Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Asset Retirement Obligations [Abstract]

Asset retirement obligation, roll forward analysis

A rollforward of NEE's and FPL's ARO is as follows:

	FPL			NEER			NEE
				(millions)
Balances, December 31, 2011	$	1,144		$	467		$	1,611
Liabilities incurred	9			11			20
Accretion expense	62			32			94
Liabilities settled	(8		)	—			(8		)
Revision in estimated cash flows - net	(1		)	(1		)	(2		)
Balances, December 31, 2012	1,206			509			1,715
Liabilities incurred	1			24			25
Accretion expense	64			35			99
Liabilities settled	(1		)	(2		)	(3		)
Revision in estimated cash flows - net	15			(1		)	14
Balances, December 31, 2013	$	1,285		$	565		$	1,850

Funds restricted for decommissioning included in special use funds

Restricted funds for the payment of future expenditures to decommission NEE's and FPL's nuclear units included in special use funds on NEE's and FPL's consolidated balance sheets are as follows (see Note 4):

	FPL		NEER		NEE
			(millions)
Balances, December 31, 2013	$	3,199	$	1,507	$	4,706
Balances, December 31, 2012	$	2,845	$	1,272	$	4,117