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Preferred Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Oct. 27, 2014
Jul. 29, 2014
Apr. 30, 2014
Jan. 26, 2015
Apr. 29, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Amount Of Non Voting Series A Preferred Stock Purchase price $ 126,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock          
Non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, number of shares issued   1,800pom_NumberOfNonVotingPreferredStockToBePurchasedUnderCommitment 1,800pom_NumberOfNonVotingPreferredStockToBePurchasedUnderCommitment      
Non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, maximum aggregate consideration           180,000,000pom_MaximumAmountOfNonVotingPreferredStockToBePurchasedUnderCommitment
Redemption of Preferred Stock at original purchase price $ 10,000us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPricePerShare          
Preferred Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Estimated fair value of derivatives 3,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
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Maximum [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, number of shares issued           18,000pom_NumberOfNonVotingPreferredStockToBePurchasedUnderCommitment
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Non-Voting Series A Preferred Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Issuance of non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, shares issued       9,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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Additional shares issued   1,800pom_AdditionalSharesIssued
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1,800pom_AdditionalSharesIssued
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Non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, shares purchased price       90,000,000pom_NonvotingPreferredStockSharesPurchasedPrice
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Amount Of Non Voting Series A Preferred Stock Purchase price   18,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock
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18,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock
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Non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, cumulative, non-participating cash dividend       0.10%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage
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Subsequent Event [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, number of shares issued         1,800pom_NumberOfNonVotingPreferredStockToBePurchasedUnderCommitment
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Subsequent Event [Member] | Non-Voting Series A Preferred Stock [Member]            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Additional shares issued         1,800pom_AdditionalSharesIssued
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Amount Of Non Voting Series A Preferred Stock Purchase price         $ 18,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock
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