| Standard label: | Public Utilities, Inventory, Natural Gas [Member] |
| Name: | us-gaap:PublicUtilitiesInventoryNaturalGasMember |
| Documentation: | Mixture of gases, liquefied or otherwise, used for fuel and manufacturing purposes, which is ready for sale. |
| Object type: | cm:Member |
| Data type: | [Member] (nonnum:domainItemType) |
| Period type: | For Period (duration) |
| Balance type: | (no balance type) |
| Abstract: | true |
| Workiva Wdesk Taxonomy Analyzer: | us-gaap:PublicUtilitiesInventoryNaturalGasMember |
| Label | Role | Language |
| Public Utilities, Inventory, Natural Gas [Member] | http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label | en-US |
| Reference | Role | Topic |
| FASB Accounting Standards Codification 210 10 S99 1 (SX 210.5-02(6)(a)(1)) | http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef | 210 |