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Period which an employee's right to exercise liability-based performance units are 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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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Long-term Incentive Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Stock Based Compensation 2013 Plan
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Service period	3 years
Unexercised stock options
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Expiration period	10 years
Restricted stock
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Equity-classified awards, unrecognized compensation cost	$ 1
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	8 months 12 days
Performance units
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years	3 years	3 years				3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
Equity-classified awards, unrecognized compensation cost	$ 8
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	2 years 6 months
Equity-Classified Restricted Stock Units
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Equity-classified awards, unrecognized compensation cost	$ 11
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	1 year 10 months 24 days
Liability-Classified Restricted Stock Units
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years	4 years		3 years
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	10 months 24 days
Liability classified awards, unrecognized compensation costs	$ 5
Liability-Classified Performance Units
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years						3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	2 years 4 months 24 days
Liability classified awards, unrecognized compensation costs	$ 9
Liability-classified performance units, vesting period	3 years			3 years			3 years	3 years
Performance cash awards
Schedule of Share-based Compensation [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years						4 years	4 years	4 years
Employee service share-based compensation, nonvested awards, compensation cost not yet recognized, period for recognition	2 years 7 months 6 days
Liability classified awards, unrecognized compensation costs	$ 52