Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits, Pension Plan Benefit Obligations, Cash Flows and Benefit Costs (Details)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Plan		Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit) [Abstract]
Settlement Charge Recognized in Operating and Maintenance Expenses				$ 198,000,000		$ 191,000,000	$ 201,000,000
Significant Assumptions Used to Measure Costs [Abstract]
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent				(16,000,000)		(28,000,000)
Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated Benefit Obligation at Dec. 31				129,000,000		141,000,000
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation [Roll Forward]
Obligation at Jan. 1		$ 141,000,000		154,000,000		144,000,000
Service cost				5,000,000		4,000,000	4,000,000
Interest cost				4,000,000		5,000,000	6,000,000
Actuarial loss				(4,000,000)		13,000,000
Benefit payments				(18,000,000)		(12,000,000)
Obligation at Dec. 31				141,000,000		154,000,000	144,000,000
Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of plan assets at Jan. 1		137,000,000	[1]	140,000,000		124,000,000
Actual return (loss) on plan assets				10,000,000		21,000,000
Employer contributions				5,000,000		7,000,000
Benefit payments				(18,000,000)		(12,000,000)
Fair value of plan assets at Dec. 31				137,000,000	[1]	140,000,000	124,000,000
Funded Status of Plans at Dec. 31 [Abstract]
Funded status				(4,000,000)		(14,000,000)
Amounts Not Yet Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]
Net loss				44,000,000		60,000,000
Prior service (credit) cost				0		0
Total				44,000,000		60,000,000
Amounts Not Yet Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Have Been Recorded as Follows Based Upon Expected Recovery in Rates [Abstract]
Current regulatory assets				4,000,000		4,000,000
Noncurrent regulatory assets				40,000,000		56,000,000
Total				$ 44,000,000		$ 60,000,000
Significant Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations [Abstract]
Discount rate for year-end valuation (as a percent)				3.08%		2.71%
Expected average long-term increase in compensation level (as a percent)				3.75%		3.75%
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit) [Abstract]
Service cost				$ 5,000,000		$ 4,000,000	4,000,000
Interest cost				4,000,000		5,000,000	6,000,000
Expected return on plan assets				(8,000,000)		(8,000,000)	(8,000,000)
Amortization of net loss				5,000,000		5,000,000	4,000,000
Settlement charge	[2]			5,000,000		0	0
Net periodic benefit cost				11,000,000		6,000,000	6,000,000
Net benefit cost recognized for financial reporting				$ 8,000,000		13,000,000	$ 6,000,000
Settlement Charge Recognized in Operating and Maintenance Expenses						$ 1,000,000
Significant Assumptions Used to Measure Costs [Abstract]
Discount rate (as a percent)				2.71%		3.49%	4.31%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase				3.75%		3.75%	3.75%
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Current				$ 0		$ 0
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent				(4,000,000)		(14,000,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amounts for Asset (Liability) Recognized in Statement of Financial Position				(4,000,000)		(14,000,000)
Defined Benefit Plan Credits (Costs) Not Recognized Due To Effects of Regulation				$ (3,000,000)		$ (7,000,000)	$ 0
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-term Rate of Return on Plan Assets				6.60%		7.10%	7.10%
Pension Plan [Member] | NSP Wisconsin [Member]
Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of plan assets at Jan. 1	[1]			$ 140,000,000
Fair value of plan assets at Dec. 31	[1]					$ 140,000,000
Cash Flows [Abstract]
Payment for Pension Benefits				5,000,000		7,000,000	$ 7,000,000
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit) [Abstract]
Settlement charge				5,000,000		0	0
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation [Roll Forward]
Obligation at Jan. 1		11,000,000		13,000,000		13,000,000
Service cost				0		0	0
Interest cost				1,000,000		1,000,000	1,000,000
Actuarial loss				(1,000,000)		0
Benefit payments				(2,000,000)		(1,000,000)
Obligation at Dec. 31				11,000,000		13,000,000	13,000,000
Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Fair value of plan assets at Jan. 1		0		0		0
Actual return (loss) on plan assets				0		0
Employer contributions				1,000,000		1,000,000
Benefit payments				(1,000,000)		(1,000,000)
Fair value of plan assets at Dec. 31				0		0	0
Funded Status of Plans at Dec. 31 [Abstract]
Funded status				(11,000,000)		(13,000,000)
Amounts Not Yet Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]
Net loss				6,000,000		7,000,000
Prior service (credit) cost				0		(1,000,000)
Total				6,000,000		6,000,000
Amounts Not Yet Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Have Been Recorded as Follows Based Upon Expected Recovery in Rates [Abstract]
Current regulatory assets				0		0
Noncurrent regulatory assets				6,000,000		6,000,000
Total				$ 6,000,000		$ 6,000,000
Significant Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations [Abstract]
Discount rate for year-end valuation (as a percent)				3.09%		2.65%
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit) [Abstract]
Service cost				$ 0		$ 0	0
Interest cost				1,000,000		1,000,000	1,000,000
Expected return on plan assets				0		0	0
Amortization of net loss				0		0	0
Settlement charge	[2]			0		0	0
Net periodic benefit cost				1,000,000		1,000,000	1,000,000
Net benefit cost recognized for financial reporting				$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Significant Assumptions Used to Measure Costs [Abstract]
Discount rate (as a percent)				2.65%		3.47%	4.32%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase				0.00%		0.00%	0.00%
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Current				$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent				(10,000,000)		(12,000,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amounts for Asset (Liability) Recognized in Statement of Financial Position				$ (11,000,000)		$ (13,000,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed, Pre-65				5.30%		5.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed, Post-65				4.90%		5.00%
Ultimate health care trend assumption rate (as a percent)				4.50%		4.50%
Period until ultimate trend rate is reached (in years)				$ 4		$ 5
Defined Benefit Plan Credits (Costs) Not Recognized Due To Effects of Regulation				$ 0		$ 0	$ 0
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-term Rate of Return on Plan Assets				4.10%		4.50%	4.50%
Subsequent Event | Pension Plan [Member]
Cash Flows [Abstract]
Payment for Pension Benefits		50,000,000
Subsequent Event | Pension Plan [Member] | NSP Wisconsin [Member]
Cash Flows [Abstract]
Payment for Pension Benefits		$ 1,000,000
Parent Company [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]
Cash Flows [Abstract]
Number of pension plans to which contributions were made | Plan				4

[1] See Note 8 for further information on fair value measurement inputs and methods.

[2] A settlement charge is required when the amount of all lump-sum distributions during the year is greater than the sum of the service and interest cost components of the annual net periodic pension cost. In 2021, as a result of lump-sum distributions during the 2021 plan year, NSP-Wisconsin recorded a total pension settlement charge of $5 million in 2021, a total of $1 million of that amount was recorded in the income statement in 2021. There were no settlement charges recorded to the qualified pension plans in 2020 and 2019.