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Variable Interest Entities (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) agreement entity | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term transition bond | $ 29,000,000 |  | $ 29,000,000 |  | $ 41,000,000
Long-term pollution control bond | 333,000,000 |  | 333,000,000 |  | 358,000,000
Guarantor obligations | 351,000,000 |  | $ 351,000,000 |  |
Number of contracts that may contain variable interest | entity |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |
Purchased power | $ 798,000,000 | $ 876,000,000 | $ 2,190,000,000 | $ 2,393,000,000 |
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 |  |  | 11 |  |
Phase In Recovery Bonds |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt and other long-term obligations | $ 268,000,000 |  | $ 268,000,000 |  | 292,000,000
Ohio Funding Companies |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Annual servicing fees |  |  |  |  | $ 445,000
Other FE subsidiaries | Power Purchase Agreements |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Purchased power | $ 30,000,000 | 27,000,000 | $ 91,000,000 | 85,000,000 |
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% |  |
Equity method investments | $ 18,000,000 |  | $ 18,000,000 |  |
Global Holding |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Ownership interest | 33.33% |  | 33.33% |  |
Equity method investments | $ 19,000,000 |  | $ 19,000,000 |  |
Global Holding | Line of Credit | Term Loan Facility Due March 2020 |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Face amount of debt | 300,000,000 |  | 300,000,000 |  |
Global Holding | Guarantee of senior secured loan facility |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Guarantor obligations | 145,000,000 |  | 145,000,000 |  |
FES and FENOC | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of investments | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |

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