Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Power [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value	$ 4		$ 7
Liabilities, Fair Value	(2)		(1)
PSE And G [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value	1		0
Liabilities, Fair Value	0		(5)
PSEG [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value	5		7
Liabilities, Fair Value	(2)		(6)
Various [Member] | Power [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value	0		0	[1]
Liabilities, Fair Value	0		0	[1]
Electric Load Contracts [Member] | Power [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value	4		7
Liabilities, Fair Value	$ (2)		(1)
Valuation Technique (s)	Discounted Cash flow	Discounted Cash Flow
Significant Unobservable Inputs	Historic Load Variability	Historic Load Variability
Electric Load Contracts [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Power [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Historic Load Variability	10.00%	10.00%
Electric Load Contracts [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Power [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Historic Load Variability	0.00%	0.00%
Natural Gas Supply Contracts [Member] | PSE And G [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value	$ 1		0
Liabilities, Fair Value	$ 0		$ (5)
Valuation Technique (s)	Discounted Cash Flow	Discounted Cash Flow
Significant Unobservable Inputs	Transportation Costs	Transportation Costs
Natural Gas Supply Contracts [Member] | Minimum [Member] | MWh [Member] | PSE And G [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Transportation Costs	0.60	0.60
Natural Gas Supply Contracts [Member] | Maximum [Member] | MWh [Member] | PSE And G [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Transportation Costs	0.80	0.80

[1] Includes gas positions which were immaterial as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.