Employee Benefit Plans - Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets (Details)	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Pension Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	100.00%	100.00%
Other Benefits Plan
Other Benefits Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	100.00%	100.00%
Other Benefits Plan
Equity Securities [Member] \| Pension Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	31.80%	58.10%
Other Benefits Plan	30.00%
Equity Securities [Member] \| Other Benefits Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	65.20%	60.90%
Other Benefits Plan	43.00%
Debt Securities [Member] \| Pension Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	67.90%	39.60%
Other Benefits Plan	68.00%
Debt Securities [Member] \| Other Benefits Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	33.00%	36.10%
Other Benefits Plan	50.00%
Cash [Member] \| Pension Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	0.30%	0.70%
Other Benefits Plan	2.00%
Cash [Member] \| Other Benefits Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	1.80%	3.00%
Other Benefits Plan	2.00%
Real Estate/Commodities [Member] \| Pension Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	0.00%	1.60%
Other Benefits Plan	0.00%
Real Estate/Commodities [Member] \| Other Benefits Plan [Member]
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Line Items]
Pension Plan	0.00%	0.00%
Other Benefits Plan	5.00%

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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Percentage of target investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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Percentage of actual investment allocation to total plan assets. Includes, but is not limited to, percentage on weighted-average basis if more than one plan.

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