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Earnings Per Share (EPS) And Dividends (Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share Computation) (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Earnings Per Share, Diluted [Line Items]                      
Net Income                 $ 1,518us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 1,243us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 1,275us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Effect of Stock Based Compensation Awards, Basic                 0pseg_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangementsBasic 0pseg_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangementsBasic 0pseg_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangementsBasic
Total Shares, Basic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 507us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Effect of Stock Based Compensation Awards, Diluted                 2us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 2us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 1us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements
Total Shares, Diluted 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 507us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 507us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 508us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 507us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding Before Various Effects Basic                 506pseg_WeightedAverageCommonSharesOutstandingBeforeVariousEffectsBasic 506pseg_WeightedAverageCommonSharesOutstandingBeforeVariousEffectsBasic 506pseg_WeightedAverageCommonSharesOutstandingBeforeVariousEffectsBasic
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding Before Various Effects Diluted                 506pseg_WeightedAverageCommonSharesOutstandingBeforeVariousEffectsDiluted 506pseg_WeightedAverageCommonSharesOutstandingBeforeVariousEffectsDiluted 506pseg_WeightedAverageCommonSharesOutstandingBeforeVariousEffectsDiluted
Earnings Per Share, Basic $ 0.94us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.88us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.42us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.76us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.77us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.66us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.63us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 3.00us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 2.46us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 2.52us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings Per Share, Diluted $ 0.94us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.87us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.42us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.76us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.39us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.77us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.66us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.63us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 2.99us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 2.45us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 2.51us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Stock Options Excluded from Weighted Average Common Shares used for diluted EPS                 0.4us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 1.6us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 1.8us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount