Forward Sale Agreement, Forward Sellers Fees

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Forward Sale Agreement, Gross Sales Price

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The per share price of the Company's stock at which the contract holder of the freestanding contract has the right to purchase or sell the Company's stock at a future date.

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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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Amount that would be paid upon settlement of forward contract indexed to equity.

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Number of shares as a settlement alternative for each freestanding forward contract.

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Maximum number of shares that could be issued to settle forward contract indexed to equity.

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Common Equity (Schedule of Forward Contracts Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Settled) (Details) - Equity Distribution Program [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands													1 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2024	Sep. 10, 2024	Aug. 26, 2024	Aug. 13, 2024	May 30, 2024	May 15, 2024	Mar. 26, 2024	Mar. 11, 2024	Dec. 05, 2023	Nov. 30, 2023	Jun. 28, 2023	Jun. 06, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Nov. 30, 2023	Nov. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Aug. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2024
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity [Line Items]
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount																							$ 2,600,000
Common Stock [Member]
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity [Line Items]
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Forward Rate Per Share	$ 64.22	$ 60.14	$ 58.84	$ 57.67	$ 54.05	$ 55.38	$ 50.73	$ 50.91	$ 48.74	$ 50.69			$ 52.94	$ 50.56		$ 56.25
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount										$ 47,786				$ 83,312	$ 47,786	$ 853,257
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Number of Shares										936,604				1,706,234	936,604	15,376,838
Forward Sale Agreement, Forward Sellers Fees	$ 577	$ 1,863	$ 2,055	$ 1,304	$ 1,344	$ 1,424	$ 1,192	$ 293			$ 374	$ 105	$ 1,145	$ 2,805	$ 840		$ 1,942	$ 2,509	$ 1,680	$ 254	$ 1,901	$ 450
Forward Sale Agreement, Gross Sales Price	$ 57,702	$ 186,266	$ 205,454	$ 130,393	$ 134,396	$ 142,387	$ 119,153	$ 29,318			$ 37,375	$ 10,524	$ 114,540	$ 280,459	$ 84,000		$ 194,231	$ 250,899	$ 167,997	$ 25,419	$ 190,074	$ 45,000
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Shares	888,756	3,069,070	3,466,772	2,225,832	2,466,470	2,556,832	2,320,830	569,844			730,614	205,990	2,140,006	5,506,492	1,706,234		3,332,344	4,248,172	3,076,020	501,486	3,385,110	833,706