Investments in Partnerships and Joint Ventures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments in Partnerships and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Summarized combined information for principal operating entities

Summarized combined information for these principal entities is as follows:

	2015			2014
	(millions)
Net income	$	213		$	171
Total assets	$	3,339		$	2,636
Total liabilities	$	1,307		$	1,645
Partners'/members' equity	$	2,032		$	991
NEER's share of underlying equity in the principal entities	$	874		$	495
Difference between investment carrying amount and underlying equity in net assets(a)	(3		)	(4		)
NEER's investment carrying amount for the principal entities	$	871		$	491

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(a) The majority of the difference between the investment carrying amount and the underlying equity in net assets is being amortized over the remaining life of the investee's assets.