Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) basisPoint variable_interest_entity mi MW	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) variable_interest_entity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying amount of assets, consolidated variable interest entity	$ 184,724	$ 177,489
TOTAL LIABILITIES	125,288	118,465
Investment in equity method investees	6,657	6,156
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying amount of assets, consolidated variable interest entity	679	741
TOTAL LIABILITIES	$ 336	347
Electricity Transmission Line (in miles) | mi	280
Percentage of profits and losses	48.00%
Other variable interest entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments in special purpose entities	$ 5,505	4,962
Indirect Subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources [Member] | Photovoltaic Solar Facility [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total number of consolidated variable interest entities | variable_interest_entity	8
Carrying amount of assets, consolidated variable interest entity	$ 1,749	1,796
TOTAL LIABILITIES	$ 533	1,085
Solar generating facility capability (in megawatts) | MW	765
Indirect Subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources [Member] | Photovoltaic Solar Facility [Member] | Minimum
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%
Indirect Subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources [Member] | Photovoltaic Solar Facility [Member] | Maximum
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	67.00%
NextEra Energy Resources | Variable Interest Entities Wind and Solar PV Facilities [Member[
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying amount of assets, consolidated variable interest entity	$ 1,363	1,434
TOTAL LIABILITIES	$ 80	$ 79
Ownership percentage	10.00%
Wind electric generating facility capability (in megawatts) | MW	400
Solar generating facility capability (in megawatts) | MW	599
NextEra Energy Resources | Variable Interest Entities Wind and Solar Primary Beneficiary [Member] [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total number of consolidated variable interest entities | variable_interest_entity	28	33
Carrying amount of assets, consolidated variable interest entity	$ 21,976	$ 24,250
TOTAL LIABILITIES	$ 836	3,148
Wind electric generating facility capability (in megawatts) | MW	10,501
Solar generating facility capability (in megawatts) | MW	3,238
Solar Plus Storage Facility Capacity | MW	1,519
Florida Power & Light Company
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying amount of assets, consolidated variable interest entity	$ 95,055	91,469
TOTAL LIABILITIES	54,117	52,634
Florida Power & Light Company | Other variable interest entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments in special purpose entities	$ 4,278	3,899
Subsidiaries of NEE [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of variable interest entities with guarantees to obligations | basisPoint	1
Investment in equity method investees	$ 4,043	$ 3,913
Commitments To Increase (Decrease) In Equity Method Investments	$ 205