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Fair Value Disclosures - Fair Value of Financial Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, carrying amount	$ 5,015us-gaap_LongTermNotesPayable	$ 4,807us-gaap_LongTermNotesPayable
Transition bonds, carrying amount	203	215
Potomac Electric Power Co [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, carrying amount	2,332	2,124
Delmarva Power & Light Co/De [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, carrying amount	1,071	1,071
Atlantic City Electric Co [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt, carrying amount	903	903
Transition bonds, carrying amount	$ 203	$ 215

Long-Term transition bonds are bonds under the Competition Act in which the proceeds of Transition Bonds are required to be used principally to reduce qualified stranded costs and the related capitalization of the utility. This represents the current and noncurrent portions. The initial maturity is beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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