Long-Term Debt and Revolving Promissory Note (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt, including unamortized discounts and premiums

Long-term debt, including unamortized premiums and discounts, unamortized debt issuance costs and note payable-affiliate, were as follows:

			As of December 31,
	Interest Rates	Maturities	2016			2015
			(Dollars in millions)
Senior notes	6.125% - 7.750%	2017 - 2056	$	7,259		7,229
Term loan	2.520%	2025	100			100
Capital lease and other obligations	Various	Various	32			17
Unamortized premiums, net			4			16
Unamortized debt issuance costs			(134		)	(123	)
Total long-term debt			7,261			7,239
Less current maturities			(514		)	(242	)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities			$	6,747		6,997
Note payable-affiliate	6.678%	2022	$	914		855

Schedule of aggregate maturities of the entity's long-term debt (excluding unamortized premiums, discounts, and other)

Set forth below is the aggregate principal amount of our long-term debt (excluding unamortized premiums and discounts and unamortized debt issuance costs and other and excluding note payable-affiliate) maturing during the following years:

	(Dollars in millions)(1)
2017	$	514
2018	10
2019	4
2020	—
2021	951
2022 and thereafter	5,912
Total long-term debt	$	7,391

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⁽¹⁾ Actual principal paid in any year may differ due to the possible future refinancing of outstanding debt or the issuance of new debt.

Schedule of amount of gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest expense (income)-affiliates

Interest expense includes interest on total long-term debt. The following table presents the amount of gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest expense-affiliates, net:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016			2015		2014
	(Dollars in millions)
Interest expense:
Gross interest expense	$	497		491		481
Capitalized interest	(19		)	(18	)	(17	)
Total interest expense	$	478		473		464
Interest expense-affiliates, net	$	59		53		40