Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Apr. 19, 2016
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	PEG
Entity Registrant Name	PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000788784
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		505,929,329
PSE And G [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000081033
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		132,450,344
Power [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	PSEG POWER LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001158659
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer