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Regulatory Matters - Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2017
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities Currently Earning a Return No regulatory assets or liabilities are currently earning a return.  
Non-Current Regulatory Assets $ 376.0 $ 384.7
Current Regulatory Liabilities [1] 35.6 0.0
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 516.0 532.0
Total Regulatory Liabilities 551.6 532.0
Minnesota Power [Member] | Retail Customers [Member] | Electric Rates [Member] | Energy-Intensive Trade-Exposed Customer Rates [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Provided Discounts to EITE Customers that will be Offset Against Interim Rate Refunds 12.9  
MPUC [Member] | Minnesota Power [Member] | Retail Customers [Member] | Electric Rates [Member] | Energy-Intensive Trade-Exposed Customer Rates [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Provided Discounts to EITE Customers that will be Offset Against Interim Rate Refunds   8.6
Provision for Interim Rate Refund [Domain]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Current Regulatory Liabilities [1],[2] 28.1 0.0
Provision for Tax Reform Refund [Domain]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Current Regulatory Liabilities [1],[3] 7.5 0.0
Income Taxes [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 406.2 411.2
Wholesale and Retail Contra AFUDC [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 59.1 57.9
Plant Removal Obligations [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 21.8 20.3
North Dakota Investment Tax Credits [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 14.3 14.1
Cost Recovery Riders [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 11.1 2.2
Provision for Interim Rate Refund [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities [2] 0.0 23.7
Other    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Liabilities 3.5 2.6
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 217.7 220.3
Income Taxes [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 110.4 112.8
Asset Retirement Obligations [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 30.4 29.6
Manufactured Gas Plant [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 7.8 8.1
PPACA Income Tax Deferral [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 5.0 5.0
Conservation Improvement Program [Member]    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets 0.2 3.3
Other    
Regulatory Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Non-Current Regulatory Assets $ 4.5 $ 5.6
[1] Current regulatory liabilities are presented within Other Current Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
[2] This amount is expected to be refunded to Minnesota Power’s regulated retail customers in the first quarter of 2019 and includes $12.9 million of discounts provided to EITE customers that will be offset against interim rate refunds as of March 31, 2018 ($8.6 million as of December 31, 2017). (See 2016 Minnesota General Rate Case and Energy-Intensive Trade‑Exposed Customer Rates.)
[3] We have recorded the impact of the federal income tax rate change in 2018 due to the TCJA for Minnesota Power and SWL&P as regulatory liabilities and a reduction in revenue as the benefits of the TCJA are deferred pending the outcome of regulatory proceedings with the MPUC and PSCW. (See Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.)