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Contract With Customer, Receivable, Expected Amount

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Revenue From Contract With Customer, Late Payment Charges And Fees, Surcharge Recovery Period

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Revenue From Contracts With Customer, Late Payment Charges And Fees

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer, when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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The carrying amount of deferred costs.

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Amount of expense (reversal of expense) for expected credit loss on accounts receivable.

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Regulatory Matters - COVID-19 Regulatory Matters (Details) - COVID-19 - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 01, 2021
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Deferred costs		$ 0.6
CECONY
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Estimated forgone revenues		17.0
CECONY \| Electric and Gas Transmission Projects
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Reserve adjustments		106.0
Write off		18.0
O&R
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Estimated forgone revenues		$ 1.0
Late payment charges and fees			$ 52.0
Late payment charges and fees, surcharge recovery period		12 months
O&R \| Gas
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Reserve adjustments		$ 4.0
Write off		$ 2.0
Residential Customers \| CECONY
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Deferred revenue			$ 54.9
Summer Cooling Credit Program \| Residential Customers \| CECONY
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Expected deferred revenue				$ 63.4
Cost of the program, recovery period	5 years