Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Commodity Derivatives (Details) - Level 3 $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / MWh $ / kW-month
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives | $	$ 1
Electricity
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives | $	$ (1)
Electricity | Forward Energy Prices | Minimum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (dollar per MWh/Dt) | $ / MWh	37.75
Electricity | Forward Energy Prices | Maximum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (dollar per MWh/Dt) | $ / MWh	55.00
Electricity | Forward Capacity Prices | Minimum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (dollar per MWh/Dt) | $ / kW-month	2.42
Electricity | Forward Capacity Prices | Maximum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (dollar per MWh/Dt) | $ / kW-month	10.25
Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives | $	$ 2
Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights | Discount for Inter Zonal Forward Price Curves
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (percent)	50.00%
Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights | Discount for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements | Minimum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (percent)	(75.20%)
Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights | Discount for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements | Maximum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (percent)	58.90%
Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights | Inter Zonal Forward Price Curves Adjusted for Historical Zonal Losses | Minimum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (dollar per kW-month) | $ / MWh	1.11
Transmission Congestion Contracts/Financial Transmission Rights | Inter Zonal Forward Price Curves Adjusted for Historical Zonal Losses | Maximum
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (dollar per kW-month) | $ / MWh	2.90
Transmission Congestion Contracts | CECONY
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives | $	$ 1
Transmission Congestion Contracts | Discount for Inter Zonal Forward Price Curves | CECONY
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (percent)	50.00%
Transmission Congestion Contracts | Discount for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements | Minimum | CECONY
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (percent)	(75.20%)
Transmission Congestion Contracts | Discount for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements | Maximum | CECONY
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range (percent)	58.90%