Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Regulatory Assets [Table Text Block]

		January 31,		October 31,
In thousands		2014		2013
Regulatory Assets:
Current:
Unamortized debt expense	$	1,384	$	1,274
Amounts due from customers		13,144		66,321
Environmental costs		1,647		1,480
Deferred operations and maintenance expenses		916		739
Deferred pipeline integrity expenses		3,469		3,149
Deferred pension and other retirement benefit costs		2,769		2,768
Robeson liquefied natural gas (LNG) development costs		382		382
Other		738		1,091
Total current		24,449		77,204
Noncurrent:
Unamortized debt expense		14,143		14,149
Environmental costs		7,557		7,936
Deferred operations and maintenance expenses		5,283		5,637
Deferred pipeline integrity expenses		17,373		16,300
Deferred pension and other retirement benefit costs		20,867		17,968
Amounts not yet recognized as a component of pension
and other retirement benefit costs		79,243		80,604
Regulatory cost of removal asset		23,382		22,974
Robeson LNG development costs		1,330		1,426
Other		2,008		2,108
Total noncurrent		171,186		169,102
Total	$	195,635	$	246,306

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Regulatory Liabilities:
Current:
Amounts due to customers	$	31,312	$	-
Noncurrent:
Regulatory cost of removal obligations		497,249		493,111
Deferred income taxes		48,235		48,647
Amounts not yet recognized as a component of pension
and other retirement benefit costs		135		139
Total noncurrent		545,619		541,897
Total	$	576,931	$	541,897