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Employee Retirement Benefits
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Retirement Benefits Employee Retirement Benefits
NEE sponsors a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan for substantially all employees of NEE and its subsidiaries and sponsors a contributory postretirement plan for other benefits for retirees of NEE and its subsidiaries meeting certain eligibility requirements.

The components of net periodic cost (income) for the plans are as follows:
Pension BenefitsPostretirement BenefitsPension BenefitsPostretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
20262025202620252026202520262025
(millions)
Service cost$19 $18 $— $— $57 $52 $1 $1 
Interest cost32 34 1 2 96 102 5 6 
Expected return on plan assets(106)(103)— — (317)(310)— — 
Amortization of prior service benefit— (1)— — — (1)— — 
Special termination benefit(a)
— — — — 75 — — — 
Net periodic cost (income) at NEE$(55)$(52)$1 $2 $(89)$(157)$6 $7 
Net periodic cost (income) allocated to FPL$(30)$(30)$1 $2 $(63)$(90)$4 $6 
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(a)Reflects enhanced early retirement benefit.