CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
ASSETS
Utility Plant	$ 4,793.6	$ 4,234.5
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,506.4	1,307.0
Net Utility Plant	3,287.2	2,927.5
Non-utility property (net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, $8.1 and $7.5 at September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively)	13.7	13.7
Goodwill	1,164.9	946.0
Other investments	62.1	59.9
Other Property and Investments	1,240.7	1,019.6
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	5.2	13.8
Accounts receivable:
Utility	127.8	138.1
Other	113.4	86.7
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(20.5)	(14.2)
Delayed customer billings	1.6	2.6
Inventories:
Natural gas	174.0	188.6
Propane gas	12.0	12.0
Materials and supplies	16.3	14.8
Natural gas receivable	9.7	17.3
Derivative instrument assets	11.4	4.6
Unamortized purchased gas adjustments	49.7	12.9
Other regulatory assets	44.2	27.6
Deferred income tax	0.0	5.8
Prepayments and other	24.8	25.3
Total Current Assets	569.6	530.1
Deferred Charges:
Regulatory assets	838.0	737.6
Other	141.9	75.4
Total Deferred Charges	979.9	813.0
Total Assets	6,077.4	5,290.2
Capitalization:
Common stock equity	1,768.2	1,573.6
Long-term debt	1,833.7	1,771.5
Total Capitalization	3,601.9	3,345.1
Current Liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	250.0	80.0
Notes payable	398.7	338.0
Accounts payable	210.9	146.5
Advance customer billings	70.2	44.3
Wages and compensation accrued	39.8	32.7
Dividends payable	23.5	21.1
Customer deposits	34.9	32.1
Interest accrued	14.8	14.3
Unamortized purchased gas adjustments	1.7	28.2
Taxes accrued	55.2	51.7
Other regulatory liabilities	28.9	32.4
Other	32.7	32.5
Total Current Liabilities	1,161.3	853.8
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:
Deferred income taxes	607.3
Deferred income taxes		482.1
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	303.7	253.4
Asset retirement obligations	206.4	159.2
Regulatory liabilities	130.7	119.3
Other	66.1	77.3
Total Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	1,314.2	1,091.3
Commitments and Contingencies
Total Capitalization and Liabilities	6,077.4	5,290.2
Laclede Gas
ASSETS
Utility Plant	2,718.5	2,579.1
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	604.5	590.0
Net Utility Plant	2,114.0	1,989.1
Goodwill	210.2	210.2
Other investments	57.3	55.3
Other Property and Investments	267.5	265.5
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	2.1	1.7
Accounts receivable:
Utility	87.9	103.4
Other	11.4	25.2
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(16.1)	(10.0)
Delayed customer billings	1.6	2.6
Receivables from associated companies	2.2	2.5
Inventories:
Natural gas	127.3	138.2
Propane gas	12.0	12.0
Materials and supplies	9.2	9.3
Derivative instrument assets	4.9	0.0
Unamortized purchased gas adjustments	43.1	12.9
Other regulatory assets	23.9	16.2
Deferred income tax	0.0	0.4
Prepayments and other	14.5	12.5
Total Current Assets	324.0	326.5
Deferred Charges:
Regulatory assets	589.8	573.6
Other	5.3	12.8
Total Deferred Charges	595.1	586.4
Total Assets	3,300.6	3,167.5
Capitalization:
Common stock equity	1,068.5	1,037.8
Long-term debt	808.3	808.1
Total Capitalization	1,876.8	1,845.9
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable	243.7	233.0
Accounts payable	67.6	61.5
Accounts payable to associated companies	5.4	5.5
Advance customer billings	49.1	25.2
Wages and compensation accrued	29.9	26.8
Dividends payable	14.0	19.9
Customer deposits	13.5	13.0
Interest accrued	7.7	7.6
Taxes accrued	29.1	25.4
Other regulatory liabilities	1.3	0.6
Other	9.9	18.5
Total Current Liabilities	471.2	437.0
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:
Deferred income taxes	556.9
Deferred income taxes		485.2
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	211.8	207.8
Asset retirement obligations	75.2	72.4
Regulatory liabilities	67.3	70.6
Other	41.4	48.6
Total Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	952.6	884.6
Commitments and Contingencies
Total Capitalization and Liabilities	3,300.6	3,167.5
Alagasco
ASSETS
Utility Plant	1,729.6	1,655.4
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	756.6	717.0
Net Utility Plant	973.0	938.4
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0.0	7.2
Accounts receivable:
Utility	34.0	34.7
Other	7.2	5.2
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(3.3)	(4.2)
Inventories:
Natural gas	34.6	40.4
Materials and supplies	5.9	5.4
Unamortized purchased gas adjustments	5.6	0.0
Other regulatory assets	14.9	11.4
Deferred income tax	0.0	6.2
Prepayments and other	5.1	4.6
Total Current Assets	104.0	110.9
Deferred Charges:
Regulatory assets	230.7	163.6
Deferred income tax	221.4
Deferred income tax		248.4
Other	63.2	57.7
Total Deferred Charges	515.3	469.7
Total Assets	1,592.3	1,519.0
Capitalization:
Common stock equity	867.3	874.6
Long-term debt	250.0	170.0
Total Capitalization	1,117.3	1,044.6
Current Liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	0.0	80.0
Notes payable	82.0	31.0
Accounts payable	34.3	21.8
Accounts payable to associated companies	0.4	0.2
Advance customer billings	21.1	19.1
Wages and compensation accrued	7.8	5.8
Customer deposits	18.2	19.1
Interest accrued	3.3	3.5
Unamortized purchased gas adjustments	0.0	28.2
Taxes accrued	21.6	26.0
Other regulatory liabilities	22.7	31.8
Other	6.3	5.4
Total Current Liabilities	217.7	271.9
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities:
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	74.3	45.6
Asset retirement obligations	120.1	86.6
Regulatory liabilities	41.7	48.7
Other	21.2	21.6
Total Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	257.3	202.5
Total Capitalization and Liabilities	$ 1,592.3	$ 1,519.0