Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Note 10 — Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment comprise the following at September 30:


	2011		2010
Utilities:
Distribution	$	1,951.9	$	1,866.0
Transmission		83.4		78.2
General and other, including work in process		165.7		185.1

Total Utilities		2,201.0		2,129.3


Non-utility:
Land		98.5		94.1
Buildings and improvements		214.8		206.4
Transportation equipment		112.6		111.3
Equipment, primarily cylinders and tanks		2,127.6		2,020.3
Electric generation		230.0		97.9
Other, including work in process		300.0		310.4

Total non-utility		3,083.5		2,840.4

Total property, plant and equipment	$	5,284.5	$	4,969.7

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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