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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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Employee Benefit Plans (Asset Strategy Allocation) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	100.00%	100.00%
Domestic Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	27.00%	30.00%
International Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	22.00%	24.00%
Private Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	11.00%	9.00%
Total Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	60.00%	63.00%
Actual percentage of the fair value of total Plan assets held	66.00%
Domestic Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	18.00%	16.00%
High Yield Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	9.00%	10.00%
Total Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	27.00%	26.00%
Actual percentage of the fair value of total Plan assets held	25.00%
Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	5.00%	5.00%
Actual percentage of the fair value of total Plan assets held	5.00%
Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of plan assets by strategy	8.00%	6.00%
Actual percentage of the fair value of total Plan assets held	4.00%
Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	100.00%
Maximum \| Domestic Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	40.00%
Maximum \| International Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	25.00%
Maximum \| Private Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	15.00%
Maximum \| Total Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	70.00%
Maximum \| Domestic Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	40.00%
Maximum \| High Yield Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	25.00%
Maximum \| Total Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	65.00%
Maximum \| Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	10.00%
Maximum \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	15.00%
Minimum \| Domestic Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	20.00%
Minimum \| International Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	10.00%
Minimum \| Private Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	0.00%
Minimum \| Total Equity
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	40.00%
Minimum \| Domestic Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	10.00%
Minimum \| High Yield Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	0.00%
Minimum \| Total Fixed Income
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	10.00%
Minimum \| Real Estate
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	0.00%
Minimum \| Other
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Target allocation range	0.00%