(Deficit) Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

The changes in the number of units outstanding from December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2019 are as follows:


(in units)	Public Common	SPLC Common	General Partner	Total
Balance as of December 31, 2017	98,832,233	88,950,136	3,832,293	191,614,662
Units issued in connection with equity offerings	25,000,000	11,029,412	735,295	36,764,707
Balance as of December 31, 2018	123,832,233	99,979,548	4,567,588	228,379,369
June 2019 Acquisition	—	9,477,756	193,424	9,671,180
Balance as of December 31, 2019	123,832,233	109,457,304	4,761,012	238,050,549

The following table details the distributions declared and/or paid for the periods presented:


Date Paid or to be Paid	Three Months Ended	Public Common		SPLC Common		SPLC Subordinated		General Partner								Distributions per Limited Partner Unit
																	IDRs	2%	Total

		(in millions, except per unit amounts)
February 14, 2017	December 31, 2016	$	25	$	6	$	18	$	9	$	1	$	59	$	0.27700
May 12, 2017	March 31, 2017	26		26		—		11		1		64		0.29100
August 14, 2017	June 30, 2017	27		27		—		13		1		68		0.30410
November 14, 2017	September 30, 2017	31		28		—		16		2		77		0.31800
February 14, 2018	December 31, 2017	33		30		—		18		2		83		0.33300
May 15, 2018	March 31, 2018	43		35		—		26		2		106		0.34800
August 14, 2018	June 30, 2018	46		36		—		29		2		113		0.36500
November 14, 2018	September 30, 2018	47		38		—		33		3		121		0.38200
February 14, 2019	December 31, 2018	49		40		—		37		3		129		0.40000
May 15, 2019	March 30, 2019 ⁽¹⁾	51		42		—		23		3		119		0.41500
August 14, 2019	June 30, 2019 ⁽¹⁾	53		47		—		28		3		131		0.43000
November 14, 2019	September 30, 2019 ⁽¹⁾	56		48		—		33		3		140		0.44500
February 14, 2020	December 31, 2019 ⁽²⁾	57		50		—		52		3		162		0.46000

⁽¹⁾ Includes the impact of waived distributions to the holders of IDRs. See Note 4 — Related Party Transactions for additional information.

⁽²⁾ See Note 16 — Subsequent Events for additional information..