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Segment Reporting, Ownership Divested

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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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 amount of operating expenses for the period that are associated with the utility's normal revenue producing operation; including selling, general, and administrative expenses, costs incurred for routine plant repairs and maintenance, and operations.

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Business Segments (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Business Segments (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Apr. 24, 2019 USD ($) asset	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax (gain) loss on disposal		$ 3	$ 100
Operation, maintenance and other		1,419	1,464
Duke Energy Ohio [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax (gain) loss on disposal			106
Operation, maintenance and other		$ 132	131
Number of reportable segments \| segment		2
Beckjord [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax (gain) loss on disposal			106
Operation, maintenance and other			$ 1
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Certain Renewable Assets [Member] \| Commercial Renewables [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Pretax proceeds from sale	$ 415
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Operating Wind, Solar and Battery Storage Assets [Member] \| Commercial Renewables [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership percent divested	49.00%
Assets divested \| asset	37
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Operating Solar assets [Member] \| Commercial Renewables [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Ownership percent divested	33.00%
Assets divested \| asset	11