STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Performance Restricted Stock Units and Phantom Stock Awards (Details) - Phantom Share Units (PSUs) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Stock-based compensation
Accrued compensation cost liability	$ 5	$ 8
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 2	$ 3
Equivalent common shares	149	169

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128089324&loc=d3e5070-113901

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