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Service Cost Interest Rate

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate increase of compensation, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, pay-related defined benefit plan.

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Weighted-average interest crediting rate used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, cash balance and other defined benefit plans with promised interest crediting rate.

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate of return on plan assets, reflecting average rate of earnings expected on existing plan assets and expected contributions, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (k)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e2919-114920

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Weighted average rate of compensation increase used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, pay-related defined benefit plan.

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Weighted-average interest crediting rate used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, cash balance and other defined benefit plans with promised interest crediting rate.

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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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Assumed rate, for next fiscal year, based on annual change in cost of health care cost benefits used to measure expected cost of benefits covered by defined benefit postretirement plan. Factors include, but are not limited to, estimate of health care inflation, change in health care utilization or delivery pattern, technological advances, and change in health status of participant. Excludes factors for change in composition of plan population by age and dependency status.

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Ultimate trend rate for health care cost for defined benefit postretirement plan.

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Pension, OPEB and Savings Plans (Assumptions Used To Determine The Benefit Obligations And Net Periodic Benefit Costs) (Details)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jul. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017
Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate	4.41%	2.61%	3.30%		3.65%	4.41%
Expected Return on Plan Assets	7.80%	7.70%	7.80%	7.80%
Rate of Compensation Increase		4.40%	3.90%			3.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Weighted-Average Interest Crediting Rate		6.00%	6.00%	6.00%
Service Cost Interest Rate		3.49%	4.58%	3.88%
Interest Cost Interest Rate		2.87%	4.03%	3.35%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase		3.90%	3.90%	3.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Weighted-Average Interest Crediting Rate		6.00%	6.00%	6.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate		3.30%	4.41%	3.73%
Other Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate		2.46%	3.20%			4.31%
Expected Return on Plan Assets		7.70%	7.79%	7.80%
Rate of Compensation Increase		4.40%	3.90%			3.90%
Service Cost Interest Rate		3.50%	4.48%	3.90%
Interest Cost Interest Rate		2.87%	3.91%	3.39%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase		3.90%	3.90%	3.90%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate		3.20%	4.31%	3.76%
Immediate Rate		6.37%	6.68%			7.28%
Ultimate Rate		4.75%	4.75%			4.75%
Long Island Electric Utility Servco LLC Pension and OPEB [Member] \| Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate		2.98%	3.52%	4.60%
Expected Return on Plan Assets		7.60%
Rate of Compensation Increase		3.95%	3.25%	3.25%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Benefit Obligation, Weighted-Average Interest Crediting Rate		3.75%	3.75%	3.75%
Long Island Electric Utility Servco LLC Pension and OPEB [Member] \| Other Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate		3.08%	3.60%	4.67%
Rate of Compensation Increase		3.95%	3.25%	3.25%
Immediate Rate		6.70%	6.94%	8.03%
Ultimate Rate		4.75%	4.75%	4.75%