Debt and Credit Facilities Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Debt and Credit Facilities [Abstract]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

Each of the credit facilities is restricted as to availability and use to the specific companies as listed in the following table; however, if necessary, the PSEG facilities can also be used to support its subsidiaries’ liquidity needs. The total credit facilities and available liquidity as of September 30, 2017 were as follows:

	As of September 30, 2017
Company/Facility	Total Facility		Usage		Available Liquidity		Expiration Date	Primary Purpose
	Millions
PSEG
5-year Credit Facilities (A)	$	1,500	$	215	$	1,285	Mar 2022	Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit
Total PSEG	$	1,500	$	215	$	1,285
PSE&G
5-year Credit Facility (A)	$	600	$	15	$	585	Mar 2022	Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit
Total PSE&G	$	600	$	15	$	585
Power
3-year LC Facilities	$	200	$	112	$	88	Mar 2020	Letters of Credit
5-year Credit Facilities	1,900		70		1,830		Mar 2022	Funding/Letters of Credit
Total Power	$	2,100	$	182	$	1,918
Total	$	4,200	$	412	$	3,788

(A) The primary use of PSEG’s and PSE&G’s credit facilities is to support their respective Commercial Paper Programs, under which as of September 30, 2017, PSEG had $202 million outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 1.37%. PSE&G had no amounts outstanding under its Commercial Paper Program as of September 30, 2017.