Class Of Warrant Or Right, Amount Of Investment Called By Warrants Or Rights

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Class Of Warrant Or Right, Percentage Ownership In Investment Called by Warrants or Rights

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This item represents the ownership percentage of all cost-method investments.

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Equity Method Investment, Incremental Ownership Percentage

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Equity Method Investment, Number Of Additional Investments

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Equity Method Investment, Number Of Board Members

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Equity Method Investment, Potential Incremental Ownership Percentage

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Equity Method Investment, Right To Designate, Number Of Board Members

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Potential Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments

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Power participation ratio

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES AND EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2026 USD ($) investment	Jan. 31, 2026 USD ($) investment	Aug. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2026 USD ($) boardMember	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2025
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Equity method investments				$ 1,299	$ 1,252
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| OHIO POWER COMPANY
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Cost method investment ownership percentage					4.30%	4.30%
Power participation ratio					19.93%	19.93%
Gigawatt.AI
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investments		$ 25	$ 100
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			10.00%
Number of investments \| investment		2
Incremental ownership percentage		2.50%
Equity method investments				$ 125
Equity method investment, right to designate, number of board members \| boardMember				1
Equity method investment, number of board members \| boardMember				3
Gigawatt.AI \| Subsequent Event
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investments	$ 25
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	15.00%
Number of investments \| investment	2
Incremental ownership percentage	2.50%
Equity method investments	$ 150
Potential payments to acquire equity method investments	$ 50
Potential incremental ownership percentage	5.00%
Gigawatt.AI \| Gigawatt AI Warrant
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in investment called by warrants			5.00%
Amount of investment called by warrant			$ 50