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Chattel Paper Agreements (Details-1) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Cumulative effect of new accounting guidance, retained earnings   $ (142,000)mgee_CumulativeEffectOfNewAccountingPrincipleInPeriodOfAdoption
Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Repurchase agreement, maximum exposure 10,000,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMaximumExposure
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, loans due 4,266,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
Cumulative effect of new accounting guidance, retained earnings   (100,000)mgee_CumulativeEffectOfNewAccountingPrincipleInPeriodOfAdoption
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
2015 [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, loans due 383,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement
/ us-gaap_AssetsSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMaturityPeriodsAxis
= mgee_MaturityUpToOneYearMember
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
2016 [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, loans due 950,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement
/ us-gaap_AssetsSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMaturityPeriodsAxis
= mgee_MaturityOneToTwoYearsMember
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
2017 [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, loans due 552,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement
/ us-gaap_AssetsSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMaturityPeriodsAxis
= mgee_MaturityTwoToThreeYearsMember
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
2018 [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, loans due 540,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement
/ us-gaap_AssetsSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMaturityPeriodsAxis
= mgee_MaturityThreeToFourYearsMember
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
Thereafter [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, loans due 1,841,000mgee_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGrossIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement
/ us-gaap_AssetsSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMaturityPeriodsAxis
= mgee_MaturityOverFourYearsMember
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_RepurchaseAgreementsMember
 
Minimum [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
MGE guarantee to the financial institution, term 1 year  
Maximum [Member] | Chattel Paper Agreements [Member]    
Transfer of Certain Financial Assets Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]    
MGE guarantee to the financial institution, term 10 years