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Line Of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Line Of Credit Facility, Extension Period

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Available Extensions

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Debt (Credit Facilities) (Details)	1 Months Ended
Debt (Credit Facilities) (Details)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) extension	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Balance availability under Credit Facilities		$ 1,694,100,000	$ 1,639,100,000
Borrowings outstanding from Credit Facilities		159,000,000.0	130,000,000.0
Letters of credit outstanding under our Credit Facilities		379,600,000	462,700,000
Long-term debt		8,445,200,000
Credit facilities: May 2021
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,000,000,000.0
Credit facilities: June 2019
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	1,250,000,000
Uncommitted revolver, amended borrowing capacity
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity			135,000,000.0
Credit facilities: Uncommitted facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 33,400,000	$ 0
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,250,000,000
Number of available extensions \| extension	2
Extension period	1 year
Accordion feature, increase limit (up to)	$ 1,000,000,000.0