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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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Guarantees and Indemnifications (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2022	Oct. 25, 2019
North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%
Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 464.7
Ownership interest	50.00%
Revolution Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 409.3
Ownership interest	50.00%
South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 207.1
Eversource Investment LLC \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 889.9
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	353.9
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| Revolution Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	353.8
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	165.1
Funding and indemnification obligations of North East Offshore LLC \| Eversource Investment LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	100.9
Funding and indemnification obligations of North East Offshore LLC \| Eversource Investment LLC \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	910.0
Power Purchase Agreement \| South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 7.1
Ownership interest	50.00%
OREC capacity production \| Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 2.2	$ 15.4
Ownership interest	50.00%
Real estate purchase \| Bay State Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 2.5
Transmission interconnection \| South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	1.2
Letter of Credit \| Eversource Investment LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	4.3
Surety bonds \| Various
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	35.7
Lease payments for real estate \| Eversource Service
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	0.6
Performance guarantee \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 1,300.0
Percent of obligations guaranteed	50.00%
Payment guarantee \| North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 62.5
Percent of obligations guaranteed	50.00%