Business segment data (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Information on the Company's businesses was as follows:



Three Months Ended September 30, 2014	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	68,936	$	—		$	9,162
Natural gas distribution	96,185		—			(12,252		)
Pipeline and energy services	46,415		4,334			5,060
	211,536		4,334			1,970
Exploration and production	147,677		8,130			34,750
Construction materials and contracting	740,496		6,322			55,218
Construction services	270,313		16,420			9,876
Other	433		2,601			2,746
	1,158,919		33,473			102,590
Intersegment eliminations	—		(37,807		)	(1,522		)
Total	$	1,370,455	$	—		$	103,038



Three Months Ended September 30, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	68,314	$	—		$	11,417
Natural gas distribution	77,417		—			(11,204		)
Pipeline and energy services	46,372		4,906			5,310
	192,103		4,906			5,523
Exploration and production	119,234		10,714			17,434
Construction materials and contracting	706,982		7,422			49,159
Construction services	267,038		3,097			12,154
Other	425		1,859			1,217
	1,093,679		23,092			79,964
Intersegment eliminations	—		(27,998		)	(1,202		)
Total	$	1,285,782	$	—		$	84,285




Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	207,732	$	—		$	28,018
Natural gas distribution	616,496		—			10,516
Pipeline and energy services	133,541		30,497			15,198
	957,769		30,497			53,732
Exploration and production	393,653		39,269			74,869
Construction materials and contracting	1,339,371		18,445			42,199
Construction services	815,313		27,431			40,751
Other	1,248		6,069			4,618
	2,549,585		91,214			162,437
Intersegment eliminations	—		(121,711		)	(2,705		)
Total	$	3,507,354	$	—		$	213,464




Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013	External Operating Revenues		Inter- segment Operating Revenues			Earnings on Common Stock
	(In thousands)
Electric	$	189,949	$	—		$	25,652
Natural gas distribution	536,756		—			15,420
Pipeline and energy services	116,965		31,623			1,247
	843,670		31,623			42,319
Exploration and production	371,648		33,083			70,713
Construction materials and contracting	1,287,305		24,673			38,602
Construction services	774,103		7,011			36,733
Other	1,254		5,516			1,862
	2,434,310		70,283			147,910
Intersegment eliminations	—		(101,906		)	(3,259		)
Total	$	3,277,980	$	—		$	186,970

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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