Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Percent Of Obligation

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Number Of Letters Of Credit Issued

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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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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Guarantees and Indemnifications (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) letterOfCredit	Sep. 16, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2019 USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Number of letters of credit \| letterOfCredit		2
Letter of Credit \| Eversource Investment LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 25.0
North East Offshore LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%
Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 461.9
Ownership interest	50.00%
Revolution Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 542.1
Ownership interest	50.00%
South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	$ 206.6
South Fork Wind, LLC \| Letter of Credit
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Amount outstanding under line of credit		$ 4.3
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)	$ 759.6
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	288.1
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| Revolution Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	419.0
Construction-related purchase agreements with third-party contractors \| South Fork Wind, LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	142.7
Funding and indemnification obligations of North East Offshore LLC \| Eversource Investment LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)	94.8
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
Power Purchase Agreement \| South Fork Wind, LLC \| 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
OREC capacity production \| Sunrise Wind LLC \| Sunrise Wind LLC
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum exposure (up to)				$ 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%