Risk Management and Hedging Activities - PacifiCorp - Derivative Contract Volumes (Details) - Commodity derivative [Member] gal in Millions, MWh in Millions, Dth in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016 MWh gal Dth	Dec. 31, 2015 MWh gal Dth
Electricity purchases (in megawatt hours) [Member]
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount | MWh	(2)	(10)
Natural gas purchases (in decatherms) [Member]
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount | Dth	(321)	(317)
Fuel purchases (in gallons) [Member]
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount | gal	(3)	(11)
PacifiCorp [Member] | Electricity purchases (in megawatt hours) [Member]
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount | MWh	(6)	(1)
PacifiCorp [Member] | Natural gas purchases (in decatherms) [Member]
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount | Dth	(92)	(111)
PacifiCorp [Member] | Fuel purchases (in gallons) [Member]
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]
Derivative, nonmonetary notional amount | gal	(3)	(11)