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Discontinued Operations - Derivative Gain (Loss) for Retail Electric and Natural Gas Supply Businesses (Detail) (Discontinued Operations [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Discontinued Operations [Member]
   
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Reclassification of mark-to-market to realized on settlement of contracts $ 10pom_RealizedGainLossOnDerivatives
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$ 27pom_RealizedGainLossOnDerivatives
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Unrealized mark-to-market loss   (3)us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives
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Total net gain $ 10us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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$ 24us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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