Fair Value Measurements (Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements) (Details) - SCE - Level 3 $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / MWh MW	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / MWh MW
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value, Assets \| $	$ 67	$ 152
Fair Value, Liabilities \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices \| Load forecast \| Minimum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, power units (in megawatts) \| MW	3,708	6,289
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices \| Load forecast \| Maximum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, power units (in megawatts) \| MW	22,840	24,349
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices \| Power prices \| Minimum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	3.65	0.00
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices \| Power prices \| Maximum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	99.58	110.44
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices \| Gas prices \| Minimum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	2.51	1.98
Congestion revenue rights \| Market simulation model and auction prices \| Gas prices \| Maximum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	4.87	5.72
Tolling \| Option model
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value, Assets \| $	$ 0	$ 10
Fair Value, Liabilities \| $	$ 1,154	$ 1,297
Tolling \| Option model \| Power prices \| Minimum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	23.40	24.15
Expected volatility rate (as a percent)	29.00%	26.00%
Tolling \| Option model \| Power prices \| Maximum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	51.24	46.93
Expected volatility rate (as a percent)	71.00%	38.00%
Tolling \| Option model \| Power prices \| Weighted Average
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, price level ($ per MWh)	34.70	34.80
Expected volatility rate (as a percent)	40.00%	30.00%
Tolling \| Option model \| Gas prices \| Minimum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Expected volatility rate (as a percent)	15.00%	15.00%
Tolling \| Option model \| Gas prices \| Maximum
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Expected volatility rate (as a percent)	48.00%	58.00%
Tolling \| Option model \| Gas prices \| Weighted Average
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Measurements [Line Items]
Expected volatility rate (as a percent)	20.00%	20.00%

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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