Organization and Basis of Presentation (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

The respective financial statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) applicable to Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting guidance generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Notes) should be read in conjunction with, and update and supplement matters discussed in, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information furnished herein reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. The year-end Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

The following provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts for the beginning (December 31, 2021) and ending periods shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Restricted cash consists primarily of deposits received related to various construction projects at PSE&G.



	PSE&G		Other (A)		Consolidated
	Millions
As of December 31, 2021
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$	294	$	524	$	818
Restricted Cash in Other Current Assets	28		—		28
Restricted Cash in Other Noncurrent Assets	17		—		17
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash	$	339	$	524	$	863

As of March 31, 2022
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$	910	$	693	$	1,603
Restricted Cash in Other Current Assets	22		—		22
Restricted Cash in Other Noncurrent Assets	17		—		17
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash	$	949	$	693	$	1,642

(A)Includes amounts applicable to PSEG (parent company), PSEG Power, Energy Holdings and Services.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant and Equipment

In February 2022, the NRC issued an order related to its review of the subsequent license renewal (SLR) application for the Peach Bottom nuclear units. While the NRC had previously granted the SLR to the Peach Bottom units, the NRC was responding to pending motions that had not previously been adjudicated. In its decision, the NRC concluded that the previous environmental review required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was incomplete because it did not adequately address environmental impacts resulting from extending the units’ licenses by 20 years. As a result, at the direction of the NRC, the NRC staff changed the expiration dates for the licenses back to 2033 and 2034, until the completion of the NEPA analysis. The NRC directed, however, that the subsequently renewed licenses themselves remain in effect. The NRC also stated that it fully expects that the staff will complete its update of the NEPA analysis before 2033. As such, at this time, PSEG has not adjusted the useful lives or the assumed shutdown probabilities assigned to the Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO) of the units as PSEG believes that the licenses will be updated to reflect the approved 2053 and 2054 expiration dates within the current license period. PSEG will continue to monitor this matter for further developments and any change to the estimated useful lives and ARO probabilities could have an adverse financial statement impact, which may be material.