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Summary of Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies - Disposal of Businesses/Assets and Sale of Noncontrolling Ownership Interests (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) facility	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) facility MW	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) facility MW	Jul. 23, 2025 USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets – net		$ 260	$ 352	$ 405
Distributions of earnings from equity method investees		446	811	712
FPL
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets – net		$ 1	$ 1	$ 407
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| Certain Oil and Gas Shale Formations
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage sold	100.00%		100.00%
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| Southern U.S. \| Three Natural Gas Pipelines
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Natural Gas Pipelines Facilities \| facility	3		3
Number of Pipeline Facilities NEER Will Continue to Operate \| facility	2		2
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| United States, Geographically Diverse Locations \| Portfolio of Five Wind and Three Solar Generation Facilities
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number Of Wind Generation Facilities \| facility	5		5
Number Solar Generation Facilities \| facility	3		3
Total generating facility capacity (mw) \| MW			1,634
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| United States, Geographically Diverse Locations \| Five Wind Generation Facilities and Three Solar Facilities Located In Multiple Regions
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number Of Wind Generation Facilities \| facility				5
Number Solar Generation Facilities \| facility				3
Total generating facility capacity (mw) \| MW				688
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| NEER \| Rate-Regulated Assets [Member] \| Cash and Cash Equivalents
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchase price					$ 270
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| NEER \| Three Natural Gas Pipelines and Certain Oil and Gas Shale Formations
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 101		$ 101
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets – net			120
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets, after tax			77
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| NEER \| United States, Geographically Diverse Locations \| Portfolio of Five Wind and Three Solar Generation Facilities
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchase price	900		900
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets – net			103
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets, after tax			76
Distributions of earnings from equity method investees	386
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| NEER \| United States, Geographically Diverse Locations \| Five Wind Generation Facilities and Three Solar Facilities Located In Multiple Regions
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchase price				$ 566
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Working Capital				$ 32
FPL \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 924		924
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets – net			406
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets, after tax			306
FPL \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| FPL
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Gains (losses) on disposal of businesses/assets, after tax			$ 300
Pipeline Joint Venture \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| Three Natural Gas Pipelines
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity method investment, percentage sold	15.00%		15.00%
Pipeline Joint Venture \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| Three Natural Gas Pipelines and Certain Oil and Gas Shale Formations \| Pipeline Joint Venture
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	85.00%		85.00%
Nitro Joint Venture \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| Portfolio of Five Wind and Three Solar Generation Facilities
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity method investment, percentage sold	65.00%		65.00%
Nitro Joint Venture \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| Portfolio of Five Wind and Three Solar Generation Facilities \| Renewable Assets Joint Venture
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	35.00%		35.00%
XPLR \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources \| United States, Geographically Diverse Locations \| Five Wind Generation Facilities and Three Solar Facilities Located In Multiple Regions
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage sold				100.00%
Rate-Regulated Transmission Asset Joint Venture \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsidiary of NEET \| Rate-Regulated Assets [Member] \| Rate-Regulated Transmission Asset Joint Venture Agreement
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Equity method investment, percentage sold					50.00%
Equity method investment, ownership percentage					50.00%