Fair Value (Fair Value of Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	$ 1,191	$ 1,037
Fermi 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	1,172	1,021
Fermi 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	3	3
Low level radioactive waste [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	16	13
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	$ 1,191	$ 1,037

Decommission fund to pay for the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning of facilities through collection of revenues derived from utility assessments and government appropriations. Decommission fund investment for the process whereby a power station, at the end of its economic life, is taken permanently out of service and its site made available for other purposes. In the case of a nuclear station this comprises three different states of clearance. Immediately after the final closure, radioactive material such as nuclear fuel and operational waste is removed and the buildings surrounding the reactor shield are dismantled and finally the reactor itself is dismantled.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 12

-Article 5

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