Number of long term power purchase agreements maintained by parent company with Non utility generation entities.

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Number of variable interest contracts.

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Variable interest entities percentage of high voltage transmission line project owned By variable interest entity one in joint venture party one.

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Variable Interest Entities Percentage of high voltage transmission line project owned By variable interest entity one in joint venture party two.

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Variable Interest Entities.

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All amounts that, per contract, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a servicer if the beneficial owners of the serviced assets (or their trustees or agents) were to exercise their actual or potential authority under the contract to shift the servicing to another servicer. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the asset being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset.

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Cost of electricity purchased as well as fuel used to generate electricity used in operations and sold during the reporting period.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Represents the current and noncurrent portions of a debt security issued by a state, certain agencies or authorities, a local government, or development corporation to finance the construction of air- or water-pollution control facilities or sewage or solid waste disposal facilities pursuant to federal law. The bonds are backed by the credit of the beneficiary of the financing rather than the credit of the issuer.

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Variable Interest Entities (Details Textuals)	12 Months Ended
Variable Interest Entities (Details Textuals)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) agreement entity	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Transition bond outstanding	$ 56,000,000	$ 85,000,000
Environmental control bonds outstanding	383,000,000	406,000,000
Potential collateral obligations	$ 407,000,000
Number of contracts that may contain variable interest \| entity	1
Purchased power	$ 3,194,000,000	3,843,000,000	$ 4,423,000,000
Power Purchase Agreements
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Number of long-term power purchase agreements maintained by FirstEnergy with NUG entities \| agreement	12
Path-WV
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Percentage of high-voltage transmission line project owned by subsidiary of AE on the Allegheny Series	100.00%
Percentage of high-voltage transmission line project owned by subsidiary of AE on the West Virginia Series	50.00%
Equity method investments	$ 17,000,000
Other FE subsidiaries
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Ownership interest (percent)	0.00%
Other FE subsidiaries \| Power Purchase Agreements
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Purchased power	$ 112,000,000	108,000,000
Ohio Funding Companies
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Aggregate annual servicing fees receivable for phase-in recovery bonds	$ 445,000
Global Holding \| FEV \| Signal Peak
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Ownership interest (percent)	33.33%
Phase In Recovery Bonds
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Long-term debt and other long-term obligations	$ 315,000,000	$ 339,000,000
Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others \| Global Holding
Variable Interest Entities (Textuals) [Abstract]
Potential collateral obligations	$ 275,000,000