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Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		61 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016
Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
Authorized common shares to be issued	26,000,000
Number of common shares issued	61,458	2,023,276	12,761,320
Amount raised from shares issued	$ 3.5	$ 102.2	$ 585.1
Number of common shares issued under the waiver approval process		1,980,994
Amount raised from share issued under the waiver approval process		$ 100.0

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The number of shares authorized by an entity's Board of Directors under a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan.

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Amount of cash inflow from capital contributions to an entity associated with a dividend reinvestment plan and stock purchase plan.

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