SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Stock Options
Information related to share based awards
Maximum term of awards	10 years
Percentage of retirees' options that becomes exercisable each year	25.00%
Period of historical volatility used to estimate expected volatility	10 years
Performance Stock Rights
Information related to share based awards
Vesting period	3 years
Percentage value of award that can be deferred into deferred compensation plan	80.00%
Period prior to the end of the performance period during which employees cannot change their election to defer the value of awards into the deferred compensation plan	6 months
Remaining performance period for which fair value on the modification date is used to measure the awards	6 months
Incremental compensation expense due to an award modification	0
Performance Stock Rights \| Minimum
Information related to share based awards
Amount of performance payout (as a percent)	0.00%
Period of historical volatility used to estimate expected volatility	1 year
Performance Stock Rights \| Maximum
Information related to share based awards
Amount of performance payout (as a percent)	200.00%
Period of historical volatility used to estimate expected volatility	3 years
Restricted Share Units
Information related to share based awards
Vesting period	4 years
Vesting rights percentage	25.00%
Percentage value of award that can be deferred into deferred compensation plan	80.00%

Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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An excess of the fair value of the modified award over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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The period of time from the grant date until the time at which the share-based award expires.

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Payout percentage applied to the number of outstanding performance stock rights to determine the number of shares to be paid out under an equity-based compensation plan.

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Represents the maximum percentage value of an award that can be deferred into a deferred compensation plan under the equity-based compensation plan.

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Represents period prior to the end of the performance period during which employees cannot change their election to defer the value of award into deferred compensation plan.

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Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, shown as a percentage.

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