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Financings and Capitalization (Forward Stock Contracts) (Details) - $ / shares	Feb. 21, 2019	Nov. 20, 2018	Nov. 16, 2018
Forward Contracts Maturing May 16, 2020
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Number of Shares			2,017,783
Initial forward price (in dollars per share)			$ 49.06
Forward Contracts Maturing May 20, 2020
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Number of Shares		777,899
Initial forward price (in dollars per share)		$ 50.91
Forward Contracts Maturing August 21, 2020
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Number of Shares	2,083,340
Initial forward price (in dollars per share)	$ 52.27