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Financial instruments - Long-term Energy Derivative Contracts (Detail) - Cash flow hedge	Dec. 31, 2019 MWh $ / MWh
PJM Western HUB
Derivative [Line Items]
Receive average prices (per MW-hr) | $ / MWh	35.35
Notional quantity (MW-hrs) | MWh	757,075
PJM NI HUB
Derivative [Line Items]
Receive average prices (per MW-hr) | $ / MWh	25.54
Notional quantity (MW-hrs) | MWh	3,443,530
ERCOT North HUB
Derivative [Line Items]
Receive average prices (per MW-hr) | $ / MWh	36.46
Notional quantity (MW-hrs) | MWh	2,665,068

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The average strike price on the group of price risk option contracts such as put options or call options.

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Nominal number of units used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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