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Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
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Current maturities of long-term debt	$ 200,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Total short-term debt	200,000,000	300,000,000
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Unamortized premiums/discount	(3,000,000)	(16,000,000)
Fair value hedge on interest rate swap	269,000,000	319,000,000
Total unamortized premiums (discounts) and fair value hedge on interest rate swap agreements	266,000,000	303,000,000
Total long-term debt	5,439,000,000	5,391,000,000
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2013	200,000,000
2014	500,000,000
2015	250,000,000
2016	0
2017	250,000,000
Thereafter	4,173,000,000
Total	5,373,000,000
Line of credit facility [Line Items]
Maximum Available	2,000,000,000
LOCs issued	2,676,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	4,605,000,000
Borrowing capacity available to reimburse the banks for drawn LOCs	1,000,000,000
Minimum consolidated net worth	9,200,000,000
Percentage of aggregate net proceeds of equity issuances	50.00%
Debt to capital ratio (low end of range)	35.00%
Debt to capital ratio (high end of range)	100.00%
Certain debt covenants on capital securities [Abstract]
Risk based capital ratio threshold	175.00%
Line Of Credit Facility 4 Year Revolving [Member]
Line of credit facility [Line Items]
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LOCs issued	123,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	2,000,000,000
Line of credit facility due March 2023 [Member]
Line of credit facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, Expiration Date	Mar-2023
Maximum Available	925,000,000
LOCs issued	857,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	857,000,000
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Line of credit facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, Expiration Date	Aug-2031
Maximum Available	863,000,000
LOCs issued	759,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	781,000,000
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Line of credit facility [Line Items]
Credit facility, Expiration Date	Oct-2031
Maximum Available	1,000,000,000
LOCs issued	937,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	967,000,000
Due 2036 [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	6.15%
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
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Principal balance	0	200,000,000
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	4.75%
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	4.75%
Maturity date	2014
Principal balance	200,000,000	200,000,000
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	4.30%
Maturity date	2015
Principal balance	250,000,000	250,000,000
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	8.75%
Maturity date	2019
Principal balance	487,000,000	500,000,000
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	6.25%
Maturity date	2020
Principal balance	300,000,000	300,000,000
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
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Maturity date	2021
Principal balance	300,000,000	300,000,000
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Interest rate	4.20%
Maturity date	2022
Principal balance	300,000,000	0
Senior notes [Member] \| Due 2036 [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Maturity date	2036
Principal balance	498,000,000	500,000,000
Senior notes [Member] \| Due 2037 [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	6.30%
Maturity date	2037
Principal balance	375,000,000	375,000,000
Senior notes [Member] \| Due 2040 [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	7.00%
Maturity date	2040
Principal balance	500,000,000	500,000,000
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Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	7.00%
Maturity date	2066
Principal balance	722,000,000	722,000,000
Capital securities [Member] \| Due 2067 [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Portion
Interest rate	6.05%
Maturity date	2067
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Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
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Period Type:	instant