Equity Method Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

For each period of the three months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, our operating revenues from these sales and the amounts SouthStar owed us as of January 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015 are as follows.



	Operating Revenues ⁽¹⁾				Trade accounts receivable ⁽²⁾
	Three Months				January 31,		October 31,
In thousands	2016		2015		2016		2015
Operating revenues	$	57	$	396	$	54	$	183
⁽¹⁾ In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
⁽²⁾In the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

For each period of the three months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, these gas costs and the amounts we owed to our equity method investees, as of January 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015 are as follows.



Related Party	Type of Expense	Cost of Gas ⁽¹⁾				Trade accounts payable ⁽²⁾
		Three Months				January 31,		October 31,
In thousands		2016		2015		2016		2015
Cardinal	Transportation costs	$	2,203	$	2,214	$	740	$	744
Hardy Storage	Gas storage costs	2,322		2,322		774		774
Pine Needle	Gas storage costs	2,834		2,936		955		955
Totals		$	7,359	$	7,472	$	2,469	$	2,473
⁽¹⁾In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.
⁽²⁾ In the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We have the following membership interests in these companies as of January 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, respectively.



Entity Name	Interest	Activity
Cardinal Pipeline Company, LLC (Cardinal)	21.49%	Intrastate pipeline located in North Carolina; regulated by the NCUC
Pine Needle LNG Company, LLC (Pine Needle)	45%	Interstate LNG storage facility located in North Carolina; regulated by the FERC
SouthStar Energy Services LLC (SouthStar)	15%	Energy services company primarily selling natural gas in the unregulated retail gas market to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the eastern United States, primarily Georgia and Illinois
Hardy Storage Company (Hardy Storage)	50%	Underground interstate storage facility located in Hardy and Hampshire Counties, West Virginia; regulated by the FERC
Constitution Pipeline Company LLC (Constitution)	24%	To develop, construct, own and operate 124 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline and related facilities, connecting shale natural gas supplies and gathering systems in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, to Iroquois Gas Transmission and Tennessee Gas Pipeline systems in New York; regulated by the FERC
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP)	10%	To develop, construct, own and operate approximately 600 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline with associated compression from West Virginia through Virginia into eastern North Carolina in order to provide interstate natural gas transportation services of diverse northeastern gas supplies into southeastern markets; regulated by the FERC