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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation

The changes in the carrying amounts of Talen Energy's AROs were as follows.

Balance at December 31, 2015	$	501
Accretion expense	9
Changes in estimate of cash flow or settlement date	1
Obligations settled	(1		)
Balance at March 31, 2016	$	510

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13201-110859

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