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Intangible Assets (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Future Amortization
As of December 31, 2016, intangible assets classified in Customer Intangibles and Other Deferred Charges on FirstEnergy’s Consolidated Balance Sheet, include the following:
 
 
Intangible Assets
 
Amortization Expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
Estimated
(In millions)
 
Gross
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021
 
Thereafter
NUG contracts(1)
 
$
124

 
$
31

 
$
93

 
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
68

OVEC(2)
 
54

 
48

 
6

 
2

 
1

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
4

Coal contracts(2)(3)(4)
 
556

 
544

 
12

 
55

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

FES customer contracts(5)
 
148

 
139

 
9

 
52

 
5

 
3

 
1

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
 
$
882

 
$
762

 
$
120

 
$
114

 
$
11

 
$
9

 
$
6

 
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
72


(1) 
NUG contracts are subject to regulatory accounting and their amortization does not impact earnings.
(2) 
Amortization expense excludes impairment charges related to intangible assets recognized in 2016, which totaled $92 million and are included in Impairment of Assets. See "Note 2, Asset Impairments" for further discussion.
(3) 
The coal contracts were recorded with a regulatory offset and the amortization does not impact earnings. Accordingly, the amortization expense for these coal contracts is excluded from table above.
(4) 
A gross amount of $40 million of coal contracts is related to FES. In June 2016, FES terminated a coal contract and the write-off is included in amortization expense in the table above.
(5) During 2016, FES recorded a pre-tax charge of $37 million associated with the termination of a customer contract, which is included in amortization expense in the table above.