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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
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Schedule Of Effective Tax Rates |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
| PSEG | 40.5% |  | 40.2% |
| PSE&G | 39.4% |  | 40.1% |
| Power | 41.1% |  | 40.4% |

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