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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of minimum future commitments related to purchase obligations | The following table shows our minimum future commitments related to these purchase obligations as of December 31, 2021, including those of our subsidiaries.
|  |  |  |  |  | Payments Due By Period
(in millions) |  | Date Contracts Extend Through |  | Total Amounts Committed |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2026 |  | Later Years
Electric utility: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nuclear |  | 2033 |  | $ | 7,342.8 |  |  | $ | 531.2 |  |  | $ | 563.0 |  |  | $ | 596.8 |  |  | $ | 632.6 |  |  | $ | 677.9 |  |  | $ | 4,341.3 |
Coal supply and transportation |  | 2025 |  | 821.8 |  |  | 260.9 |  |  | 213.3 |  |  | 180.0 |  |  | 167.6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Purchased power |  | 2051 |  | 316.5 |  |  | 65.5 |  |  | 60.7 |  |  | 53.2 |  |  | 46.9 |  |  | 43.8 |  |  | 46.4 |
Natural gas utility: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Supply and transportation |  | 2048 |  | 1,704.4 |  |  | 349.4 |  |  | 264.7 |  |  | 201.0 |  |  | 128.9 |  |  | 109.2 |  |  | 651.2 |
Non-utility energy infrastructure: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchased power |  | 2051 |  | 396.3 |  |  | 20.6 |  |  | 22.5 |  |  | 20.6 |  |  | 21.0 |  |  | 21.4 |  |  | 290.2 |
Natural gas storage and transportation |  | 2048 |  | 6.9 |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.9 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 10,588.7 |  |  | $ | 1,232.7 |  |  | $ | 1,125.0 |  |  | $ | 1,051.6 |  |  | $ | 997.0 |  |  | $ | 852.4 |  |  | $ | 5,330.0 |
Schedule of regulatory assets and reserves related to manufactured gas plant sites | We have established the following regulatory assets and reserves for manufactured gas plant sites as of December 31:
(in millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Regulatory assets |  | $ | 630.9 |  |  | $ | 638.2 |
Reserves for future environmental remediation |  | 532.6 |  |  | 532.9 |

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