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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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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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Employee Benefit Plans - Investment of Plan Assets (Details) - Pension	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	100.00%	100.00%
Domestic equity securities
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	41.00%	41.00%
International equity securities
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	26.00%	25.00%
Domestic fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	26.00%	26.00%
International fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	4.00%	5.00%
Real estate fund
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Percentage of Plan Assets	3.00%	3.00%
Minimum \| Domestic equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	35.00%
Minimum \| International equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	20.00%
Minimum \| Domestic fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	25.00%
Minimum \| International fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	3.00%
Minimum \| Real estate fund
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	2.00%
Maximum \| Domestic equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	45.00%
Maximum \| International equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	30.00%
Maximum \| Domestic fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	29.00%
Maximum \| International fixed income securities
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	7.00%
Maximum \| Real estate fund
Defined Benefit Plan, Assets, Target Allocations [Abstract]
Target allocation range minimum, percent	4.00%