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The cash inflow from the issuance of preferred limited partners units during the period.

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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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Certain Provisions of the Partnership Agreement - Summary of Distribution (Details) - Series B Preferred Units - Limited Partner - USD ($) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	May 13, 2022	Feb. 11, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Partnership agreement
Preferred units distributions (in shares)					0	0	0	0	0	151,626	151,248	150,871	150,494	150,119	149,745	149,371
Cash distribution (in millions)					$ 17.3	$ 17.3	$ 17.3	$ 17.5	$ 19.2	$ 17.1	$ 17.0	$ 17.0	$ 16.9	$ 16.9	$ 16.8	$ 16.8
Distribution, Tranche One
Partnership agreement
Dividends, preferred stock		$ 17.3	$ 1.0	$ 0.9
Distribution, Tranche Two
Partnership agreement
Dividends, preferred stock	$ 17.2		$ 0.3