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Nuclear Decommissioning - Rollforward of Nuclear Decommissioning ARO (Details) (Nuclear Decommissioning Asset Retirement Obligation [Member], Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]    
Nuclear Decommissioning ARO, Beginning Balance $ 6,961us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation [1]  
Accretion expense 94exc_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpenseImpact  
Nuclear Decommissioning ARO, Ending Balance 7,110us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation [1]  
Current portion of ARO 8us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationCurrent 9us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationCurrent
Nuclear Decommissioning Asset Retirement Obligation [Member]
   
Asset Retirement Obligation, Roll Forward Analysis [Roll Forward]    
Nuclear Decommissioning ARO, Ending Balance $ 55us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation
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[2]  
[1] Includes $8 million as the current portion of the ARO at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, which is included in Other current liabilities on Exelon’s and Generation’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
[2] the fair value of the CENG ARO liability as of April 1, 2014, the date of consolidation. See Note 6 — Investment in Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC for additional information.