PENSION PLAN AND OTHER BENEFIT PLANS - Weighted-average Assumptions For Net Periodic Cost (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	5.63%	5.07%
Discount rate	5.07%	5.42%
Expected return on assets	5.50%	5.50%
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	5.63%	5.07%
Discount rate	5.07%	5.42%
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan \| Minimum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Health care cost trend rate assumed, next fiscal year	7.50%	8.00%
Health care cost trend: Initial	7.75%	8.00%
Health care cost trend: Ultimate (Pre-65/Post 65)	4.75%	4.75%
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan \| Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Health care cost trend rate assumed, next fiscal year	6.50%	7.00%
Health care cost trend: Initial	6.75%	7.00%
Health care cost trend: Ultimate (Pre-65/Post 65)	4.75%	4.75%
Executive Supplemental Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	5.63%	5.07%
Discount rate	5.07%	5.42%

Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed For Net Periodic Benefit (Cost), Next Fiscal Year

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- Definition

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 for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate of return on plan assets, reflecting average rate of earnings expected on existing plan assets and expected contributions, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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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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