Organization - Additional Information (Detail) (Pepco Energy Services [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Pepco Energy Services [Member]
Reorganization [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation	$ 2

Amount of the Increase or Decrease in the amount of the asset retirement obligation during the current period for changes in the amount or timing of the estimated cash flows associated with the settlement of the obligation.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)(4)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849

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