Long-Term Debt	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt	7. Long-Term Debt Fair Value of Long-Term Debt At March 31, 2020, TEC’s long-term debt had a carrying amount of $2,870 million and an estimated fair market value of $3,246 million. At December 31, 2019, TEC’s total long-term debt had a carrying amount of $2,869 million and an estimated fair market value of $3,335 million. The fair value of the debt securities is determined using Level 2 measurements (see Note 11 for information regarding the fair value hierarchy).

The entire disclosure for long-term debt.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2208564

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