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Segment Information | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information NEE's reportable segments are FPL, a rate-regulated electric utility, and NEER, a competitive energy business. Corporate and Other represents other business activities and includes eliminating entries. NEE's segment information is as follows:
| Three Months Ended June 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| FPL |  | NEER(a) |  | Corporate and Other |  | NEE Consoli- dated |  | FPL |  | NEER(a) |  | Corporate and Other |  | NEE Consoli- dated
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenues | $ | 3,091 |  |  | $ | 1,295 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 4,404 |  |  | $ | 2,750 |  |  | $ | 970 |  |  | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 3,817 |
Operating expenses - net | $ | 2,150 |  |  | $ | 957 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 3,119 |  |  | $ | 1,922 |  |  | $ | 654 |  |  | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 2,648 |
Net income (loss) attributable to NEE | $ | 526 |  |  | $ | 301 |  | (b) | $ | (34 | ) |  | $ | 793 |  |  | $ | 448 |  |  | $ | 234 |  | (b) | $ | (142 | ) |  | $ | 540 |
| Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| FPL |  | NEER(a) |  | Corporate and Other |  | NEE Consoli- dated |  | FPL |  | NEER(a) |  | Corporate and Other |  | NEE Consoli- dated
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenues | $ | 5,618 |  |  | $ | 2,719 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 8,377 |  |  | $ | 5,054 |  |  | $ | 2,411 |  |  | $ | 186 |  |  | $ | 7,651 |
Operating expenses (income) - net | $ | 3,866 |  |  | $ | 1,888 |  |  | $ | (1,067 | ) |  | $ | 4,687 |  |  | $ | 3,512 |  |  | $ | 1,600 |  |  | $ | 136 |  |  | $ | 5,248 |
Net income (loss) attributable to NEE | $ | 971 |  |  | $ | 777 |  | (b) | $ | 628 |  |  | $ | 2,376 |  |  | $ | 841 |  |  | $ | 458 |  | (b) | $ | (106 | ) |  | $ | 1,193 |
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(a) | Interest expense allocated from NEECH is based on a deemed capital structure of 70% debt. For this purpose, the deferred credit associated with differential membership interests sold by NEER subsidiaries is included with debt. Residual NEECH corporate interest expense is included in Corporate and Other.
(b) | See Note 4 for a discussion of NEER's tax benefits related to PTCs.
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| FPL |  | NEER |  | Corporate and Other |  | NEE Consoli- dated |  | FPL |  | NEER |  | Corporate and Other |  | NEE Consoli- dated
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total assets | $ | 47,800 |  |  | $ | 43,944 |  |  | $ | 1,146 |  |  | $ | 92,890 |  |  | $ | 45,501 |  |  | $ | 41,743 |  |  | $ | 2,749 |  |  | $ | 89,993 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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