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Economic Rights, Percentage

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Number of Equity Investments

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) CAD in Millions, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2015 USD ($) MW	May. 12, 2015 USD ($) MW	Apr. 30, 2015 equity_investment MW shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2015 CAD MW	Jul. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of economic rights			100.00%
NET Midstream [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interests percentage							100.00%
Acquisition-related costs				$ 5	$ 5
Subsidiaries [Member] \| Adelanto I, Adelanto II and McCoy [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of equity method investments \| equity_investment			3
Renewable energy assets, power capacity (megawatts) \| MW			277
Renewable energy assets, power capacity put into service (megawatts) \| MW			95
Subsidiaries [Member] \| Ashtabula III, Baldwin, Mammoth Plains and Stateline [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Renewable energy assets, power capacity (megawatts) \| MW		664
Consideration transferred		$ 424
Liabilities assumed in consideration transfer		$ 269
NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interests percentage			50.00%
NextEra Energy Partners, LP [Member] \| Class B Units, Series 1 [Member] \| NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of units issued \| shares			1,000,000
NextEra Energy Partners, LP [Member] \| Class B Units, Series 2 [Member] \| NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of units issued \| shares			1,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Ontario, Canada [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Working capital part of consideration transferred	$ 19
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member] \| NET Midstream [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	2,000
Cash consideration	934
Liabilities assumed in consideration transfer	654
Contingent consideratio, additional capital expenditures	100
Consideration transferred after completion of contingent consideration	$ 2,100
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member] \| Ontario, Canada [Member] \| Wind Generating Facility from NEER [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Renewable energy assets, power capacity (megawatts) \| MW	149					149
Consideration transferred	$ 210
Liabilities assumed in consideration transfer	$ 294
Receivable acquired in consideration transfer \| CAD						CAD 43
Annual interest rate percentage for receivable	7.10%					7.10%
Holdback Payable [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member] \| NET Midstream [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indemnity holdback payable	$ 200
Indemnity Holdback [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member] \| NET Midstream [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indemnity holdback payable	200
Reduction in holdback payable	$ 10