Nominal energy measure used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument as reporting date.

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument as of the reporting date.

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General period of time over which entity hedges its exposure to commodity price risk.

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- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4A
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5618551-113959

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- Definition

Indicates line item in statement of income or comprehensive income that includes gain (loss) from derivative.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Derivatives Instruments and Hedging Activities - Commodity price hedging (Details) bu in Millions, MMBTU in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) MMBTU bu	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) MMBTU bu	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 MMBTU bu
Commodity Contract \| Minimum
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Maturity period of price risk derivative			12 months
Commodity Contract \| Maximum
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Maturity period of price risk derivative			24 months
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Commodity Contract
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income	Cost of sales	Cost of sales	Cost of sales	Cost of sales
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Corn Commodity
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Gain or (loss) recognized in income \| $	$ (3)		$ (1)	$ (1)
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Corn Commodity
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Futures contract (in bushels for corn and gallons for ethanol) \| bu	77		77		135
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Natural Gas Commodity
Financial instruments, derivatives and hedging activities
Natural gas futures contract (in mmbtu) \| MMBTU	38		38		35