Postretirement Plans (Schedule Of Actual Allocations For The Pension Assets And Target Allocations By Asset Class) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocations	100.00%	100.00%
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations	100.00%	100.00%
Fixed Income Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocations	48.00%	46.00%
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations	47.00%	47.00%
Equity securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocations	28.00%	31.00%
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations	29.00%	29.00%
Private Equity Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocations	5.00%	5.00%
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations	5.00%	5.00%
Real estate and real assets [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocations	9.00%	8.00%
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations	9.00%	9.00%
Hedge Funds [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, actual plan asset allocations	10.00%	10.00%
Defined benefit plan, target plan asset allocations	10.00%	10.00%

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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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