Employee Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits - Investments Measured at Net Asset Value (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Pension Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 1,420,000,000	$ 1,704,000,000
Unfunded Commitment	3,000,000	5,000,000
Pension Benefits \| Equity Funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 789,000,000	$ 1,101,000,000
Redemption Notice Period	15 days	15 days
Pension Benefits \| Real estate funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 415,000,000	$ 343,000,000
Redemption Notice Period	90 days
Pension Benefits \| Real estate funds \| Minimum
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Redemption Notice Period	45 days	45 days
Pension Benefits \| Real estate funds \| Maximum
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Redemption Notice Period		90 days
Pension Benefits \| Real estate funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 7,000,000	$ 13,000,000
Unfunded Commitment	3,000,000	5,000,000
Pension Benefits \| International equity funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	159,000,000	228,000,000
Pension Benefits \| Money market funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	50,000,000	19,000,000
Other Benefits
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	134,000,000	157,000,000
Other Benefits \| Equity Funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 87,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Redemption Notice Period	7 days	7 days
Other Benefits \| Pooled separate account - variable life insurance policies
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 46,000,000	$ 52,000,000
Other Benefits \| Money market funds
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 1,000,000	$ 5,000,000

Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Asset, Investment Unfunded Commitment

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The amount of employer securities or securities of parties related to the employer that are included in plan assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Notice period the entity is required to deliver before it can redeem an investment calculated using net asset value per share, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, investments calculated by per unit, per membership interest, other equity or ownership interest and alternative investments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6A
-Subparagraph (d)
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