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Earnings Per Share (EPS) and Dividends (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share Computation | The following table shows the effect of these stock options, performance units and restricted stock units on the weighted average number of shares outstanding used in calculating diluted EPS:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
|  | Basic |  | Diluted |  | Basic |  | Diluted |
| EPS Numerator (Millions): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net Income | $ | 700 |  |  | $ | 700 |  |  | $ | 558 |  |  | $ | 558 |  |
| EPS Denominator (Millions): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding | 504 |  |  | 504 |  |  | 504 |  |  | 504 |  |
| Effect of Stock Based Compensation Awards | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |
| Total Shares | 504 |  |  | 507 |  |  | 504 |  |  | 507 |  |
| EPS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net Income | $ | 1.39 |  |  | $ | 1.38 |  |  | $ | 1.11 |  |  | $ | 1.10 |  |
Dividend Payments On Common Stock | Dividends
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |
| Dividend Payments on Common Stock | 2019 |  | 2018 |
| Per Share | $ | 0.47 |  |  | $ | 0.45 |  |
| In Millions | $ | 238 |  |  | $ | 227 |  |
On April 16, 2019, the PSEG Board approved a $0.47 per share common stock dividend for the second quarter of 2019.

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