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Schedule Of Consolidated Capital Stock | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock | Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock
|  |  | As of December 31, |
|  |  | Outstanding Shares |  | Book Value |
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  |  | Millions |
| PSEG Common Stock (no par value) (A) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Authorized 1,000 shares |  | 505 |  |  | 505 |  |  | $ | 4,198 |  |  | $ | 4,219 |  |
(A) | PSEG did not issue any new shares under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRASPP) or the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) in 2017 or 2016.
As of December 31, 2017, PSE&G had an aggregate of 7.5 million shares of $100 par value and 10 million shares of $25 par value Cumulative Preferred Stock, which were authorized and unissued and which, upon issuance, may or may not provide for mandatory sinking fund redemption.
PSE&G [Member] |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock | Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock
|  |  | As of December 31, |
|  |  | Outstanding Shares |  | Book Value |
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  |  | Millions |
| PSEG Common Stock (no par value) (A) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Authorized 1,000 shares |  | 505 |  |  | 505 |  |  | $ | 4,198 |  |  | $ | 4,219 |  |
(A) | PSEG did not issue any new shares under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRASPP) or the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) in 2017 or 2016.
As of December 31, 2017, PSE&G had an aggregate of 7.5 million shares of $100 par value and 10 million shares of $25 par value Cumulative Preferred Stock, which were authorized and unissued and which, upon issuance, may or may not provide for mandatory sinking fund redemption.
Power [Member] |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock | Schedule of Consolidated Capital Stock
|  |  | As of December 31, |
|  |  | Outstanding Shares |  | Book Value |
|  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  |  | Millions |
| PSEG Common Stock (no par value) (A) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Authorized 1,000 shares |  | 505 |  |  | 505 |  |  | $ | 4,198 |  |  | $ | 4,219 |  |
(A) | PSEG did not issue any new shares under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRASPP) or the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) in 2017 or 2016.
As of December 31, 2017, PSE&G had an aggregate of 7.5 million shares of $100 par value and 10 million shares of $25 par value Cumulative Preferred Stock, which were authorized and unissued and which, upon issuance, may or may not provide for mandatory sinking fund redemption.

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