Transactions With Total and Total Energies SE - Clearwater Energy Group (Details) - Clearway Energy Group $ in Billions	May 25, 2022 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interests acquired in business acquisition	50.00%
Pending consideration amount	$ 1.6
Shares issuable	50.00%
Ownership after sale of stock, percentage	51.00%

Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Percentage

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- Definition

Business Combination, Pending Consideration Amount

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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