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Public Utilities, Property, Plant And Equipment, Plant In Service, Excluding Construction Work In Progress

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Regulatory Liability, Additions

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7A
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-7A

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Period end book value of accumulated depreciation on property, plant and equipment (PPE) that is owned by the regulated operations of the public utility.

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Period end amount of construction work in progress in public utility.

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Period end amount of property, plant and equipment (PPE) related to utility distribution.

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Useful life of utility distribution assets owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period end amount of property, plant and equipment (PPE) related to generation or processing owned by public utility.

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Useful life of utility generation assets owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Useful life of other property, plant and equipment (PPE) owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period end amount of property, plant and equipment (PPE) related to utility transmission owned by public utility.

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Useful life of utility transmission equipment owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - MEC (Details) - MEC - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2026	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2025
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Plant, net	$ 22,597		$ 22,733
Construction work-in-progress	1,502		1,323
Property, plant and equipment, net	24,099		24,056
Anticipated equity returns exceeding threshold
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Regulatory liability, additions	10	$ 61
Regulated
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Generation	18,677		18,804
Transmission	3,310		3,297
Utility plant in-service	30,997		31,027
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(8,410)		(8,304)
Plant, net	$ 22,587		22,723
Regulated \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, generation	20 years
Useful life, transmission	55 years
Regulated \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, generation	62 years
Useful life, transmission	80 years
Nonregulated
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Plant, net	$ 10		10
Nonregulated \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, other	20 years
Nonregulated \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, other	50 years
Electricity \| Regulated
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Distribution	$ 6,395		6,326
Electricity \| Regulated \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, distribution	15 years
Electricity \| Regulated \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, distribution	80 years
Natural gas \| Regulated
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Distribution	$ 2,615		$ 2,600
Natural gas \| Regulated \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, distribution	30 years
Natural gas \| Regulated \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life, distribution	75 years