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Equity (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended									3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2025 $ / shares	May 15, 2024 shares	Mar. 15, 2024 shares	Oct. 31, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2025 $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024 shares	May 31, 2024 shares	Mar. 31, 2024 shares	Dec. 31, 2023 shares	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2024 $ / shares shares	Oct. 01, 2025 USD ($)
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Treasury Stock Reissued \| shares																			1,456,014
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared \| $ / shares													$ 0.60			$ 0.57			$ 1.80	$ 1.70
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash													$ 267,939	$ 258,467	$ 258,249	$ 241,720	$ 241,296	$ 240,959
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio								2
Forward Contracts [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount \| shares													94,446			3,485,736			901,408	3,164,908
Equity Distribution Program [Member]
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount													$ 2,800,000						$ 2,800,000
Equity Distribution Sales Agreement, Maximum Aggregate Gross Sales Price													$ 4,500,000						$ 4,500,000
Equity Distribution Sales Agreement, Increase in Maximum Aggregate Gross Sales Price							$ 1,500,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Equity Distribution Program [Member]
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount					$ 805,669
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Forward Rate Per Share \| $ / shares					$ 51.78	$ 84.77
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues \| shares																			0	0
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Shares \| shares		2,556,832	569,844			2,713,790			2,140,006	2,466,470	2,320,830	5,506,492
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Number of Shares \| shares					15,560,474
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs					$ 1,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Equity Offering
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Forward Rate Per Share \| $ / shares						$ 81.87
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Shares \| shares						17,800,000
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Number of Shares \| shares													2,100,000						2,100,000
System Energy [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					$ 30,000		$ 20,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared \| $ / shares	$ 0.64
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Equity Distribution Program [Member]
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount																					$ 332,000
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Forward Rate Per Share \| $ / shares				$ 58.30
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Shares \| shares				5,692,604
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs				$ 400