Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Fair Value Inputs Assets Quantitative Information (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Derivatives Fair Value Footnotes [Abstract]
Cash collateral excluded	$ 231,000,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value Footnotes [Abstract]
Cash collateral excluded		26,000,000
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Amount Not Offset Against Collateral	189,000,000	488,000,000
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Forward power price assets	13,000,000	8
Forward gas price assets	2.54	2.98
Volatility percentage		14.00%
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Forward power price assets	194	176
Forward gas price assets	22.15	16.63
Volatility percentage		19.00%
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Option Model Valuation Technique [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Volatility percentage	8.00%	15.00%
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Option Model Valuation Technique [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Volatility percentage	154.00%	142.00%
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Proprietary Trading [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Amount Not Offset Against Collateral	(11,000,000)	(3,000,000)
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Proprietary Trading [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Forward power price assets	14,000,000	10
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Proprietary Trading [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Forward power price assets	191	176
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Amount Not Offset Against Collateral	178,000,000	193,000,000
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Marketability Reserve	3.50%	3.50%
Forward heat rate	(8.00%)	(8.00%)
Renewable factor	86.00%	84.00%
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Marketability Reserve	8.00%	8.00%
Forward heat rate	(9.00%)	(9.00%)
Renewable factor	126.00%	128.00%
All Regions excluding New England [Member] | Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Derivative [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Forward power price assets	146	100
Forward gas price assets	10.62	5.7
All Regions excluding New England [Member] | Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Proprietary Trading [Member] | Discounted Cash Flow [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Forward power price assets	$ 104