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Amount of expense for employee benefit and equity-based compensation.

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Aggregate cash paid by the entity during the period to settle equity instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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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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Number of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement.

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Benefit Plans (Summary Of Performance Shares and Performance Units Vested Awards) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Performance Shares Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	63,565	66,322	90,806
Performance Units Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	16,661	20,131	31,910
2017 Grant [Member] \| Performance Shares Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	63,565
Vested percentage of the target	155.00%
Cash and stock payout value	$ 6
Cash payout value	$ 5
Common stock shares from vested performance shares (in shares)	9,543
2017 Grant [Member] \| Performance Units Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	16,661
Vested percentage of the target	155.00%
Cash and stock payout value	$ 2
Cash payout value	$ 2
2016 Grant [Member] \| Performance Shares Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)		66,322
Vested percentage of the target		142.50%
Cash and stock payout value		$ 4
Cash payout value		$ 4
Common stock shares from vested performance shares (in shares)		6,447
2016 Grant [Member] \| Performance Units Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)		20,131
Vested percentage of the target		142.50%
Cash and stock payout value		$ 1
Cash payout value		$ 1
2015 Grant [Member] \| Performance Shares Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)			90,806
Vested percentage of the target			137.50%
Cash and stock payout value			$ 5
Cash payout value			$ 5
Common stock shares from vested performance shares (in shares)			5,078
2015 Grant [Member] \| Performance Units Liability Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)			31,910
Vested percentage of the target			137.50%
Cash and stock payout value			$ 1
Cash payout value			$ 1