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PENSION AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS - Assumptions Used to Determine Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Details) | 2 Months Ended | 10 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 26, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Pension |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Expected long-term return on plan assets |  |  | 7.50% | 7.50% | 7.50%
Rate of compensation increase |  |  | 4.10% | 4.10% | 4.20%
Pension | Service Cost |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average discount rate | 3.60% | 3.24% |  | 4.66% | 3.75%
Pension | Interest Cost |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average discount rate | 3.27% | 2.90% |  | 4.37% | 3.75%
OPEB |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Expected long-term return on plan assets |  |  | 7.50% | 7.50% | 7.50%
OPEB | Service Cost |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average discount rate | 3.63% | 3.29% |  | 4.67% | 3.50%
OPEB | Interest Cost |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Weighted-average discount rate | 2.71% | 2.30% |  | 3.89% | 3.50%

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- Definition Weighted average rate of return on plan assets, reflecting average rate of earnings expected on existing plan assets and expected contributions, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e2919-114920 + Details
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