3false0us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabel| 1falsefalsefalse00<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">10.  In
vestments in Partnerships and Joint Ventures</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">NextEra Energy Resources</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </font>- NextEra Energy Resources has non-controlling non-majority owned interests in various partnerships and joint ventures, essentially all of which own electric generating facilities.  At December 31, 2010 and 2009, NextEra Energy Resources' investments in partnerships and joint ventures totaled approximately $217 million and $173 million, respectively, which is included in other investments on NextEra Energy's consolidated balance sheets.  NextEra Energy Resources' interest
in these partnerships and joint ventures range from approximately 5.5% to 50%.  At December 31, 2010, the principal operating entities included in NextEra Energy Resources' investments in partnerships and joint ventures were Northeast Energy, LP, Mojave 3/4/5, Luz Solar Partners Ltd., III, Luz Solar Partners Ltd., IV and Luz Solar Partners Ltd., V and in 2009 also included Mojave 16/17/18 LLC.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Summarized combined information for these principal operating entities is as follows:</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div align="left"><table style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width=
"100%"><tr><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">2010</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> 
</font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">2009</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" colspan="6"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT
- -FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">(millions)</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" colspan="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE
: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" colspan="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Net income</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$&
lt;/font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">81</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">78</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FA
MILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Total assets</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">660</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline
; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">717</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; F
ONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Total liabilities</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">210</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="b
ottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">354</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Partners'/members' equity</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-
ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">450</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">363</font&g
t;</td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="bottom" width="76%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inl
ine; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FON
T-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">NextEra Energy Resources' share of underlying equity in the principal operating entities</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">223</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">&#
160;</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">180</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Difference between investment carrying amount and underlying equity in net assets<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text
- -top">(a)</font></font></div></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">(26 </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">)</font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-s
erif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">(15 </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">)</font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="76%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">NextEra Energy Resources' investmen
t carrying amount for the principal operating entities</font></div></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">197</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inli
ne; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">$</font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">165</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </font></td></tr></table></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol, serif; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
90;¾</font></div><div><table style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top" width="2%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 7pt">(a)  </font></div></td><td valign="top" width="79%"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 7pt">The majority of the difference between the investment carrying amount and the underlying equity in net assets is being amortized over the remaining life of the investee's assets.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div s
tyle="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Certain subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources provide services to the partnerships and joint ventures, including operations and maintenance and business management services.  NextEra Energy's operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 include approximately $25 million, $21 million and $21 million, respectively, related to such services.  The net receivables at December 31, 2010 and 2009, for these services, as well as for affiliate energy commodity transactions, payroll and other payments made on behalf of these investees, were approximately $36 million and $29 million, respectively, and are included in other receivables on NextEra Energy's consolidated balance sheets.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><
;br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline">NextEra Energy</font> - In 2004, a trust created by NextEra Energy sold $300 million of 5 7/8% preferred trust securities to the public and $9 million of common trust securities to NextEra Energy.  The trust is an unconsolidated 100%-owned finance subsidiary.  The proceeds from the sale of the preferred and common trust securities were used to buy 5 7/8% junior subordinated debentures maturing in March 2044 from Capital Holdings.  NextEra Energy has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the preferred trust securities and the junior subordinated debentures.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div>10.  Investments in Partnerships and Joint VenturesNextEra Energy Resources - NextEra Energy Resources has non-controlling non-majority ownedfalsefalsefalsefalsefalse | Otherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringEquity investment disclosure, or group of investments for which combined disclosure is appropriate, including: (a) the name of each investee and percentage of ownership of common stock, (b) accounting policies for investments in common stock, (c) difference between the amount at which the investment is carried and the amount of underlying equity in net assets and the acc
ounting treatment of the difference, (d) the total fair value of each identified investment for which a market value is available, (e) summarized information as to assets, liabilities, and results of operations of the investees (for investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries, common stock of joint ventures, or other investments using the equity method), and (f) material effects of possible conversions, exercises, or contingent issuances of the investee. Other disclosures include (a) the names of any investee in which the investor owns 20 percent or more of the voting stock and investment is not accounted for using the equity method, and the reasons why not, and (b) the names of any investee in which the investor owns less than 20% of the voting stock and the investment is accounted for using the equity method, and the reasons why it is.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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