Long-Term Debt and Note Payable - Affiliate (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

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

The following chart reflects (i) the consolidated long-term debt of Qwest Corporation and its subsidiaries, including finance lease and other obligations, unamortized premiums, net, unamortized debt issuance costs and (ii) note payable-affiliate:

			As of December 31,
	Interest Rates (1)	Maturities (1)	2023		2022
			(Dollars in millions)
Senior notes	6.500% - 7.750%	2025 - 2057	$	1,986	1,986
Term loan (2)	SOFR + 2.50%	2027	215		215
Finance lease and other	Various	Various	4		3
Unamortized premiums, net			4		5
Unamortized debt issuance costs			(52)		(52)
Total long-term debt			2,157		2,157
Less current maturities			(1)		(2)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities			$	2,156	2,155
Note payable-affiliate	6.210%	2027	$	—	—

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(1) As of December 31, 2023.

(2) Qwest Corporation's Term Loan had interest rates of 7.970% and 6.640% as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

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 as of December 31, 2023 (excluding unamortized premiums, net, unamortized debt issuance costs and note payable-affiliate) maturing during the following years:

	(Dollars in millions)
2024	$	1
2025	250
2026	1
2027	216
2028	—
2029 and thereafter	1,737
Total long-term debt	$	2,205

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,
	2023		2022	2021
	(Dollars in millions)
Interest expense:
Gross interest expense	$	149	141	200
Capitalized interest	(54)		(29)	(19)
Total interest expense	$	95	112	181
Interest (income) expense-affiliates, net	$	(15)	60	105