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Commitments and Contingencies, Purchased Power Agreements (Details) (Independent Power Producing Entities [Member])
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Sep. 30, 2012
MW
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Independent Power Producing Entities [Member]
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| Purchased Power Agreements [Abstract] | ||
| Generating capacity (in MW) | 827 | 827 |