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Organization and Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 02, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]    
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations $ (1,667,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax  
Alabama Gas Corporation    
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]    
Amount of consideration received   1,600,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= egn_AlabamaGasCorporationMember
Amount of debt assumed   267,000,000egn_NoncashorPartNoncashDivestitureDebtAssumed
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= egn_AlabamaGasCorporationMember
Proceeds from sale   1,320,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= egn_AlabamaGasCorporationMember
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations   $ 726,500,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= egn_AlabamaGasCorporationMember