Lease And Easement Agreement, Number Of Extensions

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Percentage of Ownership Sold of Subsidiary

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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Acquisitions, Discontinued Operations and Dispositions - Sale of Ownership in NRG Yield, Inc. and the Renewables Platform (Details) - Discontinued Operations $ in Millions	Feb. 06, 2018 USD ($) extension	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($)
NRG Yield and Renewables
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration				$ 1,348
NRG Yield and Renewables \| Cost To Complete Construction
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Additional commitments related to project		$ 16
NRG Yield and Renewables \| Property Taxes For Solar Properties
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Additional commitments related to project		22
Carlsbad Project
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 385
Additional commitments related to project		$ 23	$ 23
Percentage of ownership sold	100.00%
Lease and easement agreement, number of extensions \| extension	2
Lease renewal term	10 years