Assets Held For Sale Derivatives

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Current Assets Held For Sale, Current

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Current Liabilities Of Liabilities of Assets Held For Sale, Current

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Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Discontinued Hedges, Net

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Derivative Liabilities Of Assets Held For Sale

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Loss Gain on Write Down, After Tax

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Liabilities of Assets Held For Sale, Current

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Long Term Debt, Current Liabilities of Assets Held For Sale

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Natural Gas Fired Generating Facilities Capacity

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Noncurrent Other Liabilities And Deferred Credits Liabilities Of Assets Held For Sale, Current

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Property Plant And Equipment, Net, Held For Sale, Current

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Current assets (normally turning over within one year or one business cycle if longer) that are held for sale apart from normal operations and anticipated to be sold within one year.

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The loss (gain) resulting from the write-down of the carrying value of assets classified as a disposal group, but one which is not further classified as a discontinued operation, to fair value less cost to sell. A (gain) results from a subsequent increase in fair value less cost to sell, but not in excess of the cumulative loss previously recognized. For example, the write-down of a disposal group subject to a plan of sale, which was not sold in the current period, to its held-for-sale value. The loss (gain) is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes in the income statement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The lower of the carrying value or fair value less cost to sell of current assets held for sale that are not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy. The carrying value of major classes of assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately disclosed in the balance sheet in the specific concepts provided.

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Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements, Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]
Loss on assets held for sale	$ 148	$ 0	$ 148	$ 0
Assets held for sale	1,092		1,092		0
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale	596		596		0
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Discontinued Hedges, Net			(21)
Assets Held For Sale, Income Statement Location [Member]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Discontinued Hedges, Net			(30)
Assets Held For Sale, Income Statement Location [Member] \| Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Discontinued Hedges, Net	(30)
Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Discontinued Hedges, Net	(21)
Natural Gas Processing Plant [Member]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment - net	856		856
Current assets	147		147
Natural gas fired generating facilities capacity	2,152		2,152
Loss on assets held for sale	148
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Loss on Write Down, After Tax	97
Assets held for sale	1,092		1,092
Other assets	89		89
Long-term debt	488		488
Current liabilities	87		87
Other liabilities and deferred credits	21		21
Assets Held For Sale Derivativies	12		12
Derivative Liabilities Of Assets Held For Sale	28		28
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale	$ 596		$ 596