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Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Change In ETE Common Units | The change in ET Common Units during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Number of Common Units, beginning of period | 2,689.6 |  |  | 2,619.4 |  |  | 1,079.1 |
Conversion of ET Series A Convertible Preferred Units to common units | — |  |  | — |  |  | 79.1 |
Common Units issued in mergers and acquisitions | — |  |  | 57.6 |  |  | 1,458.9 |
Common Units repurchased | — |  |  | (1.9) |  |  | — |
Issuance of Common Units | 12.8 |  |  | 14.5 |  |  | 2.3 |
Number of Common Units, end of period | 2,702.4 |  |  | 2,689.6 |  |  | 2,619.4 |
In October 2018, ET issued 1.46 billion ET Common Units in connection with the Energy Transfer Merger.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table presents the components of AOCI, net of tax:
| December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Available-for-sale securities | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 7 |  |  | 2 |
Actuarial loss related to pensions and other postretirement benefits | (7) |  |  | (25) |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates, net | (14) |  |  | (1) |
Total AOCI, net of tax | 4 |  |  | (11) |
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests | 2 |  |  | — |
Total AOCI included in partners’ capital, net of tax | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | (11) |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | The table below sets forth the tax amounts included in the respective components of other comprehensive income:
| December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Available-for-sale securities | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | (1) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 8 |  |  | 2 |
Actuarial loss relating to pension and other postretirement benefits | 3 |  |  | 8 |
Total | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 9 |
Parent Company [Member] |
Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution [Table Text Block] | Our distributions declared and paid with respect to our common units were as follows:
Quarter Ended |  | Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Rate
December 31, 2017 (1) |  | February 8, 2018 |  | February 20, 2018 |  | $ | 0.3050 |
March 31, 2018 (1) |  | May 7, 2018 |  | May 21, 2018 |  | 0.3050 |
June 30, 2018 |  | August 6, 2018 |  | August 20, 2018 |  | 0.3050 |
September 30, 2018 |  | November 8, 2018 |  | November 19, 2018 |  | 0.3050 |
December 31, 2018 |  | February 8, 2019 |  | February 19, 2019 |  | 0.3050 |
March 31, 2019 |  | May 7, 2019 |  | May 20, 2019 |  | 0.3050 |
June 30, 2019 |  | August 6, 2019 |  | August 19, 2019 |  | 0.3050 |
September 30, 2019 |  | November 5, 2019 |  | November 19, 2019 |  | 0.3050 |
December 31, 2019 |  | February 7, 2020 |  | February 19, 2020 |  | 0.3050 |
March 31, 2020 |  | May 7, 2020 |  | May 19, 2020 |  | 0.3050 |
June 30, 2020 |  | August 7, 2020 |  | August 19, 2020 |  | 0.3050 |
September 30, 2020 |  | November 6, 2020 |  | November 19, 2020 |  | 0.1525 |
December 31, 2020 |  | February 8, 2021 |  | February 19, 2021 |  | 0.1525 |
Sunoco LP [Member] |
Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution [Table Text Block] | Distributions on Sunoco LP’s units declared and/or paid by Sunoco LP were as follows:
Quarter Ended |  | Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Rate
December 31, 2017 |  | February 6, 2018 |  | February 14, 2018 |  | $ | 0.8255 |
March 31, 2018 |  | May 7, 2018 |  | May 15, 2018 |  | 0.8255 |
June 30, 2018 |  | August 7, 2018 |  | August 15, 2018 |  | 0.8255 |
September 30, 2018 |  | November 6, 2018 |  | November 14, 2018 |  | 0.8255 |
December 31, 2018 |  | February 6, 2019 |  | February 14, 2019 |  | 0.8255 |
March 31, 2019 |  | May 7, 2019 |  | May 15, 2019 |  | 0.8255 |
June 30, 2019 |  | August 6, 2019 |  | August 14, 2019 |  | 0.8255 |
September 30, 2019 |  | November 5, 2019 |  | November 19, 2019 |  | 0.8255 |
December 31, 2019 |  | February 7, 2020 |  | February 19, 2020 |  | 0.8255 |
March 31, 2020 |  | May 7, 2020 |  | May 19, 2020 |  | 0.8255 |
June 30, 2020 |  | August 7, 2020 |  | August 19, 2020 |  | 0.8255 |
September 30, 2020 |  | November 6, 2020 |  | November 19, 2020 |  | 0.8255 |
December 31, 2020 |  | February 8, 2021 |  | February 19, 2021 |  | 0.8255 |
Schedule of Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution [Table Text Block] | The following table illustrates the percentage allocations of available cash from operating surplus between Sunoco LP’s common unitholders and the holder of its IDRs based on the specified target distribution levels, after the payment of distributions to Class C unitholders. The amounts set forth under “marginal percentage interest in distributions” are the percentage interests of the IDR holder and the common unitholders in any available cash from operating surplus which Sunoco LP distributes up to and including the corresponding amount in the column “total quarterly distribution per unit target amount.” The percentage interests shown for common unitholders and IDR holder for the minimum quarterly distribution are also applicable to quarterly distribution amounts that are less than the minimum quarterly distribution.
|  |  |  | Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions
|  | Total Quarterly Distribution Target Amount |  | Common Unitholders |  | Holder of IDRs
Minimum Quarterly Distribution |  | $0.4375 |  | 100% |  | —%
First Target Distribution |  | $0.4375 to $0.503125 |  | 100% |  | —%
Second Target Distribution |  | $0.503125 to $0.546875 |  | 85% |  | 15%
Third Target Distribution |  | $0.546875 to $0.656250 |  | 75% |  | 25%
Thereafter |  | Above $0.656250 |  | 50% |  | 50%
USAC [Member] |
Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution [Table Text Block] | USAC Cash Distributions Subsequent to the Energy Transfer Merger and USAC Transactions described in Note 1 and Note 3, respectively, ETO owned approximately 39.7 million USAC common units and 6.4 million USAC Class B units. Subsequent to the conversion of the USAC Class B Units to USAC common units on July 30, 2019, ETO owns approximately 46.1 million USAC common units. As of December 31, 2020, USAC had approximately 97.0 million common units outstanding. USAC currently has a non-economic general partner interest and no outstanding IDRs. Distributions on USAC’s units declared and/or paid by USAC subsequent to the USAC transaction on April 2, 2018 were as follows:
Quarter Ended |  | Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Rate
March 31, 2018 |  | May 1, 2018 |  | May 11, 2018 |  | $ | 0.5250 |
June 30, 2018 |  | July 30, 2018 |  | August 10, 2018 |  | 0.5250 |
September 30, 2018 |  | October 29, 2018 |  | November 9, 2018 |  | 0.5250 |
December 31, 2018 |  | January 28, 2019 |  | February 8, 2019 |  | 0.5250 |
March 31, 2019 |  | April 29, 2019 |  | May 10, 2019 |  | 0.5250 |
June 30, 2019 |  | July 29, 2019 |  | August 9, 2019 |  | 0.5250 |
September 30, 2019 |  | October 28, 2019 |  | November 8, 2019 |  | 0.5250 |
December 31, 2019 |  | January 27, 2020 |  | February 7, 2020 |  | 0.5250 |
March 31, 2020 |  | April 27, 2020 |  | May 8, 2020 |  | 0.5250 |
June 30, 2020 |  | July 31, 2020 |  | August 10, 2020 |  | 0.5250 |
September 30, 2020 |  | October 26, 2020 |  | November 6, 2020 |  | 0.5250 |
December 31, 2020 |  | January 25, 2021 |  | February 5, 2021 |  | 0.5250 |
Preferred Units [Member] | Parent Company [Member] |
Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution [Table Text Block] | Our distributions declared and paid with respect to ET Series A Convertible Preferred Unit were as follows:
Quarter Ended |  | Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Rate
December 31, 2016 |  | February 7, 2017 |  | February 21, 2017 |  | $ | 0.1100 |
March 31, 2017 |  | May 10, 2017 |  | May 19, 2017 |  | 0.1100 |
June 30, 2017 |  | August 7, 2017 |  | August 21, 2017 |  | 0.1100 |
September 30, 2017 |  | November 7, 2017 |  | November 20, 2017 |  | 0.1100 |
December 31, 2017 |  | February 8, 2018 |  | February 20, 2018 |  | 0.1100 |
March 31, 2018 |  | May 7, 2018 |  | May 21, 2018 |  | 0.1100 |
Preferred Units [Member] | ETO [Member] |
Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution [Table Text Block] |
Period Ended |  | Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Series A (1) |  | Series B (1) |  | Series C |  | Series D |  | Series E |  | Series F (1) |  | Series G (1) |
June 30, 2018 |  | August 1, 2018 |  | August 15, 2018 |  | $ | 31.2500 |  |  | $ | 33.1250 |  |  | $ | 0.5634 |  | * | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |
September 30, 2018 |  | November 1, 2018 |  | November 15, 2018 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.5931 |  | * | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
December 31, 2018 |  | February 1, 2019 |  | February 15, 2019 |  | 31.2500 |  |  | 33.1250 |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
March 31, 2019 |  | May 1, 2019 |  | May 15, 2019 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
June 30, 2019 |  | August 1, 2019 |  | August 15, 2019 |  | 31.2500 |  |  | 33.1250 |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.5806 |  | * | — |  |  | — |  |
September 30, 2019 |  | November 1, 2019 |  | November 15, 2019 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.4750 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
December 31, 2019 |  | February 3, 2020 |  | February 18, 2020 |  | 31.2500 |  |  | 33.1250 |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.4750 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
March 31, 2020 |  | May 1, 2020 |  | May 15, 2020 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.4750 |  |  | 21.19 |  | * | 22.36 |  | *
June 30, 2020 |  | August 3, 2020 |  | August 17, 2020 |  | 31.2500 |  |  | 33.1250 |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.4750 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
September 30, 2020 |  | November 2, 2020 |  | November 15, 2020 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.4750 |  |  | 33.75 |  |  | 35.625 |  |
December 31, 2020 |  | February 1, 2021 |  | February 16, 2021 |  | 31.2500 |  |  | 33.1250 |  |  | 0.4609 |  |  | 0.4766 |  |  | 0.4750 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |
* Represent prorated initial distributions. (1) ETO Series A Preferred Unit, ETO Series B Preferred Unit, ETO Series F Preferred Unit and ETO Series G Preferred Unit distributions are paid on a semi-annual basis.

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