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Line Of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Line of Credit Facility, Percentage Of Commitment

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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DEBT - Revolving Credit Facility Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 11,853	$ 11,853		$ 11,853	$ 11,853	$ 11,061
Principal amount of debt	16,221	16,221		16,221	16,221	15,248
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity increase under line of credit	7,265	7,265		$ 7,265	$ 7,265	7,265
Percentage of total commitment under line of credit			0.85	0.85
Percentage of unused portion of line of credit commitment					0.375%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of line of credit commitment					2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of line of credit commitment					2.125%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	$ 4,843	$ 4,843		$ 4,843	$ 4,843
Minimum required ratio of total assets to total indebtedness	1.5	1.5		1.5	1.5
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 1,787	$ 1,787		$ 1,787	$ 1,787	1,507
Remaining amount available for borrowing under line of credit	2,961	2,961		2,961	2,961
Principal amount of debt	$ 4,843	$ 4,843		$ 4,843	4,843	4,232
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), Credit Spread Adjustment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread				0.10%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread				1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread		1.875%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Alternate Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread			0.75%	0.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Alternate Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread			0.875%	0.875%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Swap Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread			1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Swap Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread			1.875%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread	1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term loan tranche
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	$ 1,087	$ 1,087		$ 1,087	1,087
Principal amount of debt							$ 395
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term loan tranche \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	1,009	1,009		1,009	1,009
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term loan tranche \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	28	28		28	28
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term loan tranche \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	50	50		50	50
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving tranche
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	3,756	3,756		3,756	3,756
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving tranche \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	3,499	3,499		3,499	3,499
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving tranche \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	107	107		107	107
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving tranche \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	150	150		150	150
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of line of credit	250	250		250	250
Borrowing capacity increase under line of credit	50	50		50	50
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 95	$ 95		$ 95	$ 95	$ 68