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Variable Interest Entities (Details Textuals) |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |
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May 23, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) agreement entity | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Jun. 24, 2014
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity interest by unaffiliated third party in PNBV (percent) |  |  |  | 3.00% |  |  |
Long-term transition bond |  | $ 97,000,000 |  | $ 97,000,000 |  | $ 128,000,000 |
Long-term pollution control bond |  | 407,000,000 |  | 407,000,000 |  | 429,000,000 |
Guarantor obligations |  | 499,000,000 |  | $ 499,000,000 |  |  |
Number of contracts that may contain variable interest | entity |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
Purchased power |  | $ 979,000,000 | $ 1,209,000,000 | $ 2,992,000,000 | $ 3,311,000,000 |  |
Beaver Valley Unit 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of undivided interest of non guarantor subsidiary |  | 2.60% |  | 2.60% |  |  |
Bruce Mansfield Unit 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of undivided interest of non guarantor subsidiary |  | 93.83% |  | 93.83% |  |  |
Perry Power Plant Unit 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of undivided interest of non guarantor subsidiary | 3.75% |  |  |  |  |  |
Power Purchase Agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership interest |  | 0.00% |  | 0.00% |  |  |
Number of long-term power purchase agreements maintained by FirstEnergy with NUG entities | agreement |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |
Phase In Recovery Bonds |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt and other long-term obligations |  | $ 339,000,000 |  | $ 339,000,000 |  | $ 362,000,000 |
Ohio Funding Companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annual servicing fees |  |  |  | $ 445,000 |  |  |
Other FE subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership interest |  | 0.00% |  | 0.00% |  |  |
Other FE subsidiaries | Power Purchase Agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchased power |  | $ 22,000,000 | $ 29,000,000 | $ 78,000,000 | $ 86,000,000 |  |
NG | Beaver Valley Unit 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of high-voltage transmission line project owned by subsidiary of FE on the Allegheny Series |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%
NG | Perry Power Plant Unit 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of high-voltage transmission line project owned by subsidiary of FE on the Allegheny Series | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire additional interest | $ 50,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Path-WV |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of high-voltage transmission line project owned by subsidiary of FE on the Allegheny Series |  | 100.00% |  | 100.00% |  |  |
Percentage of high-voltage transmission line project owned by subsidiary of FE on the West Virginia Series |  | 50.00% |  | 50.00% |  |  |
Global Holding | Guarantee of senior secured loan facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Guarantor obligations |  | $ 300,000,000 |  | $ 300,000,000 |  |  |
Signal Peak | Global Holding | FEV |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership interest |  | 33.33% |  | 33.33% |  |  |

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- Definition All amounts that, per contract, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a servicer if the beneficial owners of the serviced assets (or their trustees or agents) were to exercise their actual or potential authority under the contract to shift the servicing to another servicer. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the asset being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68078379&loc=d3e122596-111746 + Details
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