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Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund - Summary of aggregate fair values and realized gains and losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | $ 756 | $ 663
Unrealized Gains | 310 | 234
Unrealized Losses | 1 | 6
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | 20 | 19
Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0
Unrealized Losses | 0 | 0
U.S. government and federal agency obligations |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | 51 | 46
Unrealized Gains | 5 | 1
Unrealized Losses | $ 0 | $ 0
Weighted-average Maturities (In years) | 13 years | 12 years
Federal agency mortgage-backed securities |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | $ 97 | $ 100
Unrealized Gains | 3 | 1
Unrealized Losses | $ 0 | $ 2
Weighted-average Maturities (In years) | 24 years | 23 years
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | $ 27 | $ 22
Unrealized Gains | 1 | 0
Unrealized Losses | $ 1 | $ 1
Weighted-average Maturities (In years) | 24 years | 22 years
Corporate debt securities |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | $ 112 | $ 96
Unrealized Gains | 6 | 1
Unrealized Losses | $ 0 | $ 2
Weighted-average Maturities (In years) | 11 years | 11 years
Equity securities |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | $ 444 | $ 376
Unrealized Gains | 295 | 231
Unrealized Losses | 0 | 1
Foreign government fixed income securities |  |
Nuclear decommissioning trust fund |  |
Fair Value | 5 | 4
Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0
Unrealized Losses | $ 0 | $ 0
Weighted-average Maturities (In years) | 10 years | 9 years

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- Definition The fair value of investments held in a trust fund to pay for the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning facilities, whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure on the balance sheet. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849 + Details
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