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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
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, 2022, including those of our subsidiaries:
|  |  |  |  |  | Payments Due By Period
(in millions) |  | Date Contracts Extend Through |  | Total Amounts Committed |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2026 |  | 2027 |  | Later Years
Electric utility: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nuclear |  | 2033 |  | $ | 6,829.1 |  |  | $ | 548.5 |  |  | $ | 600.3 |  |  | $ | 634.5 |  |  | $ | 681.6 |  |  | $ | 730.4 |  |  | $ | 3,633.8 |
Coal supply and transportation |  | 2030 |  | 936.1 |  |  | 393.3 |  |  | 279.2 |  |  | 207.9 |  |  | 24.7 |  |  | 7.6 |  |  | 23.4 |
Purchased power |  | 2051 |  | 256.2 |  |  | 63.4 |  |  | 54.2 |  |  | 47.8 |  |  | 44.2 |  |  | 19.6 |  |  | 27.0 |
Natural gas utility: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Supply and transportation |  | 2048 |  | 1,938.8 |  |  | 382.1 |  |  | 344.2 |  |  | 228.4 |  |  | 173.7 |  |  | 158.8 |  |  | 651.6 |
Non-utility energy infrastructure: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchased power |  | 2049 |  | 495.0 |  |  | 26.2 |  |  | 26.1 |  |  | 26.7 |  |  | 27.3 |  |  | 27.8 |  |  | 360.9 |
Natural gas storage and transportation |  | 2048 |  | 5.8 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.8 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 10,461.0 |  |  | $ | 1,418.4 |  |  | $ | 1,304.1 |  |  | $ | 1,145.3 |  |  | $ | 951.5 |  |  | $ | 944.2 |  |  | $ | 4,697.5 |
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) |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Regulatory assets |  | $ | 610.7 |  |  | $ | 630.9 |
Reserves for future environmental remediation |  | 499.6 |  |  | 532.6 |

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