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General (Details) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 subsidiary registrant
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Number of registrants | registrant | 2
Number of regulated utility subsidiaries | 2
Clean Energy Businesses |
Investment [Line Items] |
Number of subsidiaries | 3

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