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Financial Risk Management Activities (Schedule Providing Credit Risk From Others, Net Of Collateral) (Detail) - Power [Member] $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Counterparty
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Current Exposure | $ 488 |
Collateral held from counterparties | 176 |
Net Credit Exposure With Counterparties After Applying Collateral | 312 |
Number of Counterparties greater than 10% | 1 |
Net Exposure of Counterparties greater than 10% | $ 160 |
Number of active counterparties on credit risk derivatives | Counterparty | 133 |
Investment Grade - External Rating [Member] |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Credit exposure, percentage | 92.00% |
Current Exposure | $ 451 |
Collateral held from counterparties | 175 |
Net Credit Exposure With Counterparties After Applying Collateral | 276 |
Number of Counterparties greater than 10% | 1 |
Net Exposure of Counterparties greater than 10% | 160 | [1]
Non-Investment Grade - External Rating [Member] |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Current Exposure | 24 |
Collateral held from counterparties | 0 |
Net Credit Exposure With Counterparties After Applying Collateral | 24 |
Number of Counterparties greater than 10% | 0 |
Net Exposure of Counterparties greater than 10% | 0 |
Investment Grade - No External Rating [Member] |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Current Exposure | 12 |
Collateral held from counterparties | 1 |
Net Credit Exposure With Counterparties After Applying Collateral | 11 |
Number of Counterparties greater than 10% | 0 |
Net Exposure of Counterparties greater than 10% | 0 |
Non-Investment Grade - No External Rating [Member] |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Current Exposure | 1 |
Collateral held from counterparties | 0 |
Net Credit Exposure With Counterparties After Applying Collateral | 1 |
Number of Counterparties greater than 10% | 0 |
Net Exposure of Counterparties greater than 10% | 0 |
Cash [Member] |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Collateral held from counterparties | 14 |
Letter of Credit [Member] |  |
Derivative [Line Items] |  |
Collateral held from counterparties | $ 162 |
[1] | Represents net exposure with PSE&G.

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