Balance Sheet Related Disclosures, Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Public Utilities, Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	$ 511	$ 610
Materials and supplies
Public Utilities, Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	312	311
Fuel
Public Utilities, Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	147	186
Natural gas
Public Utilities, Inventory [Line Items]
Inventories	$ 52	$ 113

The period end amount for a type of inventory held by the utility in a schedule of inventories.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-05.6(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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