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Other Current Assets - Schedule of Other Current Assets (Parenthetical) (Details) - NRG Energy, Inc. [Member]	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Other Current Assets [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 40,000,000
Line of credit facility, expiration period	5 years

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Other current assets.

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Period remaining on line of credit facility before it terminates, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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