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LONG TERM RETENTION PROGRAM (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Long Term Retention Program Accrued Compensation Expense | The following table summarizes the long term retention program accrued compensation expense for the nine and three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, which are payable in cash according to the decisions made by the Board of Directors (the “Board”):
| Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |
| (In millions) |  |
LTRP 2018 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  |  |  |
LTRP 2019 | 22 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |
LTRP 2020 | 22 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |
LTRP 2021 | 20 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |
LTRP 2022 | 36 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |
LTRP 2023 | 61 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |
LTRP 2024 | 49 |  |  | — |  |  | 21 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Total LTRP | $ | 210 |  |  | $ | 122 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  |  |  |

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