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Financing Activities (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities
The following secured revolving credit facilities were in place at:
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Expiration
Date
 
Capacity
 
Borrowed
 
Letters of
Credit
Issued
 
Unused
Capacity
 
Borrowed
 
Letters of Credit Issued
Talen Energy Supply RCF (a)
June 2020
 
$
1,850

 
$

 
$
157

 
$
1,693

 
$
500

 
$
163

New MACH Gen RCF (b)
July 2021
 
160

 
127

 
31

 
2

 
108

 
31

Total Credit Facilities
 
 
$
2,010


$
127


$
188


$
1,695


$
608


$
194


(a)
The facility is syndicated and provides Talen Energy Supply the ability to make revolving cash borrowings and to request the lenders to issue up to $925 million of letters of credit, which in combination cannot exceed the capacity of the facility at any given time. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 2.67% at December 31, 2015. The amounts borrowed are recorded as "Short-term debt" on the Balance Sheet.
(b)
The facility provides New MACH Gen the ability to make revolving cash borrowings and to request the lenders to issue up to $120 million of letters of credit, which in combination cannot exceed the capacity of the facility at any given time. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 5.14% and 5.04% at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The amounts borrowed are recorded on the Balance Sheets as "Long-term debt" at March 31, 2016 and as "Short-term debt" at December 31, 2015. The classification as current at December 31, 2015 was based on Talen Energy's intent and ability to repay outstanding borrowings within the next year.