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INTEREST EXPENSE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Analysis of income and expense [abstract] |
Disclosure of interest expense |
US$ MILLIONS |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Interest on corporate facility |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Interest on corporate debt |  | 76 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 56 |
Interest on non-recourse borrowings |  | 944 |  |  | 738 |  |  | 483 |
Other financing fees(1) |  | 140 |  |  | 83 |  |  | 12 |
|  | $ | 1,179 |  |  | $ | 904 |  |  | $ | 555 |

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