Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Percent Of Obligation

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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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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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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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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Schedule of Guarantees and Indemnifications (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Oct. 25, 2019
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Fair value of guarantees			$ 7,300,000
North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%
Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 420,600,000	$ 15,400,000
Ownership interest			50.00%	50.00%
Revolution Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 158,900,000
Ownership interest			50.00%
Construction-related Purchase Contracts with Third-Party Suppliers \| South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%
North East Offshore LLC \| Construction-related Purchase Contracts with Third-Party Suppliers
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 1,080,600,000
North East Offshore LLC \| Performance Guarantee
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 1,300,000,000
Percent of obligations guaranteed			50.00%
North East Offshore LLC \| Payment Guarantee
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 62,500,000
Percent of obligations guaranteed			50.00%
Sunrise Wind LLC \| Construction-related Purchase Contracts with Third-Party Suppliers
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 382,300,000
Sunrise Wind LLC \| OREC Capacity Production
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			2,200,000
Revolution Wind, LLC \| Construction-related Purchase Contracts with Third-Party Suppliers
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			150,900,000
South Fork Wind, LLC \| Letter of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding	$ 43,400,000	$ 4,300,000
South Fork Wind, LLC \| Construction-related Purchase Contracts with Third-Party Suppliers
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			137,200,000
South Fork Wind, LLC \| Transmission Interconnection
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			1,200,000
South Fork Wind, LLC \| Purchase Guarantee Expiring 2026
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 125,200,000
Eversource Investment LLC \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest			50.00%
Eversource Investment LLC \| Funding and Indemnification Obligations
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 0
Eversource Investment LLC \| Funding and Indemnification Obligations \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			910,000,000
Bay State Wind LLC \| Real Estate Purchase
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			2,500,000
Various \| Surety Bonds
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			54,700,000
Eversource Service \| Lease Payments for Real Estate
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure			$ 800,000