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Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2017
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Variable interest entity, financial or other support, amount | $ 0 | $ 0
Cinergy Receivables [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Percent of proceeds received as cash | 75.00% |
Percent of proceeds received as subordinated note | 25.00% |
Minimum equity balance required by Cinergy Receivables | $ 3,000,000 |
Pioneer Transmission [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Variable interest entity ownership interest | 50.00% |
OVEC [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Variable interest entity ownership interest | 9.00% |
Duke Energy Indiana [Member] | Cinergy Receivables [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Fixed interest rate added to LIBOR to compute variable rate | 1.00% |
Atlantic Coast Pipeline [Member] | Financial Guarantee [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Maximum potential amount of future payments associated with guarantees | $ 737,000,000 |
Percentage of potential amount of future payments associated with guarantees as percent of outstanding borrowings | 47.00% |

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- Definition Maximum potential percentage of future payments the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee in relationship to the total borrowings by the joint venture on the credit facility. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percent of proceeds from accounts receivable securitization received as cash. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percent of proceeds from accounts receivable securitization received as subordinated note. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Minimum equity Balance required by Cinergy Receivables + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (b)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115931803&loc=d3e12069-110248 + Details
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- Definition The amount of financial or other support the reporting entity has provided (explicitly or implicitly) to the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that it was not previously contractually required to provide or that the reporting entity intends to provide, including, for example, situations in which the reporting entity assisted the VIE in obtaining another type of support. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5A -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108788376&loc=SL6759159-111685 + Details
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