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Risk Management and Hedging Activities Risk Management and Hedging Activities - Derivative Contract Volumes (Details) (Commodity Contract [Member])
Dec. 31, 2014
MWh
Dec. 31, 2013
MWh
Electricity sales, in megawatt hours [Member]
   
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]    
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount (1,000,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ pcorp_NotionalAmountByTypeAxis
= pcorp_ElectricityPurchasesSalesNetInMegawattHoursMember
(1,000,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ pcorp_NotionalAmountByTypeAxis
= pcorp_ElectricityPurchasesSalesNetInMegawattHoursMember
Natural gas purchases, in decatherms [Member]
   
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]    
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount 113,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ pcorp_NotionalAmountByTypeAxis
= pcorp_NaturalGasPurchasesInDecathermsMember
120,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ pcorp_NotionalAmountByTypeAxis
= pcorp_NaturalGasPurchasesInDecathermsMember
Fuel oil purchases, in gallons [Member]
   
Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Line Items]    
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount 3,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ pcorp_NotionalAmountByTypeAxis
= pcorp_FuelPurchasesInGallonsMember
15,000,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ pcorp_NotionalAmountByTypeAxis
= pcorp_FuelPurchasesInGallonsMember