Share-based Compensation Plans: Performance Plan Share Units (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance Share Award Payout, Shares of Common Stock Percentage	100.00%
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance Share Award Payout, Shares of Common Stock Percentage	50.00%
Performance Share Award, Percentage of Target	27.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period	3 years
Award vesting period	3 years
Performance Shares \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance Share Award, Percentage of Target	0.00%	0.00%
Performance Shares \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance Share Award, Percentage of Target	200.00%	200.00%

Payout percentage for share based compensation to be issued in shares of common stock.

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The percentage target for payout of equity compensation awards

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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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