The number of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Missouri posing potential environmental liability at St Louis.

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The number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Missouri posing potential environmental liability.

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The number of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Missouri posing potential environmental liability at Shrewsbury.

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Number Of Incident Fatalities

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Site Contingency, Number of Former Manufactured Gas Distribution

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Number of claims settled.

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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14435-108349

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Number of plaintiffs that have filed claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Contingencies (Details)		12 Months Ended	54 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Contingencies (Details)	Dec. 17, 2013 fatality	Sep. 30, 2016 plaintiff site lawsuit	Sep. 30, 2016 site lawsuit	Sep. 30, 2014 site
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of incident fatalities \| fatality	1
Laclede Gas
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Missouri		3	3
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Shrewsbury, Missouri		1	1
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in the City of St. Louis		2	2
Laclede Gas \| Previous Ownership
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP)				19
Missouri Gas Energy (MGE) \| Previous Ownership
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP)		7	7
Alagasco
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP)		9	9
Number of former manufactured gas distribution		5	5
Alagasco \| Current Ownership
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP)		4	4
Number of former manufactured gas distribution		1	1
Mobile Gas
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit			14
Number of lawsuits settled \| lawsuit			11
Number of lawsuits pending \| lawsuit		3	3
Mobile Gas \| Pending Litigation
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff		270
Mobile Gas \| Previous Ownership
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Number of former manufactured gas plant (MGP)				1