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Equity Method Investment, Purchase Price Agreement

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of gain recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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This item represents an other than temporary decline in value that has been recognized against an investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the investment represents the amount of the write down which is or was reflected in earnings. The written down value is a new cost basis with the adjusted value of the investment becoming its new carrying value subject to the equity accounting method. Evidence of a loss in value might include, but would not necessarily be limited to, absence of an ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity which would justify the carrying amount of the investment.

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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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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of an equity method investment.

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Amount of the entity's equity method investment which has been sold.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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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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Amount of long-term debt classified as other.

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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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Investments In and Advances To Affiliates - Summary of Financial Information of Affiliates & Subsidiaries (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			21 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Nov. 01, 2021	Mar. 04, 2021
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business					$ (1,800)						$ (9)	$ (1,683)	$ (95)
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred											$ 28
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain			$ 178	$ 36						$ 214
Shares Issued, Price Per Share		$ 25.85									$ 25.85			$ 25.85		$ 25.88
Qatar Investment Authority
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Purchase Price Agreement							$ 125
Qatar Investment Authority
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage Sold			13.60%
Guacolda Affiliate [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage							50.00%
Uplight
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		29.00%			29.40%	29.60%	32.30%				29.00%	29.40%		29.00%
Fluence [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		33.50%	43.20%	50.00%	34.00%						33.50%	34.00%		33.50%
Fluence [Member] \| Additional Decimal Displayed
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage					34.20%							34.20%
Fluence [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal					$ 325	$ 60
Shares, Issued															35,650
Shares Issued, Price Per Share															$ 28
Proceeds from divestiture of business					936
Guacolda Affiliate [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal						34
Equity Method Investment, Purchase Price Agreement								$ 34
Equity Method Investment Long Lived Asset Impairment									$ 127
Uplight
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal						25
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable					$ 23	$ 37
sPower [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Other than Temporary Impairment											$ 175
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred								$ 102
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal		$ 35
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Acquired					25.00%							25.00%
Barry
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Other Long-term Debt		$ 39			$ 44						$ 39	$ 44		$ 39
Colon [Domain]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain												6
Grupo Energia Gas Panama
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable												$ 44		$ 45
sPower OpCo B [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage Sold		49.00%									49.00%			49.00%
sPower OpCo B [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Amount Sold	$ 196