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Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions				1 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 29, 2020 USD ($) utlity state mi	Jul. 16, 2019 USD ($) mi	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($) county customer mi MW	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill					$ 4,214	$ 4,204
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (Consolidated) [Member] \| Term Loan Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Borrowings				$ 4,500
Trans Bay Cable, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of miles of power lines \| mi		53
Gulf Power [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price			$ 4,440
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, noncurrent liabilities, long-term debt			1,300
Assets assumed			5,200
Property, plant and equipment			4,000
Regulatory assets			494
Assumed liabilities			3,400
Regulatory liabilities			635
Deferred income taxes			562
Goodwill			$ 2,700
Gulf Power [Member] \| Gulf Power [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of customers acquired (more than) \| customer			470,000
Number of counties in which entity operates \| county			8
Number of miles of power lines \| mi			9,500
Electric generating facility capacity (in megawatts) \| MW			2,300
Trans Bay Cable, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets assumed		$ 703
Assumed liabilities		643
Goodwill		610
Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount					$ 572
Trans Bay Cable, LLC [Member] \| NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC Subsidiary [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price		670
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, noncurrent liabilities, long-term debt		$ 422
GridLiance [Member] \| NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC Subsidiary [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of miles of power lines \| mi	700
Consideration transferred	$ 660
Debt assumed	$ 160
Number of FERC-r transmission utilities \| utlity	3
Number of states in which entity operates \| state	6
GridLiance [Member] \| NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC Subsidiary [Member] \| Midwest And Nevada [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of states in which entity operates \| state	5