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Variable Interest Entity, Maximum Capacity

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The gain (loss) recognized on initial consolidation of a variable interest entity (VIE) when the VIE is not a business (as defined).

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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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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details)	Sep. 30, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($) MW	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments			$ 70,000,000	$ 71,000,000	$ 69,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Aviator Wind
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest	51.00%	51.00%
Nameplate capacity (in MW) \| MW		525
Capacity committed (in MW) \| MW		420
Gain (loss) on initial consolidation		$ 0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Aviator Wind Class B Membership
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling ownership interest		49.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments			$ 70,000,000	$ 71,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| T.E.S. Filer City
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Grayling
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Genesee
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Craven
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%