Revenue

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue

REVENUE

FirstEnergy accounts for revenues from contracts with customers under ASC 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." Revenue from leases, financial instruments, other contractual rights or obligations and other revenues that are not from contracts with customers are outside the scope of the new standard and accounted for under other existing GAAP. FirstEnergy has elected to exclude sales taxes and other similar taxes collected on behalf of third parties from revenue as prescribed in the new standard. As a result, tax collections and remittances are excluded from recognition in the income statement and instead recorded through the balance sheet. Excise and gross receipts taxes that are assessed on FirstEnergy are not subject to the election and are included in revenue. FirstEnergy has elected the optional invoice practical expedient for most of its revenues and, with the exception of JCP&L transmission, utilizes the optional short-term contract exemption for transmission revenues due to the annual establishment of revenue requirements, which eliminates the need to provide certain revenue disclosures regarding unsatisfied performance obligations.

FirstEnergy’s revenues are primarily derived from electric service provided by the Utilities and Transmission Companies. The following tables represent a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers for the year ended December 31, 2019, by type of service from each reportable segment:

Revenues by Type of Service	Regulated Distribution		Regulated Transmission		Corporate/Other and Reconciling Adjustments (1)			Total
	(In millions)
Distribution services(2)	$	5,133	$	—	$	(83	)	$	5,050
Retail generation	3,727		—		(57		)	3,670
Wholesale sales(2)	411		—		12			423
Transmission(2)	—		1,510		—			1,510
Other	150		—		2			152
Total revenues from contracts with customers	$	9,421	$	1,510	$	(126	)	$	10,805
ARP	181		—		—			181
Other non-customer revenue	96		16		(63		)	49
Total revenues	$	9,698	$	1,526	$	(189	)	$	11,035

⁽¹⁾ Includes eliminations and reconciling adjustments of inter-segment revenues.

⁽²⁾ Includes reductions to revenue related to amounts subject to refund resulting from the Tax Act ($16 million at Regulated Distribution and $19 million at Regulated Transmission).

The following tables represent a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers for the year ended December 31, 2018, by type of service from each reportable segment:

Revenues by Type of Service	Regulated Distribution		Regulated Transmission		Corporate/Other and Reconciling Adjustments (1)			Total
	(In millions)
Distribution services(2)	$	5,159	$	—	$	(104	)	$	5,055
Retail generation	3,936		—		(54		)	3,882
Wholesale sales(2)	502		—		22			524
Transmission(2)	—		1,335		—			1,335
Other	144		—		4			148
Total revenues from contracts with customers	$	9,741	$	1,335	$	(132	)	$	10,944
ARP	254		—		—			254
Other non-customer revenue	108		18		(63		)	63
Total revenues	$	10,103	$	1,353	$	(195	)	$	11,261

⁽¹⁾ Includes eliminations and reconciling adjustments of inter-segment revenues.

⁽²⁾ Includes $147 million in net reductions to revenue related to amounts subject to refund resulting from the Tax Act ($131 million at Regulated Distribution and $16 million at Regulated Transmission).

Other non-customer revenue includes revenue from late payment charges of $37 million and $39 million, as well as revenue from derivatives of $8 million and $18 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

Regulated Distribution

The Regulated Distribution segment distributes electricity through FirstEnergy’s ten utility operating companies and also controls 3,790 MWs of regulated electric generation capacity located primarily in West Virginia, Virginia and New Jersey. Each of the Utilities earns revenue from state-regulated rate tariffs under which it provides distribution services to residential, commercial and industrial customers in its service territory. The Utilities are obligated under the regulated construct to deliver power to customers reliably, as it is needed, which creates an implied monthly contract with the end-use customer. See Note 14 "Regulatory Matters," for additional information on rate recovery mechanisms. Distribution and electric revenues are recognized over time as electricity is distributed and delivered to the customer and the customers consume the electricity immediately as delivery occurs.

Retail generation sales relate to POLR, SOS, SSO and default service requirements in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, as well as generation sales in West Virginia that are regulated by the WVPSC. Certain of the Utilities have default service

obligations to provide power to non-shopping customers who have elected to continue to receive service under regulated retail tariffs. The volume of these sales varies depending on the level of shopping that occurs. Supply plans vary by state and by service territory. Default service for the Ohio Companies, Pennsylvania Companies, JCP&L and PE's Maryland jurisdiction are provided through a competitive procurement process approved by each state's respective commission. Retail generation revenues are recognized over time as electricity is delivered and consumed immediately by the customer.

The following table represents a disaggregation of the Regulated Distribution segment revenue from contracts with distribution service and retail generation customers for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, by class:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
Revenues by Customer Class	2019		2018
	(In millions)
Residential	$	5,412	$	5,598
Commercial	2,252		2,350
Industrial	1,106		1,056
Other	90		91
Total	$	8,860	$	9,095

Wholesale sales primarily consist of generation and capacity sales into the PJM market from FirstEnergy's regulated electric generation capacity and NUGs. Certain of the Utilities may also purchase power in the PJM markets to supply power to their customers. Generally, these power sales from generation and purchases to serve load are netted hourly and reported gross as either revenues or purchased power on the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) based on whether the entity was a net seller or buyer each hour. Capacity revenues are recognized ratably over the PJM planning year at prices cleared in the annual PJM Reliability Pricing Model Based Residual Auction and incremental auctions. Capacity purchases and sales through PJM capacity auctions are reported within revenues on the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). Certain capacity income (bonuses) and charges (penalties) related to the availability of units that have cleared in the auctions are unknown and not recorded in revenue until, and unless, they occur.

The Utilities’ distribution customers are metered on a cycle basis. An estimate of unbilled revenues is calculated to recognize electric service provided from the last meter reading through the end of the month. This estimate includes many factors, among which are historical customer usage, load profiles, estimated weather impacts, customer shopping activity and prices in effect for each class of customer. In each accounting period, the Utilities accrue the estimated unbilled amount as revenue and reverse the related prior period estimate. Customer payments vary by state but are generally due within 30 days.

ASC 606 excludes industry-specific accounting guidance for recognizing revenue from ARPs as these programs represent contracts between the utility and its regulators, as opposed to customers. Therefore, revenue from these programs are not within the scope of ASC 606 and regulated utilities are permitted to continue to recognize such revenues in accordance with existing practice but are presented separately from revenue arising from contracts with customers. FirstEnergy currently has ARPs in Ohio, primarily under Rider DMR, and in New Jersey. Please see Note 14, "Regulatory Matters," for further discussion on Rider DMR.

Regulated Transmission

The Regulated Transmission segment provides transmission infrastructure owned and operated by the Transmission Companies and certain of FirstEnergy's utilities (JCP&L, MP, PE and WP) to transmit electricity from generation sources to distribution facilities. The segment's revenues are primarily derived from forward-looking formula rates at the Transmission Companies, as well as stated transmission rates at JCP&L, MP, PE and WP. Both the forward-looking formula and stated rates recover costs that the regulatory agencies determine are permitted to be recovered and provide a return on transmission capital investment. Under forward-looking formula rates, the revenue requirement is updated annually based on a projected rate base and projected costs, which is subject to an annual true-up based on actual costs. Revenue requirements under stated rates are calculated annually by multiplying the highest one-hour peak load in each respective transmission zone by the approved, stated rate in that zone. Revenues and cash receipts for the stand-ready obligation of providing transmission service are recognized ratably over time.

Effective January 1, 2018, JCP&L is subject to a FERC-approved settlement agreement that provides an annual revenue requirement of $155 million, which is recognized ratably as revenue over time. Please see Note 14, "Regulatory Matters," for further discussion on tariff amendments approved by FERC on December 19, 2019, to convert JCP&L's existing stated transmission rate to a forward-looking formula transmission rate.

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with regulated transmission customers by transmission owner for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 by transmission owner:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
Transmission Owner	2019		2018
	(In millions)
ATSI	$	754	$	664
TrAIL	242		237
MAIT	224		150
Other	290		284
Total Revenues	$	1,510	$	1,335