Document and Entity Information	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares
Entity Registrant Name	EXELON CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001109357
Document Type	10-K
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2017
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	965,029,399
Entity Public Float | $	$ 34,604,071,959
Exelon Generation Co L L C [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	EXELON GENERATION CO LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001168165
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Commonwealth Edison Co [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000022606
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	127,021,256
PECO Energy Co [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	PECO ENERGY CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000078100
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	170,478,507
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC
Entity Central Index Key	0000009466
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	1,000
Pepco Holdings LLC [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	PEPCO HOLDINGS LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001135971
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	252,815,448
Potomac Electric Power Company [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000079732
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	100
Delmarva Power and Light Company [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO /DE/
Entity Central Index Key	0000027879
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	1,000
Atlantic City Electric Company [Member]
Entity Registrant Name	ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000008192
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding	8,546,017