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Total business acquisition costs

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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 percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity method investee's stock owned by parent immediately after all stock transactions.

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RECENT BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016
Black Oak Getty Wind [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total business acquisition costs		$ 8
Ownership Percentage in consolidated entity		100.00%
PEMEX [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in consolidated entity			50.00%
IEnova [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Purchase Price Allocation Equity Method Investment	$ 1,100
Ownership Percentage in consolidated entity			25.00%
Equity Method Investment Ownership Percentage			50.00%
Apple Blossom Wind [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total business acquisition costs	$ 22
Ownership Percentage in consolidated entity	100.00%