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Ownership Interest Sold

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Ownership Interest Sold, Number Of Closings

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Sale of Membership Interest, Percent of Sales Price

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Represents a sale by the parent of a portion of its equity interest in a subsidiary during the period, thereby effecting a change in total (consolidated) equity attributable to the parent. The sale of the equity interest represented by this element does not result in a loss of control by the parent.

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The proportionate share of interest (percent) in a jointly owned utility plant.

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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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Period end amount of property, plant and equipment (PPE) related to generation or processing owned by public utility.

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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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Business Segments (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
Business Segments (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 08, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2021 USD ($) closing	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) segment	Jan. 01, 2023
Duke Energy Indiana \| Noncontrolling Interests
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage sold		19.90%
Number of closings \| closing		2
Value of sale of parent interest	$ 1,025	$ 2,000
Ownership interest sold	11.05%
Proceed of purchase price for exchange in interest	50.00%
Duke Energy Indiana \| Noncontrolling Interests \| Forecast
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage sold				19.90%
Proceed of purchase price for exchange in interest				50.00%
Duke Energy Ohio
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment			2
Wind and solar \| Nonregulated
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Renewable merchant plants			$ 200
Joint owner ownership percentage			51.00%