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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions | The Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations included the following transactions with related parties for the periods indicated (in millions):
Years Ended December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Revenue—Non-Regulated | $ | 1,506 |  |  | $ | 1,544 |  |  | $ | 1,533 |
Cost of Sales—Non-Regulated | 504 |  |  | 531 |  |  | 342 |
Interest income | 20 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 14 |
Interest expense | 131 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 54 |
Schedule of Related Party Receivables Payables | The following table summarizes the balances receivable from and payable to related parties included in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the periods indicated (in millions):
December 31, | 2020 |  | 2019
Receivables from related parties | $ | 252 |  |  | $ | 370 |
Accounts and notes payable to related parties (1) | 1,765 |  |  | 1,976 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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