Nature of Operations (Details)	Sep. 30, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General Partner held a general partner interest in AmeriGas Partners	1.00%
Percentage of our limited partnership interest in AmeriGas Partners	25.30%
Effective Ownership interest in AmeriGas OLP	27.10%
Limited partnership Common Units Held in AmeriGas Partners (in units)	23,756,882
General public as limited partner interests in AmeriGas Partners	73.70%
Common Units Owned by Public (in units)	47,000,295
Number of Units Held by Affiliates (in units)	22,067,362