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Preferred Stock, Coupon Rate, Percentage After The First Anniversary And Until The Second Anniversary Issuance

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Preferred Stock, Coupon Rate, Percentage After The Second Anniversary And Until The Seventh Anniversary Issuance

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Preferred Stock, Coupon Rate, Percentage Until The First Anniversary Issuance

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Preferred Stock, Percentage of Coupon Rate Increase

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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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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Fair value portion of investment securities, including, but not limited to, marketable securities, derivative financial instruments, and investments accounted for under the equity method.

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Fair Value of Financial Investments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Fair Value of Financial Investments (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Feb. 18, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investments, fair value disclosure					$ 136,000,000
Dividend income	$ 3,000,000	$ 0	$ 7,000,000	$ 0
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated market value of long-term and short-term debt	3,200,000,000		3,200,000,000			$ 3,000,000,000.0
Carrying Value Reported Value Measurement
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate carrying value of long-term and short-term debt	2,800,000,000		$ 2,800,000,000			$ 2,800,000,000
ACProducts Preferred Stock
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Preferred stock, coupon rate, percentage until first anniversary issuance			8.00%
Preferred stock, coupon rate, percentage after the first anniversary until the second anniversary issuance			9.00%
Preferred stock, coupon rate, percentage after the second anniversary until the seventh anniversary issuance			10.00%
Preferred stock, percentage of coupon rate increase			5000.00%
Preferred stock, coupon rate, maximum percentage			15.00%
ACProducts Preferred Stock \| Other Assets
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investments	143,000,000		$ 143,000,000
ACProducts Holding, Inc
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Preferred stock, liquidation preference, value	$ 150,000,000		$ 150,000,000