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Recommended Rate increase, percentage

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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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Amount of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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Percentage of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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The amount for the individual regulatory liability as itemized in a table of regulatory liabilities as of the end of the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 980
-SubTopic 405
-Section 25
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6500807&loc=d3e48068-110394

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Regulatory Matters (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Apr. 06, 2022
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Deferral - Joint Venture	$ 9.6	$ 0.0	$ 6.7	$ 0.0
Minimum
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Recommended Rate increase, percentage					4.00%
Recommended Rate Increase, Amount					$ 35.2
Maximum
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Recommended Rate increase, percentage					6.30%
Recommended Rate Increase, Amount					$ 57.6
Columbia Of Ohio
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Percentage			21.30%
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			$ 221.4
NIPSCO - Electric \| Overrecovered Gas and Fuel Costs
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory Liabilities	$ 8.0		$ 8.0