Guarantees (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Guarantees
Total guarantees	$ 237.4
Guarantees expiring in less than 1 year	120.0
Guarantees expiring within 1 to 3 years	12.6
Guarantees with expiration over 3 years	104.8
Guarantees supporting commodity transactions of subsidiaries
Guarantees
Total guarantees	152.0
Guarantees expiring in less than 1 year	73.0
Guarantees expiring within 1 to 3 years	5.0
Guarantees with expiration over 3 years	74.0
Guarantees supporting commodity transactions of subsidiaries \| WBS
Guarantees
Total guarantees	5.0
Guarantees supporting commodity transactions of subsidiaries \| PDL
Guarantees
Total guarantees	10.0
Guarantees supporting commodity transactions of subsidiaries \| MERC
Guarantees
Total guarantees	100.6
Guarantees supporting commodity transactions of subsidiaries \| MGU
Guarantees
Total guarantees	36.4
Standby letters of credit
Guarantees
Total guarantees	36.4
Guarantees expiring in less than 1 year	36.0
Guarantees expiring within 1 to 3 years	0.2
Guarantees with expiration over 3 years	0.2
Surety bonds
Guarantees
Total guarantees	11.0
Guarantees expiring in less than 1 year	10.4
Guarantees expiring within 1 to 3 years	0.6
Guarantees with expiration over 3 years	0.0
Other guarantees
Guarantees
Total guarantees	38.0
Guarantees expiring in less than 1 year	0.6
Guarantees expiring within 1 to 3 years	6.8
Guarantees with expiration over 3 years	30.6
Other guarantees \| PDL
Guarantees
Total guarantees	19.1
Other guarantees \| Integrys
Guarantees
Total guarantees	10.0
Reciprocal guarantee \| PDL
Guarantees
Total guarantees	6.6
Other indemnifications
Guarantees
Total guarantees	8.9
Liability related to workers compensation coverage	$ 8.4

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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