Employee Postretirement Benefits - Schedule of Change in Plan Assets (Parenthetical) (Detail) - TECO Energy [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of Spread years for Fair value of plan asset adjusted for experience gains and losses	5 years	5 years
Other Postretirement Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of Spread years for Fair value of plan asset adjusted for experience gains and losses	5 years	5 years