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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, Derivative Instruments (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
MMBTU
Dec. 31, 2014
MMBTU
Interest Rate Swap    
Interest Rate Derivatives [Abstract]    
Amount of accumulated other comprehensive gains (losses) related to interest rate derivatives expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months (0.1)us-gaap_InterestRateCashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedDuringNext12MonthsNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
 
Natural Gas Commodity (in million British thermal units)    
Gross Notional Amounts of Commodity Options [Abstract]    
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional amount 0invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= nspw_NaturalGasCommodityMember
18,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= nspw_NaturalGasCommodityMember