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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $)
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Jun. 30, 2010
Cash flows from operating activities [Abstract]    
Net income $ 1,609,601 $ 1,900,512
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities [Abstract]    
Depreciation 1,028,002 525,199
Amortization of debt issuance costs 34,768 23,692
Regulatory Amortizations 1,309,240 1,309,697
Stock issued for services and stock option expense 118,801 91,653
Pension adjustment (373,796) (59,275)
Loss (Gain) on sale of marketable securities 4,753 (13,557)
Deferred income taxes 127,286 1,100,547
Bad debt expense 129,364 160,349
(Increase) decrease in [Abstract]    
Accounts receivable (861,486) (670,687)
Gas stored underground 789,564 783,506
Materials and supplies inventories 48,108 (164,640)
Prepaid expenses 682,477 547,246
Unrecovered gas costs 1,075,879 123,099
Deferred regulatory costs (246,938) (40,189)
Other (63,740) (68,158)
Increase (decrease) in [Abstract]    
Accounts payable 334,656 368,483
Accrued expenses (161,866) 41,183
Customer deposits and accrued interest (493,862) (405,213)
Deferred compensation (87,995) (21,367)
Deferred pension costs & post-retirement benefits (13,437) (205,026)
Other liabilities and deferred credits 17,189 41,514
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities 5,006,568 5,368,569
Cash flows from investing activities [Abstract]    
Purchase of securities available-for-sale (1,765,423) (1,300,638)
Sale of securities available-for-sale 1,691,527 1,338,878
Capital expenditures (2,519,436) (3,222,472)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (2,593,332) (3,184,232)
Cash flows from financing activities [Abstract]    
Proceeds under lines-of-credit 10,348,509 11,676,362
Repayment of lines-of-credit (13,130,200) (13,765,433)
Debt issuance cost expense (13,053) (45,138)
Cash received from sale of stock 217,607 360,000
Dividends paid (569,521) (380,438)
Proceeds under long-term debt 1,878,000 1,091,912
Repayment of long-term debt (1,053,023) (1,084,255)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (2,321,681) (2,146,990)
Net (decrease) increase in cash 91,555 37,347
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 69,552 177,566
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 161,107 214,913
Cash paid during the period for [Abstract]    
Interest 666,663 686,354
Income taxes $ 541,913 $ 124,073