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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Average fixed interest rate that will be received or paid upon exercise of a group of interest rate swaption contracts.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Floor rate on an interest rate derivative such as an interest rate floor or collar. If market rates falls below the floor rate, a payment or receipt is triggered on the contract.

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Fixed interest rate that will be received or paid upon exercise of the interest rate swaption contract.

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Accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities (Details) $ in Millions, J in Billions		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 15, 2020 MMBTU	Jan. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) J MMBTU contract item $ / J	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) MMBTU
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges
Derivative instruments
Number of derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedges \| item			1
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
Derivative instruments
Applicable margin (as a percent)			2.50%
Nipigon Project
Derivative instruments
Notional amount, energy (in joules: Ontario, in Mmbtu: Orlando and Morris) \| J			6,500
Gas purchase agreements \| Nipigon Project
Derivative instruments
Price per Gj \| $ / J			4.57
Gas purchase agreements \| Nipigon Project \| Minimum
Derivative instruments
Notional amount, energy (in joules: Ontario, in Mmbtu: Orlando and Morris) \| J			6,500
Gas purchase agreements \| Morris Project
Derivative instruments
Notional amount, energy (in joules: Ontario, in Mmbtu: Orlando and Morris) \| MMBTU	700,000
Natural gas swaps
Derivative instruments
Notional amount, energy (in joules: Ontario, in Mmbtu: Orlando and Morris) \| MMBTU			14,500,000	16,300,000
Natural gas swaps \| Orlando project
Derivative instruments
Amount of future natural gas purchases to fix the price (in Mmbtu) \| MMBTU			14,500,000
Natural gas swaps during 2016 \| Orlando project
Derivative instruments
Percentage of the entity's share in required natural gas purchases hedge			100.00%
Interest rate swaps
Derivative instruments
Notional amount			$ 441.4	$ 468.4
Derivative, Average Swaption Interest Rate			2.21%
Swaption interest rate (as a percent)			4.71%
Interest rate swaps \| Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
Derivative instruments
Derivative, Floor Interest Rate			1.00%
Interest rate swaps \| Minimum
Derivative instruments
Minimum fixed interest rate (as a percent)			3.50%
Interest rate swaps \| Swaption interest rate until February 15, 2023 \| Cadillac Project
Derivative instruments
Swaption interest rate (as a percent)			6.30%
Interest rate swaps \| Swaption interest rate after February 15, 2023 \| Cadillac Project
Derivative instruments
Swaption interest rate (as a percent)			6.40%
Foreign currency forward contracts \| Derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges
Derivative instruments
Number of forward contracts \| contract			0
APLP Holdings \| Senior secured term loans
Derivative instruments
Face amount of debt			$ 700.0
Applicable margin (as a percent)		2.50%
APLP Holdings \| Interest rate swaps \| Adjusted Eurodollar Rate \| Senior secured term loans \| Long-term debt excluding debentures
Derivative instruments
Notional amount			345.0
Remaining aggregate principal amount			345.0
Face amount of debt			$ 345.0