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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations
The following table summarizes the changes to our current and noncurrent ARO liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
Nuclear Plant DecommissioningLand Reclamation, Coal Ash and OtherTotalNuclear
Plant
Decommissioning
Land Reclamation, Coal Ash and OtherTotal
(in millions)
Liability at beginning of period$3,240 $838 $4,078 $1,742 $796 $2,538 
Additions:
Accretion (a)75 20 95 59 21 80 
Adjustment for change in estimates (b)— (31)(31)— 
Adjustment for obligations assumed through acquisition— — — 1,368 — 1,368 
Reductions:
Payments— (43)(43)— (39)(39)
Liability at end of period3,315 784 4,099 3,169 784 3,953 
Less amounts due currently— (146)(146)— (106)(106)
Noncurrent liability at end of period$3,315 $638 $3,953 $3,169 $678 $3,847 
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(a)For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, nuclear plant decommissioning accretion includes $46 million and $31 million, respectively, of accretion expense recognized in operating costs in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and $29 million and $28 million, respectively, reflected as a change in regulatory liability in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(b)Includes non-cash adjustments to asset retirement costs included in property, plant, and equipment of $14 million and $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.