Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Amount Of Distributions Prevented

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Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Impairment Loss

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Debt Instrument, Number Of Holders

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Debt Instrument, Purchase And Service Payments

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Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount, Purchase Price

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Debt Instrument, Repurchase Ratio

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Instruments

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Net Income (Loss) From Power Purchase Agreements

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Amount of outstanding long-term debt or borrowing associated with any securities or credit agreement for which there has been a default in principal, interest, sinking fund, or redemption provisions, or any breach of covenant that existed at the end of the period and subsequently has not been cured.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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Period end amount of construction work in progress in public utility.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) holder letter_of_credit	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) letter_of_credit	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 23, 2019 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of letters of credit \| letter_of_credit	2	2
Payments to acquire projects	$ 16,000,000	$ 16,000,000
Remaining commitments	123,000,000	123,000,000
Net income attributable to NEP from PPAs		25,000,000
Debt defaulted	$ 389,000,000	389,000,000
Number of holders \| holder	2
Impairment adjustment		0
Cash distributions not made		79,000,000
Current Debt [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt defaulted	$ 363,000,000	$ 363,000,000
Series A Trust Certificates Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.875%	3.875%
Series B Trust Certificates Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.125%	5.125%
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] \| Letters of Credit Due June and July 2022 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 65,000,000	$ 65,000,000
Credit facility, amount outstanding	51,000,000	51,000,000
Genesis HoldCo [Member] \| Series B Trust Certificates Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Repurchase amount	39,000,000	39,000,000
Genesis OpCo [Member] \| Series B Trust Certificates Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Repurchase amount	$ 39,000,000	$ 39,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| Genesis HoldCo [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes 5.600% Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.60%	5.60%
Purchase and service payments		$ 17,000,000
Repurchase amount	$ 236,000,000	$ 236,000,000
Repurchase ratio	0.95	0.95
Secured Debt [Member] \| Genesis OpCo [Member] \| Forecast [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Repurchase amount			$ 344,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Series A Trust Certificates Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Outstanding principal				$ 1,000
Repurchase amount				10,000,000
Purchase price				1,100
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Series B Trust Certificates Due 2038 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Outstanding principal				1,000
Repurchase amount				9,000,000
Purchase price				$ 1,000