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Retirement Benefits - Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income and Regulatory Assets expected to be Amortized as Components of Periodic Benefit Cost (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Defined Benefit Plan Amounts That Will Be Amortized From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss And Regulatory Assets In Next Fiscal Year $ (101)exc_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountsThatWillBeAmortizedFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAndRegulatoryAssetsInNextFiscalYear  
Benefits included in accumulated other comprehensive income (51)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountToBeAmortizedFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNextFiscalYear  
Benefits included in regulatory assets (50)exc_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountsThatWillBeAmortizedFromRegulatoryAssetsInNextFiscalYear  
Pension Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Defined Benefit Plan, Future Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit) 13us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
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Defined Benefit Plan, Future Amortization of Gain (Loss) 562us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfGainLoss
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Benefits included in accumulated other comprehensive income 575us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountToBeAmortizedFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNextFiscalYear
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[1]  
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Net of Tax 329us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansNetOfTax
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Pension Plan, Defined Benefit [Member] | Regulatory Assets [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Net of Tax 246us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansNetOfTax
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= us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
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= exc_RegulatoryAssetsMember
 
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Defined Benefit Plan, Gross Prescription Drug Subsidy Receipts Received   10us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanGrossPrescriptionDrugSubsidyReceiptsReceived
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= us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember
Defined Benefit Plan, Future Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit) (175)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember
 
Defined Benefit Plan, Future Amortization of Gain (Loss) 74us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfGainLoss
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= us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember
 
Benefits included in accumulated other comprehensive income $ (101)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAmountToBeAmortizedFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNextFiscalYear
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[1]  
[1] )Of the $575 million related to pension benefits at December 31, 2014, $329 million and $246 million are expected to be amortized from AOCI and regulatory assets in 2015, respectively. Of the $101 million related to other postretirement benefits at December 31, 2014, $(51) million and $(50) million are expected to be amortized from AOCI and regulatory assets (liabilities) in 2015, respectivel