Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Estimated average service lives (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Generation, excluding thermal:
Hydro	98 years
Wind	30 years
Transmission	59 years
Distribution	46 years
General	12 years

Useful life of utility transmission equipment owned by public utility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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