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Variable Interest Entities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract] |
Net exposure to loss based upon the casualty value provisions | The following table discloses FirstEnergy's net exposure to loss based upon the casualty value provisions as of September 30, 2017:
| Maximum Exposure |  | Discounted Lease Payments, net |  | Net Exposure
| (In millions)
FirstEnergy(1) | $ | 1,095 |  |  | $ | 873 |  |  | $ | 222 |
(1) All amounts are associated with FES.

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