Employee Postretirement Benefits - Summary of Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Participants Age 40 to 49, Non-Union
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Long-Term Rate of Compensation Increase	3.50%
Participants Age 50 and Older, Non-Union
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Long-Term Rate of Compensation Increase	3.00%
Pension Benefits (Pension Plan)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate	5.57%	5.51%
Pension Benefits (Pension Plan) \| Participants to Age 39
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Long-Term Rate of Compensation Increase	4.50%	4.50%
Pension Benefits (Pension Plan) \| Participants Ages 40 to 49
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Long-Term Rate of Compensation Increase	4.50%	3.50%
Pension Benefits (Pension Plan) \| Participants Age 50 and Older
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Long-Term Rate of Compensation Increase	3.75%	2.75%
Pension Benefits (ESSRP)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate	5.53%	5.51%
Long-Term Rate of Compensation Increase	3.00%	3.00%
Postretirement Benefits
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate	5.53%	5.52%
Healthcare Cost Immediate Trend Rate	6.97%	7.50%
Healthcare Cost Ultimate Trend Rate	4.00%	4.00%
Year the Rate Reaches the Ultimate Trend Rate	2048	2048

Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate increase of compensation, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. Plan includes, but is not limited to, pay-related defined benefit plan.

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Assumed rate, for next fiscal year, based on annual change in cost of health care cost benefits used to measure expected cost of benefits covered by defined benefit postretirement plan. Factors include, but are not limited to, estimate of health care inflation, change in health care utilization or delivery pattern, technological advances, and change in health status of participant. Excludes factors for change in composition of plan population by age and dependency status.

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Ultimate trend rate for health care cost for defined benefit postretirement plan.

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