Net interest income (expense) related to affiliate investments or borrowings

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Investments in Money Pool

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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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Reflects the sum of all other revenue and income realized from sales and other transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party during the period.

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Amount of selling, general and administrative expenses resulting from transactions, excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements, with related party.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Related Party Transactions and Major Customers (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investments in Money Pool	$ 203		$ 96
Interest Income (Expense) Net, Related Party	1	$ (1)
Sales to major customers	638	656
Affiliates of NRG Energy, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales to major customers	152	145
Affiliates of Energy Future Holdings Corp. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales to major customers	47	45
Operation And Maintenance Expense [Member] \| CenterPoint Energy [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Corporate service charges	42	45
Operation And Maintenance Expense [Member] \| CERC Corp [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Corporate service charges	2	1
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party	$ (3)	$ (4)
Investments [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Money Pool Investments, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.25%