Noncontrolling Interest, Percentage Of Interest Retained By Noncontrolling Party Subject To Election

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Percentage Of Equity Interest Acquired

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of or advances to an entity that is related to it but not strictly controlled (for example, an unconsolidated subsidiary, affiliate, and joint venture or equity method investment) or the acquisition of an additional interest in a subsidiary (controlled entity).

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The aggregate fair value as of the reporting date of all noncontrolling interests which are redeemable by the (parent) entity (1) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (2) at the option of the holder of the noncontrolling interest, or (3) upon occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the (parent) entity. This item includes noncontrolling interest holder's ownership (or holders' ownership) regardless of the type of equity interest (common, preferred, other) including all potential organizational (legal) forms of the investee entity.

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Utility Infrastructure Services Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Nov. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Jul. 31, 2017
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Purchase price of the previous owners' equity interest in Centuri	$ 23.0
Percentage of equity interest acquired	3.40%
Percentage of interest retained by noncontrolling party subject to election		100.00%
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, fair value			$ 81.7
Centuri
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners				3.40%
Percentage of equity interest acquired	3.40%
Ownership percentage by parent						96.60%
Linetec
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners			20.00%
IntelliChoice Energy LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners			35.00%
Centuri \| IntelliChoice Energy LLC
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent		95.00%			65.00%