Accrued Expenses Related to Fermi 2 Refueling Outages

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Notes Receivable Considered Delinquent Period

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Period Expenses Related To Fermi 2 Refueling Outages Are Accrued

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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The amount of excise and sales taxes included in sales and revenues, which are then deducted as a cost of sales. Includes excise taxes, which are applied to specific types of transactions or items (such as gasoline or alcohol); and sales, use and value added taxes, which are applied to a broad class of revenue-producing transactions involving a wide range of goods and services.

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Threshold period past due for trade accounts receivable to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Receivables due date	21 days
Threshold period past due for write-off of trade accounts receivable	150 days
Unbilled revenues included in customer accounts receivable	$ 688,000,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	$ 723,000,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Expense related to refueling outages	16,000,000	26,000,000
Period expenses related to refueling outages accrued	18 months
Excise sales tax net impact on the statement operations	0us-gaap_ExciseAndSalesTaxes
Unbilled Revenues [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Unbilled revenues included in customer accounts receivable	250,000,000	280,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Notes receivable considered delinquent period	60 days
Maximum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Notes receivable considered delinquent period	120 days
Parent Company [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	$ 62,000,000	$ 58,000,000	$ 42,000,000