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Floor rate on a price risk derivative such as a floor or a collar. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate falls below the floor rate on the contract.

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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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 25
-Paragraph 6A
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480682/815-20-25-6A

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 40
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
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-Publisher FASB
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Nominal energy measure used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

No definition available.

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 181
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480401/815-10-55-181

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Average fixed price related to the group of price risk swap derivatives.

No definition available.

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The underlying refers to the price on the security, commodity, index, or other variable specified by the contract.

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