Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation, Payable, Amount

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Transaction Costs Incurred

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Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation, Working Capital Adjustment

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2022	Jan. 02, 2022	Oct. 02, 2022	Jan. 01, 2023	Jan. 02, 2022	Jan. 03, 2021	Jul. 03, 2022	Feb. 06, 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash				$ 0	$ 10,516	$ 15,418
TotalEnergies Renewables
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage							50.00%
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| C&I Solutions
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration								$ 190,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Holdco \| TotalEnergies Renewables
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				50.00%
Discontinued Operations \| C&I Solutions
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash	$ 149,200			$ 149,171
Payable recorded			$ 7,000	52,000
Working capital adjustment				7,005
Transaction costs incurred		$ 3,500		$ 11,400