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Financing Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
PSE&G [Member] |
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Credit Risk Profile Based On Payment Activity | The following table reflects the outstanding loans, including the noncurrent portion reported in Note 6. Long-Term Investments, by class of customer, none of which would be considered “non-performing.”
| Credit Risk Profile Based on Payment Activity |
|  |  | As of December 31, |
| Consumer Loans |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  |  | Millions |
| Commercial/Industrial |  | $ | 177 |  |  | $ | 188 |  |
| Residential |  | 12 |  |  | 13 |  |
|  |  | $ | 189 |  |  | $ | 201 |  |
Energy Holdings [Member] |
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Lease Receivables, Net Of Nonrecourse Debt, Associated With Leveraged Lease Portfolio Based On Counterparty Credit Rating | The corresponding receivables associated with the lease portfolio are reflected below, net of non-recourse debt. The ratings in the table represent the ratings of the entities providing payment assurance to Energy Holdings.
|  |  | Lease Receivables, Net of Non-Recourse Debt |
| Counterparties’ Credit Rating Standard and Poor's (S&P) as of December 31, 2015 |  | As of December 31, 2015 |
|  |  | Millions |
| AA |  | $ | 17 |  |
| BBB+ - BBB- |  | 316 |  |
| BB- |  | 134 |  |
| CCC+ |  | 164 |  |
|  |  | $ | 631 |  |
Schedule Of Assets Under Lease Receivables | A more detailed description of such assets under lease is presented in the following table.
| Asset |  | Location |  | Gross Investment |  | % Owned |  | Total MW |  | Fuel Type |  | Counterparties’ S&P Credit Ratings |  | Counterparty |
|  |  |  |  | Millions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Powerton Station Units 5 and 6 |  | IL |  | $ | 134 |  |  | 64 | % |  | 1,538 |  |  | Coal |  | BB- |  | NRG Energy, Inc. |
| Joliet Station Units 7 and 8 |  | IL |  | $ | 84 |  |  | 64 | % |  | 1,044 |  |  | Coal |  | BB- |  | NRG Energy, Inc. |
| Keystone Station Units 1 and 2 |  | PA |  | $ | 121 |  |  | 17 | % |  | 1,711 |  |  | Coal |  | CCC+ |  | NRG REMA, LLC |
| Conemaugh Station Units 1 and 2 |  | PA |  | $ | 121 |  |  | 17 | % |  | 1,711 |  |  | Coal |  | CCC+ |  | NRG REMA, LLC |
| Shawville Station Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 |  | PA |  | $ | 113 |  |  | 100 | % |  | 603 |  |  | Coal |  | CCC+ |  | NRG REMA, LLC |

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