Anticipated contributions to the pension plans for fiscal year 2012 for non-qualified plans.

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Anticipated contributions to the pension plans for the next fiscal year for qualified trusts.

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Anticipated contribution to the postretirement plans for the next fiscal year for qualified trusts.

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Anticipated payment to the postretirement plans participants for the next fiscal year for non-qualified trusts.

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Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation, (Increase) Decrease for Remeasurement due to Settlement

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Defined Benefit Plan, Lump-sum Payment Recognized as Settlement Gain (Loss), Minimum Threshold

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Reflects the upper limit on age eligibility, post early retirement, when medical insurance is available to retiree.

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Gains and losses not yet includible in pension/postretirement benefit cost are amortized only to the extent that such gain or loss exceeds 10% of the greater of the benefit obligation or the market-related value of plan assets

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Disclosure under Missouri Public Service Commission Order, the return on plan assets if based on the market-related value of plan assets implemented prospectively over a four-year period.

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The amount of annual recovery of postretirement benefit costs allowed in rates by the Missouri Public Service Commission. The differences between these amounts and those calculated pursuant to GAAP are deferred as regulatory assets or liabilities.

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The amount of annual recovery of net pension costs allowed in rates for qualified pension plans by the Missouri Public Service Commission. The differences between these amounts and those calculated pursuant to GAAP are deferred as regulatory assets or liabilities.

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Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jan. 01, 2011	Feb. 20, 2010
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Extent of Lump-sum payments recognized, percentage	100.00%
Implementation period used to calculate return on plan assets	4 years
Gains or losses includible in cost amortized to extent exceeds benefit obligations or market-related value of plan assets, percentage	10.00%
Anticipated Contributions to pension plans for qualified trust	$ 29.0
Anticipated contributions to pension plans for non-qualified plans	$ 0.6
Medical insurance available until age is reached after early retirement	65 years
Recovery in rates for postretirement benefit				$ 9.5
Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Recovery in rates for the qualified pension plans base allowance				$ 15.5
Other Plans [Abstract]
401(K) plans, cost of defined contributions	$ 8.2	$ 8.0	$ 6.7
Alagasco
Other Plans [Abstract]
401(K) plans, cost of defined contributions	2.3	3.0	4.7
Missouri Gas Energy (MGE)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Recovery in rates for the qualified pension plans base allowance					$ 10.0
Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Settlement benefits paid	$ 16.6	$ 71.1	$ 22.1
Pension Plans \| Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	100.00%	100.00%
Settlement benefits paid	$ 0.0	$ 58.2
Pension Plans \| Alagasco
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	100.00%	100.00%
Settlement benefits paid	$ 16.6	$ 12.9
Postretirement Plans
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Anticipated contributions to the postretirement plans for qualified trusts	10.3
Anticipated payment directly to participants in postretirement plan	$ 0.4
Postretirement Plans \| Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	100.00%
Postretirement Plans \| Alagasco
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	100.00%
Equity markets \| Pension Plans \| Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	56.20%	52.00%
Equity markets \| Pension Plans \| Alagasco
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	60.00%	60.00%
Equity markets \| Postretirement Plans \| Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	60.00%
Equity markets \| Postretirement Plans \| Alagasco
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	60.00%
Debt securities \| Pension Plans \| Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	43.80%	48.00%
Debt securities \| Postretirement Plans \| Laclede Gas
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	40.00%
Debt securities \| Postretirement Plans \| Alagasco
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Targeted allocation of plan assets	40.00%