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Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule Of Fair Value Of Plan Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | $ 2,131 | $ 1,922
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 1,020 | 875
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 1,111 | 1,047
Common stock - U.S. companies [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 222 | 196
Common stock - U.S. companies [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 222 | 196
Common stock - International companies [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 2 | 8
Common stock - International companies [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 2 | 8
Equity mutual funds - Emerging markets [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 82 | 58
Equity mutual funds - Emerging markets [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 82 | 58
Equity mutual funds - International [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 117 | 105
Equity mutual funds - International [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 117 | 105
Equity mutual funds - Large cap U.S. [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 447 | 409
Equity mutual funds - Large cap U.S. [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 447 | 409
Common collective trust funds - International equity [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 306 | 278
Common collective trust funds - International equity [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 306 | 278
Common collective trust funds - Large cap U.S. equity [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 47 | 45
Common collective trust funds - Large cap U.S. equity [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 47 | 45
Common collective trust funds - Fixed income [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 190 | 193
Common collective trust funds - Fixed income [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 190 | 193
Common collective trust funds - Other [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 50 | 47
Common collective trust funds - Other [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 50 | 47
Debt instruments - Corporate bonds [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 492 | 457
Debt instruments - Corporate bonds [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 492 | 457
Debt instruments - U.S. Treasury instruments [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 150 | 99
Debt instruments - U.S. Treasury instruments [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 150 | 99
Debt instruments - U.S. government agency, state and local government bonds [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 22 | 24
Debt instruments - U.S. government agency, state and local government bonds [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 22 | 24
Other Debt Instruments [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 4 | 3
Other Debt Instruments [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | $ 4 | $ 3

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