PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT PLANS - Target Allocations for Plan Assets (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Target allocations for Plan assets
Percentage of Plan Assets	100.00%	100.00%
Cash Equivalents
Target allocations for Plan assets
Percentage of Plan Assets	3.60%	3.00%
Weighted-Average Expected Long-term Rate of Return (as a percent)	0.00%
Cash Equivalents \| Minimum
Target allocations for Plan assets
Target Allocation 2019 (as a percent)	0.00%
Cash Equivalents \| Maximum
Target allocations for Plan assets
Target Allocation 2019 (as a percent)	5.00%
Equity Securities
Target allocations for Plan assets
Percentage of Plan Assets	57.90%	54.80%
Weighted-Average Expected Long-term Rate of Return (as a percent)	9.50%
Equity Securities \| Minimum
Target allocations for Plan assets
Target Allocation 2019 (as a percent)	45.00%
Equity Securities \| Maximum
Target allocations for Plan assets
Target Allocation 2019 (as a percent)	65.00%
Fixed income securities
Target allocations for Plan assets
Percentage of Plan Assets	38.50%	42.20%
Weighted-Average Expected Long-term Rate of Return (as a percent)	5.00%
Fixed income securities \| Minimum
Target allocations for Plan assets
Target Allocation 2019 (as a percent)	30.00%
Fixed income securities \| Maximum
Target allocations for Plan assets
Target Allocation 2019 (as a percent)	50.00%

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Percentage of actual 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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