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Area assigned to productive oil and gas wells with working interest ownership.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Regulation S-K (SK)
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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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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - EGTS (Details) - EGTS $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2026 USD ($) a	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) a	Mar. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Utility plant in-service			$ 7,587		$ 7,505
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(2,862)		(2,824)
Plant, net			4,725		4,681
Construction work-in-progress			236		228
Property, plant and equipment, net			4,961		4,909
Oil and gas, developed acreage \| a	7,600	23,000
Development rights, payment amount		$ 49
Development rights, payment period		3 years
Proceeds from assignment of shale development rights	$ 16		16	$ 0
Shale development rights gain	16
Shale development rights, gain after-tax	$ 12
Interstate natural gas transmission assets
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Utility plant in-service			$ 5,271		5,213
Interstate natural gas transmission assets \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life			47 years
Interstate natural gas transmission assets \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life			51 years
Storage assets
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Utility plant in-service			$ 1,896		1,884
Storage assets \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life			47 years
Storage assets \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life			51 years
Intangible plant and other assets
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Utility plant in-service			$ 420		$ 408
Intangible plant and other assets \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life			12 years
Intangible plant and other assets \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life			53 years