Available-For-Sale Securities (Value Of Securities That Have Been In An Unrealized Loss Position For Less Than And Greater Than 12 Months) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund [Member] | Power [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value		$ 469	$ 356
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		(17)	(9)
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value		47	59
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		(2)	(3)
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund [Member] | Power [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[1]	114	162
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[1]	(10)	(8)
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[1]	3	1
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[1]	0	0
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund [Member] | Power [Member] | Government Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[2]	156	95
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[2]	(3)	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[2]	22	28
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[2]	0	(1)
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund [Member] | Power [Member] | Other Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[3]	199	99
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[3]	(4)	(1)
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[3]	22	30
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[3]	(2)	(2)
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund [Member] | Power [Member] | Total Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value		355	194
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		(7)	(1)
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value		44	58
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		(2)	(3)
Rabbi Trust [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value		58	26
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		(1)	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value		8	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		0	0
Rabbi Trust [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[4]	0	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[4]	0	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[4]	0	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[4]	0	0
Rabbi Trust [Member] | Government Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[5]	19	2
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[5]	0	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[5]	1	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[5]	0	0
Rabbi Trust [Member] | Other Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[6]	39	24
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[6]	(1)	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value	[6]	7	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses	[6]	0	0
Rabbi Trust [Member] | Total Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Fair Value		58	26
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		(1)	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Fair Value		8	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Greater Than 12 Months, Gross Unrealized Losses		$ 0	$ 0

[1] Equity Securities—Investments in marketable equity securities within the NDT Fund are primarily in common stocks within a broad range of industries and sectors. The unrealized losses are distributed over a broad range of securities with limited impairment durations. Power does not consider these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2015.

[2] Debt Securities (Government)—Unrealized losses on Power’s NDT investments in United States Treasury obligations and Federal Agency mortgage-backed securities were caused by interest rate changes. Since these investments are guaranteed by the United States government or an agency of the United States government, it is not expected that these securities will settle for less than their amortized cost basis, since Power does not intend to sell nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell. Power does not consider these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2015.

[3] Debt Securities (Other)—Power’s investments in corporate bonds, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed securities and municipal government obligations are limited to investment grade securities. It is not expected that these securities would settle for less than their amortized cost. Since Power does not intend to sell these securities nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell, Power does not consider these debt securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2015.

[4] Equity Securities—Investments in marketable equity securities within the Rabbi Trust Fund are through a mutual fund which invests primarily in common stocks within a broad range of industries and sectors.

[5] Debt Securities (Government)—Unrealized losses on PSEG’s Rabbi Trust investments in United States Treasury obligations and Federal Agency mortgage-backed securities were caused by interest rate changes. Since these investments are guaranteed by the United States government or an agency of the United States government, it is not expected that these securities will settle for less than their amortized cost basis, since PSEG does not intend to sell nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell. PSEG does not consider these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2015.

[6] Debt Securities (Other)—PSEG’s investments in corporate bonds, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed securities and municipal government obligations are limited to investment grade securities. It is not expected that these securities would settle for less than their amortized cost. Since PSEG does not intend to sell these securities nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell, PSEG does not consider these debt securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2015.