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The net amount of the rights to reclaim, or the obligations to return, cash collateral under master netting arrangements that have been offset against derivative instrument positions as of the balance sheet date.

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The net amount of regulatory assets and liabilities as of the balance sheet date representing the net effective portion of unrealized losses and gains on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments and used for domestic regulated operations. Unrealized losses and gains on derivatives used for domestic regulated operations are generally recorded as regulatory assets or liabilities due to the realized losses and gains on such derivatives being included in regulated rates.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement and elected not to be offset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 22
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99393222&loc=SL20226052-175313

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Fair values as of the balance sheet date of the net amount of all assets and liabilities resulting from contracts that meet the criteria of being accounted for as derivative instruments.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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-Paragraph 10
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123594938&loc=d3e13433-108611

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and elected not to be offset.

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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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Risk Management and Hedging Activities - PAC - Balance Sheet Location (Details) - PAC - Commodity derivatives - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, fair value, net	$ 270	$ 53
Cash collateral receivable (payable)	(78)	5
Total derivatives - net basis	192	58
Cash collateral payable, not offset	12
Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, fair value, net	257	76
Cash collateral receivable (payable)	(73)	0
Total derivatives - net basis	184	76
Other non-current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, fair value, net	20	20
Cash collateral receivable (payable)	(5)	0
Total derivatives - net basis	15	20
Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, fair value, net	(5)	(36)
Cash collateral receivable (payable)	0	5
Total derivatives - net basis	(5)	(31)
Other long-term liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, fair value, net	(2)	(7)
Cash collateral receivable (payable)	0	0
Total derivatives - net basis	(2)	(7)
Not designated as hedging contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset, not subject to master netting arrangement	318	104
Derivative liability, not subject to master netting arrangement	(48)	(51)
Derivative, fair value, net	270	53
Net regulatory asset (liability) on derivative contracts	(270)	(53)	$ 17	$ 62
Not designated as hedging contracts \| Other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset, not subject to master netting arrangement	279	81
Derivative liability, not subject to master netting arrangement	(22)	(5)
Derivative, fair value, net	257	76
Not designated as hedging contracts \| Other non-current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset, not subject to master netting arrangement	27	21
Derivative liability, not subject to master netting arrangement	(7)	(1)
Derivative, fair value, net	20	20
Not designated as hedging contracts \| Other current liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset, not subject to master netting arrangement	9	2
Derivative liability, not subject to master netting arrangement	(14)	(38)
Derivative, fair value, net	(5)	(36)
Not designated as hedging contracts \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative asset, not subject to master netting arrangement	3	0
Derivative liability, not subject to master netting arrangement	(5)	(7)
Derivative, fair value, net	$ (2)	$ (7)