Investments in Partnerships and Joint Ventures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Investments in Partnerships and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Summarized combined information for principal operating entities

Summarized combined information for these principal entities is as follows:

	2019		2018
	(millions)
Net income	$	128	$	632
Total assets	$	20,659	$	16,334
Total liabilities	$	6,956	$	5,990
Partners'/members' equity(a)	$	13,703	$	10,344
NEE's share of underlying equity in the principal entities	$	3,723	$	2,958
Difference between investment carrying amount and underlying equity in net assets(b)	3,153		3,193
NEE's investment carrying amount for the principal entities	$	6,876	$	6,151

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(a) Reflects NEE's interest, as well as third-party interests, in NEP OpCo.

(b)

Primarily associated with NEP OpCo; approximately 70% of the difference between the investment carrying amount and the underlying equity in net assets relates to goodwill and is not being amortized; the remaining balance is being amortized primarily over a period of 20 to 28 years.