000 3,866,000 1,510,000 -7,390,000 5,534,000 1,562,000 -3,566,000 -10,632,000 -8,051,000 41,002,000 -20,515,000 -27,252,000 4,229,000 31,238,000   -1,577,000 2,017,000 25,000 
          other
        3,000,000 6,900,000 1,300,000 2,800,000 2,100,000 2,300,000 2,900,000 1,900,000 1,200,000 2,800,000 3,500,000 3,300,000 3,400,000 2,700,000 3,100,000 2,300,000 700,000 7,800,000 3,700,000 3,300,000 2,500,000 3,100,000 5,200,000 2,900,000 -3,000,000 -2,100,000 -500,000 -1,000,000 -400,000 -300,000 2,700,000 40,000,000 1,800,000 -300,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,700,000 5,000,000 300,000 -1,300,000 900,000 -1,300,000 -25,800,000 34,100,000 -600,000 -9,800,000 2,951,000 -36,000 -15,000 -2,271,000 -23,000 -438,000 -15,000 -14,000 -14,000 -15,000 -14,000 -15,000 -14,000   -90,000   -1,000 -115,000 -2,433,000 273,000 9,000 8,000 15,000 2,000 4,000 56,000  
          net cash from operating activities
        81,000,000 -4,900,000 129,100,000 372,700,000 81,100,000 82,900,000 270,100,000 489,400,000 70,000,000 36,100,000 224,200,000 350,700,000 -170,800,000 -149,600,000 49,500,000 385,000,000 -229,900,000 29,100,000 61,500,000 151,600,000 7,600,000 16,100,000 132,100,000 257,200,000 64,500,000 10,300,000 143,100,000 227,100,000 70,400,000 -54,700,000 201,700,000 291,700,000 17,900,000 -32,400,000 94,600,000 215,800,000 10,300,000 -28,600,000 113,900,000 209,500,000 33,500,000 -43,900,000 86,400,000 314,000,000 -34,100,000 -62,400,000 42,196,000 158,515,000 -15,711,000 -3,130,000 24,678,000 138,451,000 3,915,000 -98,000 56,740,000 121,558,000 -50,099,000 -34,119,000 61,312,000 134,197,000 5,797,000 -50,882,000 87,948,000 69,878,000 -29,000 8,996,000 120,976,000 116,011,000 -17,230,000 -229,786,000 62,483,000 138,490,000 -7,719,000 -70,734,000 38,033,000 145,671,000 -31,679,000 -36,240,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                                      
          capital expenditures
        -202,800,000 -222,700,000 -220,500,000 -218,600,000 -260,600,000 -229,800,000 -222,200,000 -182,800,000 -226,500,000 -179,200,000 -175,500,000 -153,000,000 -154,800,000 -149,700,000 -126,600,000 -130,200,000 -145,700,000 -161,600,000 -159,700,000 -139,900,000 -163,600,000 -162,700,000 -129,600,000 -153,800,000 -192,300,000 -214,800,000 -231,700,000 -170,000,000 -206,800,000 -165,100,000 -118,500,000 -105,000,000 -110,800,000 -139,500,000 -111,300,000 -98,000,000 -89,300,000 -98,000,000 -73,500,000 -59,400,000 -62,400,000 -86,900,000 -73,400,000 -69,500,000 -60,000,000 -61,500,000 -41,274,000 -33,585,000 -34,641,000 -33,972,000 -34,109,000 -34,994,000 -27,713,000 -32,063,000 -36,122,000 -22,324,000 -18,334,000 -20,556,000 -17,336,000 -14,119,000 -15,627,000 -16,738,000 -15,409,000 -13,652,000 -11,198,000 -12,849,000 -12,938,000 -12,265,000 -14,332,000 -15,118,000 -13,759,000 -14,375,000 -13,369,000 -11,920,000 
          free cash flows
        -121,800,000 -227,600,000 -91,400,000 154,100,000 -179,500,000 -146,900,000 47,900,000 306,600,000 -156,500,000 -143,100,000 48,700,000 197,700,000 -325,600,000 -299,300,000 -77,100,000 254,800,000 -375,600,000 -132,500,000 -98,200,000 11,700,000 -156,000,000 -146,600,000 2,500,000 103,400,000 -127,800,000 -204,500,000 -88,600,000 57,100,000 -136,400,000 -219,800,000 83,200,000 186,700,000 -92,900,000 -171,900,000 -16,700,000 117,800,000 -79,000,000 -126,600,000 40,400,000 150,100,000 -28,900,000 -130,800,000 13,000,000 244,500,000 -94,100,000 -123,900,000 922,000 124,930,000 -50,352,000 -37,102,000 -9,431,000 103,457,000 -23,798,000 -32,161,000 20,618,000 99,234,000 -68,433,000 -54,675,000 43,976,000 120,078,000 -9,830,000 -67,620,000 72,539,000 56,226,000 -11,227,000 -3,853,000 108,038,000 103,746,000 -31,562,000 -244,904,000 48,724,000 124,115,000 -21,088,000 -70,734,000 38,033,000 145,671,000 -43,599,000 -36,240,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -201,300,000 -219,700,000 -219,400,000 -217,200,000 -260,100,000 -225,200,000 -218,100,000 -358,700,000 -225,200,000 -179,100,000 -175,700,000 -189,000,000 -151,700,000 -148,400,000 -125,100,000 -130,100,000 -143,100,000 -160,300,000 -157,400,000 -140,700,000 -163,600,000 -161,500,000 -125,500,000 -152,000,000 -192,600,000 -214,800,000 -236,900,000 -170,400,000 -216,200,000 -160,400,000 -138,000,000 -106,600,000 -126,700,000 -139,800,000 -110,800,000 -97,000,000 -85,900,000 -415,900,000 -74,300,000 -59,700,000 -62,800,000 -86,800,000 -73,400,000 -77,900,000 -60,600,000 -1,365,900,000 -33,317,000 -14,063,000 -24,320,000 -1,008,925,000 -34,541,000 -36,130,000 -28,703,000 -27,236,000 -36,070,000 -23,484,000 -18,614,000 -20,027,000 -15,720,000 -16,635,000 -14,625,000 -16,960,000 -15,403,000 -16,240,000 -12,170,000 -12,259,000 -11,952,000 -12,874,000 -15,169,000 -16,435,000 -12,136,000 70,074,000 -14,563,000    -13,094,000  
          financing activities:
                                                                                      
          issuance of long-term debt
        1,100,000,000    320,000,000   550,000,000 205,000,000 300,000,000 304,100,000 175,000,000 150,000,000 510,000,000 40,000,000 90,000,000 100,000,000 45,000,000 30,000,000 170,000,000   165,000,000 80,000,000          100,000,000 25,000,000                          
          repayment of long-term debt
        -7,500,000 -35,000,000 -7,000,000 -300,000,000 -150,000,000 -6,600,000 -250,000,000 -31,200,000 -55,800,000 -55,000,000 -55,000,000 -5,400,000 -7,000,000 -40,000,000 -100,000,000 -125,000,000 -50,000,000 -9,100,000       -80,000,000 -100,000                                     
          (repayment) issuance of short-term debt
        -905,000,000         397,900,000               -224,200,000                                                      
          issuance of common stock
        300,000 200,000 400,000 42,800,000 32,800,000 -200,000 400,000 173,600,000 113,200,000 37,900,000 400,000 3,200,000 400,000 27,900,000 23,600,000 400,000 400,000 -100,000 300,000 400,000 7,900,000 18,000,000 12,900,000 2,300,000 13,800,000 4,700,000 600,000 400,000 500,000 153,400,000 500,000 300,000 500,000 146,300,000 100,000 1,000,000 134,000,000 1,000,000 1,100,000 -500,000 800,000 1,100,000 1,700,000 300,000 458,260,000 698,000 742,000 353,000 428,477,000 2,091,000 761,000 1,149,000 967,000 942,000 1,253,000 528,000 594,000 836,000 591,000 393,000 372,000 703,000 338,000 370,000 599,000 460,000 2,245,000 1,936,000 4,424,000 1,134,000 1,305,000 1,216,000 1,042,000 712,000 3,599,000 973,000 
          dividends paid on common stock
        -47,200,000 -46,400,000 -45,800,000 -45,400,000 -44,600,000 -42,800,000 -43,800,000 -41,700,000 -38,800,000 -38,200,000 -38,000,000 -38,200,000 -36,300,000 -36,000,000 -35,800,000 -35,500,000 -34,600,000 -33,600,000 -33,700,000 -33,700,000 -32,200,000 -32,300,000 -31,900,000 -29,100,000 -34,700,000 -30,100,000                                                     
          dividends paid on preferred stock
        -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000 -3,700,000                                                      
          debt issuance costs
        -12,700,000                                                                              
          net cash from financing activities
        119,000,000 217,700,000 92,400,000 -151,400,000 186,000,000 143,500,000 -64,700,000 -109,600,000 154,700,000 143,800,000 -44,700,000 -159,500,000 321,000,000 288,400,000 90,500,000 -254,900,000 376,900,000 118,600,000 15,800,000 89,600,000 155,400,000 142,100,000 -107,600,000 -18,300,000 143,800,000 204,500,000 88,500,000 -54,000,000 132,800,000 229,600,000 -74,600,000 -174,000,000 108,100,000 171,300,000 4,900,000 -109,800,000 81,000,000 444,800,000 -43,400,000 -145,700,000 20,100,000 138,800,000 -54,200,000 -202,600,000 92,000,000 872,600,000 551,971,000 -168,039,000 21,568,000 508,547,000 419,472,000 -2,004,000 43,894,000 33,268,000 -8,449,000 -133,351,000 70,015,000 36,501,000 -7,652,000 -119,667,000 -53,004,000 45,474,000 -47,023,000 -49,902,000 17,637,000 -11,221,000 -113,551,000 -39,615,000 47,580,000 228,149,000 -162,886,000 -129,984,000 36,466,000    45,913,000 77,462,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -1,300,000 -6,900,000 2,100,000 4,100,000 7,000,000 1,200,000 -12,700,000   800,000 3,800,000 2,200,000 -1,500,000 -9,600,000 14,900,000 3,900,000   100,500,000 -600,000 -3,300,000 -101,000,000 86,900,000 15,700,000                                                      
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
        41,200,000  34,900,000  25,800,000  20,500,000  11,300,000   4,100,000  5,800,000  21,400,000                                                  
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
        39,900,000  2,100,000 4,100,000 41,900,000  -12,700,000 21,100,000 25,300,000  3,800,000 2,200,000 19,000,000  14,900,000 15,200,000                                                              
          supplemental disclosure of cash paid for:
                                                                                      
          interest, net of amounts capitalized
        -34,300,000 -76,000,000 -30,000,000 -67,000,000 -34,100,000 -62,700,000 -40,000,000 -58,600,000 -44,300,000 -59,300,000 -37,700,000 -43,600,000 -36,900,000 -39,700,000 -23,700,000 -33,200,000 -23,300,000 -32,800,000 -17,400,000 -33,000,000 -15,500,000 -36,100,000 -17,200,000 -35,100,000 -11,600,000 -38,900,000 -14,500,000 -35,100,000 -13,900,000 -34,500,000 -13,400,000 -33,900,000 -13,300,000                                              
          income taxes
        -1,300,000 -700,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -200,000 -600,000 -300,000 -200,000 -400,000 -1,100,000 -300,000 -1,100,000 -500,000 -200,000 -1,100,000 700,000 -1,200,000 100,000 -300,000 -900,000   -600,000 -100,000   -600,000 -300,000   -600,000 200,000 -800,000 -100,000 -1,000,000 4,100,000 -100,000 -100,000 1,000,000        -6,531,000 321,000 -3,621,000 456,000 -5,524,000 4,301,000 1,602,000 1,161,000 2,251,000 -1,042,000 5,783,000 -132,000 -1,905,000 -15,709,000 13,166,000 606,000 -3,802,000 484,000 9,757,000 -503,000 6,648,000 18,423,000 16,570,000 5,931,000 5,773,000 11,132,000 9,262,000 24,000 -401,000 
          business acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                                      
          issuance (repayment) of short-term debt
         307,500,000 -5,500,000           328,300,000      -42,600,000 48,100,000                                                          
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                                                      
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of year
                                                                                      
          business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
              1,500,000                                                                        
          issuance of short-term debt
            211,000,000    92,000,000    189,500,000    174,000,000            72,500,000                                                  
          repayment of short-term debt
              -15,000,000                -83,000,000    -78,000,000                                                    
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                -500,000                    -13,000,000                                                  
          business acquisition
                                                                                     
          advance payment for business acquisition
                                                                                      
          impairments
                                                                                     
          supplemental disclosure of cash (paid) received for:
                                                                                      
          other business acquisitions
                                                                                      
          issuance of preferred stock
                                                                                     
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                      -10,900,000 11,100,000 -700,000 -900,000 -11,300,000 9,000,000 5,400,000     8,100,000 -41,200,000   -555,700,000 560,850,000 -23,587,000 -18,463,000 -503,508,000 409,609,000 100,317,000 19,106,000    1,302,000 -17,645,000 37,940,000 -2,105,000 -61,832,000 -22,368,000 25,522,000 3,736,000 5,438,000 -14,484,000 -4,527,000 63,522,000 15,181,000   78,580,000 14,184,000    1,140,000 18,872,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                      7,400,000  5,200,000  13,800,000  16,100,000  19,000 52,981,000  27,457,000  43,277,000  86,919,000  74,591,000  14,899,000  52,746,000  50,778,000  
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                          -80,100,000 100,500,000 3,500,000  -101,000,000 86,900,000 21,500,000  -5,300,000 2,700,000 8,400,000  -10,900,000 11,100,000 6,700,000  -11,300,000 9,000,000 10,600,000  -3,800,000 4,100,000 4,600,000  -41,200,000 33,500,000 13,400,000  560,869,000 -23,587,000 34,518,000  409,609,000 100,317,000 46,563,000  12,221,000 -35,277,000 44,579,000  37,940,000 -2,105,000 25,087,000  25,522,000 3,736,000 80,029,000  -4,527,000 63,522,000 30,080,000  -112,539,000 78,580,000 66,930,000  871,000 -16,424,000 51,918,000  
          business acquisitions
                                  -7,900,000  -11,000,000 -1,100,000 -16,000,000                                              
          final settlement of 2016 acquisition of spire energysouth
                                                                                      
          dividends paid
                                   -30,000,000 -28,800,000 -28,500,000 -27,200,000 -27,200,000 -25,800,000 -25,300,000 -24,100,000 -24,000,000 -22,800,000 -22,300,000 -21,300,000 -21,700,000 -19,900,000 -19,900,000 -19,900,000 -20,200,000 -19,000,000 -19,000,000 -14,397,000 -14,627,000 -13,876,000 -13,867,000 -9,597,000 -9,559,000 -9,495,000 -9,297,000 -9,285,000 -9,279,000 -9,035,000 -9,013,000 -9,026,000 -9,016,000 -8,766,000 -8,784,000 -8,770,000 -8,762,000 -8,535,000 -8,528,000 -8,521,000 -8,517,000 -8,240,000 -8,233,000 -8,133,000 -8,167,000 -7,897,000    -7,592,000  
          unamortized purchased gas adjustments
                                    20,500,000 -24,000,000 4,200,000 94,200,000 34,600,000 -24,800,000 -26,300,000 3,000,000 -2,800,000 -43,600,000 -700,000 25,700,000 -45,700,000 -37,000,000 -24,300,000 114,800,000 -6,600,000 -53,800,000 1,499,000 8,271,000 7,630,000 -11,303,000 4,809,000 19,453,000 10,182,000 -31,516,000 2,083,000 8,172,000 6,306,000 -21,780,000 2,531,000 11,666,000 5,582,000 -24,110,000 -756,000 -3,593,000 1,611,000 7,899,000 4,122,000 15,258,000 9,262,000 -30,070,000 1,024,000 4,248,000 4,200,000 574,000 4,603,000 16,548,000 9,843,000 -33,414,000 
          acquisition of spire energysouth (net of 2.0 cash acquired) and final settlement
                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosure of cash (paid) refunded for:
                                                                                      
          delayed/advance customer billings – net
                                      14,400,000 -57,300,000 -8,700,000 19,700,000 6,000,000 -52,000,000 -13,700,000  27,900,000 -29,000,000 8,900,000  44,300,000                                    
          (repayment) issuance of short-term debt – net
                                      -200,700,000                              -32,200,000                  
          see the accompanying notes to financial statements.
                                                                                      
          issuance of short-term debt – net
                                        106,300,000                19,500,000    42,950,000            15,350,000    47,600,000    83,050,000    49,850,000  
          accounts receivable – net
                                                    -187,400,000 31,500,000 174,915,000 -54,151,000 -157,564,000 -2,335,000 72,849,000 -9,222,000 -61,942,000 -6,660,000 17,656,000 52,387,000 -72,742,000 15,501,000 46,326,000 45,135,000 -103,856,000 12,050,000 63,362,000 39,223,000 -122,229,000 21,069,000 82,719,000 102,401,000 -127,225,000 17,407,000 91,620,000 -36,242,000 -122,891,000    -130,217,000  
          final settlement related to acquisition of spire alabama
                                                                                      
          issuance of short-term debt - net
                                            107,700,000    39,100,000                                      
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                      
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                      
          interest
                                         -31,000,000 -12,700,000 -27,500,000 -14,300,000 -24,300,000 -12,000,000 -23,300,000 -12,900,000 -17,000,000        3,638,000 8,097,000 4,984,000 9,585,000 2,746,000 9,290,000 2,931,000 9,590,000 2,744,000 9,347,000 2,953,000 10,288,000 2,858,000 10,230,000 3,011,000 10,294,000 2,911,000 10,587,000 3,807,000 11,961,000 2,578,000 10,447,000 4,436,000 15,226,000 4,510,000 12,171,000 4,356,000 14,204,000 4,633,000 
          depreciation, amortization, and accretion
                                          38,600,000 38,000,000 37,800,000  34,400,000 33,900,000 33,700,000  32,700,000 32,400,000 32,300,000  18,599,000 20,289,000 20,212,000  11,808,000 11,599,000 11,314,000  10,335,000 10,326,000 10,239,000  9,989,000 9,869,000 9,766,000  9,467,000 9,457,000 9,434,000  9,263,000 9,253,000 9,193,000  8,897,000 9,259,000 9,672,000    9,606,000  
          settlement for acquisition of energysouth
                                          3,800,000                                          
          issuance (repayment) of short-term debt - net
                                          -116,700,000                                            
          deferred purchased gas costs
                                            7,900,000 2,100,000 400,000 -3,600,000 12,600,000 -3,200,000 -2,300,000 -14,400,000 100,000 12,200,000 -26,066,000 4,673,000 23,093,000 1,140,000 -31,667,000 41,561,000 2,266,000 36,519,000 4,731,000 -3,745,000 -26,415,000 -4,187,000 -11,973,000 29,865,000 30,860,000 -11,500,000 6,442,000 1,714,000 23,609,000 -1,308,000 11,064,000 -40,158,000 -14,832,000 -92,470,000 19,762,000 51,151,000 1,943,000 -24,641,000 -26,684,000 49,910,000 14,796,000  
          depreciation, amortization and accretion
                                                                                 9,429,000 9,621,000    
          delayed / advance customer billings – net
                                                                                      
          acquisition of energysouth
                                                                                      
          acquisition of alagasco
                                                                                      
          acquisition of mge
                                                                                      
          proceeds from sale of right to acquire new england gas company
                                                                                     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                             300,000   -9,200,000    -2,700,000          12,221,000                        
          payments for final reconciliation of acquisitions
                                                                                      
          repayment of short-term debt - net
                                                                                      
          employee's taxes paid associated with restricted shares withheld upon vesting
                                                                                      
          (payments for) proceeds from final reconciliation of acquisitions
                                                                                     
          repayment of short-term debt – net
                                                  -36,200,000    -36,000,000                     -113,050,000        
          see the accompanying notes to the financial statements.
                                                                                      
          redemption and maturity of long-term debt
                                                                                      
          employees’ taxes paid associated with restricted shares withheld upon vesting
                                                       -1,053,000 -195,000 -7,000 -6,000 -723,000 -32,000 -6,000 -1,165,000 4,000 -1,166,000 -576,000 -675,000          
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                      
          interest paid
                                                   -49,400,000 13,300,000  6,876,000 10,874,000 8,850,000                              
          income taxes refunded
                                                   7,700,000 -7,400,000                                  
          other – net
                                                    13,900,000  15,698,000 2,259,000 -157,000  1,303,000 -220,000 670,000  319,000 -493,000 -251,000  1,074,000 458,000 -387,000  1,386,000 760,000 615,000  -961,000 1,299,000 2,113,000  1,815,000 780,000 630,000  582,000 320,000 627,000  
          delayed/advanced customer billings - net
                                                    -3,800,000                                  
          natural gas
                                                    26,000,000                                  
          net issuance of short-term debt
                                                    110,400,000                                  
          see accompanying notes to the financial statements.
                                                                                      
          other - net
                                                                                      
          delayed customer billings – net
                                                                  20,881,000    26,420,000                
          natural gas stored underground
                                                     -79,300,000 -50,437,000 85,507,000 28,730,000 -64,184,000 -26,395,000 55,566,000 4,387,000 -37,537,000 2,264,000 56,212,000 1,502,000 -58,194,000 -16,751,000 68,946,000 4,405,000 -59,268,000 -10,551,000 44,447,000 5,109,000 -40,111,000 6,652,000 127,483,000 8,844,000 -122,062,000 -52,456,000 100,310,000 6,197,000 -82,955,000 -11,351,000 91,325,000 2,201,000 -79,909,000 
          other investments
                                                       -4,403,000 -679,000 47,000 -432,000 -1,136,000 -990,000 4,827,000 52,000 -1,160,000 -280,000 529,000 1,616,000 -2,516,000 1,002,000 -222,000 6,000 -2,588,000 -972,000 590,000 986,000 -609,000 -837,000 -1,317,000 -102,000 1,220,000 -1,194,000    -1,174,000 -3,864,000 
          issuance of first mortgage bonds
                                                                                     
          maturity of first mortgage bonds
                                                         -25,000,000     -25,000,000         -40,000,000      
          notes payable issued
                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosure of cash paid (refunded) during the year for:
                                                                                      
          income taxes paid
                                                     400,000 405,000 4,908,000 -2,313,000                              
          delayed customer billings - net
                                                      1,003,000    8,344,000                24,683,000    22,028,000        
          proceeds from final reconciliation of acquisition of missouri gas energy
                                                                                      
          redemption and maturity of first mortgage bonds
                                                                                     
          proceeds from sale of right to acquire neg
                                                       11,000,000                              
          proceeds from final reconciliation of acquisition of mge
                                                                                      
          changes in book overdrafts
                                                       -17,031,000 15,847,000  123,000 -11,422,000 10,160,000  -134,000 -11,485,000 11,842,000  765,000 -13,601,000 13,310,000  182,000 -11,235,000 11,028,000  133,000 -5,696,000 6,115,000          
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                                       457,000 423,000 643,000 499,000 380,000 256,000 130,000 23,000 51,000 134,000 20,000 29,000 38,000 227,000 32,000 33,000 34,000 32,000 37,000 38,000 36,000 650,000          
          see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                      
          advance customer billings - net
                                                        -7,725,000            -7,170,000    -10,719,000    -8,970,000          
          adjustments to reconcile net income to
                                                                                      
          net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                      
          advance customer billings – net
                                                                                      
          change in book overdrafts
                                                                                      
          non-employee directors’ restricted stock awards
                                                                              
          supplemental disclosure of cash paid (refunded) during the period for:
                                                                                      
          advance customer billings — net
                                                            -9,196,000                          
          supplemental disclosure of cash paid during the period for:
                                                                                      
          see the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                      
          delayed customer billings — net
                                                                                      
          advance customer billings
                                                                -3,630,000                1,942,000    -11,860,000  
          issuance (repayment) of short-term debt – net
                                                                67,000,000          -105,800,000            
          preferred stock redeemed/reacquired
                                                                                      
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                             90,000        
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                             325,000        
          proceeds from unconsolidated affiliate trust’s redemption of its common securities
                                                                                     
          redemption of long-term debt to unconsolidated affiliate trust
                                                                                     
          (repayment) issuance of short-term debt - net
                                                                                      
          preferred stock reacquired
                                                                                    
          see notes to consolidated finanical statements.
                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosure of cash paid during the year for:
                                                                                      
          non-regulated services acquisition
                                                                                      
          preferred stock reacquired – laclede gas
                                                                                      
          maturity/redemption of first mortgage bonds
                                                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
                                                                                      
          from operating activities:
                                                                                      
          supplemental disclosure of cash paid
                                                                                      
          during the year for:
                                                                                      
          net investment in trusts