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Lines of Credit and Financing Arrangements (Asset Securitization Program) (Details) - USD ($) | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Jul. 05, 2016
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |
Maximum securitization as percentage of net pool balance | 100.00% |  |
Program fee percentage | 0.65% |  |
Average floating commercial paper rate (as a percent) | 1.99% | 1.66% |
Unused fee (as a percent) | 102.00% |  |
Fixed rate of agreement (as a percent) | 0.33% |  |
Unused fee charged on incremental available amounts (as a percent) | 0.05% |  |
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |
Minimum principal amount accelerated | $ 75,000,000.0 |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |
Securitization amount |  |  | $ 200,000,000.0
Unused fee charged on incremental amount limit | $ 200,000,000 |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |
Securitization amount |  |  | $ 325,000,000.0

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