Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$ 1,617,158	$ 1,609,601
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation	1,266,429	1,028,002
Unamortized debt issuance cost	34,007	34,768
Regulatory Amortizations	1,201,913	1,286,491
Stock issued for services and stock option expense	223,095	118,801
Pension adjustment	(410,640)	(373,796)
Loss (Gain) on sale of marketable securities	(75,188)	4,753
Deferred income taxes	614,214	127,286
Bad debt expense	133,648	129,364
(Increase) decrease in
Accounts receivable	(349,885)	(861,486)
Gas stored underground	1,160,205	789,564
Materials and supplies inventories	86,317	48,108
Prepaid expenses	(248,922)	53,400
Unrecovered gas costs	261,381	1,075,879
Deferred regulatory costs	(1,335,369)	(224,189)
Other	(13,677)	(63,740)
Increase (decrease) in
Accounts payable	(60,601)	334,656
Accrued expenses	(97,294)	467,211
Customer deposits and accrued interest	(250,000)	(493,862)
Deferred compensation	(650,802)	(87,995)
Deferred pension costs & post-retirement benefits	(117,122)	(13,437)
Other liabilities and deferred credits	12,411	17,189
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	3,001,278	5,006,568
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of securities available-for-sale	(1,042,417)	(1,765,423)
Sale of securities available-for-sale	1,300,553	1,691,527
Capital expenditures	(4,639,576)	(2,519,436)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(4,381,440)	(2,593,332)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds under lines-of-credit	11,834,971	10,348,509
Repayment of lines-of-credit	(11,482,911)	(13,130,200)
Debt issuance cost expense	(983)	(13,053)
Cash received from sale of stock	2,350,000	217,607
Dividends paid	(682,243)	(569,521)
Proceeds under long-term debt	18,002	1,878,000
Repayment of long-term debt	(721,931)	(1,053,023)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	1,314,905	(2,321,681)
Net increase (decrease) in cash	(65,257)	91,555
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	173,245	69,552
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	107,988	161,107
Cash paid during the period for
Interest	723,551	666,663
Income taxes	$ 132,129	$ 541,913