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Maximum Percentage Of Capital Stock Guaranteed By Companys Material Non US Subsidiaries For Obligations Under The Senior Credit Facility

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash outflow paid to third parties in connection with debt origination, which will be amortized over the remaining maturity period of the associated long-term debt.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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Debt and Credit Arrangements - Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan (Details) - Revolving Credit Facility - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 14, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Credit Facilities 2024
Debt Instrument
Maximum percentage of capital stock guaranteed by company		65.00%
Unamortized debt issuance costs		$ 5,000,000.0	$ 5,500,000
Credit Facilities 2024 \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument variable rate (percent)	1.25%
Credit Facilities 2024 \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument variable rate (percent)	2.25%
Credit Facilities 2024 \| Adjusted Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument variable rate (percent)	0.25%
Credit Facilities 2024 \| Adjusted Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Debt instrument variable rate (percent)	1.25%
Senior secured revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 550,000,000.0
Payments of debt issuance costs		11,100,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		7,800,000	9,500,000
Term long due June 2024
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 450,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs		$ 7,000,000.0	6,100,000
Debt issuance cost, amortization term (term)		5 years
Unamortized debt issuance costs		$ 5,000,000.0	$ 5,500,000