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Income Taxes
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Taxes [Line Items]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
A reconciliation of reported income tax expense for PSEG with the amount computed by multiplying pre-tax income by the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% is as follows:
 Years Ended December 31,
PSEG202320222021
 Millions
Net Income (Loss)$2,563 $1,031 $(648)
Income Taxes:
Operating Income:
Current Expense (Benefit):
Federal$144 $262 $407 
State19 (30)(3)
Total Current163 232 404 
Deferred Expense (Benefit):
Federal109 (335)(700)
State253 80 (136)
Total Deferred362 (255)(836)
ITC(7)(6)(9)
Total Income Tax Expense (Benefit)$518 $(29)$(441)
Pre-Tax Income (Loss)$3,081 $1,002 $(1,089)
Tax Computed at Statutory Rate @ 21% $647 $210 $(229)
Increase (Decrease) Attributable to Flow-Through of Certain Tax Adjustments:
State Income Taxes (net of federal income tax)215 41 (109)
Uncertain Tax Positions(14)(22)19 
NDT Fund26 (22)23 
Plant-Related Items(7)(6)(7)
Tax Credits(10)(10)29 
Audit Settlement(7)— (8)
Leasing Activities(22)— (1)
GPRC-CEF-EE(52)(37)(13)
TAC(232)(193)(171)
Bad Debt Flow-Through(9)(1)27 
Other(17)11 (1)
Subtotal(129)(239)(212)
Total Income Tax Expense (Benefit)$518 $(29)$(441)
Effective Income Tax Rate16.8 %(2.9)%40.5 %

 
The following is an analysis of deferred income taxes for PSEG:
As of December 31,
PSEG20232022
 Millions
Deferred Income Taxes
Assets:
Regulatory Liability Excess Deferred Tax$339 $390 
OPEB58 74 
Bad Debt57 66 
Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT) Credit Carryforward44 — 
Operating Leases42 42 
Other129 379 
Total Assets$669 $951 
Liabilities:
Plant-Related Items$4,850 $4,663 
New Jersey Corporate Business Tax1,284 1,009 
Leasing Activities35 99 
AROs and NDT Fund250 161 
Taxes Recoverable Through Future Rates (net)201 149 
Pension Costs189 164 
Operating Leases38 37 
Other430 324 
Total Liabilities$7,277 $6,606 
Summary of Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes:
Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities$6,608 $5,655 
ITC63 70 
Net Total Deferred Income Taxes and ITC$6,671 $5,725 
The deferred tax effect of certain assets and liabilities is presented in the table above net of the deferred tax effect associated with the respective regulatory deferrals.
A reconciliation of reported income tax expense for PSE&G with the amount computed by multiplying pre-tax income by the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% is as follows:
 Years Ended December 31,
PSE&G202320222021
 Millions
Net Income$1,515 $1,565 $1,446 
Income Taxes:
Operating Income:
Current Expense (Benefit):
Federal$127 $130 $208 
State4 — 1 
Total Current131 130 209 
Deferred Expense (Benefit):
Federal(113)(17)(33)
State149 159 153 
Total Deferred36 142 120 
ITC(7)(5)(5)
Total Income Tax Expense$160 $267 $324 
Pre-Tax Income$1,675 $1,832 $1,770 
Tax Computed at Statutory Rate @ 21% $352 $385 $372 
Increase (Decrease) Attributable to Flow-Through of Certain Tax Adjustments:
State Income Taxes (net of federal income tax)121 126 122 
Uncertain Tax Positions(9)2 2 
Plant-Related Items(7)(6)(7)
Tax Credits(9)(9)(8)
GPRC-CEF-EE(52)(37)(13)
TAC(232)(193)(171)
Bad Debt Flow-Through(9)(1)27 
Other5 — — 
Subtotal(192)(118)(48)
Total Income Tax Expense$160 $267 $324 
Effective Income Tax Rate9.6 %14.6 %18.3 %
The following is an analysis of deferred income taxes for PSE&G:
As of December 31,
PSE&G20232022
 Millions
Deferred Income Taxes
Assets:
     Regulatory Liability Excess Deferred Tax$339 $390 
OPEB28 42 
CAMT Credit Carryforward106 — 
Bad Debt57 66 
Operating Leases22 19 
Other60 56 
Total Assets$612 $573 
Liabilities:
Plant-Related Items$4,396 $4,174 
New Jersey Corporate Business Tax1,160 1,011 
Pension Costs198 195 
Taxes Recoverable Through Future Rates (net)201 149 
Conservation Costs88 81 
Operating Leases21 18 
Other297 223 
Total Liabilities$6,361 $5,851 
Summary of Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes:
Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities$5,749 $5,278 
ITC64 70 
Net Total Deferred Income Taxes and ITC$5,813 $5,348 
The deferred tax effect of certain assets and liabilities is presented in the table above net of the deferred tax effect associated with the respective regulatory deferrals.
PSEG and PSE&G each provide deferred taxes at the enacted statutory tax rate for all temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities irrespective of the treatment for rate-making purposes. Management believes that it is probable that the accumulated tax benefits that previously have been treated as a flow-through item to PSE&G customers will be recovered from or refunded to PSE&G’s customers in the future. See Note 6. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities.
The 2018 decrease in the federal tax rate resulted in PSE&G recording excess deferred income taxes. As of December 31, 2023, the balance was approximately $1.3 billion with a Regulatory Liability of approximately $1.8 billion. In 2023, PSE&G returned approximately $323 million of excess deferred income taxes and previously realized and current period deferred income taxes related to tax repair deductions to its customers with a reduction to tax expense of approximately $232 million. The flowback to customers of the excess deferred income taxes and previously realized tax repair deductions resulted in a decrease of approximately $243 million in the Regulatory Liability. The current period tax repair deduction reduces tax expense and revenue and recognizes a Regulatory Asset as PSE&G believes it is probable that the current period tax repair deductions flowed through to the customers will be recovered from customers in the future. See Note 6. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities for additional information.
In March 2020, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted. Among other provisions, the CARES Act allows a five-year carryback of any net operating loss (NOL) generated in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2021.
In April 2020, the IRS issued a private letter ruling to PSE&G concluding that certain excess deferred taxes previously classified as protected should be classified as unprotected. Unprotected excess deferred income taxes are not subject to the normalization rules allowing them to be refunded to customers sooner as agreed to with FERC and the BPU. In July 2020, FERC and the BPU approved PSE&G’s requests to refund these unprotected excess deferred income taxes to customers. FERC
approved the refund of these unprotected excess deferred income taxes within the 2019 true-up filing. The BPU approved the refund of these unprotected excess deferred income taxes beginning in July 2020 through December 31, 2024.
In July 2020, the IRS issued final and proposed regulations addressing the limitation on deductible business interest expense contained in the Tax Act. These regulations retroactively allow depreciation to be added back in computing the 30% adjusted taxable income (ATI) cap, increasing the amount of interest that can be deducted by unregulated businesses in years before 2022. For 2022 and after, the regulations continue to disallow the addback of depreciation in the computation of ATI, effectively lowering the cap on the amount of deductible business interest and contain special rules in allocating interest between regulated and non-regulated businesses. The portion of PSEG’s and PSEG Power’s business interest expense that was disallowed in 2018 and 2019 under the previously issued proposed regulations will now be deductible in those respective years.
In March 2021, PSEG amended its 2018 federal income tax return to deduct the previously disallowed business interest expense in accordance with the final and proposed regulations issued in July 2020. The 2018 amended return generated a NOL that was carried back to 2013 as provided by the CARES Act. In December 2022, the carryback claim was approved by the IRS, which resulted in a $28 million income statement benefit and the closure of PSEG’s federal tax years through 2018.
In August 2022, the IRA was signed into law. The IRA made certain changes to existing energy tax credit laws and enacted a new 15% CAMT, effective in 2023. For 2023, PSEG and PSE&G have recorded its best estimate of the impact of the CAMT. To the extent the CAMT exceeds the regular tax liability, the difference can be indefinitely carried forward to reduce regular tax liability in years that it exceeds the CAMT. PSEG and PSE&G anticipate the excess CAMT will be used in the future and will not result in an impact to PSEG’s or PSE&G’s income statement. Changes to the energy tax credit laws include: effective 2024 through 2032 a new PTC for existing nuclear generation facilities, effective 2025 a new technology neutral energy tax credit, which includes new nuclear units and increases to nuclear generation capacity, and effective 2023 the transferability of the energy tax credits. The PTC is designed to phase down as the nuclear facilities’ gross receipts increase. The PTC can be increased by five times if the prevailing wages rules are met. The PTC rate and phase down amount are subject to the IRS’ determination of annual inflation.
Despite the issuance of proposed regulations and various Notices that provide interim guidance on several provisions of the IRA many aspects of the IRA, including the PTC for existing nuclear generation facilities and the CAMT, remain unclear and are in need of further guidance; therefore, the impact of several provisions of the IRA will have on PSEG's and PSE&G's financial statements is subject to continued evaluation.
The enactment of additional federal or state tax legislation and clarification of previously enacted tax laws could impact PSEG’s and PSE&G’s financial statements.
In April 2023, the U.S. Treasury issued Revenue Procedure 2023-15 that provides a safe harbor method of accounting to determine the annual repair tax deduction for gas T&D property. The impact, if any, this may have on PSEG and PSE&G’s financial statements is subject to continued evaluation and has not yet been determined.
As of December 31, 2023, PSEG had a $33 million state NOL and PSE&G had a $71 million New Jersey Corporate Business Tax NOL that are both expected to be fully realized in the future.
PSEG recorded the following amounts related to its unrecognized tax benefits, which were primarily comprised of amounts recorded for PSE&G and PSEG’s other subsidiaries:
2023 PSEGPSE&G
 Millions
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of January 1, 2023$130 $29 
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period16 2 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period(25)(12)
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Settlements with Taxing Authorities(10)(7)
Decreases due to Lapses of Applicable Statute of Limitations(1)(1)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of December 31, 2023$110 $11 
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Associated with Unrecognized Tax Benefits(29)(7)
Regulatory Asset—Unrecognized Tax Benefits(2)(2)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits that if Recognized, would Impact the Effective Tax Rate (including Interest and Penalties)$79 $2 
2022PSEGPSE&G
 Millions
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of January 1, 2022$192 $27 
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period9 2 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period(40)(2)
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period1 1 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Settlements with Taxing Authorities(28)— 
Decreases due to Lapses of Applicable Statute of Limitations(4)1 
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of December 31, 2022$130 $29 
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Associated with Unrecognized Tax Benefits(37)(15)
Regulatory Asset—Unrecognized Tax Benefits(8)(8)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits that if Recognized, would Impact the Effective Tax Rate (including Interest and Penalties)$85 $6 
2021PSEGPSE&G
 Millions
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of January 1, 2021$147 $30 
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period58 8 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period(19)(12)
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period6 1 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Settlements with Taxing Authorities— — 
Decreases due to Lapses of Applicable Statute of Limitations— — 
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of December 31, 2021$192 $27 
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Associated with Unrecognized Tax Benefits(76)(15)
Regulatory Asset—Unrecognized Tax Benefits(7)(7)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits that if Recognized, would Impact the Effective Tax Rate (including Interest and Penalties)$109 $5 
In 2022, the IRS approved PSEG’s 2018 carryback claim, which resulted in the closure of PSEG’s federal tax years through 2018.
PSEG and its subsidiaries include accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions required to be recorded as Income Tax Expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Accumulated interest and penalties that are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets on uncertain tax positions were as follows:
 Accumulated Interest and Penalties
on Uncertain Tax Positions
as of December 31,
 202320222021
 Millions
PSEG$25 $38 $31 
PSE&G$1 $8 $9 
It is reasonably possible that total unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months due to either agreements with various taxing authorities upon audit, the expiration of the Statute of Limitations, or other pending tax matters. These potential increases or decreases are as follows:
Possible Decrease in Total Unrecognized Tax Benefits Over the next
12 Months
Millions
PSEG$17 
PSE&G$2 
A description of income tax years that remain subject to examination by material jurisdictions, where an examination has not already concluded are:
PSEGPSE&G 
United States
Federal2020-2022N/A
New Jersey2011-20222015-2022
Pennsylvania2017-20222019-2022
Connecticut2019-2022N/A
Maryland2020-2022N/A
New York2017-2022N/A
Public Service Electric and Gas Company  
Income Taxes [Line Items]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
A reconciliation of reported income tax expense for PSEG with the amount computed by multiplying pre-tax income by the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% is as follows:
 Years Ended December 31,
PSEG202320222021
 Millions
Net Income (Loss)$2,563 $1,031 $(648)
Income Taxes:
Operating Income:
Current Expense (Benefit):
Federal$144 $262 $407 
State19 (30)(3)
Total Current163 232 404 
Deferred Expense (Benefit):
Federal109 (335)(700)
State253 80 (136)
Total Deferred362 (255)(836)
ITC(7)(6)(9)
Total Income Tax Expense (Benefit)$518 $(29)$(441)
Pre-Tax Income (Loss)$3,081 $1,002 $(1,089)
Tax Computed at Statutory Rate @ 21% $647 $210 $(229)
Increase (Decrease) Attributable to Flow-Through of Certain Tax Adjustments:
State Income Taxes (net of federal income tax)215 41 (109)
Uncertain Tax Positions(14)(22)19 
NDT Fund26 (22)23 
Plant-Related Items(7)(6)(7)
Tax Credits(10)(10)29 
Audit Settlement(7)— (8)
Leasing Activities(22)— (1)
GPRC-CEF-EE(52)(37)(13)
TAC(232)(193)(171)
Bad Debt Flow-Through(9)(1)27 
Other(17)11 (1)
Subtotal(129)(239)(212)
Total Income Tax Expense (Benefit)$518 $(29)$(441)
Effective Income Tax Rate16.8 %(2.9)%40.5 %

 
The following is an analysis of deferred income taxes for PSEG:
As of December 31,
PSEG20232022
 Millions
Deferred Income Taxes
Assets:
Regulatory Liability Excess Deferred Tax$339 $390 
OPEB58 74 
Bad Debt57 66 
Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT) Credit Carryforward44 — 
Operating Leases42 42 
Other129 379 
Total Assets$669 $951 
Liabilities:
Plant-Related Items$4,850 $4,663 
New Jersey Corporate Business Tax1,284 1,009 
Leasing Activities35 99 
AROs and NDT Fund250 161 
Taxes Recoverable Through Future Rates (net)201 149 
Pension Costs189 164 
Operating Leases38 37 
Other430 324 
Total Liabilities$7,277 $6,606 
Summary of Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes:
Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities$6,608 $5,655 
ITC63 70 
Net Total Deferred Income Taxes and ITC$6,671 $5,725 
The deferred tax effect of certain assets and liabilities is presented in the table above net of the deferred tax effect associated with the respective regulatory deferrals.
A reconciliation of reported income tax expense for PSE&G with the amount computed by multiplying pre-tax income by the statutory federal income tax rate of 21% is as follows:
 Years Ended December 31,
PSE&G202320222021
 Millions
Net Income$1,515 $1,565 $1,446 
Income Taxes:
Operating Income:
Current Expense (Benefit):
Federal$127 $130 $208 
State4 — 1 
Total Current131 130 209 
Deferred Expense (Benefit):
Federal(113)(17)(33)
State149 159 153 
Total Deferred36 142 120 
ITC(7)(5)(5)
Total Income Tax Expense$160 $267 $324 
Pre-Tax Income$1,675 $1,832 $1,770 
Tax Computed at Statutory Rate @ 21% $352 $385 $372 
Increase (Decrease) Attributable to Flow-Through of Certain Tax Adjustments:
State Income Taxes (net of federal income tax)121 126 122 
Uncertain Tax Positions(9)2 2 
Plant-Related Items(7)(6)(7)
Tax Credits(9)(9)(8)
GPRC-CEF-EE(52)(37)(13)
TAC(232)(193)(171)
Bad Debt Flow-Through(9)(1)27 
Other5 — — 
Subtotal(192)(118)(48)
Total Income Tax Expense$160 $267 $324 
Effective Income Tax Rate9.6 %14.6 %18.3 %
The following is an analysis of deferred income taxes for PSE&G:
As of December 31,
PSE&G20232022
 Millions
Deferred Income Taxes
Assets:
     Regulatory Liability Excess Deferred Tax$339 $390 
OPEB28 42 
CAMT Credit Carryforward106 — 
Bad Debt57 66 
Operating Leases22 19 
Other60 56 
Total Assets$612 $573 
Liabilities:
Plant-Related Items$4,396 $4,174 
New Jersey Corporate Business Tax1,160 1,011 
Pension Costs198 195 
Taxes Recoverable Through Future Rates (net)201 149 
Conservation Costs88 81 
Operating Leases21 18 
Other297 223 
Total Liabilities$6,361 $5,851 
Summary of Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes:
Net Deferred Income Tax Liabilities$5,749 $5,278 
ITC64 70 
Net Total Deferred Income Taxes and ITC$5,813 $5,348 
The deferred tax effect of certain assets and liabilities is presented in the table above net of the deferred tax effect associated with the respective regulatory deferrals.
PSEG and PSE&G each provide deferred taxes at the enacted statutory tax rate for all temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities irrespective of the treatment for rate-making purposes. Management believes that it is probable that the accumulated tax benefits that previously have been treated as a flow-through item to PSE&G customers will be recovered from or refunded to PSE&G’s customers in the future. See Note 6. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities.
The 2018 decrease in the federal tax rate resulted in PSE&G recording excess deferred income taxes. As of December 31, 2023, the balance was approximately $1.3 billion with a Regulatory Liability of approximately $1.8 billion. In 2023, PSE&G returned approximately $323 million of excess deferred income taxes and previously realized and current period deferred income taxes related to tax repair deductions to its customers with a reduction to tax expense of approximately $232 million. The flowback to customers of the excess deferred income taxes and previously realized tax repair deductions resulted in a decrease of approximately $243 million in the Regulatory Liability. The current period tax repair deduction reduces tax expense and revenue and recognizes a Regulatory Asset as PSE&G believes it is probable that the current period tax repair deductions flowed through to the customers will be recovered from customers in the future. See Note 6. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities for additional information.
In March 2020, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted. Among other provisions, the CARES Act allows a five-year carryback of any net operating loss (NOL) generated in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2021.
In April 2020, the IRS issued a private letter ruling to PSE&G concluding that certain excess deferred taxes previously classified as protected should be classified as unprotected. Unprotected excess deferred income taxes are not subject to the normalization rules allowing them to be refunded to customers sooner as agreed to with FERC and the BPU. In July 2020, FERC and the BPU approved PSE&G’s requests to refund these unprotected excess deferred income taxes to customers. FERC
approved the refund of these unprotected excess deferred income taxes within the 2019 true-up filing. The BPU approved the refund of these unprotected excess deferred income taxes beginning in July 2020 through December 31, 2024.
In July 2020, the IRS issued final and proposed regulations addressing the limitation on deductible business interest expense contained in the Tax Act. These regulations retroactively allow depreciation to be added back in computing the 30% adjusted taxable income (ATI) cap, increasing the amount of interest that can be deducted by unregulated businesses in years before 2022. For 2022 and after, the regulations continue to disallow the addback of depreciation in the computation of ATI, effectively lowering the cap on the amount of deductible business interest and contain special rules in allocating interest between regulated and non-regulated businesses. The portion of PSEG’s and PSEG Power’s business interest expense that was disallowed in 2018 and 2019 under the previously issued proposed regulations will now be deductible in those respective years.
In March 2021, PSEG amended its 2018 federal income tax return to deduct the previously disallowed business interest expense in accordance with the final and proposed regulations issued in July 2020. The 2018 amended return generated a NOL that was carried back to 2013 as provided by the CARES Act. In December 2022, the carryback claim was approved by the IRS, which resulted in a $28 million income statement benefit and the closure of PSEG’s federal tax years through 2018.
In August 2022, the IRA was signed into law. The IRA made certain changes to existing energy tax credit laws and enacted a new 15% CAMT, effective in 2023. For 2023, PSEG and PSE&G have recorded its best estimate of the impact of the CAMT. To the extent the CAMT exceeds the regular tax liability, the difference can be indefinitely carried forward to reduce regular tax liability in years that it exceeds the CAMT. PSEG and PSE&G anticipate the excess CAMT will be used in the future and will not result in an impact to PSEG’s or PSE&G’s income statement. Changes to the energy tax credit laws include: effective 2024 through 2032 a new PTC for existing nuclear generation facilities, effective 2025 a new technology neutral energy tax credit, which includes new nuclear units and increases to nuclear generation capacity, and effective 2023 the transferability of the energy tax credits. The PTC is designed to phase down as the nuclear facilities’ gross receipts increase. The PTC can be increased by five times if the prevailing wages rules are met. The PTC rate and phase down amount are subject to the IRS’ determination of annual inflation.
Despite the issuance of proposed regulations and various Notices that provide interim guidance on several provisions of the IRA many aspects of the IRA, including the PTC for existing nuclear generation facilities and the CAMT, remain unclear and are in need of further guidance; therefore, the impact of several provisions of the IRA will have on PSEG's and PSE&G's financial statements is subject to continued evaluation.
The enactment of additional federal or state tax legislation and clarification of previously enacted tax laws could impact PSEG’s and PSE&G’s financial statements.
In April 2023, the U.S. Treasury issued Revenue Procedure 2023-15 that provides a safe harbor method of accounting to determine the annual repair tax deduction for gas T&D property. The impact, if any, this may have on PSEG and PSE&G’s financial statements is subject to continued evaluation and has not yet been determined.
As of December 31, 2023, PSEG had a $33 million state NOL and PSE&G had a $71 million New Jersey Corporate Business Tax NOL that are both expected to be fully realized in the future.
PSEG recorded the following amounts related to its unrecognized tax benefits, which were primarily comprised of amounts recorded for PSE&G and PSEG’s other subsidiaries:
2023 PSEGPSE&G
 Millions
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of January 1, 2023$130 $29 
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period16 2 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period(25)(12)
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Settlements with Taxing Authorities(10)(7)
Decreases due to Lapses of Applicable Statute of Limitations(1)(1)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of December 31, 2023$110 $11 
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Associated with Unrecognized Tax Benefits(29)(7)
Regulatory Asset—Unrecognized Tax Benefits(2)(2)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits that if Recognized, would Impact the Effective Tax Rate (including Interest and Penalties)$79 $2 
2022PSEGPSE&G
 Millions
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of January 1, 2022$192 $27 
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period9 2 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period(40)(2)
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period1 1 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Settlements with Taxing Authorities(28)— 
Decreases due to Lapses of Applicable Statute of Limitations(4)1 
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of December 31, 2022$130 $29 
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Associated with Unrecognized Tax Benefits(37)(15)
Regulatory Asset—Unrecognized Tax Benefits(8)(8)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits that if Recognized, would Impact the Effective Tax Rate (including Interest and Penalties)$85 $6 
2021PSEGPSE&G
 Millions
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of January 1, 2021$147 $30 
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period58 8 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken in a Prior Period(19)(12)
Increases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period6 1 
Decreases as a Result of Positions Taken during the Current Period— — 
Decreases as a Result of Settlements with Taxing Authorities— — 
Decreases due to Lapses of Applicable Statute of Limitations— — 
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits as of December 31, 2021$192 $27 
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes Associated with Unrecognized Tax Benefits(76)(15)
Regulatory Asset—Unrecognized Tax Benefits(7)(7)
Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits that if Recognized, would Impact the Effective Tax Rate (including Interest and Penalties)$109 $5 
In 2022, the IRS approved PSEG’s 2018 carryback claim, which resulted in the closure of PSEG’s federal tax years through 2018.
PSEG and its subsidiaries include accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions required to be recorded as Income Tax Expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Accumulated interest and penalties that are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets on uncertain tax positions were as follows:
 Accumulated Interest and Penalties
on Uncertain Tax Positions
as of December 31,
 202320222021
 Millions
PSEG$25 $38 $31 
PSE&G$1 $8 $9 
It is reasonably possible that total unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months due to either agreements with various taxing authorities upon audit, the expiration of the Statute of Limitations, or other pending tax matters. These potential increases or decreases are as follows:
Possible Decrease in Total Unrecognized Tax Benefits Over the next
12 Months
Millions
PSEG$17 
PSE&G$2 
A description of income tax years that remain subject to examination by material jurisdictions, where an examination has not already concluded are:
PSEGPSE&G 
United States
Federal2020-2022N/A
New Jersey2011-20222015-2022
Pennsylvania2017-20222019-2022
Connecticut2019-2022N/A
Maryland2020-2022N/A
New York2017-2022N/A