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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Taxes
Reduction in net deferred income tax liabilities	$ 11,000,000		$ 1,140,000,000
Regulatory liabilities, non-current		$ 2,325,976,000	2,452,536,000
Interest income to be received on the overpayment of income taxes for certain adjustments that we have filed, or will file, with the IRS (less than)		1,000,000
General business tax credit carryforwards		14,000,000
increase (decrease) in deferred income taxes due to regulation adoption		19,000,000
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Income Taxes
Reduction in net deferred income tax liabilities			1,140,000,000
Regulatory liabilities, non-current		2,325,976,000	2,452,536,000
Gross-up for revenue requirement of rate regulation			377,000,000
Palo Verde VIE
Income Taxes
Income tax expense benefit attributable to non controlling interests		0
Excess deferred income taxes - ACC - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act \| ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Income Taxes
Regulatory liabilities, non-current	$ 9,000,000		$ 1,520,000,000
State
Income Taxes
Amount of state loss carryforwards		$ 7,000,000