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Regulatory Matters - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 11, 2020	Apr. 25, 2018	Feb. 28, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Feb. 09, 2021
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Remaining recovery period for certain regulatory assets for which no return on investment during recovery period is provided (in years)						20 years
Remaining recovery period for regulatory assets for which no return on investment during recovery period is provided (in years)						15 years
Regulatory assets, current				$ 60.4	$ 68.0	$ 60.4	$ 68.0	$ 69.5
Natural gas			$ 195.8	619.1	297.1	800.3	559.0
Spire Missouri
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory assets, current				37.5	29.4	37.5	29.4	32.1
Natural gas				537.4	$ 223.6	699.0	409.4
Incremental gross revenue			100.0
Regulatory liability with a reduction in revenue			$ 25.0
Approved percentage of excess natural gas supply and capacity retain			25.00%
Approved percentage of excess natural gas supply and capacity to customers			75.00%
Change in net deferred gas costs and average inventory costs				110.0
MoPSC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Approved rate increase (decrease) amount	$ 64.2							2,780.0
Requested rate increase	$ 111.5
Common equity ratio	54.25%
Requested return rate on equity	9.95%
Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge \| MoPSC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Accrued pension assets added to prepaid pension asset									$ 9.0
Requested rate increase	$ 47.3
Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge \| MoPSC \| Spire Missouri
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for regulatory liability							4.2
Provision for interest							0.6
After-tax impact on loss contingency provision reducing net income							$ 3.7
Accounting Authority Order \| MoPSC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory assets, current				$ 3.4		$ 3.4		$ 3.8
Pension Cost \| Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge \| MoPSC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory assets recovery		$ (28.8)