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Regulatory Matters (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Regulatory Matters [Line Items] |  |
Remaining Amounts of Regulatory Assets for which No Return on Investment During Recovery Period is Provided | $ 1,260.6 | $ 1,524.3
Remaining Recovery Period of Regulatory Assets for which No Return on Investment During Recovery Period is Provided | 41 years |
Columbia Of Ohio |  |
Regulatory Matters [Line Items] |  |
COVID-19 related costs regulatory asset | $ 2.0 |
NIPSCO |  |
Regulatory Matters [Line Items] |  |
COVID-19 related costs regulatory asset | 9.2 |
Columbia Of Maryland |  |
Regulatory Matters [Line Items] |  |
COVID-19 related costs regulatory asset | 0.7 |
Columbia Of Pennsylvania |  |
Regulatory Matters [Line Items] |  |
COVID-19 related costs regulatory asset | $ 5.4 |

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- Definition Remaining balance of regulatory assets for which no return on investment during recovery is provided. In some cases, a regulator may permit an enterprise to include a cost that would be charged to expense by an unregulated enterprise as an allowable cost over a period of time by amortizing that cost for rate-making purposes, but the regulator does not include the unrecovered amount in the rate base. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 980 -SubTopic 340 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6499975&loc=d3e44250-110382 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 980 -SubTopic 340 -Section 55 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121594574&loc=d3e44360-110383 + Details
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