Retirement Benefits Retirement Benefits - Allocated Portion of Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plan Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Mar. 23, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017		Dec. 31, 2016		Dec. 31, 2015
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense				$ 643		$ 621		$ 637
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense	[1]			53		48		57
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense	[2]			227		218		269
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense				176		166		206
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense				29		33		39
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense				64		68		66
Pepco Holdings LLC [Member] | Successor [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense			$ 94
Pepco Holdings LLC [Member] | Predecessor [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense		$ 88				23		97
Pepco Holdings LLC [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense		9		43	[3],[4]	47	[3],[4]	37	[3],[4]
Potomac Electric Power Company [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense		7		25	[3]	31	[3]	30	[3]
Delmarva Power and Light Company [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense		4		13	[3]	18	[3]	15	[3]
Atlantic City Electric Company [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Amount included in capital and operating & maintenance expense		$ 3		$ 13	[3]	$ 15	[3]	$ 15	[3]

[1] These amounts primarily represent amounts billed to Exelon’s subsidiaries through intercompany allocations. These amounts are not included in the Generation, ComEd, PECO, BGE, PHI, Pepco, DPL or ACE amounts above.

[2] FitzPatrick net benefit costs are included for the period after acquisition.

[3] Pepco's, DPL's, ACE's and PHISCO's pension and postretirement benefit costs for the year ended December 31, 2016 include $7 million, $4 million, $3 million and $9 million, respectively, of costs incurred prior to the closing of Exelon’s merger with PHI on March 23, 2016.

[4] These amounts represent amounts billed to Pepco, DPL and ACE through intercompany allocations. These amounts are not included in Pepco, DPL or ACE amounts above.