Asset Retirement Obligations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Nuclear decommissioning annual recovery current	$ 24,000,000
Percent of additional decommissioning shortfall with recourse	50.00%
Nuclear decommissioning trust funds	$ 10,342,000,000	$ 10,537,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Years after cessation of plant operations	20 years
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in asset retirement obligation		2,100,000,000
AssetRetirementObligationPeriodIncreaseSiteSecurity	$ 630,000,000
Net increase (decrease) resulting from updates to estimated future cash flows	8,000,000	16,000,000
Shortfall of decommissioning funds with recourse	$ 50,000,000
Percent of additional decommissioning shortfall with recourse	5.00%
Nuclear decommissioning trust funds	$ 10,342,000,000	10,537,000,000
Zion Station spent nuclear fuel obligation	84,000,000
ZionSolutions rent payable	1
EnergySolutions letter of credit	$ 200,000,000
Assumed annual after-tax return on NDT funds	2.00%
Assumed annual after-tax return on NDT funds for former PECO units	3.00%
Annual average accretion of the ARO	5.00%
Number of years used in present value measurement	30 years
Estimated annual after tax return on nuclear decommissioning funds lower bound	6.10%
Estimated annual after tax return on nuclear decommissioning funds upper bound	6.30%
Historical five-year annual average after-tax return on NDT funds	7.00%
AssetRetirementObligationPeriodIncreaseSNF	$ 285,000,000
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Years after cessation of plant operations	10 years
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Years after cessation of plant operations	70 years
Nuclear Decommissioning Asset Retirement Obligation [Member] \| Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Net increase (decrease) resulting from updates to estimated future cash flows	$ 901,000,000	$ 19,000,000
Nuclear Plant [Member] \| Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in asset retirement obligation	$ 1,300,000,000

Assumed annual after-tax returns for former PECO units used in calculating NRC minimum requirements.

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Assumed annual after-tax returns used in calculating NRC minimum requirements.

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Historical five-year annual average after-tax return on NDT funds

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Percent of annual average accretion of the ARO used in the NRC minimum funding requirements.

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Amount of decommissioning shortfall with recourse for collection from customers.

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Percent of additional decommissioning shortfall with recourse for collection from customers.

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Estimated upper bound of annual after-tax return on NDT funds used in the NRC minimum funding requirements.

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Amount provided under letter of credit by EnergySolutions to reduce risk of default under the assets sale agreement and to be used to fund decommissioning costs in the event the NDT assets are insufficient.

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Current annual recovery of nuclear decommissioning costs from customers filed with state regulator

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Number of years that measurement of the obligation at the present value of the future estimated costs and an annual average accretion of the ARO occurs.

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Provision for the disposal costs of spent nuclear fuel from ZionStation which was retained as part of the asset sale agreement.

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Years after the cessation of plant operations when consideration of multiple scenarios where decommissioning activities are completed under three possible scenarios.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for contractual rent under lease arrangements.

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Decommission fund to pay for the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning of facilities through collection of revenues derived from utility assessments and government appropriations. Decommission fund investment for the process whereby a power station, at the end of its economic life, is taken permanently out of service and its site made available for other purposes. In the case of a nuclear station this comprises three different states of clearance. Immediately after the final closure, radioactive material such as nuclear fuel and operational waste is removed and the buildings surrounding the reactor shield are dismantled and finally the reactor itself is dismantled.

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