Purchase Obligations (Details) (Fuel for production, USD $) In Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2010
PEC \| Pipeline transportation capacity costs
Purchase Obligations [Line Items]
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, date range	May 2011 through April 2031
Contractual obligations less than one year	$ 16
Contractual obligations one to three years	49
Contractual obligations three to five years	49
Contractual obligations more than five years	373
Long term contract amount, total	487
PEC \| Conditional agreement
Purchase Obligations [Line Items]
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, date range	May 2011 through May 2033
Long term contract amount, total	2,042
PEF \| Pipeline transportation capacity costs
Purchase Obligations [Line Items]
Unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation, date range	April 2011 through April 2036
Contractual obligations less than one year	36
Contractual obligations one to three years	95
Contractual obligations three to five years	95
Contractual obligations more than five years	945
Long term contract amount, total	$ 1,171

The total contract amount under a long-term contract.

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The minimum amount the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment within the next year.

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The minimum amount the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment more than five years.

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The minimum amount the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment from one to three years.

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The minimum amount the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment from three to five years.

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Date range of unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation contract(s).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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