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Variable Interest Entities - Power Purchase Commitment (Details) - Power purchase commitment $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) | May 31, 2022 MW
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Variable interest entities |  |
Firm capacity from power purchase commitment (in megawatts) | MW |  | 236.5
Residual guarantee associated with power purchase commitment | $ | $ 0.0 |

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- Definition Amount of residual asset covered by residual value guarantee. Excludes guarantee considered to be lease payments for lessor. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 7 -Subparagraph (b) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919381-209981 + Details
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- Definition Firm capacity, in megawatts, from a power purchase agreement accounted for as a finance lease. + References No definition available. + Details
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