Nature of Operations

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations

Note 1 — Nature of Operations

UGI is a holding company that, through subsidiaries and affiliates, distributes, stores, transports and markets energy products and related services. In the United States, we own and operate (1) a retail propane marketing and distribution business; (2) natural gas and electric distribution utilities; and (3) an energy marketing, midstream infrastructure, storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services businesses. In Europe, we market and distribute propane and other LPG and market other energy products and services.

We conduct a domestic propane marketing and distribution business through AmeriGas Partners. AmeriGas Partners conducts a national propane distribution business through its principal operating subsidiary, AmeriGas OLP.

UGI International, through subsidiaries and affiliates, conducts (1) an LPG distribution business throughout much of Europe and (2) an energy marketing business in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These businesses are conducted principally through our subsidiaries, UGI France, Flaga, AvantiGas, DVEP and UniverGas.

Energy Services conducts, directly and through subsidiaries and affiliates, energy marketing, including renewable natural gas, midstream transmission, LNG storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services businesses primarily in the eastern region of the U.S., eastern Ohio, the panhandle of West Virginia and California. UGID owns electricity generation facilities principally located in Pennsylvania. Energy Services and its subsidiaries’ storage, LNG and portions of its midstream transmission operations are subject to regulation by the FERC.

UGI Utilities directly owns and operates Gas Utility, a natural gas distribution utility business in eastern and central Pennsylvania and in a portion of one Maryland county. Gas Utility is subject to regulation by the PAPUC, the FERC, and, with respect to a small service territory in one Maryland county, the MDPSC. UGI Utilities also owns and operates Electric Utility, an electric distribution utility located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Electric Utility is subject to regulation by the PAPUC and the FERC.

Pending Acquisition of Mountaineer Gas Company

On December 29, 2020, UGI Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mountaineer, the largest natural gas distribution company in West Virginia for a preliminary purchase price of $540, which includes the assumption of approximately $140 of long-term debt. Mountaineer serves nearly 215,000 customers across 50 of the state’s 55 counties. The pending acquisition is subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions, including approval by the WV PSC, and is expected to close in the second half of calendar year 2021. UGI currently expects to finance the pending acquisition using proceeds from the 2021 UGI Corporation Senior Credit Facility and the issuance of Equity Units. For additional information on these financing activities, see Notes 7 and 8.

On January 26, 2021, UGI and Mountaineer filed a joint petition for consent and approval of the pending acquisition at the WV PSC. On July 15, 2021, UGI and Mountaineer filed, on behalf of all parties, a unanimous joint stipulation and agreement for settlement (the “Settlement”) of all issues in the proceeding that, among other provisions, requests the WV PSC to approve the pending acquisition. The Settlement was presented to the WV PSC in an evidentiary hearing on July 20, 2021. The Company cannot predict the timing or the ultimate outcome of the Settlement approval process.