Debt Instrument, Covenant, Debt To Capitalization Percentage, Actual

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Debt To Capitalization Percentage, Maximum

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility including uncommitted incremental capacity and without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Line Of Credit Facility, Uncommitted Incremental Capacity

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-SubTopic 210
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DEBT - Revolving Credit Agreements (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
DEBT - Revolving Credit Agreements (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022
Term loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt to capitalization percentage, maximum	60.00%		60.00%
Actual debt to capitalization percentage	45.30%		45.30%
Revolving credit facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt to capitalization percentage, maximum	60.00%		60.00%
Uncommitted incremental loan facility	$ 750,000,000		$ 750,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity including uncommitted incremental loan facility	4,750,000,000		4,750,000,000
Outstanding borrowings	0		$ 0
Revolving credit facility \| 5-year unsecured revolving credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument term (in years)		5 years	5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 2,500,000,000
Facility fee (percent)			0.15%
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 2,400,000,000		$ 2,400,000,000
Revolving credit facility \| 5-year unsecured revolving credit agreement \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Facility fee (percent)			0.09%
Revolving credit facility \| 5-year unsecured revolving credit agreement \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Facility fee (percent)			0.225%
Revolving credit facility \| 5-year unsecured revolving credit agreement \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.10%
Revolving credit facility \| 5-year unsecured revolving credit agreement \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			0.91%
Revolving credit facility \| 5-year unsecured revolving credit agreement \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.40%
Revolving credit facility \| 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument term (in years)	364 days		364 days
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,500,000,000		$ 1,500,000,000
Facility fee (percent)			0.10%
Remaining borrowing capacity	1,500,000,000		$ 1,500,000,000
Revolving credit facility \| 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Facility fee (percent)			0.06%
Revolving credit facility \| 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Facility fee (percent)			0.15%
Revolving credit facility \| 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.15%
Revolving credit facility \| 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			0.94%
Revolving credit facility \| 364-day unsecured revolving credit agreement \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			1.35%
Letter of credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings	$ 73,000,000		$ 73,000,000