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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6455398&loc=d3e45280-112737

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 03
-Paragraph 16
-Article 7

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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CONSOLIDATED DEBT Union County EfW Capital Lease Arrangement (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations	$ 101	$ 0	$ 104
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.00%
Fiscal Year 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	$ 1
Fiscal Year 2016 [Member] \| Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	2
Fiscal Year 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	5
Fiscal Year 2017 [Member] \| Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	5
Fiscal Year 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	5
Fiscal Year 2018 [Member] \| Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	5
Fiscal Year 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	5
Fiscal Year 2019 [Member] \| Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	5
Fiscal Year 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	182
Fiscal Year 2020 [Member] \| Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	6
Fiscal Year after 2020 [Member] [Member] \| Project Debt Type [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Future Amortization Expense	$ 78