Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund - Summary of Aggregate Fair Values and Realized Gains and Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	$ 1,008	$ 890
Unrealized Gains	471	398
Unrealized Losses	2	0
Cash and cash equivalents
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	33	23
Unrealized Gains	0	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
U.S. government and federal agency obligations
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	112	70
Unrealized Gains	5	6
Unrealized Losses	$ 1	$ 0
Weighted- average maturities (in years)	10 years	10 years
Federal agency mortgage-backed securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	$ 100	$ 89
Unrealized Gains	2	4
Unrealized Losses	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted- average maturities (in years)	25 years	24 years
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	$ 44	$ 36
Unrealized Gains	1	2
Unrealized Losses	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted- average maturities (in years)	27 years	27 years
Corporate debt securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	$ 122	$ 144
Unrealized Gains	7	13
Unrealized Losses	$ 1	$ 0
Weighted- average maturities (in years)	14 years	12 years
Equity securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	$ 593	$ 521
Unrealized Gains	456	372
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Foreign government fixed income securities
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Fair Value	4	7
Unrealized Gains	0	1
Unrealized Losses	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted- average maturities (in years)	13 years	10 years
South Texas Project
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund disclosure
Ownership Interest (as a percent)	44.00%

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The fair value of investments held in a trust fund to pay for the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning facilities, whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure on the balance sheet. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements.

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