Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Commodity Derivatives (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Valuation Techniques	Discounted Cash Flow
Electricity [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Valuation Techniques	Discounted Cash Flow
Transmission Congestion Contracts / Financial Transmission Rights [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Valuation Techniques	Discounted Cash Flow
Minimum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Inter-Zonal Forward Price Curves [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	(5.80%)
Minimum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	(236.20%)
Minimum [Member] | Inter-Zonal Forward Price Curves Adjusted for Historical Zonal Losses [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range	$ (0.99)
Minimum [Member] | Forward Energy Prices [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range	28.00
Minimum [Member] | Forward Capacity Prices [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range	10.00
Maximum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Inter-Zonal Forward Price Curves [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	50.60%
Maximum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	49.10%
Maximum [Member] | Inter-Zonal Forward Price Curves Adjusted for Historical Zonal Losses [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range	12.00
Maximum [Member] | Forward Energy Prices [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range	137.00
Maximum [Member] | Forward Capacity Prices [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives	24,000,000
Level 3 [Member] | Electricity [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives	9,000,000
Level 3 [Member] | Transmission Congestion Contracts / Financial Transmission Rights [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives	15,000,000
CECONY [Member] | Transmission Congestion Contracts [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Valuation Techniques	Discounted Cash Flow
CECONY [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Inter-Zonal Forward Price Curves [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	(5.80%)
CECONY [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	(236.20%)
CECONY [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Inter-Zonal Forward Price Curves [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	50.60%
CECONY [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Discount to Adjust Auction Prices for Historical Monthly Realized Settlements [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unobservable Inputs Range in percentage	49.10%
CECONY [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Transmission Congestion Contracts [Member]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value of commodity derivatives	$ 13,000,000