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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Reconciliation of the Carrying Amount of AROs

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending aggregate carrying amount of AROs is as follows:

 

(millions)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Beginning balance

 

$

541

 

 

$

529

 

Liabilities settled

 

 

(29

)

 

 

(15

)

Accretion expense

 

 

23

 

 

 

23

 

Revisions in estimated cash flows(1)

 

 

(46

)

 

 

4

 

Ending balance

 

$

489

 

 

$

541

 

(1)   The decrease in 2019 reflects a change in the estimated timing of cash flows for interim pipeline replacements and DOE recoveries.