Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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Schedule Of Effective Tax Rates

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
PSEG	41.0	%	41.0	%	40.5	%	36.3	%
Power	41.0	%	42.4	%	40.6	%	41.0	%
PSE&G	40.6	%	39.9	%	40.0	%	35.4	%