Information by Operating Segment

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

INFORMATION BY OPERATING SEGMENT

10. INFORMATION BY OPERATING SEGMENT

The Company has two reportable segments: Gas Utility and Gas Marketing. The Gas Utility segment is the aggregation of the operations of the Utilities. The Gas Marketing segment includes the results of Spire Marketing, a subsidiary engaged in the non-regulated marketing of natural gas and related activities, including utilizing natural gas storage contracts for providing natural gas sales. Other components of the Company’s consolidated information include:

• unallocated corporate items, including certain debt and associated interest costs;

• Spire STL Pipeline LLC, a subsidiary of Spire constructing and planning the operation of a 65-mile FERC-regulated pipeline to deliver natural gas into eastern Missouri;

• Spire Storage, providing physical natural gas storage services; and

• Spire’s subsidiaries engaged in the operation of a propane pipeline, compression of natural gas, and risk management, among other activities.

Accounting policies are described in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Intersegment transactions include sales of natural gas from Spire Marketing to Spire Missouri, sales of natural gas from Spire Missouri to Spire Marketing, propane transportation services provided by Spire NGL Inc. to Spire Missouri, and propane storage services provided by Spire Missouri to Spire NGL Inc.

Management evaluates the performance of the operating segments based on the computation of net economic earnings. Net economic earnings exclude from reported net income the after-tax impacts of fair value accounting and timing adjustments associated with energy-related transactions, the impacts of acquisition, divestiture and restructuring activities, and the largely non-cash impacts of other non-recurring or unusual items such as certain regulatory, legislative, or GAAP standard-setting actions.

	Gas Utility		Gas Marketing		Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018
Operating Revenues:
Revenues from external customers	$	573.8	$	25.8	$	2.4		$	—		$	602.0
Intersegment revenues		1.4		—		3.0			(4.4	)		—
Total Operating Revenues		575.2		25.8		5.4			(4.4	)		602.0
Operating Expenses:
Gas Utility
Natural and propane gas		291.8		—		—			(40.1	)		251.7
Operation and maintenance		104.9		—		—			(2.4	)		102.5
Depreciation and amortization		43.7		—		—			—			43.7
Taxes, other than income taxes		39.2		—		—			—			39.2
Total Gas Utility Operating Expenses		479.6		—		—			(42.5	)		437.1
Gas Marketing and Other		—		13.3		8.4			38.1			59.8
Total Operating Expenses		479.6		13.3		8.4			(4.4	)		496.9
Operating Income (Loss)	$	95.6	$	12.5	$	(3.0	)	$	—		$	105.1
Net Economic Earnings (Loss)	$	66.4	$	8.3	$	(8.8	)	$	—		$	65.9

	Gas Utility		Gas Marketing		Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
Operating Revenues:
Revenues from external customers	$	541.9	$	19.6	$	0.3		$	—		$	561.8
Intersegment revenues		0.1		—		2.5			(2.6	)		—
Total Operating Revenues		542.0		19.6		2.8			(2.6	)		561.8
Operating Expenses:
Gas Utility
Natural and propane gas		263.4		—		—			(22.6	)		240.8
Operation and maintenance		100.9		—		—			(1.9	)		99.0
Depreciation and amortization		40.3		—		—			—			40.3
Taxes, other than income taxes		36.7		—		—			—			36.7
Total Gas Utility Operating Expenses		441.3		—		—			(24.5	)		416.8
Gas Marketing and Other		—		14.6		4.5			21.9			41.0
Total Operating Expenses		441.3		14.6		4.5			(2.6	)		457.8
Operating Income (Loss)	$	100.7	$	5.0	$	(1.7	)	$	—		$	104.0
Net Economic Earnings (Loss)	$	59.5	$	3.6	$	(5.2	)	$	—		$	57.9

The Company’s total assets by segment were as follows:

	December 31,			September 30,			December 31,
	2018			2018			2017
Total Assets:
Gas Utility	$	5,843.7		$	5,606.7		$	5,611.7
Gas Marketing		416.7			295.3			233.5
Other		2,535.6			2,508.0			2,427.7
Eliminations		(1,563.8	)		(1,566.4	)		(1,571.8	)
Total Assets	$	7,232.2		$	6,843.6		$	6,701.1

The following table reconciles the Company’s net economic earnings to net income.

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2018			2017
Net Income	$	67.3		$	116.0
Adjustments, pre-tax:
Unrealized (gain) loss on energy-related derivatives		(2.2	)		0.8
Realized gain on economic hedges prior to the sale of the physical commodity		—			(0.1	)
Acquisition, divestiture and restructuring activities		0.4			1.7
Income tax effect of adjustments		0.4			(0.6	)
Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act		—			(59.9	)
Net Economic Earnings	$	65.9		$	57.9