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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
ý QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED September 30, 20172018
OR
¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM          TO
Commission
File Number
 
Registrants, State of Incorporation,
Address, and Telephone Number
  
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
001-09120  
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
(A New Jersey Corporation)
80 Park Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973 430-7000
http://www.pseg.com
  22-2625848
001-00973  
PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
(A New Jersey Corporation)
80 Park Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973 430-7000
http://www.pseg.com
  22-1212800
001-34232  
PSEG POWER LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
80 Park Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973 430-7000
http://www.pseg.com
  22-3663480
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit and post such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
Large accelerated filer x
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company  o
      
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer x
Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company  o
      
PSEG Power LLC
Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer x
Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company  o
If any of the registrants is an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if such registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨ 
Indicate by check mark whether any of the registrants is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No ý
As of October 17, 2017,16, 2018, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated had outstanding 506,038,791505,449,710 shares of its sole class of Common Stock, without par value.
As of October 17, 2017,16, 2018, Public Service Electric and Gas Company had issued and outstanding 132,450,344 shares of Common Stock, without nominal or par value, all of which were privately held, beneficially and of record by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated.
Public Service Electric and Gas Company and PSEG Power LLC are wholly owned subsidiaries of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1) (a) and (b) of Form 10-Q. Each is filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the reduced disclosure format authorized by General Instruction H.



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FILING FORMAT
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
Item 1.Financial Statements 
 
 
 
 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 
 
Note 1. Organization and, Basis of Presentation
 Note 3. Early Plant Retirements2. Recent Accounting Standards
Note 3. Revenues
 Note 4. Variable Interest Entity (VIE)
Note 5. Rate Filings
Note 6. Financing Receivables
Note 7. Available-for-Sale SecuritiesEarly Plant Retirements
 Note 5. Variable Interest Entity (VIE)
Note 6. Rate Filings
Note 7. Financing Receivables
Note 8. Trust Investments
Note 9. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (OPEB)
Note 9. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
 Note 10. DebtCommitments and Credit FacilitiesContingent Liabilities
 Note 11. Financial Risk Management ActivitiesDebt and Credit Facilities
 Note 12. Fair Value MeasurementsFinancial Risk Management Activities
 Note 13. Other Income and DeductionsFair Value Measurements
 Note 14. Other Income Taxes(Deductions)
 Note 15. Income Taxes
Note 16. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax
 Note 16.17. Earnings Per Share (EPS) and Dividends
Note 17. Financial Information by Business Segments
 Note 18. Related-Party TransactionsFinancial Information by Business Segment
 Note 19. Related-Party Transactions
Note 20. Guarantees of Debt
Item 2.
 Executive Overview of 20172018 and Future Outlook
 
 
 
 
Item 3.
Item 4.
  
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 5.
Item 6.
 


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the matters discussed in this report about our and our subsidiaries’ future performance, including, without limitation, future revenues, earnings, strategies, prospects, consequences and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When used herein, the words “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “should,” “hypothetical,” “potential,” “forecast,” “project,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ are often presented with the forward-looking statements themselves. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements made by us herein are discussed in filings we make with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. These factors include, but are not limited to:
fluctuations in wholesale power and natural gas markets, including the potential impacts on the economic viability of our generation units;
our ability to obtain adequate fuel supply;
any inability to manage our energy obligations with available supply;
increases in competition in wholesale energy and capacity markets;
changes in technology related to energy generation, distribution and consumption and customer usage patterns;
economic downturns;
third-party credit risk relating to our sale of generation output and purchase of fuel;
adverse performance of our decommissioning and defined benefit plan trust fund investments and changes in funding requirements;
changes in state and federal legislation and regulations;regulations, and PSE&G’s ability to recover costs and earn returns on authorized investments;
the impact of pending and any future rate case proceedings;
regulatory, financial, environmental, health and safety risks associated with our ownership and operation of nuclear facilities;facilities, including regulatory risks, such as compliance with the Atomic Energy Act and trade control, environmental and other regulations, as well as financial, environmental and health and safety risks;
adverse changes in energy industry laws, policies and regulations, including market structures and transmission planning;
changes in federal and state environmental regulations and enforcement;
delays in receipt of, or an inability to receive, necessary licenses and permits;
adverse outcomes of any legal, regulatory or other proceeding, settlement, investigation or claim applicable to us and/or the energy industry;
changes in tax laws and regulations;
the impact of our holding company structure on our ability to meet our corporate funding needs, service debt and pay dividends;
lack of growth or slower growth in the number of customers or changes in customer demand;
any inability of Power to meet its commitments under forward sale obligations;
reliance on transmission facilities that we do not own or control and the impact on our ability to maintain adequate transmission capacity;
any inability to successfully develop or construct generation, transmission and distribution projects;
any equipment failures, accidents, severe weather events or other incidents that impact our ability to provide safe and reliable service to our customers;

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our long-lived assets and leveraged leases;
any inability to maintain sufficient liquidity;
any inability to realize anticipated tax benefits or retain tax credits;
challenges associated with recruitment and/or retention of key executives and a qualified workforce;
the impact of our covenants in our debt instruments on our operations; and
the impact of acts of terrorism, cybersecurity attacks or intrusions.

All of the forward-looking statements made in this report are qualified by these cautionary statements and we cannot assure you that the results or developments anticipated by management will be realized or even if realized, will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, us or our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements in making any investment decision. Forward-looking statements made in this report apply only as of the date of this report. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements from time to time, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even in light of new information or future events, unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws.
The forward-looking statements contained in this report are intended to qualify for the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

FILING FORMAT
This combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is separately filed by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and PSEG Power LLC (Power). Information relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf. PSE&G and Power are each only responsible for information about itself and its subsidiaries.
Discussions throughout the document refer to PSEG and its direct operating subsidiaries, PSE&G and Power. Depending on the context of each section, references to “we,” “us,” and “our” relate to PSEG or to the specific company or companies being discussed.


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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Millions, except per share data
(Unaudited)

          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 OPERATING REVENUES$2,263
 $2,450
 $6,988
 $6,971
 
 OPERATING EXPENSES        
 Energy Costs638
 866
 2,100
 2,326
 
 Operation and Maintenance680
 776
 2,100
 2,215
 
 Depreciation and Amortization252
 231
 1,721
 679
 
 Total Operating Expenses1,570
 1,873
 5,921
 5,220
 
 OPERATING INCOME693
 577
 1,067
 1,751
 
 Income from Equity Method Investments3
 3
 11
 9
 
 Other Income66
 47
 208
 139
 
 Other Deductions(10) (8) (30) (39) 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments(5) (5) (9) (25) 
 Interest Expense(100) (99) (289) (288) 
 INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES647
 515
 958
 1,547
 
 Income Tax Expense(252) (188) (340) (562) 
 NET INCOME$395
 $327
 $618
 $985
 
 WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:        
 BASIC505
 505
 505
 505
 
 DILUTED507
 508
 507
 508
 
 NET INCOME PER SHARE:        
 BASIC$0.78
 $0.65
 $1.22
 $1.95
 
 DILUTED$0.78
 $0.64
 $1.22
 $1.94
 
 DIVIDENDS PAID PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK$0.43
 $0.41
 $1.29
 $1.23
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 OPERATING REVENUES$2,394
 $2,254
 $7,228
 $6,987
 
 OPERATING EXPENSES        
 Energy Costs804
 616
 2,356
 2,072
 
 Operation and Maintenance742
 693
 2,221
 2,128
 
 Depreciation and Amortization294
 252
 854
 1,721
 
 Total Operating Expenses1,840
 1,561
 5,431
 5,921
 
 OPERATING INCOME554
 693
 1,797
 1,066
 
 Income from Equity Method Investments5
 3
 12
 11
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments45
 18
 31
 71
 
 Other Income (Deductions)33
 33
 99
 98
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)19
 
 57
 1
 
 Interest Expense(127) (100) (341) (289) 
 INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES529
 647
 1,655
 958
 
 Income Tax Expense(117) (252) (416) (340) 
 NET INCOME$412
 $395
 $1,239
 $618
 
 WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:        
 BASIC504
 505
 504
 505
 
 DILUTED507
 507
 507
 507
 
 NET INCOME PER SHARE:        
 BASIC$0.82
 $0.78
 $2.46
 $1.22
 
 DILUTED$0.81
 $0.78
 $2.44
 $1.22
 
 DIVIDENDS PAID PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK$0.45
 $0.43
 $1.35
 $1.29
 
          
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Millions
(Unaudited)
 
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 NET INCOME$395
 $327
 $618
 $985
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax        
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(15), $(24), $(40) and $(50) for the three and nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively17
 24
 42
 50
 
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges, net of tax (expense) benefit of $0, $0, $0 and $(1) for the three and nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively(1) 1
 (1) 2
 
 Pension/Other Postretirement Benefit Costs (OPEB) adjustment, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(4), $(5), $(12) and $(17) for the three and nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively6
 9
 18
 25
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax22
 34
 59
 77
 
 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$417
 $361
 $677
 $1,062
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 NET INCOME$412
 $395
 $1,239
 $618
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax        
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $2, $(15), $15 and $(40) for the three and nine months ended 2018 and 2017, respectively(4) 17
 (23) 42
 
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges, net of tax (expense) benefit of $0, $0, $1 and $0 for the three and nine months ended 2018 and 2017, respectively
 (1) (1) (1) 
 Pension/Other Postretirement Benefit Costs (OPEB) adjustment, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(3), $(4), $(9) and $(12) for the three and nine months ended 2018 and 2017, respectively7
 6
 22
 18
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax3
 22
 (2) 59
 
 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$415
 $417
 $1,237
 $677
 
          
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)
 
      
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
 ASSETS 
 CURRENT ASSETS    
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$278
 $423
 
 Accounts Receivable, net of allowances of $59 in 2017 and $68 in 20161,022
 1,161
 
 Tax Receivable127
 78
 
 Unbilled Revenues176
 260
 
 Fuel348
 326
 
 Materials and Supplies, net588
 561
 
 Prepayments200
 76
 
 Derivative Contracts84
 163
 
 Regulatory Assets239
 199
 
 Other19
 7
 
 Total Current Assets3,081
 3,254
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT39,916
 39,337
 
      Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization(9,383) (10,051) 
 Net Property, Plant and Equipment30,533
 29,286
 
 NONCURRENT ASSETS    
 Regulatory Assets3,336
 3,319
 
 Long-Term Investments936
 1,050
 
 Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund2,012
 1,859
 
 Long-Term Tax Receivable
 104
 
 Long-Term Receivable of Variable Interest Entity (VIE)599
 589
 
 Other Special Funds229
 217
 
 Goodwill16
 16
 
 Other Intangibles88
 98
 
 Derivative Contracts62
 24
 
 Other265
 254
 
 Total Noncurrent Assets7,543
 7,530
 
 TOTAL ASSETS$41,157
 $40,070
 
      
      
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
 ASSETS 
 CURRENT ASSETS    
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$88
 $313
 
 Accounts Receivable, net of allowances of $56 in 2018 and $59 in 20171,240
 1,348
 
 Tax Receivable225
 127
 
 Unbilled Revenues155
 296
 
 Fuel329
 289
 
 Materials and Supplies, net590
 577
 
 Prepayments214
 118
 
 Derivative Contracts11
 29
 
 Regulatory Assets317
 211
 
 Other46
 4
 
 Total Current Assets3,215
 3,312
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT43,613
 41,231
 
      Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization(9,832) (9,434) 
 Net Property, Plant and Equipment33,781
 31,797
 
 NONCURRENT ASSETS    
 Regulatory Assets3,761
 3,222
 
 Long-Term Investments923
 932
 
 Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund2,096
 2,133
 
 Long-Term Receivable of Variable Interest Entity (VIE)682
 686
 
 Rabbi Trust Fund225
 231
 
 Goodwill16
 16
 
 Other Intangibles107
 114
 
 Derivative Contracts2
 7
 
 Other265
 266
 
 Total Noncurrent Assets8,077
 7,607
 
 TOTAL ASSETS$45,073
 $42,716
 
      
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

 
      
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
 LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Long-Term Debt Due Within One Year$1,250
 $500
 
 Commercial Paper and Loans202
 388
 
 Accounts Payable1,305
 1,459
 
 Derivative Contracts7
 13
 
 Accrued Interest136
 97
 
 Accrued Taxes146
 31
 
 Clean Energy Program184
 142
 
 Obligation to Return Cash Collateral132
 132
 
 Regulatory Liabilities44
 88
 
 Other425
 426
 
 Total Current Liabilities3,831
 3,276
 
 NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Deferred Income Taxes and Investment Tax Credits (ITC)8,931
 8,658
 
 Regulatory Liabilities89
 118
 
 Asset Retirement Obligations748
 726
 
 OPEB Costs1,301
 1,324
 
 OPEB Costs of Servco474
 452
 
 Accrued Pension Costs504
 568
 
 Accrued Pension Costs of Servco113
 128
 
 Environmental Costs399
 401
 
 Derivative Contracts1
 3
 
 Long-Term Accrued Taxes173
 180
 
 Other195
 211
 
 Total Noncurrent Liabilities12,928
 12,769
 
 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 9)

 

 
 CAPITALIZATION
   
 LONG-TERM DEBT11,274
 10,895
 
 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
   
 Common Stock, no par, authorized 1,000 shares; issued, 2017 and 2016—534 shares4,938
 4,936
 
 Treasury Stock, at cost, 2017 and 2016—29 shares(750) (717) 
 Retained Earnings9,140
 9,174
 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(204) (263) 
 Total Stockholders’ Equity13,124
 13,130
 
 Total Capitalization24,398
 24,025
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION$41,157
 $40,070
 
  

   
      
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
 LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Long-Term Debt Due Within One Year$1,450
 $1,000
 
 Commercial Paper and Loans419
 542
 
 Accounts Payable1,317
 1,694
 
 Derivative Contracts13
 16
 
 Accrued Interest159
 103
 
 Accrued Taxes36
 48
 
 Clean Energy Program187
 128
 
 Obligation to Return Cash Collateral130
 129
 
 Regulatory Liabilities303
 47
 
 Other471
 461
 
 Total Current Liabilities4,485
 4,168
 
 NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Deferred Income Taxes and Investment Tax Credits (ITC)5,720
 5,240
 
 Regulatory Liabilities3,286
 2,948
 
 Asset Retirement Obligations1,059
 1,024
 
 OPEB Costs1,410
 1,455
 
 OPEB Costs of Servco560
 542
 
 Accrued Pension Costs451
 537
 
 Accrued Pension Costs of Servco108
 129
 
 Environmental Costs348
 357
 
 Derivative Contracts2
 5
 
 Long-Term Accrued Taxes152
 175
 
 Other224
 221
 
 Total Noncurrent Liabilities13,320
 12,633
 
 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 10)

 

 
 CAPITALIZATION
   
 LONG-TERM DEBT12,909
 12,068
 
 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
   
 Common Stock, no par, authorized 1,000 shares; issued, 2018 and 2017—534 shares4,966
 4,961
 
 Treasury Stock, at cost, 2018—30 shares; 2017—29 shares(811) (763) 
 Retained Earnings10,611
 9,878
 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(407) (229) 
 Total Stockholders’ Equity14,359
 13,847
 
 Total Capitalization27,268
 25,915
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION$45,073
 $42,716
 
  

   
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Millions
(Unaudited)
      
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2017 2016 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Income$618
 $985
 
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
 Depreciation and Amortization1,721
 679
 
 Amortization of Nuclear Fuel152
 154
 
 Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Compliance Accrual79
 87
 
 Impairment Costs for Early Plant Retirements
 102
 
 Provision for Deferred Income Taxes (Other than Leases) and ITC227
 445
 
 Non-Cash Employee Benefit Plan Costs67
 95
 
 Leveraged Lease (Income) Loss, Adjusted for Rents Received and Deferred Taxes(7) (12) 
 Net (Gain) Loss on Lease Investments48
 86
 
 Net Realized and Unrealized (Gains) Losses on Energy Contracts and Other Derivatives8
 96
 
 Net Change in Regulatory Assets and Liabilities(121) (72) 
 Cost of Removal(72) (109) 
 Net Realized (Gains) Losses and (Income) Expense from NDT Fund(86) (12) 
 Net Change in Certain Current Assets and Liabilities:    
           Tax Receivable64
 282
 
           Accrued Taxes115
 202
 
           Margin Deposit64
 (4) 
           Other Current Assets and Liabilities(69) (229) 
 Employee Benefit Plan Funding and Related Payments(64) (81) 
 Other(10) 67
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities2,734
 2,761
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

   
 Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment(3,046) (2,985) 
 Purchase of Emissions Allowances and RECs(90) (77) 
 Proceeds from Sales of Available-for-Sale Securities1,013
 551
 
 Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities(1,029) (576) 
 Other48
 33
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities(3,104) (3,054) 
 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Change in Commercial Paper and Loans(186) (109) 
 Issuance of Long-Term Debt1,125
 1,975
 
 Redemption of Long-Term Debt
 (824) 
 Cash Dividends Paid on Common Stock(652) (622) 
 Other(62) (71) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities225
 349
 
 Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents(145) 56
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period423
 394
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period$278
 $450
 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
 Income Taxes Paid (Received)$(16) $(274) 
 Interest Paid, Net of Amounts Capitalized$261
 $252
 
 Accrued Property, Plant and Equipment Expenditures$604
 $579
 
      

      
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2018 2017 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Income$1,239
 $618
 
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
 Depreciation and Amortization854
 1,721
 
 Amortization of Nuclear Fuel143
 152
 
 
Emission Allowances and Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Compliance Accrual

74
 79
 
 Provision for Deferred Income Taxes (Other than Leases) and ITC510
 227
 
 Non-Cash Employee Benefit Plan Costs52
 67
 
 Leveraged Lease (Income) Loss, Adjusted for Rents Received and Deferred Taxes(27) (7) 
 Net (Gain) Loss on Lease Investments14
 48
 
 Net Realized and Unrealized (Gains) Losses on Energy Contracts and Other Derivatives78
 8
 
 Net Change in Regulatory Assets and Liabilities(35) (121) 
 Cost of Removal(121) (72) 
 Net (Gains) Losses and (Income) Expense from NDT Fund(62) (86) 
 Net Change in Certain Current Assets and Liabilities:    
           Tax Receivable(98) 64
 
           Accrued Taxes(12) 115
 
           Margin Deposit(77) 64
 
           Other Current Assets and Liabilities12
 (71) 
 Employee Benefit Plan Funding and Related Payments(85) (64) 
 Other33
 (9) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities2,492
 2,733
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

   
 Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment(3,028) (3,046) 
 Purchase of Emissions Allowances and RECs(111) (90) 
 Proceeds from Sales of Trust Investments1,085
 1,013
 
 Purchases of Trust Investments(1,100) (1,029) 
 Other41
 48
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities(3,113) (3,104) 
 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Change in Commercial Paper and Loans(123) (186) 
 Issuance of Long-Term Debt2,050
 1,125
 
 Redemption of Long-Term Debt(750) 
 
 Cash Dividends Paid on Common Stock(682) (652) 
 Other(83) (62) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities412
 225
 
 Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash(209) (146) 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at Beginning of Period315
 426
 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period$106
 $280
 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
 Income Taxes Paid (Received)$64
 $(16) 
 Interest Paid, Net of Amounts Capitalized$292
 $261
 
 Accrued Property, Plant and Equipment Expenditures$543
 $604
 
      
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Millions
(Unaudited)

          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 OPERATING REVENUES$1,509
 $1,684
 $4,689
 $4,746
 
 OPERATING EXPENSES        
 Energy Costs535
 721
 1,760
 1,979
 
 Operation and Maintenance346
 376
 1,064
 1,110
 
 Depreciation and Amortization169
 137
 506
 412
 
 Total Operating Expenses1,050
 1,234
 3,330
 3,501
 
 OPERATING INCOME459
 450
 1,359
 1,245
 
 Other Income23
 22
 70
 61
 
 Other Deductions(1) (1) (3) (3) 
 Interest Expense(79) (72) (223) (214) 
 INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES402
 399
 1,203
 1,089
 
 Income Tax Expense(156) (144) (450) (393) 
 NET INCOME$246
 $255
 $753
 $696
 
          
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Millions
(Unaudited)

          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 NET INCOME$246
 $255
 $753
 $696
 
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $0, $0, $1 and $0 for the three and nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively
 
 (1) 1
 
 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$246
 $255
 $752
 $697
 
          
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
 ASSETS 
 CURRENT ASSETS
   
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$239
 $390
 
 Accounts Receivable, net of allowances of $59 in 2017 and $68 in 2016762
 810
 
 Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies
 76
 
 Unbilled Revenues176
 260
 
 Materials and Supplies196
 180
 
 Prepayments115
 9
 
 Regulatory Assets239
 199
 
 Other18
 6
 
 Total Current Assets1,745
 1,930
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT28,301
 26,347
 
 Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization(6,019) (5,760) 
 Net Property, Plant and Equipment22,282
 20,587
 
 NONCURRENT ASSETS    
 Regulatory Assets3,336
 3,319
 
 Long-Term Investments283
 299
 
 Other Special Funds46
 43
 
 Other110
 110
 
 Total Noncurrent Assets3,775
 3,771
 
 TOTAL ASSETS$27,802
 $26,288
 
      
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
 LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Long-Term Debt Due Within One Year$750
 $
 
 Accounts Payable624
 718
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies178
 260
 
 Accrued Interest89
 76
 
 Clean Energy Program184
 142
 
 Derivative Contracts
 5
 
 Obligation to Return Cash Collateral132
 132
 
 Regulatory Liabilities44
 88
 
 Other278
 296
 
 Total Current Liabilities2,279
 1,717
 
 NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Deferred Income Taxes and ITC6,408
 5,873
 
 OPEB Costs977
 1,009
 
 Accrued Pension Costs209
 250
 
��Regulatory Liabilities89
 118
 
 Environmental Costs325
 332
 
 Asset Retirement Obligations216
 213
 
 Long-Term Accrued Taxes83
 130
 
 Other109
 116
 
 Total Noncurrent Liabilities8,416
 8,041
 
 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 9)

 

 
 CAPITALIZATION    
 LONG-TERM DEBT7,493
 7,818
 
 STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY    
 Common Stock; 150 shares authorized; issued and outstanding, 2017 and 2016—132 shares892
 892
 
 Contributed Capital1,095
 945
 
 Basis Adjustment986
 986
 
 Retained Earnings6,641
 5,888
 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
 1
 
 Total Stockholder’s Equity9,614
 8,712
 
 Total Capitalization17,107
 16,530
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION$27,802
 $26,288
 
      
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Millions
(Unaudited)
      
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2017 2016 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
   Net Income$753
 $696
 
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
 Depreciation and Amortization506
 412
 
 Provision for Deferred Income Taxes and ITC497
 482
 
 Non-Cash Employee Benefit Plan Costs37
 55
 
 Cost of Removal(72) (109) 
 Net Change in Other Regulatory Assets and Liabilities(121) (72) 
 Net Change in Certain Current Assets and Liabilities:
   
 Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Revenues136
 2
 
 Materials and Supplies(13) (42) 
 Prepayments(106) (63) 
 Accounts Payable(37) (30) 
 Accounts Receivable/Payable—Affiliated Companies, net(61) 154
 
 Other Current Assets and Liabilities(12) (6) 
 Employee Benefit Plan Funding and Related Payments(55) (64) 
 Other(59) (14) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities1,393
 1,401
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
 Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment(2,118) (2,035) 
 Proceeds from Sales of Available-for-Sale Securities33
 16
 
 Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities(34) (17) 
 Solar Loan Investments(2) 
 
 Other7
 6
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities(2,114) (2,030) 
 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Change in Short-Term Debt
 (153) 
 Issuance of Long-Term Debt425
 1,275
 
 Redemption of Long-Term Debt
 (271) 
 Contributed Capital150
 
 
 Other(5) (14) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities570
 837
 
 Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash and Cash Equivalents(151) 208
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period390
 198
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period$239
 $406
 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
 Income Taxes Paid (Received)$(107) $(279) 
 Interest Paid, Net of Amounts Capitalized$208
 $194
 
 Accrued Property, Plant and Equipment Expenditures$363
 $404
 
      
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 OPERATING REVENUES$1,595
 $1,530
 $4,826
 $4,749
 
 OPERATING EXPENSES        
 Energy Costs593
 543
 1,863
 1,793
 
 Operation and Maintenance389
 357
 1,133
 1,086
 
 Depreciation and Amortization192
 169
 569
 506
 
 Total Operating Expenses1,174
 1,069
 3,565
 3,385
 
 OPERATING INCOME421
 461
 1,261
 1,364
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments
 
 
 2
 
 Other Income (Deductions)21
 22
 61
 65
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)14
 (2) 44
 (5) 
 Interest Expense(83) (79) (246) (223) 
 INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES373
 402
 1,120
 1,203
 
 Income Tax Expense(95) (156) (292) (450) 
 NET INCOME$278
 $246
 $828
 $753
 
          
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Millions
(Unaudited)


          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 NET INCOME$278
 $246
 $828
 $753
 
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $0, $0, $0 and $1 for the three and nine months ended 2018 and 2017, respectively(1) 
 (1) (1) 
 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$277
 $246
 $827
 $752
 
          
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
 ASSETS 
 CURRENT ASSETS
   
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$25
 $242
 
 Accounts Receivable, net of allowances of $56 in 2018 and $59 in 2017842
 882
 
 Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies55
 
 
 Unbilled Revenues155
 296
 
 Materials and Supplies200
 197
 
 Prepayments117
 44
 
 Regulatory Assets317
 211
 
 Other26
 4
 
 Total Current Assets1,737
 1,876
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT30,997
 29,117
 
 Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization(6,241) (6,101) 
 Net Property, Plant and Equipment24,756
 23,016
 
 NONCURRENT ASSETS    
 Regulatory Assets3,761
 3,222
 
 Long-Term Investments278
 280
 
 Rabbi Trust Fund46
 46
 
 Other116
 114
 
 Total Noncurrent Assets4,201
 3,662
 
 TOTAL ASSETS$30,694
 $28,554
 
      
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
 LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Long-Term Debt Due Within One Year$500
 $750
 
 Commercial Paper and Loans40
 
 
 Accounts Payable666
 728
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies164
 340
 
 Accrued Interest96
 78
 
 Clean Energy Program187
 128
 
 Obligation to Return Cash Collateral130
 129
 
 Regulatory Liabilities303
 47
 
 Other367
 311
 
 Total Current Liabilities2,453
 2,511
 
 NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Deferred Income Taxes and ITC3,718
 3,391
 
 OPEB Costs1,052
 1,103
 
 Accrued Pension Costs171
 226
 
 Regulatory Liabilities3,286
 2,948
 
 Environmental Costs271
 283
 
 Asset Retirement Obligations215
 212
 
 Long-Term Accrued Taxes67
 91
 
 Other118
 114
 
 Total Noncurrent Liabilities8,898
 8,368
 
 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 10)

 

 
 CAPITALIZATION    
 LONG-TERM DEBT8,682
 7,841
 
 STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY    
 Common Stock; 150 shares authorized; issued and outstanding, 2018 and 2017—132 shares892
 892
 
 Contributed Capital1,095
 1,095
 
 Basis Adjustment986
 986
 
 Retained Earnings7,689
 6,861
 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(1) 
 
 Total Stockholder’s Equity10,661
 9,834
 
 Total Capitalization19,343
 17,675
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITALIZATION$30,694
 $28,554
 
      
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Millions
(Unaudited)
      
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2018 2017 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
   Net Income$828
 $753
 
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
 Depreciation and Amortization569
 506
 
 Provision for Deferred Income Taxes and ITC330
 497
 
 Non-Cash Employee Benefit Plan Costs28
 37
 
 Cost of Removal(121) (72) 
 Net Change in Regulatory Assets and Liabilities(35) (121) 
 Net Change in Certain Current Assets and Liabilities:
   
 Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Revenues184
 136
 
 Materials and Supplies(3) (13) 
 Prepayments(73) (106) 
 Accounts Payable(7) (37) 
 Accounts Receivable/Payable—Affiliated Companies, net(232) (61) 
 Other Current Assets and Liabilities10
 (14) 
 Employee Benefit Plan Funding and Related Payments(73) (55) 
 Other(8) (58) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities1,397
 1,392
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
 Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment(2,213) (2,118) 
 Proceeds from Sales of Trust Investments15
 33
 
 Purchases of Trust Investments(17) (34) 
 Solar Loan Investments(15) (2) 
 Other6
 7
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities(2,224) (2,114) 
 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Change in Short-Term Debt40
 
 
 Issuance of Long-Term Debt1,350
 425
 
  Contributed Capital
 150
 
 Redemption of Long-Term Debt(750) 
 
 Other(14) (5) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities626
 570
 
 Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash(201) (152) 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at Beginning of Period244
 393
 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period$43
 $241
 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
 Income Taxes Paid (Received)$60
 $(107) 
 Interest Paid, Net of Amounts Capitalized$223
 $208
 
 Accrued Property, Plant and Equipment Expenditures$375
 $363
 
      
See disclosures regarding Public Service Electric and Gas Company included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PSEG POWER LLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Millions
(Unaudited)

          
 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 OPERATING REVENUES$873
 $1,075
 $3,086
 $3,102
 
 OPERATING EXPENSES        
 Energy Costs357
 462
 1,461
 1,481
 
 Operation and Maintenance227
 289
 711
 807
 
 Depreciation and Amortization76
 86
 1,191
 245
 
 Total Operating Expenses660
 837
 3,363
 2,533
 
 OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)213
 238
 (277) 569
 
 Income from Equity Method Investments3
 3
 11
 9
 
 Other Income43
 23
 127
 74
 
 Other Deductions(8) (6) (22) (33) 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments(5) (5) (9) (25) 
 Interest Expense(12) (24) (41) (66) 
 INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES234
 229
 (211) 528
 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)(98) (90) 80
 (208) 
 NET INCOME (LOSS)$136
 $139
 $(131) $320
 
      

   
          
 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 OPERATING REVENUES$868
 $846
 $3,038
 $3,033
 
 OPERATING EXPENSES        
 Energy Costs431
 330
 1,550
 1,408
 
 Operation and Maintenance231
 229
 745
 717
 
 Depreciation and Amortization94
 76
 260
 1,191
 
 Total Operating Expenses756
 635
 2,555
 3,316
 
 OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)112
 211
 483
 (283) 
 Income from Equity Method Investments5
 3
 12
 11
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments44
 19
 30
 62
 
 Other Income (Deductions)14
 11
 38
 34
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)4
 2
 11
 6
 
 Interest Expense(29) (12) (47) (41) 
 INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES150
 234
 527
 (211) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)(25) (98) (127) 80
 
 NET INCOME (LOSS)$125
 $136
 $400
 $(131) 
      

   
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PSEG POWER LLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Millions
(Unaudited)

          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 NET INCOME (LOSS)$136
 $139
 $(131) $320
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax        
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(14), $(23), $(41) and $(48) for the three and nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively15
 22
 44
 47
 
 Pension/OPEB adjustment, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(4), $(5), $(11) and $(15) for the three and nine months ended 2017 and 2016, respectively5
 7
 15
 21
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax20
 29
 59
 68
 
 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)$156
 $168
 $(72) $388
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 NET INCOME (LOSS)$125
 $136
 $400
 $(131) 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax        
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $2, $(14), $13 and $(41) for the three and nine months ended 2018 and 2017, respectively(4) 15
 (19) 44
 
 Pension/OPEB adjustment, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(3), $(4), $(8) and $(11) for the three and nine months ended 2018 and 2017, respectively7
 5
 19
 15
 
 Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax3
 20
 
 59
 
 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)$128
 $156
 $400
 $(72) 
          
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PSEG POWER LLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)
      
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
 ASSETS 
 CURRENT ASSETS    
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$22
 $11
 
 Accounts Receivable206
 276
 
 Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies86
 205
 
 Short-Term Loan to Affiliate1
 87
 
 Fuel348
 326
 
 Materials and Supplies, net391
 381
 
 Derivative Contracts84
 162
 
 Prepayments20
 10
 
 Other4
 2
 
 Total Current Assets1,162
 1,460
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT11,256
 12,655
 
 Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization(3,184) (4,135) 
 Net Property, Plant and Equipment8,072
 8,520
 
 NONCURRENT ASSETS    
 NDT Fund2,012
 1,859
 
 Long-Term Investments90
 102
 
 Goodwill16
 16
 
 Other Intangibles88
 98
 
 Other Special Funds57
 53
 
 Derivative Contracts62
 24
 
 Other72
 61
 
 Total Noncurrent Assets2,397
 2,213
 
 TOTAL ASSETS$11,631
 $12,193
 
      
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
 LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Accounts Payable$499
 $539
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies128
 25
 
 Derivative Contracts7
 8
 
 Accrued Interest43
 20
 
 Other87
 88
 
 Total Current Liabilities764
 680
 
 NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Deferred Income Taxes and ITC1,962
 2,170
 
 Asset Retirement Obligations530
 511
 
 OPEB Costs258
 251
 
 Derivative Contracts1
 3
 
 Accrued Pension Costs174
 191
 
 Long-Term Accrued Taxes57
 77
 
 Other123
 129
 
 Total Noncurrent Liabilities3,105
 3,332
 
 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 9)

 

 
 LONG-TERM DEBT2,385
 2,382
 
 MEMBER’S EQUITY
   
 Contributed Capital2,214
 2,214
 
 Basis Adjustment(986) (986) 
 Retained Earnings4,301
 4,782
 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(152) (211) 
 Total Member’s Equity5,377
 5,799
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY$11,631
 $12,193
 
      
      
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
 ASSETS 
 CURRENT ASSETS    
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$41
 $32
 
 Accounts Receivable343
 380
 
 Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies121
 221
 
 Short-Term Loan to Affiliate119
 
 
 Fuel329
 289
 
 Materials and Supplies, net386
 376
 
 Derivative Contracts11
 29
 
 Prepayments20
 11
 
 Other6
 3
 
 Total Current Assets1,376
 1,341
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT12,277
 11,755
 
 Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization(3,408) (3,159) 
 Net Property, Plant and Equipment8,869
 8,596
 
 NONCURRENT ASSETS    
 NDT Fund2,096
 2,133
 
 Long-Term Investments88
 87
 
 Goodwill16
 16
 
 Other Intangibles107
 114
 
 Rabbi Trust Fund57
 57
 
 Derivative Contracts2
 7
 
 Other70
 67
 
 Total Noncurrent Assets2,436
 2,481
 
 TOTAL ASSETS$12,681
 $12,418
 
      
See disclosures regarding PSEG Power LLC included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
 LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Long-Term Debt Due Within One Year$250
 $250
 
 Accounts Payable465
 712
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies21
 57
 
 Short-Term Loan from Affiliate
 281
 
 Derivative Contracts13
 16
 
 Accrued Interest51
 20
 
 Other69
 99
 
 Total Current Liabilities869
 1,435
 
 NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
 Deferred Income Taxes and ITC1,577
 1,406
 
 Asset Retirement Obligations841
 810
 
 OPEB Costs289
 283
 
 Derivative Contracts2
 5
 
 Accrued Pension Costs161
 184
 
 Long-Term Accrued Taxes1
 52
 
 Other140
 140
 
 Total Noncurrent Liabilities3,011
 2,880
 
 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 10)

 

 
 LONG-TERM DEBT2,834
 2,136
 
 MEMBER’S EQUITY
   
 Contributed Capital2,214
 2,214
 
 Basis Adjustment(986) (986) 
 Retained Earnings5,086
 4,911
 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(347) (172) 
 Total Member’s Equity5,967
 5,967
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY$12,681
 $12,418
 
      
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PSEG POWER LLC
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Millions
(Unaudited)

      
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2017 2016 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Income (Loss)$(131) $320
 
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
 Depreciation and Amortization1,191
 245
 
 Amortization of Nuclear Fuel152
 154
 
 Provision for Deferred Income Taxes and ITC(259) (34) 
 Interest Accretion on Asset Retirement Obligation23
 20
 
 Net Realized and Unrealized (Gains) Losses on Energy Contracts and Other Derivatives8
 96
 
 
Impairment Costs for Early Plant Retirements


 102
 
 Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Compliance Accrual79
 87
 
 Non-Cash Employee Benefit Plan Costs21
 28
 
 Net Realized (Gains) Losses and (Income) Expense from NDT Fund(86) (12) 
 Net Change in Certain Current Assets and Liabilities:    
 Fuel, Materials and Supplies(32) (27) 
 Margin Deposit64
 (4)
 Accounts Receivable19
 (11) 
 Accounts Payable(32) (29) 
 Accounts Receivable/Payable—Affiliated Companies, net205
 235
 
 Other Current Assets and Liabilities11
 20
 
 Employee Benefit Plan Funding and Related Payments(5) (10) 
 Other21
 80
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities1,249
 1,260
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
 Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment(903) (923) 
 Purchase of Emissions Allowances and RECs(90) (77) 
 Proceeds from Sales of Available-for-Sale Securities886
 490
 
 Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities(900) (512) 
 Short-Term Loan—Affiliated Company, net86
 (151) 
 Other37
 22
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities(884) (1,151) 
 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
 Issuance of Long-Term Debt
 700
 
 Cash Dividend Paid(350) (250) 
 Redemption of Long-Term Debt
 (553) 
 Other(4) (6) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities(354) (109) 
 Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents11
 
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period11
 12
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period$22
 $12
 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
 Income Taxes Paid (Received)$75
 $(7) 
 Interest Paid, Net of Amounts Capitalized$30
 $51
 
 Accrued Property, Plant and Equipment Expenditures$241
 $175
 
      
      
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2018 2017 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
 Net Income (Loss)$400
 $(131) 
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
 Depreciation and Amortization260
 1,191
 
 Amortization of Nuclear Fuel143
 152
 
 Provision for Deferred Income Taxes and ITC177
 (259) 
 Interest Accretion on Asset Retirement Obligation31
 23
 
 Net Realized and Unrealized (Gains) Losses on Energy Contracts and Other Derivatives78
 8
 
 
Emission Allowances and Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Compliance Accrual

74
 79
 
 Non-Cash Employee Benefit Plan Costs17
 21
 
 Net (Gains) Losses and (Income) Expense from NDT Fund(62) (86) 
 Net Change in Certain Current Assets and Liabilities:    
 Fuel, Materials and Supplies(50) (32) 
 Margin Deposit(77) 64

 Accounts Receivable42
 19
 
 Accounts Payable(22) (32) 
 Accounts Receivable/Payable—Affiliated Companies, net65
 205
 
 Other Current Assets and Liabilities(11) 11
 
 Employee Benefit Plan Funding and Related Payments(7) (5) 
 Other(53) 21
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities1,005
 1,249
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
 Additions to Property, Plant and Equipment(800) (903) 
 Purchase of Emissions Allowances and RECs(111) (90) 
 Proceeds from Sales of Trust Investments1,024
 886
 
 Purchases of Trust Investments(1,037) (900) 
 Short-Term Loan—Affiliated Company(119) 86
 
 Other33
 37
 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities(1,010) (884) 
 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
 Issuance of Long-Term Debt700
 
 
 Cash Dividend Paid(400) (350) 
 Short-Term Loan—Affiliated Company(281) 
 
 Other(5) (4) 
 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities14
 (354) 
 Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash9
 11
 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at Beginning of Period32
 11
 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period$41
 $22
 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
 Income Taxes Paid (Received)$31
 $75
 
 Interest Paid, Net of Amounts Capitalized$32
 $30
 
 Accrued Property, Plant and Equipment Expenditures$168
 $241
 
      
See disclosures regarding PSEG Power LLC included in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Note 1. Organization, and Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) is a holding company with a diversified business mix within the energy industry. Its operations are primarily in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States and in other select markets. PSEG’s principal direct wholly owned subsidiaries are:
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G)—which is a public utility engaged principally in the transmission of electricity and distribution of electricity and natural gas in certain areas of New Jersey. PSE&G is subject to regulation by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). PSE&G also invests in solar generation projects and has implemented energy efficiency and related programs in New Jersey, which are regulated by the BPU.
PSEG Power LLC (Power)—which is a multi-regional energy supply company that integrates the operations of its merchant nuclear and fossil generating assets with its power marketing businesses and fuel supply functions through competitive energy sales in well-developed energy markets primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States through its principal direct wholly owned subsidiaries. In addition, Power owns and operates solar generation in various states. Power’s subsidiaries are subject to regulation by FERC, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states in which they operate.
PSEG’s other direct wholly owned subsidiaries include PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (Energy Holdings), which primarily has investments in leveraged leases;are: PSEG Long Island LLC (PSEG LI), which operates the Long Island Power Authority’s (LIPA) electric transmission and distribution (T&D) system under an Operations Services Agreement (OSA); PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (Energy Holdings), which primarily has investments in leveraged leases; and PSEG Services Corporation (Services), which provides certain management, administrative and general services to PSEG and its subsidiaries at cost.
Basis of Presentation
The financial statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) applicable to Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Notes) should be read in conjunction with, and update and supplement matters discussed in, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information furnished herein reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. The year-end Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.
Significant Accounting Policies
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Cash equivalents consist of short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Restricted cash consists primarily of deposits received related to various construction projects at PSE&G.
The followingprovides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts for the beginning (December 31, 2017) and ending periods shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
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  PSE&G Power Other (A) Consolidated 
  Millions 
 As of December 31, 2017        
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$242
 $32
 $39
 $313
 
 Restricted Cash in Other Current Assets
 
 
 
 
 Restricted Cash in Other Noncurrent Assets2
 
 
 2
 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash$244
 $32
 $39
 $315
 
 As of September 30, 2018        
 Cash and Cash Equivalents$25
 $41
 $22
 $88
 
 Restricted Cash in Other Current Assets6
 
 
 6
 
 Restricted Cash in Other Noncurrent Assets12
 
 
 12
 
 Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash$43
 $41
 $22
 $106
 
          
(A)Includes amounts applicable to PSEG (parent corporation), Energy Holdings and Services.

Note 2. Recent Accounting Standards
New StandardStandards Issued and Adopted
Business Combinations: ClarifyingRevenue from Contracts With CustomersAccounting Standard Update (ASU) 2014-09, updated by ASUs 2015-14, 2016-08, 2016-10, 2016-12, 2016-20, 2017-13, 2017-14
This accounting standard, and related updates, were adopted on January 1, 2018 using the Definitionfull retrospective transition method. There was no effect on net income as a result of adoption. However, certain retrospective adjustments were recorded in accordance with the new standard. At PSE&G, retrospective adjustments increased Operating Revenues by $21 million and $60 million, Energy Costs by $8 million and $33 million, and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Expense by $13 million and $27 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. At Power, retrospective adjustments reduced Operating Revenues and Energy Costs by $27 million and $53 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. For disclosure requirements under this standard, including Nature of Goods and Services, Disaggregation of Revenues, and Remaining Performance Obligations under Fixed Consideration Contracts, see Note 3. Revenues.
Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—ASU 2016-01
Power maintains an external master trust fund to provide for the costs of decommissioning upon termination of operations of its nuclear facilities. In addition, PSEG maintains a Businessgrantor trust which was established to meet the obligations related to its non-qualified pension plans and deferred compensation plans, commonly referred to as a “Rabbi Trust.”
This accounting standard was issued mainlyadopted on January 1, 2018. Under the new guidance, equity investments in Power’s Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) and PSEG’s Rabbi Trust Funds are measured at fair value with the unrealized gains and losses now recognized through Net Income instead of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). The debt securities in these trusts continue to provide more consistencybe classified as available-for-sale with the unrealized gains and losses recorded as a component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Realized gains and losses on both equity and available-for-sale debt security investments are recorded in earnings and are included with the unrealized gains and losses on equity securities in Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments. Other-than-temporary impairments on NDT and Rabbi Trust securities are also included in Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments. A cumulative effect adjustment was made to reclassify the net unrealized gains related to equity investments of $342 million ($176 million, net of tax) from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income to Retained Earnings on January 1, 2018. See Note 16. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax and Note 8. Trust Investments for further discussion.
Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments—ASU 2016-15
This accounting standard reduces the diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the definitionStatement of a business is applied to acquisitions or dispositions. The new guidance will generally reduce the number of transactions that will require treatment as a business combination. The definition of a business now includes consideration of whether substantially all the fair value of the gross assets acquired or disposed of is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. If this condition is met, the transaction would not qualify as a business.Cash Flows.
The standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017; however, entities may adopt it for transactions that have closed before the effective date but have not been reported in financial statements that have been issued or made available for issuance. PSEG adopted this standard in the third quarter 2017 with the acquisition ofon January 1, 2018 using a solar project. This standard upon adoptionretrospective transition method and had no impactchanges in its presentation of its Statement of Cash Flows for each period presented.
Statement of Cash Flows:  Restricted Cash—ASU 2016-18
This accounting standard was adopted on PSEG’s financial statements.January 1, 2018. PSEG will continue the current balance sheet classification of restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. PSEG has provided a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted
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cash or restricted cash equivalents and has included a description of these amounts in Note 1. Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies. The effect of adoption on the September 30, 2018 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows was immaterial.
Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (OPEB)—ASU 2017-07
This accounting standard was adopted on January 1, 2018. Under the new guidance, entities are required to report the service cost component in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by their employees during the period. The other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the Statement of Operations separately from the service cost component after Operating Income. Additionally, only the service cost component is eligible for capitalization, when applicable. As a result of adopting this standard, PSE&G reduced its charge to expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 by approximately $15 million and $44 million, respectively. The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were recast to show retrospective adjustments of the non-service cost components of net benefit credits (costs) of $(2) million and $(5) million at PSE&G and $2 million and $6 million at Power, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, from O&M Expense to a new line item after Operating Income entitled Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs). See Note 9. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (OPEB).
Stock Compensation - Scope of Modification Accounting—ASU 2017-09
This accounting standard was adopted on January 1, 2018. The standard will be applied prospectively to awards modified on or after January 1, 2018. PSEG does not expect a material impact from adoption of this new standard.
New Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted
Revenue from Contracts with CustomersLeasesASU 2016-02, updated by ASUs 2018-01, 2018-10 and 2018-11
This accounting standard, clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue and removes inconsistencies in revenue recognition requirements; improves comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions and capital markets; and provides improved disclosures.
The guidance provides a five-step model to be used for recognizing revenue for the transfer of promised goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services.
The standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early application is permitted. PSEG expects the new guidance to result in more detailed disclosures of revenue compared to current guidance and possible changes in presentation. Included in the scope of the new standard are PSE&G’s regulated revenue recorded under tariffs, including the sale of default supply of electric and gas commodity, and the distribution of electricity and gas to retail residential and commercial and industrial customers, and transmission revenues. The tariff revenue comprises substantially all of PSE&G’s revenue. PSEG expects no material change in revenue recognition of PSE&G’s regulated revenue recorded under tariffs. PSE&G’s revenue from contracts with customers will continue to be recorded as electricity or gas is delivered to the customer. PSEG continues to evaluate contracts under its other revenue streams.
Certain implementation issues are currently being finalized by the AICPA’s Financial Reporting Executive Committee, including the ability to recognize revenue for certain contracts where there is uncertainty regarding collection from customers and accounting for contributions in aid of construction. While those issues are out for comment, based on tentative conclusions PSEG does not expect any material changes to its revenue due to those issues. PSEG will adopt this standard on January 1, 2018 and anticipates electing the full retrospective method of transition. Under this method, PSEG will restate its prior period financial statements to align with the 2018 presentation. Certain reclassifications may affect revenue and expense due to the application of this standard; however, PSEG does not anticipate any material impact to net income.
Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
This accounting standard will change how entities measure equity investments that are not consolidated or accounted for under the equity method. Under the new guidance, equity investments (other than those accounted for using the equity method) will be measured at fair value through Net Income instead of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Entities that have elected the fair value option for financial liabilities will present changes in fair value due to a change in their own credit risk through Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). For equity investments which do not have readily determinable fair values, the impairment assessment will be simplified by requiring a qualitative assessment to identify impairments. The new standard also changes certain disclosures.
The standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. PSEG expects to record a cumulative effect adjustment by reclassifying the after-tax net unrealized gain (loss) related to equity investments from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income to Retained Earnings as of January 1, 2018, and expects increased volatility in Net Income due to changes in fair value of its equity securities within the nuclear decommissioning (NDT) and Rabbi Trust Funds.
Leases
This accounting standard replacesupdates, replace existing lease accounting guidance and requiresrequire lessees to recognize all leases with a term greater than 12 months on the balance sheet using a right-of-use asset approach. At lease commencement, a lessee will recognize a lease asset and corresponding lease obligation. A lessee will classify its leases as either finance leases or operating leases based on whether control of the underlying assets has transferred to the lessee. A lessor will classify its leases as operating or direct financing leases, or as sales-type leases based on whether control of the underlying assets has transferred to the lessee. Both the lessee and lessor models require additional disclosure of key information. The standard requiresallows lessees and lessors to apply either (i) a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. However,statements, or (ii) a prospective transition approach for leases existing as of January 1, 2019 with a cumulative effect adjustment to be recorded to Retained Earnings. PSEG intends to adopt this standard on a prospective basis. Existing guidance related to leveraged leases willdoes not change.
This standard permits an entity to elect an optional transition practical expedient to exclude evaluation of land easements that exist or expired before the adoption of ASU 2016-02 and that were not previously accounted for as leases.
PSEG is currently analyzing the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements while undertaking the following implementation activities: (i) reviewing all contract types throughout PSEG to determine the lease population; (ii) implementing a lease accounting system to capture and account for long-term (greater than one year) leases to be operational on January 1, 2019; (iii) developing internal lease accounting policies and determining the practical expedients PSEG will elect; and (iv) drafting lease disclosures required in 2019. Pending finalization of those activities, PSEG expects adoption of this standard on January 1, 2019 to impact its consolidated balance sheet by increasing its assets and liabilities by up to $300 million. PSE&G expects its assets and liabilities to each increase by up to $100 million and Power expects its assets and liabilities to each increase by up to $60 million. PSEG does not expect adoption to have a material impact on the Consolidated Statements of Operations of PSEG, PSE&G and Power.
The standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018 with retrospective application to previously issued financial statements for 2018 and 2017. Early application is permitted. PSEG is currently analyzing the impact of this standard on its financial statements.2018.
Derivatives and Hedging: Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging ActivitiesActivities—ASU 2017-12
This accounting standard’s amendments more closely align hedge accounting with the companies’ risk management activities in the financial statements. The amendments expand hedge accounting for both non-financial and financial risk components by
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permitting contractually specified components to designatebe designated as the hedged risk in a cash flow hedge involving the purchase or sale of non-financial assets or variable rate financial instruments. The amendments also permit an entity to measure the interest rate risk on the hedged item in a partial-term fair value hedge assuming the hedged item has a term that reflects only the designated cash flows being hedged. Additionally, the amendments ease the operational burden of applying hedge accounting by allowing more time to prepare hedge documentation, and allowallowing effectiveness assessments to be performed on a qualitative basis after hedge inception.
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The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The standard requires using a modified retrospective method upon adoption. Early adoption is permitted. PSEG analyzed the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and has determined that the standard could enable PSEG to enter into certain transactions that can be deemed hedges that previously would not have qualified. Adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on PSEG’s financial statements.
Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities—ASU 2017-08
This accounting standard was issued to shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. Specifically, the standard requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity.
The standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for an entity in any interim or annual period. If an entity early adopts the standard in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. An entity should apply this standard on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. Additionally, in the period of adoption, an entity should provide disclosures about a change in accounting principle. PSEG is currently analyzing the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income—ASU 2018-02
This accounting standard would affect any entity that is required to apply the provisions of the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) topic, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income,” and has items of other comprehensive income for which the related tax effects are presented in other comprehensive income as required by GAAP. Specifically, this standard would allow entities to record a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the newly enacted federal corporate income tax rate. The amount of the reclassification would be the difference between the historical corporate income tax rate and the newly enacted 21% corporate income tax rate.
The standard is effective for all entities for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for an entity in any interim or annual period for public business entities for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance.
An entity would be able to choose to apply this standard retrospectively to each period (or periods) in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the new tax legislation enacted in 2017 is recognized or apply the standard in the reporting period adopted. PSEG is currently analyzing the impact this standard, if adopted, could have on its consolidated financial statements.
Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial InstrumentsASU 2016-13
This accounting standard provides a new model for recognizing credit losses on financial assets carried at amortized cost. The new model requires entities to use an estimate of expected credit losses that will be recognized as an impairment allowance rather than a direct write-down of the amortized cost basis. The estimate of expected credit losses is to be based on past events, current conditions and supportable forecasts over a reasonable period. For purchased financial assets with credit deterioration, a similar model is to be used; however, the initial allowance will be added to the purchase price rather than reported as an allowance. Credit losses on available-for-sale securities should be measured in a manner similar to current GAAP; however, this standard requires those credit losses to be presented as an allowance, rather than a write-down. This new standard also requires additional disclosures of credit quality indicators for each class of financial asset disaggregated by year of origination.
The standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019; however, entities may adopt early beginning in the annual or interim periods after December 15, 2018. PSEG is currently analyzing the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash PaymentsDisclosure FrameworkChanges to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value MeasurementASU 2018-13
This accounting standard reducesmodifies the diversity in practice in howdisclosure requirements for fair value measurements. Certain current disclosure requirements relating to Level 3 fair value measurements, and transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements will be eliminated. The standard will also add certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the Statement of Cash Flows.other disclosure requirements for Level 3 fair value measurements.
The standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017; however, entities may adopt early, including2019. Certain amendments in anthe standard should be applied prospectively for only the most recent interim period. PSEG does not anticipate any current impact on PSEG’s financial statements. PSEG will adopt thisor annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments of the standard asshould be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. Early adoption is permitted.
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Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a retrospective transition method to each period presented.
Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted CashCloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service ContractASU 2018-15
This accounting standard aligns the capitalization requirements for implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with capitalization requirements for implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software, including hosting arrangements that include an internal use software license. The standard follows the guidance in ASC 350—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as an asset related to the service contract and which costs to expense. The standard requires entitiesthe amortization of capitalized costs to explainbe presented in O&M Expense. In addition, the change during the periodstandard also adds presentation requirements for these costs in the totalstatements of cash cash equivalentsflows and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents, either in a narrative or a tabular format. Amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents should be included in entities’ reconciliation of beginning-of-period and end-of-period amounts in the Statement of Cash Flows.financial position.
The standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017; however, entities may adopt early,2019. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in anany interim period. This standard should be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption. PSEG plans to adoptis currently analyzing the impact of this standard on January 1, 2018 using a retrospective transition method for each period presented. PSEG will continue the current balance sheet classification of restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. PSEG will provide a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents and include a description of these amounts.its financial statements.
Simplifying the Test for Goodwill ImpairmentASU 2017-04
This accounting standard requires an entity to perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, an entity should consider income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable.
An entity should apply this standard on a prospective basis and will be required to disclose the nature of and reason for the change in accounting principle upon transition. The new standard is effective for impairment tests for periods beginning January 1, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. PSEG is currently assessing the impactdoes not expect adoption of this guidance uponstandard to have a material impact on its financial statements.
ImprovingDisclosure FrameworkChanges to the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic PostretirementDisclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Cost (OPEB)PlansASU 2018-14
This accounting standard was issuedmodifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans, including the elimination of certain current disclosure requirements. Certain other disclosure requirements related to improveinterest crediting rates have been added and certain clarifications were made to other disclosure requirements.
The standard is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020 and early adoption is permitted. An entity should apply the presentationamendments in this standard on a retrospective basis to all periods presented.

Note 3. Revenues
Nature of net periodic pension costGoods and net periodic OPEB cost.Services
UnderThe following is a description of principal activities by reportable segment from which PSEG, PSE&G and Power generate their revenues.
PSE&G
Revenues from Contracts with Customers
Electric and Gas Distribution and Transmission Revenues—PSE&G sells gas and electricity to customers under default commodity supply tariffs. PSE&G’s regulated electric and gas default commodity supply and distribution services are separate tariffs which are satisfied as the new guidance, entitiesproduct(s) and/or services are requireddelivered to reportthe customer. The electric and gas commodity and delivery tariffs are recurring contracts in effect until cancellation by the customer. Revenue is recognized over time as the service cost componentis rendered to the customer. Included in PSE&G’s regulated revenues are unbilled electric and gas revenues which represent the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising fromestimated amount customers will be billed for services rendered from the most recent meter reading to the end of the respective accounting period.
PSE&G’s transmission revenues are earned under a separate FERC tariff. The performance obligation of transmission service is satisfied over time as it is provided to and consumed by their employees during the period.customer. Revenue is recognized upon delivery of the transmission service. PSE&G’s revenues from the transmission of electricity are recorded based on a FERC-approved annual formula rate mechanism. This mechanism provides for an annual filing of an estimated revenue requirement with rates effective January 1 of each year and a mechanism true-up to that estimate based on actual revenue requirements. The other componentstrue-up mechanism is an alternative revenue which is outside the scope of net benefitrevenue from contracts with customers.
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costOther Revenues from Contracts with Customers
Other revenues from contracts with customers, which are requirednot a material source of PSE&G revenues, are generated primarily from appliance repair services and solar generation projects. The performance obligations under these contracts are satisfied and revenue is recognized as control of products is delivered or services are rendered.
Payment for services rendered and products transferred are typically due within 30 days of month of delivery.
Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers
Other PSE&G revenues unrelated to contracts with customers are derived from alternative revenue mechanisms recorded pursuant to regulatory accounting guidance. These revenues, which include weather normalization, green energy program true-ups and transmission formula rate true-ups, are not a material source of PSE&G revenues.
Power
Revenues from Contracts with Customers
Electricity and Related Products—Wholesale and retail load contracts are executed in the different Independent System Operator (ISO) regions for the bundled supply of energy, capacity, renewable energy credits (RECs) and ancillary services representing Power’s performance obligations. Revenue for these contracts is recognized over time as the bundled service is provided to the customer. Transaction terms generally run from several months to three years. Power also sells to the ISOs energy and ancillary services which are separately transacted in the day-ahead or real-time energy markets. The energy and ancillary services performance obligations are typically satisfied over time as delivered and revenue is recognized accordingly. Power generally reports electricity sales and purchases conducted with those individual ISOs net on an hourly basis in either Operating Revenues or Energy Costs in its Consolidated Statements of Operations. The classification depends on the net hourly activity.
Power enters into capacity sales and capacity purchases through the ISOs. The transactions are reported on a net basis dependent on Power’s monthly net sale or purchase position through the individual ISOs. The performance obligations with the ISOs are satisfied over time upon delivery of the capacity and revenue is recognized accordingly. In addition to capacity sold through the ISOs, Power sells capacity through bilateral contracts and the related revenue is reported on a gross basis and recognized over time upon delivery of the capacity.
Gas Contracts—Power sells wholesale natural gas, primarily through an index based full requirements Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) contract with PSE&G to meet the gas supply requirements of PSE&G’s customers. The BGSS contract, which extends through March 2019, will renew year-to-year thereafter unless terminated by either party with a two year notice. The performance obligation is primarily delivery of gas which is satisfied over time. Revenue is recognized as gas is delivered. Based upon the availability of natural gas, storage and pipeline capacity beyond PSE&G’s daily needs, Power also sells gas and pipeline capacity to other counterparties under bilateral contracts. The performance obligation under these contracts is satisfied over time upon delivery of the gas or capacity, and revenue is recognized accordingly.
Other Revenues from Contracts with Customers
Power enters into bilateral contracts to sell solar power and solar RECs from its solar facilities. Contract terms range from 15 to 30 years. The performance obligations are generally solar power and RECs which are transferred to customers upon generation. Revenue is recognized upon generation of the solar power.
Power has entered into long-term contracts with LIPA for energy management and fuel procurement services. Revenue is recognized over time as services are rendered.
Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers
Power’s revenues unrelated to contracts with customers include electric, gas and certain energy-related transactions accounted for in accordance with Derivatives and Hedging accounting guidance. See Note 12. Financial Risk Management Activities for further discussion. Power is also a party to solar contracts that qualify as leases and are accounted for in accordance with lease accounting guidance.
Other
Revenues from Contracts with Customers
PSEG LI has a contract with LIPA which generates revenues. PSEG LI’s subsidiary, Long Island Electric Utility Servco, LLC (Servco) records costs which are recovered from LIPA and records the recovery of those costs as revenues when Servco is a principal in the transaction.
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Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers
Energy Holdings generates lease revenues which are recorded pursuant to lease accounting guidance.
Disaggregation of Revenues
            
  PSE&G Power Other  Eliminations Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 Revenues from Contracts with Customers          
 Electric Distribution$1,072
 $
 $
 $
 $1,072
 
 Gas Distribution142
 
 
 (6) 136
 
 Transmission312
 
 
 
 312
 
 Electricity and Related Product Sales          
 PJM          
 Third Party Sales
 558
 
 
 558
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 166
 
 (166) 
 
 New York ISO
 56
 
 
 56
 
 ISO New England
 12
 
 
 12
 
 Gas Sales          
 Third Party Sales
 24
 
 
 24
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 47
 
 (47) 
 
 Other Revenues from Contracts with Customers (A)60
 12
 142
 (1) 213
 
 Total Revenues from Contracts with Customers1,586
 875
 142
 (220) 2,383
 
 Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers (B)9
 (7) 9
 
 11
 
 Total Operating Revenues$1,595
 $868
 $151
 $(220) $2,394
 
            
            
  PSE&G Power Other  Eliminations Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 Revenues from Contracts with Customers          
 Electric Distribution$2,516
 $
 $
 $
 $2,516
 
 Gas Distribution1,149
 
 
 (13) 1,136
 
 Transmission925
 
 
 
 925
 
 Electricity and Related Product Sales          
 PJM          
 Third Party Sales
 1,429
 
 
 1,429
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 489
 
 (489) 
 
 New York ISO
 161
 
 
 161
 
 ISO New England
 73
 
 
 73
 
 Gas Sales          
 Third Party Sales
 118
 
 
 118
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 552
 
 (552) 
 
 Other Revenues from Contracts with Customers (A)195
 35
 404
 (3) 631
 
 Total Revenues from Contracts with Customers4,785
 2,857
 404
 (1,057) 6,989
 
 Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers (B)41
 181
 17
 
 239
 
 Total Operating Revenues$4,826
 $3,038
 $421
 $(1,057) $7,228
 
            
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  PSE&G Power Other  Eliminations Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Revenues from Contracts with Customers          
 Electric Distribution$1,014
 $
 $
 $
 $1,014
 
 Gas Distribution136
 
 
 (4) 132
 
 Transmission308
 
 
 
 308
 
 Electricity and Related Product Sales          
 PJM          
 Third Party Sales
 300
 
 
 300
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 208
 
 (208) 
 
 New York ISO
 49
 
 
 49
 
 ISO New England
 15
 
 
 15
 
 Gas Sales          
 Third Party Sales
 26
 
 
 26
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 44
 
 (44) 
 
 Other Revenues from Contracts with Customers (A)59
 11
 130
 (1) 199
 
 Total Revenues from Contracts with Customers1,517
 653
 130
 (257) 2,043
 
 Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers (B)13
 193
 5
 
 211
 
 Total Operating Revenues$1,530
 $846
 $135
 $(257) $2,254
 
            
            
  PSE&G Power Other  Eliminations Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Revenues from Contracts with Customers          
 Electric Distribution$2,472
 $
 $
 $
 $2,472
 
 Gas Distribution1,124
 
 
 (11) 1,113
 
 Transmission914
 
 
 
 914
 
 Electricity and Related Product Sales          
  PJM          
 Third Party Sales
 916
 
 
 916
 
          Sales to Affiliates
 563
 
 (563) 
 
 New York ISO
 135
 
 
 135
 
 ISO New England
 35
 
 
 35
 
 Gas Sales          
 Third Party Sales
 89
 
 
 89
 
 Sales to Affiliates
 552
 
 (552) 
 
 Other Revenues from Contracts with Customers (A)188
 33
 386
 (3) 604
 
 Total Revenues from Contracts with Customers4,698
 2,323
 386
 (1,129) 6,278
 
 Revenues Unrelated to Contracts with Customers (B)51
 710
 (52) 
 709
 
 Total Operating Revenues$4,749
 $3,033
 $334
 $(1,129) $6,987
 
            
(A)Includes primarily revenues from appliance repair services at PSE&G, solar power projects and energy management and fuel service contracts with LIPA at Power, and PSEG LI’s OSA with LIPA in Other.
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(B)Includes primarily alternative revenues at PSE&G, derivative contracts at Power, and lease contracts in Other. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, Other includes a $20 million loss and a $77 million loss, respectively, related to Energy Holdings’ investments in leases.
Contract Balances
PSE&G
PSE&G does not have any material contract balances (rights to consideration for services already provided or obligations to provide services in the future for consideration already received) as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Substantially all of PSE&G’s accounts receivable result from contracts with customers. Allowances represented approximately seven percent of accounts receivable as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
Power
Power generally collects consideration upon satisfaction of performance obligations, and therefore, Power had no material contract balances as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
Power’s accounts receivable include amounts resulting from contracts with customers and other contracts which are out of scope of accounting guidance for revenues from contracts with customers. The majority of these accounts receivable are subject to master netting agreements. As a result, accounts receivable resulting from contracts with customers and receivables unrelated to contracts with customers are netted within Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. In the wholesale energy markets in which Power operates, payment for services rendered and products transferred are typically due within 30 days of month of delivery. As such, there is little credit risk associated with these receivables and Power typically records no allowances.
Other
PSEG LI does not have any material contract balances as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
Remaining Performance Obligations under Fixed Consideration Contracts
Power and PSE&G primarily record revenues as allowed by the guidance, which states that if an entity has a right to consideration from a customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value to the customer of the entity's performance completed to date, the entity may recognize revenue in the amount to which the entity has a right to invoice. PSEG has future performance obligations under contracts with fixed consideration as follows:
Power
As stated above, capacity transactions with ISOs are reported on a net basis dependent on Power’s monthly net sale or purchase position through the individual ISOs.
Capacity Payments from the PJM Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) Annual Base Residual and Incremental Auctions—The Base Residual Auction is conducted annually three years in advance of the operating period. Power expects to realize the following average capacity prices for capacity obligations to be presentedsatisfied resulting from the base and incremental auctions which have been completed:
       
 Delivery Year $ per MW-Day MW Cleared 
 June 2018 to May 2019 $205 9,200
 
 June 2019 to May 2020 $116 8,900
 
 June 2020 to May 2021 $170 8,100
 
 June 2021 to May 2022 $178 7,700
 
       
Capacity Payments from the New England ISO Forward Capacity Market—The Forward Capacity Market Auction (FCM) is conducted annually three years in advance of the operating period. The table below includes Power’s cleared capacity in the StatementFCM for the Bridgeport Harbor Station 5, which cleared the 2019/2020 auction at $231/MW-day for seven years, with escalations based on the Handy-Whitman Index and the planned retirement of Operations separatelyBridgeport Harbor Station 3 in 2021. Power expects to realize the following average capacity prices for capacity obligations to be satisfied resulting from the service cost component after Operating Income. Additionally, only the service cost component will be eligible for capitalization, when applicable.FCM auctions which have been completed:
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 Delivery Year $ per MW-Day MW Cleared 
 June 2018 to May 2019 $314 820
 
 June 2019 to May 2020 $231 1,330
 
 June 2020 to May 2021 $195 1,330
 
 June 2021 to May 2022 $192 950
 
 June 2022 to May 2023 $231 480
 
 June 2023 to May 2024 $231 480
 
 June 2024 to May 2025 $231 480
 
 June 2025 to May 2026 $231 480
 
       
Bilateral capacity contracts—Capacity obligations pursuant to contract terms through 2029 are anticipated to result in revenues totaling $171 million.
Other
The standard requires the amendments to be applied retrospectivelyLIPA OSA is a 12-year services contract ending in 2025 with annual fixed and incentive components. The fixed fee for the presentationprovision of the service cost componentservices thereunder in 2018 is $64 million and the other cost components of net periodic pension cost and net periodic OPEB cost in the Statement of Operations and prospectively,could increase each year based on and after the effective date, for the capitalization of the service cost component of net periodic pension and OPEB costs.
The standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted for an entity in any interim or annual period. PSEG is currently analyzing the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities
This accounting standard was issued to shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. Specifically, the standard requires the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity.
The standard is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for an entity in any interim or annual period. If an entity early adopts the standard in an interim period, any
adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. An entity should apply this standard on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. Additionally, in the period of adoption, an entity should provide disclosures about a change in accounting principle. PSEG is currently analyzing the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
Stock Compensation - Scope of Modification Accounting
This accounting standard provides clarity and reduces both diversity in practice and complexity when applying the stock compensation guidance to a change in the terms or conditions of a stock-based payment award. Specifically,Consumer Price Index (CPI). The incentive for 2018 can range from zero to approximately $10 million and could increase each year thereafter based on the standard provides guidance as to which changes tochange in the terms or conditions of a stock-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting.
The standard is effective for all entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period, for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. This standard should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. PSEG plans to adopt this standard effective January 1, 2018.CPI.

Note 3.4. Early Plant Retirements
Fossil
In October 2016,On June 1, 2017, Power determined that it would ceasecompleted its previously announced retirement of the generation operations of the existing coal/gas units at the Hudson and Mercer generating stations on June 1, 2017. Both units were available to operate through May 31, 2017 and were subsequently retired from operation on June 1, 2017.
In the latter half of 2016, PSEG and Power recognized pre-tax charges in Energy Costs and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of $62 million and $53 million, respectively, related to coal inventory adjustments, capacity penalties, materials and supplies inventory reserve adjustments for parts that cannot be used at other generating units, employee-related severance benefits costs and construction work in progress impairments, among other shut down items. In addition to these charges, Power recognized Depreciation and Amortization (D&A) during 2016 of $571 million due to the significant shortening of the expected economic useful lives of Hudson and Mercer.stations.
As of June 1, 2017, Power recognized total D&ADepreciation and Amortization of $964 million for the Hudson and Mercer units to reflect the endsignificant shortening of their expected economic useful lives in 2017. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, Power recognized pre-tax charges in Energy Costs of $1 million and $10 million, respectively, in Energy Costs primarily for coal inventory lower of cost or market adjustments. ForIn the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, Power also recognized pre-tax charges in O&M of $8 million and $12 million, respectively, of shut down costs and ana net increase in the Asset Retirement Obligation liability due to settlements and changes in cash flow estimates, partially offset by changes in employee-related severance costs. In 2018, no material costs were recorded. Power currently anticipatesis exploring various opportunities with
these sites, including using the sites for alternative industrial activity. However, ifactivity or the disposition of one or both of the sites. If Power
determines not to use the sites for alternative industrial activity, the early retirement of the units at such sites would trigger
obligations under certain environmental regulations, including possible remediation. The amounts for any such environmental
remediation are neither currently probable nor estimable but may be material.
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As of December 31, 2016, Power had reduced the estimated useful life of Bridgeport Harbor Station unit 3 (BH3) from 2025 to the summer of 2021 as it was more likely than not it will retire the unit by this time.
PSEG and Power continue to monitor their other coal assets, including the Keystone and Conemaugh generating stations, to assess their economic viability through the end of their designated useful lives and their continued classification as held for use. The precise timing of a change in useful lives may be dependent upon events out of PSEG’s and Power’s control and may impact their ability to operate or maintain certain assets in the future. These generating stations may be impacted by factors such as environmental legislation, co-owner capital requirements and continued depressed wholesale power prices or capacity factors, among other things. Any early retirement or change in the held for use classification of our remaining coal units may have a material adverse impact on PSEG’s and Power’s future financial results.
Nuclear
Since 2013, several nuclear generating stations in the United States have closed or announced early retirement due to economic reasons, or have announced being at risk for early retirement. This situation isIn September 2018, Exelon, a co-owner of the Salem units, shut down its Oyster Creek nuclear plant located in New Jersey, one year earlier than previously planned for economic reasons. In addition, First Energy announced in March 2018 the early retirement of four nuclear units at the Davis-Besse, Perry Nuclear and Beaver Valley nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania by 2021. These closures and retirements are generally due to thedecline in market prices of energy, resulting from low natural gas prices driven by the growth of shale gas production since 2007, the continuing cost of regulatory compliance and enhanced security for nuclear facilities, and both federal and state-level policies that provide financial incentives to construct renewable energy such as wind and solar but generally do not applyand the failure to adequately compensate nuclear generating stations.stations for the attributes they bring similar to renewable energy production. These trends have significantly reduced
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the revenues of nuclear generating stations while limiting their ability to reduce the unit cost of production. This may result in the electric generation industry experiencing a further shift from nuclear generation to natural gas-fired generation, creating less diversity of the generation fleet.
IfIn May 2018, the market trends noted above continue or worsen, Power’sgovernor of New Jersey signed legislation that would provide a safety net in order to prevent the loss of environmental attributes from selected nuclear generating stations referred to as the ZEC (Zero Emissions Certificate) program. The legislation calls for the BPU to establish a collection process for a customer charge, determine eligibility and certification of need, and potentially select nuclear plants to receive ZECs starting in April 2019. The law mandates each New Jersey electric distribution company (EDC), including PSE&G, to purchase ZECs and recover its procurement of ZECs through a non-bypassable charge (ZEC charge) in the amount of $0.004 per kilowatt-hour.
In the ordinary course, management, and in the case of the Salem units could cease being economically competitivethe co-owner, each makes a number of decisions that impact the operation of Power’s nuclear units beyond the current year, including whether and to what extent these units participate in RPM capacity auctions, commitments relating to refueling outages and significant capital expenditures, and decisions regarding our hedging arrangements. When considering whether to make these future commitments, management’s decisions will primarily be influenced by the financial outlook of the units, including the progress, timing and continued outlook for selection of the units under the newly enacted legislation in the state of New Jersey. Power and Exelon have agreed to continue to assess and, when appropriate, approve the funding of individual capital projects to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and the safe operation of the Salem generating station and that the funding of previously postponed projects may be restored as a result of the legislation enacted in New Jersey sufficiently values the attributes of nuclear generation and Salem benefits from such legislation.
Power believes it may be unable to cover its costs and would be inadequately compensated for its market and operational risks at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear units, which may causewould result in Power retiring these units early if (i) energy market prices continue to retire such units priorbe depressed, (ii) there are adverse impacts from potential changes to the end ofcapacity market construct being considered by FERC, or (iii) Salem and/or Hope Creek are not selected to participate in the ZEC program or the ZEC program does not adequately compensate our nuclear generating stations for their useful lives.attributes. The costs associated with any such potential retirement, which may include, among other things, accelerated D&Adepreciation and amortization or impairment charges, accelerated asset retirement costs, severance costs, environmental remediation costs and additional funding of the NDT Fund would likely have abe material adverse impact on PSEG’s and Power’s future financial results and cash flows.to both PSEG and Power continuePower. If any or all of the Salem and Hope Creek units were shut down, it would significantly alter New Jersey’s energy supply predominately by increasing New Jersey’s reliance on natural gas generation. Such a decrease in fuel diversity could also increase the market’s vulnerability to advocate for sound policies that recognize nuclearprice fluctuations and power as a sourcedisruptions in times of reliable clean energy, free of air emissions and an important part of a diverse and reliable energy portfolio.high demand.
The following table provides the balance sheet amounts by generating station as of September 30, 20172018 for significant assets and liabilities associated with Power’s owned share of its nuclear assets.
           
   As of September 30, 2017 
   Hope Creek Salem Support Facilities and Other (A) Peach Bottom 
   Millions 
 Assets         
 Materials and Supplies Inventory $85
 $81
 $
 $41
 
 Nuclear Production, net of Accumulated Depreciation 452
 557
 204
 753
 
 Nuclear Fuel In-Service, net of Accumulated Depreciation 120
 94
 
 109
 
 Construction Work in Progress (including nuclear fuel) 216
 130
 9
 92
 
         Total Assets $873
 $862
 $213
 $995
 
 Liability         
 Asset Retirement Obligation $148
 $162
 $
 $164
 
         Total Liabilities $148
 $162
 $
 $164
 
          Net Assets $725
 $700
 $213
 $831
 
 NRC License Renewal Term 2046 2036/2040
 
 2033/2034
 
 % Owned 100% 57% 
 50% 
           
           
   As of September 30, 2018 
   Hope Creek Salem Support Facilities and Other (A) Peach Bottom 
   Millions 
 Assets         
 Materials and Supplies Inventory $83
 $72
 $
 $42
 
 Nuclear Production, net of Accumulated Depreciation 684
 642
 199
 775
 
 Nuclear Fuel In-Service, net of Accumulated Depreciation 155
 72
 
 103
 
 Construction Work in Progress (including nuclear fuel) 144
 156
 2
 87
 
         Total Assets $1,066
 $942
 $201
 $1,007
 
 Liability         
 Asset Retirement Obligation $313
 $258
 $
 $213
 
         Total Liabilities $313
 $258
 $
 $213
 
          Net Assets $753
 $684
 $201
 $794
 
 NRC License Renewal Term 2046 2036/2040
 N/A
 2033/2034
 
 % Owned 100% 57% Various
 50% 
           
(A)Includes Hope Creek’s and Salem’s shared support facilities and other nuclear development capital.
(A)Includes Hope Creek’s and Salem’s shared support facilities and other nuclear development capital.
The precise timing of any potential early retirement and resulting financial statement impact may be affected by a number of factors, including co-owner considerations, the results of any transmission system reliability study assessments and
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decommissioning trust fund requirements and other commitments, as well as future energy prices. Power maintains a NDT Fund that funds its decommissioning obligations. See Note 7. Available-for-Sale Securities.8. Trust Investments.

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Note 4.5. Variable Interest Entity (VIE)
VIE for which PSEG LI is the Primary Beneficiary
PSEG LI consolidates Long Island Electric Utility Servco, LLC (Servco), a marginally capitalized VIE, which was created for the purpose of operating LIPA’s T&D system in Long Island, New York as well as providing administrative support functions to LIPA. PSEG LI is the primary beneficiary of Servco because it directs the operations of Servco, the activity that most significantly impacts Servco’s economic performance and it has the obligation to absorb losses of Servco that could potentially be significant to Servco. Such losses would be immaterial to PSEG.
Pursuant to the OSA, Servco’s operating costs are reimbursable entirely by LIPA, and therefore, PSEG LI’s risk is limited related to the activities of Servco. PSEG LI has no current obligation to provide direct financial support to Servco. In addition to reimbursement of Servco’s operating costs as provided for in the OSA, PSEG LI receives an annual contract management fee. PSEG LI’s annual contractual management fee, in certain situations, could be partially offset by Servco’s annual storm costs not approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, limited contingent liabilities and penalties for failing to meet certain performance metrics.
For transactions in which Servco acts as principal and controls the services provided to LIPA, such as transactions with its employees for labor and labor-related activities, including pension and OPEB-related transactions, Servco records revenues and the related pass-through expenditures separately in Operating Revenues and O&M Expense, respectively. Servco recorded $114$126 million and $116$114 million for the three months and $338$355 million and $315$338 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively, of O&M costs, the full reimbursement of which was reflected in Operating Revenues. For transactions in which Servco acts as an agent for LIPA, it records revenues and the related expenses on a net basis, resulting in no impact on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Note 5.6. Rate Filings
This Note should be read in conjunction with Note 6. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.
In addition to items previously reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, significant regulatory orders received and currently pending rate filings with FERC and the BPU by PSE&G are as follows:
Electric and Gas Distribution Base Rate Filings—In October 2018, the BPU issued an Order approving the settlement of PSE&G’s distribution base rate case with new rates effective November 1, 2018. The settlement resulted in a net reduction in overall annual revenues of approximately $13 million, comprised of a $212 million increase in base revenues, including recovery of deferred storm costs, offset by the return of tax benefits of approximately $225 million. The tax benefits include the flow-back to customers of excess accumulated deferred income taxes resulting from the reduction of the federal income tax rates provided in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Act) as well as the accumulated deferred income taxes from previously realized tax repair deductions and tax benefits from future tax repair deductions as realized. As a result of the agreement to flow back tax repair-related accumulated deferred income taxes in the settlement, PSE&G recognized a $581 million regulatory liability and a corresponding regulatory asset as of September 30, 2018. The Order provides for a $9.5 billion rate base, a 9.6% return on equity for PSE&G’s distribution business and a 54% equity component of its capitalization structure. In addition to the $13 million annual revenue reduction, the Order provides for a $28 million one-time refund to customers in November and December 2018 for taxes collected at the higher federal income tax rate for the January 1 to March 31, 2018 period. The BPU approved a rate reduction effective April 1, 2018, to PSE&G’s then current electric and gas base rates of approximately $71 million and $43 million, respectively, on an annual basis, to reflect the lower federal income tax rate for the period April 1 and forward.
Transmission Formula Rate Filings—In June 2017,October 2018, PSE&G made two FERC filings with respect to its Transmission Formula Rate. PSE&G filed its 20162019 Annual Transmission Formula Rate update with FERC requesting approximately $100 million in increased annual transmission revenue effective January 1, 2019, subject to true-up. In addition, PSE&G filed a Section 205 filing that seeks FERC approval to refund approximately $155 million of transmission related “unprotected excess deferred income tax benefits” to transmission customers over the 2019 twelve month period. The amount of unprotected excess deferred taxes is subject to change pending further Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance. FERC approval of PSE&G’s Section 205 filing is required to commence any refund to customers and as such, the Annual Transmission Formula Rate update request does not include the impact of the tax refund. This matter is pending.
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In June 2018, PSE&G filed its 2017 true-up adjustment pertaining to its transmission formula rates in effect for 2016.2017. This resulted in an adjustment of $12$27 million more than the 20162017 originally filed revenues.revenues, the impact of which PSE&G had primarily recognized in its Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2017.
BGSS—In September 2018, the BPU provisionally approved PSE&G’s request to decrease its BGSS rates which will decrease annual BGSS revenues by $26 million. The BGSS rate decreased from approximately 37 cents to 35 cents per therm for residential gas customers effective October 1, 2018.
In April 2018, the BPU approved the final BGSS rates which were effective October 2017, the 2018 Annual Formula Rate update was filed with FERC and requests approximately $212 million in increased annual transmission revenue effective January 1, 2018, subject to true-up.2017.
Gas System ModernizationGreen Program (GSMP)Recovery Charges (GPRC)—In July of each year, PSE&G files withOctober 2018, the BPU for base rate recovery of GSMP investments which include a return of and on its investment.
In Octoberapproved PSE&G’s 2017 PSE&G submitted the planned update to its annual GSMPGPRC cost recovery petition originally filed in July 2017, to include GSMP investments in service as of September 30, 2017. This filing seeks BPU approval to recover in gas base rates an annual revenue increase of $25 million effective January 1, 2018. This increase represents the return of and on investment for GSMP investments in service through September 30, 2017. This proceeding is ongoing.   
Energy Strong Recovery Filing—In March and September of each year, PSE&G files with the BPU for base raterequesting recovery of Energy Strong investments which include a return ofapproximately $58 million and on its investment.
In June 2017, PSE&G submitted the planned update to its March Energy Strong cost recovery petition, originally filed in March 2017, to include Energy Strong investments in service as of May 31, 2017. This filing requested estimated annual increases$15 million in electric and gas revenues, respectively, on an annual basis.
In June 2018, PSE&G filed its 2018 GPRC cost recovery petition requesting recovery of $16approximately $65 million and $2$6 million respectively. in electric and gas revenues, respectively, on an annual basis.
Remediation Adjustment Charge (RAC)In August 2017,October 2018, the BPU approved these rate increasesPSE&G’s filing with respect to its RAC 25 petition allowing recovery of $63 million effective SeptemberNovember 1, 2018 related to Manufactured Gas Plant expenditures from August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2017.
Energy Strong Program I (ES I) Recovery Filing—In August 2018, the BPU approved recovery of PSE&G’s ES I capital investment petition of an annual revenue requirement increase of $0.6 million and $0.1 million associated with electric and gas investment costs, respectively. This represents the final recovery of electric and gas ES I capital investment costs consistent with the BPU Order of Approval of the Energy Strong Program.
In September 2017, PSE&G filed its Energy Strong electric costFebruary 2018, the BPU approved recovery petition seeking BPU approval to recover theof an annual revenue requirementsrequirement of $8 million associated with Energy Strong capitalizedelectric ES I capital investment costs placed in service from June 1, 2017 through November 30, 2017. The petition requests rates to be effective March 1, 2018, consistent with the BPU Order of approval of the
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Energy Strong program. The annualized requested increase in electric revenue requirement is approximately $9 million. This proceeding is ongoing.   
Basic Gas Supply Services (BGSS)Weather Normalization Clause (WNC)—In June 2017, PSE&G made its annual BGSS filing with the BPU requesting an increase in the BGSS rate from approximately 34 cents to 37 cents per therm effective October 1, 2017. In September 2017,2018, the BPU approved a Stipulation in this matterPSE&G’s 2017-2018 WNC petition on a provisional basis andallowing a net recovery of $14 million to be collected over the BGSS2018-2019 Winter Period with the new rate was increased.effective November 1, 2018. The $14 million net recovery is the result of $9 million of excess revenues from the colder-than-normal 2017-2018 Winter Period offset by $23 million of remaining prior Winter Period undercollection.
Weather Normalization ClauseIn April 2017,2018, the BPU gave final approval to PSE&G’s petition to collect $54 million in net deficiency gas revenues as a result of the warmer than normal 2015-2016 Winter Period.
In June 2017, PSE&G filed a petition requesting approval to collect $55 million in total net deficiency revenues comprised of $31 million in net deficiency gas revenues as a result of the warmer than normal 2016-2017 Winter Period, and the remainingwhich resulted in a deficiency of $31 million, plus a carryover balance of $24 million in net deficiency gas revenue from the 2015-2016 Winter Period. The deficiency gas revenue would be collected from customers over the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 Winter Periods (October 1 through May 31). In September 2017, the BPU approved this petition on a provisional basis with rates effective October 1, 2017, allowing recovery during the 2017-2018 Winter Period.
GreenGas System Modernization Program Recovery Charges (GPRC)I (GSMP I)—In August 2017,October 2018, PSE&G updated its annual GSMP I cost recovery petition to include GSMP I investments in service as of September 30, 2018. The petition seeks BPU approval to recover in gas base rates an estimated annual revenue increase of $21 million effective January 1, 2019.
Societal Benefits Charge—In February 2018, the BPU approved PSE&G’s petition for an Energy Efficiency 2017 Program (EE 2017) to extend three existing energy efficiency subprograms (multi-family, direct install and hospital efficiency) and establish two new residential energy efficiency offerings. The two new offerings include deployment of smart thermostats and a pilot program to provide residential customers with energy usage information enabling them to reduce consumption. The Order allows PSE&G to extend the subprogram offerings and establish the residential energy efficiency sub-programs under its existing energy efficiency clause recovery process. The EE 2017 allows for $69increase electric rates by approximately $20 million of additional investment and $16 million of additional administrative and information technology costs. The EE 2017 was added as the 11th component of the GPRC rate effective September 1, 2017.
Each year PSE&G files with the BPU for annual recovery for the 11 combined components of its electric and gas Green Program investments which include a return on its investment and recovery of expenses.
In March 2017, the BPU gave final approval to PSE&G’s 2016 GPRC cost recovery petition to recover approximately $37 million and $13 million in electric and gas revenues, respectively, on an annual basis associated with PSE&G’s implementation of these BPU approved GPRC programs for the period October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Theand to decrease gas rates were effective May 1, 2017. This Order also included the return ofby approximately $5$0.8 million in remaining overcollections from the completed Securitization Transition Charge. 
In June 2017, PSE&G filed its 2017 GPRC cost recovery petition requesting recovery of approximately $47 million and $13 million in electric and gas revenues, respectively, on an annual basis, associated with PSE&G's implementation of these BPU-approved programs for the period Octoberin order to recover electric and gas costs incurred through May 31, 2017 under its Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Social Programs. The new rates were effective April 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. This proceeding is ongoing.
Remediation Adjustment Charge (RAC)—In June 2017, the BPU approved PSE&G's filing with respect to its RAC 24 petition allowing recovery of $41 million effective July 10, 2017 related to net Manufactured Gas Plant expenditures from August 1, 2015 through July 31, 2016.

Note 6.7. Financing Receivables
PSE&G
PSE&G sponsors a solar loan program designed to help finance the installation of solar power systems throughout its electric service area. Interest income on the loans is recorded on an accrual basis. The loans are generally paid back with solar renewable energy certificates (SRECs) generated from the installed solar electric system. In the event of a loan default, the basis of the solar loan would be recovered through a regulatory recovery mechanism. None of the solar loans are impaired; however, in the event a loan becomes impaired, the basis of the loan would be recovered through a regulatory recovery mechanism. A substantial portion of these amounts are noncurrent and reported in Long-Term Investments on PSEG’s and PSE&G’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table reflects the outstanding loans by class of customer, none of which are considered “non-performing.”
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 Outstanding Loans by Class of Customer 
   As of As of 
 Consumer Loans September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
   Millions 
 Commercial/Industrial $160
 $164
 
 Residential 10
 11
 
 Total $170
 $175
 
       
       
 Outstanding Loans by Class of Customer 
   As of As of 
 Consumer Loans September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
   Millions 
 Commercial/Industrial $166
 $158
 
 Residential 9
 10
 
 Total $175
 $168
 
       
Energy Holdings
Energy Holdings, through several of its indirect subsidiary companies, has investments in domestic energy and real estate assets subject primarily to leveraged lease accounting. A leveraged lease is typically comprised of an investment by an equity investor and debt provided by a third-party debt investor. The debt is recourse only to the assets subject to lease and is not included on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As an equity investor, Energy Holdings’ equity investments in the leases are comprised of the total expected lease receivables over the lease terms plus the estimated residual values at the end of the lease terms, reduced for any income not yet earned on the leases. This amount is included in Long-Term Investments on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The more rapid depreciation of the leased property for tax purposes creates tax cash flow that will be repaid to the taxing authority in later periods. As such, the liability for such taxes due is recorded in Deferred Income Taxes on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
During the third quarter of 2016, Energy Holdings completed its annual review of estimated residual values embedded in the
NRG REMA, LLC (REMA) leveraged leases. The outcome indicated that the revised residual value estimates were lower than the recorded residual values and the decline was deemed to be other than temporary due to the adverse economic conditions experienced by coal generation in PJM, as discussed in Note 3. Early Plant Retirements, negatively impacting the economic outlook of the leased assets. As a result, a pre-tax write-down of $137 million was reflected in Operating Revenues in the quarter ended September 30, 2016, calculated by comparing the gross investment in the leases before and after the revised residual estimates. During the fourth quarter of 2016, Energy Holdings recorded a $10 million pre-tax charge for its best estimate of loss related to the leveraged lease receivables as a result of the current liquidity issues facing REMA, which was reflected in Operating Revenues and is included in Gross Investments in Leases as of December 31, 2016.
During the first quarter of 2017, due to continuing liquidity issues facing NRG REMA, LLC (REMA), economic challenges facing coal generation in PJM, and based upon an ongoing review of available alternatives as well as certain recent discussions with REMA management, Energy Holdings recorded an additionala $55 million pre-tax charge for its current best estimate of loss related to the lease receivables, which was reflected in Operating Revenues and is included in Gross Investments in Leases asreceivables. Additional pre-tax charges of September 30, 2017.
In June 2017, GenOn Energy, Inc. (GenOn) and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. GenOn is a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. and is the parent of REMA. REMA was not included in the GenOn filing. Energy Holdings continues$22 million (including $7 million related to monitor the restructuring of GenOn and its possible impacts on REMA and continues to discuss the situation with GenOn. During the second quarter of 2017, Energy Holdings completed its review of estimated residual values embedded in its leveraged lease portfolio of generating assets and the outcome indicated that one of the residual value estimates was lower than the recorded residual value due to a further deterioration of market conditions and changes to operating cost estimates. This decline was determined to be other than temporary. As a result, a pre-tax write-down of $7 million wasimpairment) were recorded in the quarter ended June 30, 2017. In addition, based
Based on an ongoing review of (i) the liquidity challenges facing REMA and (ii) available alternatives, Energy Holdings recorded an additional $15$20 million pre-tax charge in the three months ended June 30, 2018 for its current best estimate of loss related to lease receivables. The second quarter 2017 pre-tax write-down and additional chargePre-tax charges were reflected in Operating Revenues in 2018 and 2017 and are included in Gross Investment in Leases foras of September 30, 2017.2018.
In September 2018, certain subsidiaries of Energy Holdings (PSEG Entities) entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with REMA. Pursuant to the RSA, the PSEG Entities have agreed to support implementation of restructuring and related transactions with respect to REMA’s indebtedness. Such restructuring transactions will be implemented by REMA on an in-court basis under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The RSA outlines a plan of reorganization under which, in addition to other terms, the ownership interest in the leases relating to the Keystone and Conemaugh investments will be transferred to debtholders of REMA. Upon consummation of the restructuring transactions, the PSEG Entities will receive $31.5 million in cash in exchange for (a) the full satisfaction of all claims asserted against REMA and (b) approval of certain amendments to the Shawville lease. The Shawville lease amendments, among other things, will allow REMA to express tentative interest in a renewal on or after November 24, 2019, with similar changes to the other milestones in the lease renewal procedures. In addition, REMA has agreed to fund qualifying credit support up to $36 million.
Energy Holdings will be required upon resolution of this matter to accelerate and pay approximately $40 million of state deferred tax liabilities and accelerate and pay and/or reduce $85 million of a forecasted federal tax loss to the IRS.
As of September 30, 2018, no additional charges were recorded because the anticipated proceeds of $31.5 million from the transactions described above are in excess of the September 30, 2018 recorded amounts for the Keystone and Conemaugh lease investments.
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The following table shows Energy Holdings’ gross and net lease investment as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016, respectively.2017.
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
  Millions 
 Lease Receivables (net of Non-Recourse Debt)$546
 $629
 
 Estimated Residual Value of Leased Assets326
 346
 
 Total Investment in Rental Receivables872
 975
 
 Unearned and Deferred Income(309) (326) 
 Gross Investment in Leases563
 649
 
 Deferred Tax Liabilities(631) (674) 
 Net Investment in Leases$(68) $(25) 
      
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
  Millions 
 Lease Receivables (net of Non-Recourse Debt)$524
 $546
 
 Estimated Residual Value of Leased Assets326
 326
 
 Total Investment in Rental Receivables850
 872
 
 Unearned and Deferred Income(294) (307) 
 Gross Investment in Leases556
 565
 
 Deferred Tax Liabilities(470) (480) 
 Net Investment in Leases$86
 $85
 
      
The corresponding receivables associated with the lease portfolio are reflected in the following table,as follows, net of non-recourse debt. The ratings in the table represent the ratings of the entities providing payment assurance to Energy Holdings.
     
   
Lease Receivables, Net of
Non-Recourse Debt
 
 Counterparties’ Credit Rating Standard & Poor’s (S&P) as of September 30, 2017   
  As of September 30, 2017 
   Millions 
 AA $15
 
 BBB+ — BBB- 316
 
 BB- 133
 
 CCC- 82
 
 Total $546
 
     
     
   
Lease Receivables, Net of
Non-Recourse Debt
 
 Counterparties’ Credit Rating Standard & Poor’s (S&P) as of September 30, 2018   
  As of September 30, 2018 
   Millions 
 AA $13
 
 BBB+ — BBB- 316
 
 BB 133
 
 NR 62
 
 Total $524
 
     
The “BB-”“BB” and the “CCC-”“NR” ratings in the preceding table represent lease receivables related to coal and gas-fired assets in Illinois and Pennsylvania, respectively. As of September 30, 20172018, the gross investment in the leases of such assets, net of non-recourse debt, was $337316 million ($(184)(83) million, net of deferred taxes). A more detailed description of such assets under lease as of September 30, 2017, is presented in the following table.
                 
 Asset Location 
Gross
Investment
 
%
Owned
 Total MW 
Fuel
Type
 
Counterparties’
S&P Credit
Ratings
 Counterparty 
     Millions           
 Powerton Station Units 5 and 6 IL $133
 64% 1,538
 Coal BB- NRG Energy, Inc. 
 Joliet Station Units 7 and 8 IL $84
 64% 1,036
 Gas BB- NRG Energy, Inc. 
 Keystone Station Units 1 and 2 PA $20
 17% 1,711
 Coal CCC- REMA (A) 
 Conemaugh Station Units 1 and 2 PA $20
 17% 1,711
 Coal CCC- REMA (A) 
 Shawville Station Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 PA $80
 100% 596
 Gas CCC- REMA (A) 
                 
                 
 Asset Location 
Gross
Investment
 
%
Owned
 Total MW 
Fuel
Type
 
Counterparties’
S&P Credit
Ratings
 Counterparty 
     Millions           
 Powerton Station Units 5 and 6 IL $133
 64% 1,538
 Coal BB NRG Energy, Inc. 
 Joliet Station Units 7 and 8 IL $85
 64% 1,036
 Gas BB NRG Energy, Inc. 
 Keystone Station Units 1 and 2 PA $10
 17% 1,711
 Coal NR REMA (A) 
 Conemaugh Station Units 1 and 2 PA $9
 17% 1,711
 Coal NR REMA (A) 
 Shawville Station Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 PA $79
 100% 596
 Gas NR REMA (A) 
                 
(A)REMA’s parent company, GenOn, and certain of its subsidiaries (which did not include REMA)REMA filed a voluntary petitionspetition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. GenOn is currently engaged inSee above for a balance sheetdiscussion of the RSA entered into by REMA and the PSEG Entities relating to certain restructuring which will take an undetermined time to complete.transactions by REMA.
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The credit exposure for lessors is partially mitigated through various credit enhancement mechanisms within the lease structures. These credit enhancement features vary from lease to lease and may include letters of credit or affiliate guarantees.lease. Upon the occurrence of certain defaults, indirect subsidiary companies of Energy Holdings would exercise their rights and seek recovery of their investment, potentially
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including stepping into the lease directly to protect their investments. While these actions could ultimately protect or mitigate the loss of value, they could require the use of significant capital and trigger certain material tax obligations which could, for certain leases, wholly or partially be mitigated by tax indemnification claims against the counterparty. A bankruptcy of a lessee would likely delay and potentially limit any efforts on the part of the lessors to assert their rights upon default and could delay the monetization of claims. Failure to recover adequate value could ultimately lead to a foreclosure on the assets under lease by the lenders. Although all lease payments are current, PSEG cannot predict the outcome of GenOn’s restructuring process or the possible related impact on REMA. PSEG continues to monitor any changes to REMA’s and GenOn’s status and potential impacts on Energy Holdings’ lease investments and continues to discuss the situation with GenOn. If lease rejections or foreclosures were to occur, Energy Holdings could potentially record additional pre-tax write-offs up to its gross investment in these facilities and may also be required to accelerate and pay material deferred tax liabilities to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Additional factors that may impact future lease cash flows include, but are not limited to, new environmental legislation and regulation regarding air quality, water and other discharges in the process of generating electricity, market prices for fuel, electricity and capacity, overall financial condition of lease counterparties and their affiliates and the quality and condition of assets under lease.

Note 7. Available-for-Sale Securities8. Trust Investments
NDT Fund
Power maintains an external master NDT to fund its share of decommissioning costs for its five nuclear facilities upon their respective termination of operation. The trust contains two separate funds: a qualified fund and a non-qualified fund. Section 468A of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) limits the amount of money that can be contributed into a qualified fund. The funds are managed by third-party investment managers who operate under investment guidelines developed by Power.
Power classifies investments in the NDT Fund as available-for-sale. The following tables show the fair values and gross unrealized gains and losses for the securities held in the NDT Fund.
          
  As of September 30, 2017 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities$706
 $331
 $(5) $1,032
 
 Debt Securities        
 Government561
 10
 (4) 567
 
 Corporate352
 7
 (1) 358
 
 Total Debt Securities913
 17
 (5) 925
 
 Other Securities55
 
 
 55
 
 Total NDT Available-for-Sale Securities$1,674
 $348
 $(10) $2,012
 
          
          
  As of September 30, 2018 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities        
 Domestic$467
 $268
 $(7) $728
 
 International330
 78
 (16) 392
 
 Total Equity Securities797
 346
 (23) 1,120
 
 Available-for Sale Debt Securities        
 Government537
 
 (17) 520
 
 Corporate468
 1
 (13) 456
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities1,005
 1
 (30) 976
 
 Other
 
 
 
 
 Total NDT Fund Investments$1,802
 $347
 $(53) $2,096
 
          
          
  As of December 31, 2017 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities        
 Domestic$497
 $245
 $(2) $740
 
 International311
 99
 (3) 407
 
 Total Equity Securities808
 344
 (5) 1,147
 
 Available-for Sale Debt Securities        
 Government586
 2
 (4) 584
 
 Corporate400
 4
 (2) 402
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities986
 6
 (6) 986
 
 Total NDT Fund Investments$1,794
 $350
 $(11) $2,133
 
          
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Net unrealized gains (losses) on debt securities of $(17) million (after-tax) were included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss on PSEG’s and Power’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2018. The portion of net unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the third quarter and first nine months of 2018 related to equity securities still held at the end of September 30, 2018 were $41 million and $26 million, respectively.
          
  As of December 31, 2016 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities$705
 $263
 $(11) $957
 
 Debt Securities        
 Government518
 8
 (6) 520
 
 Corporate337
 4
 (4) 337
 
 Total Debt Securities855
 12
 (10) 857
 
 Other Securities44
 
 
 44
 
 Total NDT Available-for-Sale Securities (A)$1,604
 $275
 $(21) $1,858
 
          
(A)The NDT available-for-sale securities table excludes cash of $1 million which is part of the NDT Fund.
The amounts in the preceding tables do not include receivables and payables for NDT Fund transactions which have not settled at the end of each period. Such amounts are included in Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as shown in the following table.
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
  Millions 
 Accounts Receivable$11
 $8
 
 Accounts Payable$5
 $5
 
      

      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
  Millions 
 Accounts Receivable$13
 $24
 
 Accounts Payable$14
 $74
 
      
The following table shows the value of securities in the NDT Fund that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than and greater than 12 months.
                  
  As of September 30, 2017 As of December 31, 2016 
  
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
  
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities (A)$67
 $(5) $
 $
 $120
 $(10) $8
 $(1) 
 Debt Securities                
 Government (B)237
 (2) 62
 (2) 276
 (6) 4
 
 
 Corporate (C)60
 
 36
 (1) 139
 (3) 15
 (1) 
 Total Debt Securities297
 (2) 98
 (3) 415
 (9) 19
 (1) 
 Other Securities3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 NDT Available-for-Sale Securities$367
 $(7) $98
 $(3) $535
 $(19) $27
 $(2) 
                  
                  
  As of September 30, 2018 As of December 31, 2017 
  
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
  
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities (A)                
 Domestic$78
 $(7) $4
 $
 $40
 $(2) $
 $
 
 International87
 (14) 8
 (2) 29
 (3) 2
 
 
 Total Equity Securities165
 (21) 12
 (2) 69
 (5) 2
 
 
 Available-for Sale Debt Securities                
 Government (B)342
 (10) 153
 (7) 343
 (2) 91
 (2) 
 Corporate (C)342
 (11) 49
 (2) 191
 (1) 27
 (1) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities684
 (21) 202
 (9) 534
 (3) 118
 (3) 
 NDT Trust Investments$849
 $(42) $214
 $(11) $603
 $(8) $120
 $(3) 
                  
(A)Equity Securities—Investments in marketable equity securities within the NDT Fund are primarily in common stocks within a broad range of industries and sectors. TheEffective January 1, 2018, unrealized gains and losses are distributed over a broad range of securities with limited impairment durations. Power does not consideron these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2017.are recorded in Net Income.
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(B)Debt Securities (Government)—Unrealized gains and losses on these securities are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). The unrealized losses on Power’s NDT investments in U.S. Treasury obligations and Federal Agency mortgage-backed securities were caused by interest rate changes. These investments are guaranteed by the U.S. government or an agency of the U.S. government. Power also has investments in municipal bonds that are primarily in investment grade securities. It is not expected that these securities will settle for less than their amortized cost. Since Power does not intend to sell these securities nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell, Power does not consider these debt securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2017.2018.
(C)Debt Securities (Corporate)—Unrealized gains and losses on these securities are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Power’s investments in corporate bonds are primarily in investment grade securities. It is not expected that these securities would settle for less than their amortized cost. Since Power does not intend to sell these securities nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell, Power does not consider these debt securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2017.2018.
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The proceeds from the sales of and the net realized gains (losses) on securities in the NDT Fund were:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 Proceeds from NDT Fund Sales (A)$278
 $139
 $845
 $470
 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on NDT Fund:        
 Gross Realized Gains$29
 $11
 $82
 $36
 
 Gross Realized Losses(5) (3) (14) (25) 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on NDT Fund$24
 $8
 $68
 $11
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 Proceeds from NDT Fund Sales (A)$231
 $278
 $1,005
 $845
 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on NDT Fund        
 Gross Realized Gains$17
 $29
 $75
 $82
 
 Gross Realized Losses(7) (5) (29) (14) 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on NDT Fund (B)$10
 $24
 $46
 $68
 
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Equity Securities in NDT Fund (C)34
 N/A
 (16) N/A
 
 Other-Than-Temporary-Impairments (OTTI)$
 $(5) 
 (9) 
 Net Gains (Losses) on NDT Fund Investments$44
 $19
 $30
 $59
 
          
(A)Includes activity in accounts related to the liquidation of funds being transitioned to new managers.
(B)The cost of these securities was determined on the basis of specific identification.
Gross realized gains and gross realized losses disclosed in the preceding table were recognized in Other Income and Other Deductions, respectively, in PSEG’s and Power’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Net unrealized gains of $172 million (after-tax) were recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss on PSEG’s and Power’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017.

(C)Effective January 1, 2018, unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities are recorded in Net Income instead of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).
The NDT available-for-saleFund debt securities held as of September 30, 20172018 had the following maturities:
     
 Time Frame Fair Value 
   Millions 
 Less than one year $37
 
 1 - 5 years 236
 
 6 - 10 years 230
 
 11 - 15 years 62
 
 16 - 20 years 67
 
 Over 20 years 293
 
 Total NDT Available-for-Sale Debt Securities$925
 
     
     
 Time Frame Fair Value 
   Millions 
 Less than one year $11
 
 1 - 5 years 282
 
 6 - 10 years 201
 
 11 - 15 years 47
 
 16 - 20 years 73
 
 Over 20 years 362
 
 Total NDT Available-for-Sale Debt Securities$976
 
     
Power periodically assesses individual debt securities whose fair value is less than amortized cost to determine whether the investments are considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired. For equity securities, management considers the ability and intent to hold for a reasonable time to permit recovery in addition to the severity and duration of the loss. For fixed incomethese securities, management considers its intent to sell or requirement to sell a security prior to expected recovery. In those cases where a sale is expected, any impairment would be recorded through earnings. For fixed income securities where there is no intent to sell or likely requirement to sell, management evaluates whether credit loss is a component of the impairment. If so, that portion is recorded through earnings while the noncredit loss component is recorded through Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, Other-Than-Temporary Impairments (OTTI) of$9 million were recognized on securities in the NDT Fund. Any subsequent recoveries in the value of these securities would be
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recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) unless the securities are sold, in which case, any gain would be recognized in income. The assessment of fair market value compared to cost is applied on a weighted average basis taking into account various purchase dates and initial cost of the securities.
Rabbi Trust
PSEG maintains certain unfunded nonqualified benefit plans to provide supplemental retirement and deferred compensation benefits to certain key employees. Certain assets related to these plans have been set aside in a grantor trust commonly known as a “Rabbi Trust.”
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PSEG classifies investments in the Rabbi Trust as available-for-sale. The following tables show the fair values, gross unrealized gains and losses and amortized cost basis for the securities held in the Rabbi Trust.
          
  As of September 30, 2017 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities$22
 $1
 $
 $23
 
 Debt Securities        
 Government82
 2
 
 84
 
 Corporate118
 3
 (1) 120
 
 Total Debt Securities200
 5
 (1) 204
 
 Other Securities2
 
 
 2
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Available-for-Sale Securities$224
 $6
 $(1) $229
 
          
          
  As of September 30, 2018 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities        
 Domestic$21
 $4
 $
 $25
 
 International
 
 
 
 
 Total Equity Securities21
 4
 
 25
 
 Available-for-Sale Debt Securities        
 Government103
 
 (4) 99
 
 Corporate104
 
 (3) 101
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities207
 
 (7) 200
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Investments$228
 $4
 $(7) $225
 
          
          
  As of December 31, 2016 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities$11
 $11
 $
 $22
 
 Debt Securities        
 Government105
 
 (2) 103
 
 Corporate92
 1
 (2) 91
 
 Total Debt Securities197
 1
 (4) 194
 
 Other Securities1
 
 
 1
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Available-for-Sale Securities$209
 $12
 $(4) $217
 
          
          
  As of December 31, 2017 
  Cost 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities        
 Domestic$24
 $3
 $
 $27
 
 International
 
 
 
 
 Total Equity Securities24
 3
 
 27
 
 Available-for-Sale Debt Securities        
 Government85
 1
 (1) 85
 
 Corporate118
 2
 (1) 119
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities203
 3
 (2) 204
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Investments$227
 $6
 $(2) $231
 
          
Net unrealized gains (losses) on debt securities of $(5) million (after-tax) were included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss on PSEG’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018. The portion of net unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the third quarter and first nine months of 2018 related to equity securities still held at the end of September 30, 2018 were $1 million and $2 million, respectively.
The amounts in the preceding tables do not include receivables and payables for Rabbi Trust Fund transactions which have not settled at the end of each period. Such amounts are included in Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as shown in the following table.
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
  Millions 
 Accounts Receivable$2
 $5
 
 Accounts Payable$
 $3
 
      
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
  Millions 
 Accounts Receivable$1
 $2
 
 Accounts Payable$
 $1
 
      
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The following table shows the value of securities in the Rabbi Trust Fund that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than 12 months and greater than 12 months.
                  
  As of September 30, 2017 As of December 31, 2016 
  
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
  
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
  Millions 
 Equity Securities (A)$
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities                
 Government (B)25
 
 3
 
 60
 (2) 1
 
 
 Corporate (C)14
 (1) 4
 
 46
 (2) 3
 
 
 Total Debt Securities39
 (1) 7
 
 106
 (4) 4
 
 
 Rabbi Trust Available-for-Sale Securities$39
 $(1) $7
 $
 $106
 $(4) $4
 $
 
                  
                  
  As of September 30, 2018 As of December 31, 2017 
  
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
Less Than 12
Months
 
Greater Than 12
Months
 
  
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
  Millions 
 Available-for-Sale Debt Securities                
 Government (A)$70
 $(2) $28
 $(2) $28
 $
 $25
 $(1) 
 Corporate (B)76
 (3) 14
 
 39
 (1) 9
 
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities146
 (5) 42
 (2) 67
 (1) 34
 (1) 
 Rabbi Trust Investments$146
 $(5) $42
 $(2) $67
 $(1) $34
 $(1) 
                  
(A)Equity Securities—Investments in marketable equity securities within the Rabbi Trust Fund are through a mutual fund which invests primarily in common stocks within a broad range of industries and sectors.
(B)Debt Securities (Government)—Unrealized gains and losses on these securities are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). The unrealized losses on PSEG’s Rabbi Trust investments in U.S. Treasury obligations and Federal Agency mortgage-backed securities were caused by interest rate changes. These investments are guaranteed by the U.S. government or an agency of the U.S. government. PSEG also has investments in municipal bonds that are primarily in investment grade securities. It is not expected that these securities will settle for less than their amortized cost. Since PSEG does not intend to sell these securities nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell, PSEG does not consider these debt securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2017.2018.
(C)(B)Debt Securities (Corporate)—Unrealized gains and losses on these securities are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). PSEG’s investments in corporate bonds are primarily in investment grade securities. It is not expected that these securities would settle for less than their amortized cost. Since PSEG does not intend to sell these securities nor will it be more-likely-than-not required to sell, PSEG does not consider these debt securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2017.2018.
The proceeds from the sales of and the net realized gains (losses) on securities in the Rabbi Trust Fund were:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 Proceeds from Rabbi Trust Sales (A)$24
 $20
 $168
 $81
 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Rabbi Trust:        
 Gross Realized Gains$
 $2
 $17
 $5
 
 Gross Realized Losses(1) (2) (5) (4) 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Rabbi Trust$(1) $
 $12
 $1
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 Proceeds from Rabbi Trust Sales (A)$33
 $24
 $80
 $168
 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Rabbi Trust:        
 Gross Realized Gains$
 $
 $2
 $17
 
 Gross Realized Losses(1) (1) (3) (5) 
 Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Rabbi Trust (B)(1) (1) (1) 12
 
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Equity Securities in Rabbi Trust (C)2
 N/A
 2
 N/A
 
 OTTI
 
 
 
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Rabbi Trust Investments$1
 $(1) $1
 $12
 
          
(A)Includes activity in accounts related to the liquidation of funds being transitioned to new managers.
(B)The cost of these securities was determined on the basis of specific identification.
Gross realized gains and gross realized losses disclosed in the preceding table were recognized in Other Income and Other Deductions, respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Net unrealized gains of $3 million (after-tax) were recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017.
(C)Effective January 1, 2018, unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities are recorded in Net Income instead of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).
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The Rabbi Trust available-for-sale debt securities held as of September 30, 20172018 had the following maturities:
     
 Time Frame Fair Value 
   Millions 
 Less than one year $
 
 1 - 5 years 40
 
 6 - 10 years 27
 
 11 - 15 years 6
 
 16 - 20 years 19
 
 Over 20 years 112
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Available-for-Sale Debt Securities$204
 
     
     
 Time Frame Fair Value 
   Millions 
 Less than one year $3
 
 1 - 5 years 28
 
 6 - 10 years 32
 
 11 - 15 years 7
 
 16 - 20 years 22
 
 Over 20 years 108
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Available-for-Sale Debt Securities$200
 
     
PSEG periodically assesses individual debt securities whose fair value is less than amortized cost to determine whether the investments are considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired. For equity securities, the Rabbi Trust is invested in an indexed mutual fund. Due to the commingled nature of this fund, PSEG does not have the ability to hold these securities until expected recovery. As a result, any declines in fair market value below cost are recorded as a charge to earnings. For fixed income securities, management considers its intent to sell or requirement to sell a security prior to expected recovery. In those cases where a sale is expected, any impairment would be recorded through earnings. For fixed income securities where there is no intent to sell or likely requirement to sell, management evaluates whether credit loss is a component of the impairment. If so, that portion is recorded through earnings while the noncredit loss component is recorded through Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, no OTTIs were recognized on securities in the Rabbi Trust. The assessment of fair market value compared to cost is applied on a weighted average basis taking into account various purchase dates and initial cost of the securities.
The fair value of the Rabbi Trust related to PSEG, PSE&G and Power are detailed as follows:
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
  Millions 
 PSE&G$46
 $43
 
 Power57
 53
 
 Other126
 121
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Available-for-Sale Securities$229
 $217
 
      
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
  Millions 
 PSE&G$46
 $46
 
 Power57
 57
 
 Other122
 128
 
 Total Rabbi Trust Investments$225
 $231
 
      

Note 8.9. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (OPEB)
PSEG sponsors qualified and nonqualified pension plans and OPEB plans covering PSEG’s and its participating affiliates’ current and former employees who meet certain eligibility criteria.
As of December 31, 2016, PSEG merged its three qualified defined benefit pension plans (excluding Servco plans) into one plan, thereby also merging all of the pension plans’ assets. As a result, the total net periodic benefit costs, net of amounts capitalized, decreased by approximately $12 million and $36 million for the three months and nine months, ended September 30, 2017, respectively, as compared to the 2017 amounts that would have been recognized had the plans not been merged. This is due to the amortization period for gains and losses for the merged plan resulting in lower amortization than that of the individual plans. No changes were made to the benefit formulas, vesting provisions, or to the employees covered by the plans.
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The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit costs relating to all qualified and nonqualified pension and OPEB plans on an aggregate basis for PSEG, excluding Servco. Amounts shown do not reflect the impacts of capitalization and co-owner allocations. Effective with the adoption of ASU 2017-07 on January 1, 2018, only the service cost component is eligible for capitalization, when applicable. For additional information, see Note 2. Recent Accounting Standards.
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  Pension Benefits OPEB Pension Benefits OPEB 
  Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, September 30, September 30, 
  2017
 2016 2017
 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 Components of Net Periodic Benefit Costs                
 Service Cost$29
 $28
 $4
 $5
 $86
 $82
 $12
 $13
 
 Interest Cost51
 50
 15
 15
 153
 151
 47
 44
 
 Expected Return on Plan Assets(98) (98) (8) (8) (295) (295) (25) (23) 
 Amortization of Net                
 Prior Service Cost (Credit)(5) (5) (3) (4) (14) (14) (8) (11) 
 Actuarial Loss24
 39
 13
 10
 73
 118
 38
 30
 
 Total Benefit Costs$1
 $14
 $21
 $18
 $3
 $42
 $64
 $53
 
                  
                  
  Pension Benefits OPEB Pension Benefits OPEB 
  Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, September 30, September 30, 
  2018
 2017 2018
 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 Components of Net Periodic Benefit (Credits) Costs                
 Service Cost (included in O&M Expense)$32
 $29
 $4
 $4
 $97
 $86
 $13
 $12
 
 Non-Service Components of Pension and OPEB (Credits) Costs                
 Interest Cost52
 51
 16
 15
 156
 153
 49
 47
 
 Expected Return on Plan Assets(111) (98) (9) (8) (331) (295) (30) (25) 
 Amortization of Net                
 Prior Service Cost(4) (5) (1) (3) (13) (14) (1) (8) 
 Actuarial Loss22
 24
 16
 13
 64
 73
 48
 38
 
 Non-Service Components of Pension and OPEB (Credits) Costs(41) (28) 22
 17
 (124) (83) 66
 52
 
 Total Benefit (Credits) Costs$(9) $1
 $26
 $21
 $(27) $3
 $79
 $64
 
                  
Pension and OPEB costs for PSE&G, Power and PSEG’s other subsidiaries, excluding Servco, are detailed as follows:
                  
  Pension Benefits OPEB Pension Benefits OPEB 
  Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 PSE&G$(1) $8
 $13
 $11
 $(3) $22
 $40
 $33
 
 Power
 3
 7
 6
 1
 11
 20
 17
 
 Other2
 3
 1
 1
 5
 9
 4
 3
 
 Total Benefit Costs$1
 $14
 $21
 $18
 $3
 $42
 $64
 $53
 
                  
                  
  Pension Benefits OPEB Pension Benefits OPEB 
  Three Months Ended Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 PSE&G$(8) $(1) $17
 $13
 $(23) $(3) $51
 $40
 
 Power(2) 
 8
 7
 (7) 1
 24
 20
 
 Other1
 2
 1
 1
 3
 5
 4
 4
 
 Total Benefit (Credits) Costs$(9) $1
 $26
 $21
 $(27) $3
 $79
 $64
 
                  
During the three months ended March 31, 2017,2018, PSEG contributed its entire planned contribution for the year 20172018 of $14 million into its OPEB plan.
Servco Pension and OPEB
At the direction of LIPA, Servco sponsors benefit plans that cover its current and former employees who meet certain eligibility criteria. Under the OSA, all of these and any future employee benefit costs are to be funded by LIPA. See Note 4.5. Variable Interest Entity. These obligations, as well as the offsetting long-term receivable, are separately presented on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of PSEG.
Servco amounts are not included in any of the preceding pension and OPEB benefit cost disclosures. Pension and OPEB costs of Servco are accounted for according to the OSA. Servco recognizes expenses for contributions to its pension plan trusts and for OPEB payments made to retirees. Operating Revenues are recognized for the reimbursement of these costs. Servco has contributed its entire planned contribution amount of $40 million into its pension plan trusts during 2018. Servco’s pension-related revenues and costs were $20 million and $18 million and $16 million for the three months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively, and $35$40 million and $28 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Servco’s pension-related costs of $35 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, represent its entire planned contribution for the year 2017.respectively. The OPEB-related revenues earned and costs incurred were $1 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, and $4 million and $3 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017. The OPEB-related revenues earned2018 and costs incurred were immaterial for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016.2017, respectively.

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Note 9.10. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Guaranteed Obligations
Power’s activities primarily involve the purchase and sale of energy and related products under transportation, physical, financial and forward contracts at fixed and variable prices. These transactions are with numerous counterparties and brokers that may require cash, cash-related instruments or guarantees as a form of collateral.
Power has unconditionally guaranteed payments to counterparties by its subsidiaries in commodity-related transactions in order to
support current exposure, interest and other costs on sums due and payable in the ordinary course of business, and
obtain credit.
Power is subject to
counterparty collateral calls related to commodity contracts, and
certain creditworthiness standards as guarantor under performance guarantees of its subsidiaries.
Under these agreements, guarantees cover lines of credit between entities and are often reciprocal in nature. The exposure between counterparties can move in either direction.
In order for Power to incur a liability for the face value of the outstanding guarantees, its subsidiaries would have to
fully utilize the credit granted to them by every counterparty to whom Power has provided a guarantee, and
the net position of the related contracts would have to be “out-of-the-money” (if the contracts are terminated, Power would owe money to the counterparties).
Power believes the probability of this result is unlikely. For this reason, Power believes that the current exposure at any point in time is a more meaningful representation of the potential liability under these guarantees. Current exposure consists of the net of accounts receivable and accounts payable and the forward value on open positions, less any collateral posted.
Changes in commodity prices can have a material impact on collateral requirements under such contracts, which are posted and received primarily in the form of cash and letters of credit. Power also routinely enters into futures and options transactions for electricity and natural gas as part of its operations. These futures contracts usually require a cash margin deposit with brokers, which can change based on market movement and in accordance with exchange rules.
In addition to the guarantees discussed above, Power has also provided payment guarantees to third parties on behalf of its affiliated companies. These guarantees support various other non-commodity related contractual obligations.
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The following table shows the face value of Power’s outstanding guarantees, current exposure and margin positions as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017.
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
 
  Millions 
 Face Value of Outstanding Guarantees$1,846
 $1,806
 
 Exposure under Current Guarantees$108
 $139
 
      
 Letters of Credit Margin Posted$134
 $157
 
 Letters of Credit Margin Received$59
 $99
 
      
 Cash Deposited and Received:    
 Counterparty Cash Margin Deposited$
 $
 
 Counterparty Cash Margin Received$(2) $(1) 
    Net Broker Balance Deposited (Received)$(6) $57
 
      
 Additional Amounts Posted:    
 Other Letters of Credit$61
 $51
 
      
      
  As of As of 
  September 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
 
  Millions 
 Face Value of Outstanding Guarantees$1,787
 $1,701
 
 Exposure under Current Guarantees$140
 $153
 
      
 Letters of Credit Margin Posted$163
 $103
 
 Letters of Credit Margin Received$17
 $32
 
      
 Cash Deposited and Received:    
 Counterparty Cash Margin Deposited$
 $
 
 Counterparty Cash Margin Received$(3) $(1) 
    Net Broker Balance Deposited (Received)$226
 $147
 
      
 Additional Amounts Posted:    
 Other Letters of Credit$63
 $61
 
      
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As part of determining credit exposure, Power nets receivables and payables with the corresponding net fair values of energy contract balances.contracts. See Note 11.12. Financial Risk Management Activities for further discussion. In accordance with PSEG’s accounting policy, where it is applicable, cash (received)/deposited is allocated against derivative asset and liability positions with the same counterparty on the face of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The remaining balances of net cash (received)/deposited after allocation are generally included in Accounts Payable and Receivable, respectively.
In addition to amounts for outstanding guarantees, current exposure and margin positions, PSEG and Power have posted letters of credit to support Power’s various other non-energy contractual and environmental obligations. See preceding table. PSEG also issued a $21 million guarantee to support Power’s payment obligations related to construction of a 755 MW gas-fired combined cycle generating station in Maryland. In the event that PSEG were to be downgraded to below investment grade and failed to meet minimum net worth requirements, these guarantees would each have to be replaced by a letter of credit. In June 2017, Power sold its minority equity interest in PennEast and upon disposition, PSEG’s $106 million guarantee that had supported Power’s obligations related to PennEast was terminated.
Environmental Matters
Passaic River
Historic operations of PSEG companies and the operations of hundreds of other companies along the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers are alleged by Federal and State agencies to have discharged substantial contamination into the Passaic River/Newark Bay Complex in violation of various statutes as discussed as follows.
Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)
In 2002, the EPAThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that a 17-mile stretch of the lower Passaic River from Newark to Clifton, New Jersey is a “Superfund” site under CERCLA. This designation allows the EPA to clean up such sitesCERCLA and to compel responsible parties to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for cleanups led by the EPA.
The EPA determined that there was a need to perform a comprehensive study of the entire 17 miles of the lower Passaic River.River needed to be performed. PSE&G and certain of its predecessors conducted operations at properties in this area of the Passaic River. The properties included one operating electric generating station (Essex Site), which was transferred to Power, one former generating station and four former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites.
In early 2007, 73certain Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs), including PSE&G and Power, formed a Cooperating Parties Group (CPG) and agreed to assume responsibility for conducting a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) of the 17 miles of the lower Passaic River. At such time, theThe CPG alsohas agreed to allocate, on an interim basis, the associated costs of the
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RI/FS among its members on the basis of a mutually agreed upon formula. For the purpose of this interim allocation, which has been revised as parties have exited the CPG, approximately seven7.6 percent of the RI/FS costs are currently deemed attributable to PSE&G’s former MGP sites and approximately one1.9 percent is attributable to Power’s generating stations. These interim allocations are not binding on PSE&G or Power in terms of their respective shares of the costs that will be ultimately required to remediate the 17 miles of the lower Passaic River. PSEG has provided notice to insurers concerning this potential claim.
In June 2008, the EPA and Tierra Solutions, Inc. (Tierra) and Maxus Energy Corporation (Maxus) entered into an early action agreement whereby Tierra/Maxus agreed to remove a portion of the heavily dioxin-contaminated sediment located in the lower Passaic River. The portion of the Passaic River identified in this agreement was located immediately adjacent to Tierra/Maxus’ predecessor company’s (Diamond Shamrock) facility. Pursuant to the agreement between the EPA and Tierra/Maxus, the estimated cost for the work to remove the sediment in this location was $80 million. Phase I of the removal work has been completed. Pursuant to this agreement, Tierra/Maxus have reserved their rights to seek contribution for these removal costs from the other PRPs, including Power and PSE&G.
In 2012, Tierra/Maxus withdrew from the CPG and refused to participate as members going forward, other than with respect to their obligation to fund the EPA’s portion of its RI/FS oversight costs. At such time, the remaining members of the CPG, in agreement with the EPA, commenced the removal of certain contaminated sediments at Passaic River Mile 10.9 at an estimated cost of $25 million to $30 million. Construction is complete. The CPG is awaiting EPA approval of the construction report, long-term monitoring plan and confirmatory sampling plan. PSE&G’s and Power’s combined share of the cost of that effort is approximately three percent. The remaining CPG members, PSE&G and Power included, have reserved their rights to seek reimbursement from Tierra/Maxus for the costs of the River Mile 10.9 removal.
On April 11, 2014, the EPA released its revised draft “Focused Feasibility Study” (FFS) which contemplates the removal of 4.3 million cubic yards of sediment from the bottom of the lower eight miles of the 17-mile stretch of the Passaic River. The revised draft FFS sets forth various alternatives for remediating this portion of the Passaic River.
The CPG, which consisted of 50 members as of September 30, 2017, provided a draft RI and draft FS, both relating to the entire 17 miles of the lower Passaic River, to the EPA on February 18, 2015 and April 30, 2015, respectively. The estimated total cost of the RI/FS is approximately $195 million, which the CPG continues to incur. Of the estimated $195 million, as of September 30, 2017, the CPG had spent approximately $168 million, of which PSEG’s total share was approximately $12 million.
The CPG’s draft FS set forth various alternatives for remediating the lower Passaic River. It set forth the CPG’sRiver with an estimated costscost to remediate the lower 17 miles of the Passaic River which rangeranging from approximately $518 million to $3.2 billion on an undiscounted basis. The CPG identified a targeted remedy in the draft FS which would involve removal, treatment and disposal of contaminated sediments taken from targeted locations within the entire 17 miles of the lower Passaic River. The estimated cost in the draft FS for the targeted remedy ranged from approximately $518 million to $772 million. Based on (i) the low end of the range of the current estimates of costs to remediate, (ii) PSE&G’s and Power’s estimated share of those costs, and (iii) the continued ability of PSE&G to recover such costs in its rates, PSE&G accrued a $10 million Environmental Costs Liability and a corresponding Regulatory Asset and Power accrued a $3 million Other Noncurrent Liability and a corresponding O&M Expense in the first quarter of 2015.
In March 2016, the EPA released its Record of Decision (ROD) for the FFSEPA’s own Focused Feasibility Study (FFS) which requires the removal of 3.5 million cubic yards of sediment from the Passaic River’s lower 8.3 miles at an estimated cost of $2.3 billion on an undiscounted basis (ROD Remedy). The ROD Remedy requires a bank-to-bank dredge ranging from approximately 5 to 30 feet deep in the federal navigation channel from River Mile 0 to River Mile 1.7 and an approximately 2.5 foot deep dredge everywhere else in the lower 8.3 miles of the river. An engineered cap approximately two feet thick will be placed over the dredged areas. Dredged sediments will be transported to facilities and landfills out-of-state. The EPA estimatesestimated the total project length to be about 11 years, including a one year period of negotiation with the PRPs, three to four years to design the project and six years for implementation.
Based upon the estimated cost of the ROD Remedy, PSEG’s estimate of PSE&G’s and Power’s shares of that cost, and the continued ability of PSE&G to recover such costs in its rates, PSE&G accrued an additional $36 million Environmental Costs Liability and a corresponding Regulatory Asset and Power accrued an additional $8 million Other Noncurrent Liability and a corresponding O&M Expense in the first quarter of 2016. These accruals brought the total liability to approximately $57 million, $46 million applicable to PSE&G and $11 million applicable to Power. There have been no additional accruals recorded since the first quarter of 2016.
Also in March 2016, the EPA sent a notice letter to 105 PRPs, including PSE&G, all other past and present members of the CPG, including Occidental Chemical Corporation (OCC), andone of the townsPRPs, has commenced performance of Newark, Kearny and Harrison and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission stating that the EPA wants to determine whether OCC, a successor company to Diamond Shamrock, would voluntarily perform the remedial design forrequired by the ROD Remedy. On September 30, 2016, OCC and the EPA
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executed an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Remedial Design under which OCC agreed to conduct the remedial design for the ROD. With OCC’s commitment to perform the remedial design, it is anticipated that the EPA will begin negotiation of a remedial action consent decree, under which OCC and thecost contribution from all other “major PRPs” will implement and/or pay for the EPA’s ROD Remedy for the lower 8.3 miles. The EPA has not defined “major PRPs.
In June 2016, Tierra and Maxus, successors to Diamond Shamrock, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Maxus and Tierra are subsidiaries of YPF Holdings, Inc. (YPF Holdings). YPF Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of YPF S.A. (YPF), a company controlled by the Argentinian government. Neither YPF Holdings nor YPF is a party to the bankruptcy proceedings. However, Tierra and Maxus have filed a plan of liquidation that may allow the parties to assert one or more causes of action to hold YPF responsible for certain amounts owed by Tierra and Maxus. The bankruptcy plan ordered by the Delaware Court in July, 2017 created a Liquidating Trust to pursue outstanding creditors’ claims, including alter ego claims against YPF. PSEG cannot currently determine the impact, if any, that the bankruptcy of Tierra and Maxus or any related proceeding might have on its allocable share or total liability for the Passaic River matter, and therefore, PSEG, through the CPG and independently, will continue to monitor the bankruptcy proceedings to identify any potential impact on PSEG’s share of the costs.
In March 2017, the EPA sent a letter to certain PRPs that are considered by the EPA to have minimal responsibility for the Passaic River’s contamination, offering “cash-out” settlements. The PRPs that settle will be released from their CERCLA remediation liability for the lower 8.3 miles of the lower Passaic River. The impact of this proposed settlement on PSEG’s responsibility for the remediation of the lower 8.3 miles is not material.
In September 2017, the EPA concluded that an Agency-commenced allocation process for the Passaic River’s lower 8.3 miles should include only certain PRPs that received General Notice letters (excluding PRPs that settle pursuant to the early cash-out settlement that the EPA offered in March 2017, among others).PRPs. The allocation is intended to lead to a consent decree in which certain of the PRPs agree to perform and pay for the remedial action under EPA oversight. DiscussionsThe allocation process has commenced and is scheduled to be completed in late 2019.
In October 2018, the EPA Region 2 issued a Directive to the CPG instructing the CPG to focus the ongoing RI/FS evaluation on various adaptive management scenarios for remediation of the upper 9 miles of the Passaic River, which approach has been agreed to in concept by the EPA and the CPG. The Directive does not contain estimates for anticipated costs. Adaptive management focuses on removing targeted “hot spots” of contaminated sediments rather than removing all of the Passaic River’s sediments as in a “bank to bank” approach.
In a separate matter, aretwo PRPs, Tierra Solutions, Inc. (Tierra) and Maxus Energy Corporation (Maxus), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware Federal Bankruptcy Court. In June 2018, the trust representing the creditors in this proceeding filed a complaint asserting claims against the current and former parent entities of Tierra and Maxus, among other parties, for up to $14 billion. Any damages awarded may be used to fund, in part, the remediation costs of the lower 8.3 miles of the Passaic River. The creditor trust has reserved its right to file contribution claims against 28 PRPs, including PSEG. This matter is ongoing.
In June 2018, OCC filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Newark against various defendants, including PSE&G, seeking cost recovery and contribution under CERCLA for the remediation of the lower 8.3 miles of the Passaic River. The
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complaint does not quantify damages sought.
The Complaint alleges that “no single hazardous substance” is to blame for the contamination of the lower Passaic River and lists the eight Contaminants of Concern (COCs) identified by the EPA in the ROD. OCC alleges PSE&G is responsible for a portion of six of the eight COCs. PSE&G cannot predict the outcome of this matter.
Based upon the estimated cost of the ROD Remedy and PSEG’s estimate of PSE&G’s and Power’s shares of that cost, as of September 30, 2018, PSEG has accrued approximately $57 million. Of this amount, PSE&G has accrued $46 million as an Environmental Costs Liability and a corresponding Regulatory Asset based on its continued ability to recover such costs in its rates. Power has accrued $11 million as an Other Noncurrent Liability with the corresponding O&M Expense recorded in prior years when the liability was accrued.
The EPA has broad authority to implement its selected remedy through the ROD and PSEG cannot at this time predict how the implementation of the ROD might impact PSE&G’s and Power’s ultimate liability. Until (i) the RI/FS, which covers the entire 17 miles of the lower Passaic River, is finalized either in whole or in part, (ii) an agreement by the PRPs to perform either the ROD Remedy as issued, or an amended ROD Remedy determined through negotiation or litigation, and an agreed upon remedy for the remaining 8.7 miles of the river, are reached, (iii) PSE&G’s and Power’s respective shares of the costs, both in the aggregate as well as individually, are determined, and (iv) PSE&G’s continued ability to recover the costs in its rates is determined, it is not possible to predict this matter’s ultimate impact on PSEG’s financial statements. It is possible that PSE&G and Power will record additional costs beyond what they have accrued, and that such costs could be material, but PSEG cannot at the current time estimate the amount or range of any additional costs.
Natural Resource Damage Claims
In 2003, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) directed PSEG, PSE&G and 56 other PRPs to arrange for a natural resource damage assessment and interim compensatory restoration of natural resource injuries along the lower Passaic River and its tributaries pursuant to the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act. The NJDEP alleged that hazardous substances had been discharged from the Essex Site and the Harrison Site. The NJDEP estimated the cost of interim natural resource injury restoration activities along the lower Passaic River at approximately $950 million. In 2007, agencies of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of the Interior (the Passaic River federal trustees) sent letters to PSE&G and other PRPs inviting participation in an assessment of injuries to natural resources that the agencies intended to perform. In 2008, PSEG and a number of other PRPs agreed to share certain immaterial costs the trustees have incurred and will incur going forward, and to work with the trustees to explore whether some or all of the trustees’ claims can be resolved in a cooperative fashion. That effort is continuing. PSE&G and Power are unable to estimate their respective portions of the possible loss or range of loss related to this matter.
Newark Bay Study Area
The EPA has established the Newark Bay Study Area, which it defines as Newark Bay and portions of the Hackensack River, the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull. In August 2006, the EPA sent PSEG and 11 other entities notices that it considered each of the entities to be a PRP with respect to contamination in the Study Area. The notice letter requested that the PRPs fund an EPA-approved study in the Newark Bay Study Area. The notice stated the EPA’s belief that hazardous substances were released from sites owned by PSEG companies and located on the Hackensack River, including two operating electric generating stations (Hudson and Kearny sites) and one former MGP site. PSEG has participated in and partially funded the second phase of this study. Notices to fund the next phase of the study have been received but PSEG has not consented to fund the third phase. PSE&G and Power are unable to estimate their respective portions of the possible loss or range of loss related to this matter.
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MGP Remediation Program
PSE&G is working with the NJDEP to assess, investigate and remediate environmental conditions at its former MGP sites. To date, 38 sites requiring some level of remedial action have been identified. Based on its current studies, PSE&G has determined that the estimated cost to remediate all MGP sites to completion could range between $390$343 million and $440$388 million on an undiscounted basis through 2021, including its $46 million share for the Passaic River as discussed above. Since no amount within the range is considered to be most likely, PSE&G has recorded a liability of $390$343 million as of September 30, 2017.2018. Of this amount, $74$75 million was recorded in Other Current Liabilities and $316$268 million was reflected as Environmental Costs in Noncurrent Liabilities. PSE&G has recorded a $390$343 million Regulatory Asset with respect to these costs. PSE&G periodically updates its studies taking into account any new regulations or new information which could impact future remediation costs and adjusts its recorded liability accordingly. NJDEP, PSEG and EPA representatives have had discussions regarding to what extent sampling in the Passaic River is required to delineate coal tar from MGP sites that abut the Passaic River Superfund site. PSEG cannot determine at this time whether this will have an impact on the Passaic River Superfund remedy.
Prevention
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The PSD/NSR regulations, promulgated under the Clean Air Act (CAA), require major sources of certain air pollutants to obtain permits, install pollution control technology and obtain offsets, in some circumstances, when those sources undergo a “major modification,” as defined in the regulations. The federal government may order companies that are not in compliance with the PSD/NSR regulations to install the best available control technology at the affected plants and to pay monetary penalties ranging from $25,000 to $37,500 per day for each violation, depending upon when the alleged violation occurred.
In 2009, the EPA issued a notice of violation to Power and the other owners of the Keystone coal-fired plant in Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, that various capital improvement projects were completed at the plant which are considered modifications (or major modifications) causing significant net emission increases of PSD/NSR air pollutants, beginning in 1985 for Keystone Unit 1 and in 1984 for Keystone Unit 2. The notice of violation states that none of these modifications underwent the PSD/NSR permitting process prior to being put into service, which the EPA alleges was required under the CAA. The notice of violation states that the EPA may issue an order requiring compliance with the relevant CAA provisions and may seek injunctive relief and/or civil penalties. Power owns approximately 23% of the plant. Power cannot predict the outcome of this matter.






Clean Water Act (CWA) Permit Renewals
Pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits expire within five years of their effective date. In order to renew these permits, but allow a plant to continue to operate, an owner or operator must file a permit application no later than six months prior to expiration of the permit. States with delegated federal authority for this program manage these permits. The NJDEP manages the permits under the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) program. Connecticut and New York also have permits to manage their respective pollutant discharge elimination system programs.
In May 2014, the EPA issued a final cooling water intake rule that establishes new requirements for the regulation of cooling water intake structuresintakes at existing power plants and industrial facilities with a design flow of more than two million gallons of water per day.
The EPA has structured the rule so that each state Permitting Director will continue to consider renewal permits for existing power facilities on a case by case basis. In connection with the assessment of the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impacts of each facility that seeks a permit renewal, the rule requires that facilities conduct a wide range ofbasis, based on studies related to impingement mortality and entrainment and submitby the results with their permit applications.facilities seeking renewal permits.
In September 2014, severalSeveral environmental non-governmental groupsorganizations and certain energy industry groups filed petitions for review of the rule and the case has been assigned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Second Circuit). Environmental organizations, including but not limited to the environmental petitioners in the Second Circuit, have also filed suit under the CWA and the Endangered Species Act. The cases were subsequently consolidated at the Second Circuit, and ain July 2018 the Second Circuit upheld the EPA’s final cooling water intake rule. The Court’s decision remains pending.allows Permitting Directors to continue to issue permits in accordance with the flexible, site-specific provisions of the final rule.
In June 2016, the NJDEP issued a final NJPDES permit for Salem with an effective date of August 1, 2016. The final permit does not require installation of cooling towers and allows Salem to continue to operate utilizing the existing once-through cooling water system.Salem. The final permit does not mandate specific service water system modifications, but consistent with Section 316 (b) of the CWA, it requires additional studies and the selection of technology to address impingement for the service water system. In July 2016, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (Riverkeeper) filed a request challenging the NJDEP’s issuance of the final NJPDES renewal permit for Salem. This matter is still pending.NJDEP has granted the hearing request, but it has not yet been scheduled. The Riverkeeper’s filing does not change the effective date of the permit. If the Riverkeeper’s challenge were successful, Power may be required to incur additional costs to comply with
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the CWA. Potential cooling water system modification costs could be material and could adversely impact the economic competitiveness of this facility.
State permitting decisions at Bridgeport and possibly New Haven could also have a material impact on Power’s ability to renew permits at its existing larger once-through cooled plants without making significant upgrades to existing intake structuresintakes and cooling systems.
Power is unable to predict the outcome of these permitting decisions and the effect, if any, that they may have on Power’s future capital requirements, financial condition or results of operations.
Power is actively engaged with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) regarding renewal of the current permit for the cooling water intake structure at BH3.Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 3 (BH3). To address compliance with the EPA’s CWA Section 316(b) final rule, the current proposal under consideration is that, if a final permit is issued, Power wouldhas proposed to continue to operate BH3 without making the capital expenditures for modification to the existing intake structure and retire BH3 in 2021, which is four years earlier than the previously estimated useful life ending in 2025. Power is currently awaiting action by the CTDEEP to issue a draft and then a final permit.
Separately, Power has also negotiatedentered into a Community Environmental Benefit Agreement (CEBA) with the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut and local community organizations. That CEBA provides that Power would retire BH3 early if all of its conditions precedent conditions occur, which include receipt of all final permits to build and operate a proposed new combined cycle generating facility on the same site that BH3 currently operates. Absent those conditions being met, and the permit for the cooling water intake structure referred to above not being issued, Power may seek to operate BH3 through the previously estimated useful life.
In February 2016, the proposed new generating facility at Bridgeport Harbor was awarded a capacity obligation. The Connecticut Siting Council (CSC) issued an order to approve siting Bridgeport Harbor Station unit 5.Unit 5 (BH5). All major environmental permits have been received; however, secondary approvals are still being obtained to allow operations to begin by June 2019.in mid-2019. Power’s obligations under the CEBA are being monitored regularly and carried out as needed.
Bridgeport Harbor National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Compliance
In April 2015, Power determined that monitoring and reporting practices related to certain permitted wastewater discharges at its Bridgeport Harbor station may have violated conditions of the station’s NPDES permit and applicable regulations and could subject it to fines and penalties. Power has notified the CTDEEP of the issues and has taken actions to investigate and resolve the potential non-compliance. Power cannot predict the impact of this matter.
Jersey City, New Jersey Subsurface Feeder Cable Matter
In early October 2016, a discharge of dielectric fluid from subsurface feeder cables located in the Hudson River near Jersey City,
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New Jersey, was identified and reported to the NJDEP. The feeder cables are located within a subsurface easement granted to PSE&G by the property owners, Newport Associates Development Company (NADC) and Newport Associates Phase I Developer Limited Partnership. The feeder cables are subject to agreements between PSE&G and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) and are jointly owned by PSE&G and Con Edison, with PSE&G owning the portion of the cables located in New Jersey and Con Edison owning the portion of the cables located in New York. The NJDEP has declared an emergency and an emergency response action has beenwas undertaken to investigate, contain, remediate and stop the fluid discharge; to assess, repair and restore the cables to good working order, if feasible; and to restore the property. The regulatory agencies overseeing the emergency response, including the U.S. Coast Guard, the NJDEP and the Army Corps of Engineers, have issued multiple notices, orders and directives to the various parties related to this matter and the parties may also be subject to the assessment of civil penalties related to the discharge and response. The U.S. Coast Guard transitioned control of the federal response to the EPA in May 2018. In August 2018, the EPA ended the federal response to the matter. The response has now transitioned to the NJDEP site remediation program.
The impacted cable was repaired in late-Septemberlate September 2017; however, small amounts of residual dielectric fluid believed to be contained within the investigationmarina sediment continue to appear on the surface and response actions related to the fluid discharge are ongoing.ongoing, although at a significantly reduced scale. PSE&G remains concerned about future leaks and potential environmental impacts as a result of reintroduction of fluid back into these lines and has determined that retirement of the affected facilities is appropriate. PSE&G has been unable to reach an agreement with Con Edison and, as a result, in May 2018, PSE&G filed an action at FERC to resolve the matter. FERC dismissed PSE&G’s Complaint against Con Edison in September 2018. Also ongoing is the processlawsuit in federal court to determine ultimate responsibility for the costs to address the leak among PSE&G, Con Edison and NADC. In addition, Con Edison filed counter claims against PSE&G and NADC, including an action filed by PSE&G in New Jersey federal court seeking damages from NADC.injunctive relief and damages. Based on theinformation currently available and depending on the outcome of the New Jersey federal court action, PSE&G’s portion of the costs to address the leak may be material; however, PSE&G anticipates that it will recover these costs through regulatory proceedings.
Steam Electric Effluent Guidelines
In September 2015, the EPA issued a new Effluent Limitation Guidelines Rule (ELG Rule) for steam electric generating units. The rule establishes new best available technology economically achievable (BAT) standards for fly ash transport water, bottom ash transport water, flue gas desulfurization and flue gas mercury control wastewater, and gasification wastewater. The EPA provides an implementation period for currently existing discharges of three years or up to eight years if a facility needs more time to implement equipment upgrades and provide supporting information to its permitting authority. In the intervening time period, existing discharge standards continue to apply. Power’s Bridgeport Harbor station and the jointly-owned Keystone and
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Conemaugh stations, have bottom ash transport water discharges that are regulated under this rule.the ELG Rule. Keystone and Conemaugh also have flue gas desulfurization wastewaters regulated by the rule.ELG Rule.
In April 2017,Through various orders, the EPA announced that it had granted a petition for reconsideration of the ELG Rule and issued an administrative stay ofhas stayed the compliance dates in the rule that were the subject of pending litigation. In June 2017, the EPA proposed a rule to postpone the compliance deadlines for the BAT limitations for the aforementioned waste streams.In September 2017, the EPA issued a rule postponing for two years compliance dates solely related to bottom ash transport waterELG Rule and flue gas desulfurization wastewater. The EPA has announced plans to issue a new rule by November 2020 addressing revisedfurther revise the requirements and compliance dates for these two waste streams.of the ELG Rule. Power is unable to determine how this will ultimately impact its compliance requirements or its financial condition and results of operations.
Basic Generation Service (BGS) and Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS)
PSE&G obtains its electric supply requirements through the annual New Jersey BGS auctions for two categories of customers who choose not to purchase electric supply from third party suppliers. The first category, which represents about 80% of PSE&G’s load requirement, is residential and smaller commercial and industrial customers (BGS-Residential Small Commercial Pricing (RSCP)). The second category is larger customers that exceed a BPU-established load (kW) threshold (BGS-Commercial and Industrial Energy Pricing (CIEP)). Pursuant to applicable BPU rules, PSE&G enters into the Supplier Master Agreement with the winners of these BGS auctions following the BPU’s approval of the auction results. PSE&G has entered into contracts with winning BGS suppliers, including Power, to purchase BGS for PSE&G’s load requirements. The winners of the auction (including Power) are responsible for fulfilling all the requirements of a PJM Load Serving Entity including the provision of capacity, energy, ancillary services, transmission and any other services required by PJM. BGS suppliers assume all volume risk and customer migration risk and must satisfy New Jersey’s renewable portfolio standards.
The BGS-CIEP auction is for a one-year supply period from June 1 to May 31 with the BGS-CIEP auction price measured in dollars per MW-day for capacity. The final price for the BGS-CIEP auction year commencing June 1, 20162018 is $276.83$287.76 per MW-day, replacing the BGS-CIEP auction year price ending May 31, 20162018 of $335.33$276.83 per MW-day. Energy for BGS-CIEP is priced at hourly PJM locational marginal prices for the contract period.
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PSE&G contracts for its anticipated BGS-RSCP load on a three-year rolling basis, whereby each year one-third of the load is procured for a three-year period. The contract prices in dollars per MWh for the BGS-RSCP supply, as well as the approximate load, are as follows:
           
  Auction Year  
  2014 2015 2016 2017  
 36-Month Terms EndingMay 2017
 May 2018
 May 2019
 May 2020
(A)  
 Load (MW)2,800
 2,900
 2,800
 2,800
   
 $ per MWh$97.39 $99.54 $96.38 $90.78   
           
           
  Auction Year  
  2015 2016 2017 2018  
 36-Month Terms EndingMay 2018
 May 2019
 May 2020
 May 2021
(A)  
 Load (MW)2,900
 2,800
 2,800
 2,900
  
 $ per MWh$99.54 $96.38 $90.78 $91.77  
           
(A)Prices set in the 20172018 BGS auction year became effective on June 1, 20172018 when the 20142015 BGS auction agreements expired.
Power seeks to mitigate volatility in its results by contracting in advance for the sale of most of its anticipated electric output as well as its anticipated fuel needs. As part of its objective, Power has entered into contracts to directly supply PSE&G and other New Jersey electric distribution companies (EDCs)EDCs with a portion of their respective BGS requirements through the New Jersey BGS auction process, described above.
PSE&G has a full-requirements contract with Power to meet the gas supply requirements of PSE&G’s gas customers. Power has entered into hedges for a portion of these anticipated BGSS obligations, as permitted by the BPU. The BPU permits PSE&G to recover the cost of gas hedging up to 115 billion cubic feet or 80% of its residential gas supply annual requirements through the BGSS tariff. Current plans call for Power to hedge on behalf of PSE&G approximately 70 billion cubic feet or 50% of its residential gas supply annual requirements. For additional information, see Note 18.19. Related-Party Transactions.
Minimum Fuel Purchase Requirements
Power’s nuclear fuel strategy is to maintain certain levels of uranium and to make periodic purchases to support such levels. As such, the commitments referred to in the following table may include estimated quantities to be purchased that deviate from contractual nominal quantities. Power’s nuclear fuel commitments cover approximately 100% of its estimated uranium, enrichment and fabrication requirements through 20202021 and a significant portion through 20212022 at Salem, Hope Creek and Peach Bottom.
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Power has various multi-year contracts for natural gas and firm pipeline transportation and storage capacity for natural gas that are primarily used to meet its obligations to PSE&G. When there is excess pipelinedelivery capacity available beyond the needs of PSE&G’s customers, Power can use the gas to make third-party sales and if excess volume remains after the third-party sales, supply its fossil generating stations in New Jersey.
Power also has various long-term fuel purchase commitments for coal through 2021 to support its Keystone and Conemaugh fossil generation stations.
As of September 30, 2017,2018, the total minimum purchase requirements included in these commitments were as follows:
     
 Fuel Type Power's Share of Commitments through 2021 
   Millions 
 Nuclear Fuel   
 Uranium $257
 
 Enrichment $328
 
 Fabrication $178
 
 Natural Gas $963
 
 Coal $308
 
     
     
 Fuel Type Power's Share of Commitments through 2022 
   Millions 
 Nuclear Fuel   
 Uranium $227
 
 Enrichment $312
 
 Fabrication $158
 
 Natural Gas $922
 
 Coal $240
 
     
Regulatory ProceedingsLitigation
FERC Compliance
PJM Bidding MatterSewaren 7 Construction
In June 2018, a complaint was filed in federal court in Newark against PSEG Fossil, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Power, regarding an ongoing dispute with Durr Mechanical Construction, Inc. (Durr), a contractor on the first quarterSewaren 7 project. Among other things, Durr seeks damages of 2014, Power discovered that it incorrectly calculated certain components of its cost-based bids for its New Jersey fossil generating units in the PJM energy market. Upon discovery of the errors, PSEG retained outside counsel to assist in the conduct of an investigation into the matter$93 million and self-reported the errors. As the internal investigation proceeded, additional pricing errors in the bids were identified. It was further determined that the quantity of energyalleges that Power offered intowithheld money owed to Durr and that Power’s intentional conduct led to the energy market for its fossil peaking units differed frominability of Durr to obtain prospective contracts. Power intends to vigorously defend against these allegations. Based upon the amount for which Power was compensated in the capacity market for those units. PSEG informed FERC, PJM and the PJM Independent Market Monitor (IMM)preliminary nature of these additional issues, corrected the identified errors, and modified the bid quantities for Power’s peaking units. Power has implemented procedures and continues to review its policies and practices to mitigate the risk of similar issues occurring in the future. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, based upon its best estimate available at the time, Power recordedthis matter, a pre-tax charge to income inloss is not considered probable nor is the amount of $25 million related to this matter.
Since September 2014, FERC Staff has been conducting a preliminary, non-public staff investigation into these matters. While considerable uncertainty remains as to the final resolution of these matters, based upon developments in the investigation in the first quarter of 2017, Power believes the disgorgement and interest costs related to the cost-based bidding matter may range between approximately $35 million and $135 million, depending on the legal interpretation of the principles under the PJM Tariff, plus penalties. Since no point within this range is more likely than any other, Power has accrued the low end of this range of $35 million by recording an additional pre-tax charge to income of $10 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017. Power is unable to reasonably estimate the range of possible loss, if any, for the quantityestimable as of energy offered matter or the penalties that FERC would impose relating to either the cost-based bidding or quantity of energy matter. However, any of these amounts could be individually material to PSEG and Power.September 30, 2018.
Power continues to believe that it has legal defenses that it may assert in a judicial challenge, including the legal defense that its cost-based bidding in a substantial majority of the hours was below the allowed rate under the Tariff and therefore any errors in those hours did not violate the Tariff or were immaterial. Furthermore, it is unclear whether the quantity of energy offered violated any legal requirement. As a result, PSEG and Power cannot predict the final outcome of these matters.
Financial Transmission Rights (FTR) Auction Matter
In January 2017, ER&T received requests from the FERC Office of Enforcement relating to the planning and implementation of ER&T’s participation in PJM’s annual FTR auction for the 2016-2017 planning year and the monthly PJM FTR auctions for February, March and April 2016. In October 2017, FERC Staff closed the investigation with no impact to PSEG’s operations or future earnings results.

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Newark Customer Incident
On the morning of July 5, 2018, PSE&G discontinued electricity to the home of a customer residing in Newark because of outstanding arrears on that customer’s account. Subsequent to the discontinuation of electricity, that customer died on the afternoon of July 5th. The family of the customer, who was on hospice care, raised allegations in the media regarding PSE&G’s conduct surrounding the discontinuation and restoration of electricity to the home of the customer, claiming that the discontinuation of electric service prevented the customer from using life sustaining medical equipment. The BPU initiated an investigation into the matter and that investigation is ongoing. In addition, PSE&G received a grand jury subpoena from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office (ECPO) for records and correspondence between PSE&G and the customer. PSE&G is fully cooperating with the BPU and the ECPO in both proceedings. PSEG cannot predict the outcome of the pending proceedings regarding this incident at this time.
The PSEG Board of Directors (PSEG Board) retained outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation of the facts surrounding this incident with the full support and cooperation of management. The independent investigation concluded that the disconnection itself was not improper; however, it did identify issues related to PSE&G’s response once it was notified of the disconnection. The PSEG Board reviewed and considered the findings and conclusions of the investigation and PSE&G’s proposed corrective actions. PSE&G’s progress on implementation of the corrective actions will continue to be overseen by the PSEG Board.
Caithness Energy, L.L.C. (Caithness)
In August 2018, Caithness, a Long Island power plant developer, filed a complaint in federal district court in the Eastern District of New York against PSEG and PSEG LI alleging violations of state and federal antitrust laws and a claim of intentional interference of prospective business relations. Caithness alleges that PSEG and PSEG LI interfered with LIPA’s consideration of the Caithness proposal for a 750 MW combined cycle generation project that was identified as a finalist for a Request For Proposal issued by LIPA. In addition, Caithness claims that PSEG and PSEG LI induced LIPA to agree to eliminate the proposed project as a potential competitor to other PSEG affiliates with power supply operations. The complaint alleges hundreds of millions of dollars of harm and seeks treble and punitive damages. We intend to vigorously defend against these allegations. Based upon the preliminary nature of this matter, a loss is not considered probable nor is the amount of loss, if any, estimable as of September 30, 2018.
Other Litigation and Legal Proceedings
PSEG and its subsidiaries are party to various lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. In view of the inherent difficulty in predicting the outcome of such matters, PSEG, PSE&G and Power generally cannot predict the eventual outcome of the pending matters, the timing of the ultimate resolution of these matters, or the eventual loss, fines or penalties related to each pending matter.
In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, a liability is accrued when those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and reasonably estimable. In such cases, there may be an exposure to loss in excess of any amounts accrued. PSEG will continue to monitor the matter for further developments that could affect the amount of the accrued liability that has been previously established.
Based on current knowledge, management does not believe that loss contingencies arising from pending matters, other than the matters described herein, could have a material adverse effect on PSEG’s, PSE&G’s or Power’s consolidated financial position or liquidity. However, in light of the inherent uncertainties involved in these matters, some of which are beyond PSEG’s control, and the large or indeterminate damages sought in some of these matters, an adverse outcome in one or more of these matters could be material to PSEG’s, PSE&G’s or Power’s results of operations or liquidity for any particular reporting period.

Note 10.11. Debt and Credit Facilities
Long-Term Debt Financing Transactions
The following long-term debt transactions occurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2017:
PSEG
entered into an agreement for a new term loan maturing June 2019. The term loan has a balance of $700 million at an interest rate of 1 month LIBOR + 0.80% and can be terminated at any time without penalty.2018:
PSE&G
issued $425$375 million of 3.00%3.70% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series LM, due May 2027.2028,
issued $325 million of 4.05% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series M, due May 2048,
issued $325 million of 3.25% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series M, due September 2023,
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issued $325 million of 3.65% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series M, due September 2028,
retired $400 million of 5.30% Medium-Term Notes at maturity, and
retired $350 million of 2.30% Medium-Term Notes at maturity.
Power
issued $700 million of 3.85% Senior Notes due June 2023.
Short-Term Liquidity
PSEG meets its short-term liquidity requirements, as well as those of Power, primarily with cash and through the issuance of commercial paper. PSE&G maintains its own separate commercial paper program to meet its short-term liquidity requirements. Each commercial paper program is fully back-stopped by its own separate credit facilities.
In March 2017, PSEG, Power and PSE&G amended their credit agreements, extending the expiration dates to March 2022. Concurrently, PSEG increased its existing $1 billion in credit facilities to $1.5 billion and Power decreased its existing $2.6 billion in credit facilities to $2.1 billion, which includes two new 3-year $100 million letter of credit facilities that expire in March 2020.
The commitments under the $4.2$4.3 billion credit facilities are provided by a diverse bank group. As of September 30, 2017,2018, the total available credit capacity was $3.8$3.6 billion.
As of September 30, 2017,2018, no single institution represented more than 8%9% of the total commitments in the credit facilities.
As of September 30, 2017,2018, total credit capacity was in excess of the total anticipated maximum liquidity requirements over PSEG’s 12-month planning horizon.
In September 2018, Power amended an existing 3-year $100 million letter of PSEG, PSE&G and Power.credit facility, extending the expiration date to September 2021. The second letter of credit facility, which is scheduled to expire in March 2020, will be terminated during the fourth quarter of 2018. Power also executed a new 3-year $100 million letter of credit facility that expires in September 2021.
Each of the credit facilities is restricted as to availability and use to the specific companies as listed in the following table; however, if necessary, the PSEG facilities can also be used to support its subsidiaries’ liquidity needs. The total credit facilities and available liquidity as of September 30, 20172018 were as follows:
             
   As of September 30, 2017     
 Company/Facility 
Total
Facility
 Usage 
Available
Liquidity
 
Expiration
Date
 Primary Purpose 
   Millions     
 PSEG           
   5-year Credit Facilities (A) $1,500
 $215
 $1,285
 Mar 2022 Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit 
 Total PSEG $1,500
 $215
 $1,285
     
 PSE&G           
  5-year Credit Facility (A) $600
 $15
 $585
 Mar 2022 Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit 
 Total PSE&G $600
 $15
 $585
     
 Power           
   3-year LC Facilities $200
 $112
 $88
 Mar 2020 Letters of Credit 
   5-year Credit Facilities 1,900
 70
 1,830
 Mar 2022 Funding/Letters of Credit 
 Total Power $2,100
 $182
 $1,918
     
 Total $4,200
 $412
 $3,788
     
             
             
   As of September 30, 2018     
 Company/Facility 
Total
Facility
 Usage 
Available
Liquidity
 
Expiration
Date
 Primary Purpose 
   Millions     
 PSEG           
   5-year Credit Facilities (A) $1,500
 $393
 $1,107
 Mar 2022 Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit 
 Total PSEG $1,500
 $393
 $1,107
     
 PSE&G           
   5-year Credit Facility (A) $600
 $56
 $544
 Mar 2022 Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit 
 Total PSE&G $600
 $56
 $544
     
 Power           
   3-year Letter of Credit Facility $100
 $62
 $38
 Mar 2020 Letters of Credit 
   3-year Letter of Credit Facilities 200
 100
 $100
 Sept 2021 Letters of Credit 
   5-year Credit Facilities 1,900
 51
 1,849
 Mar 2022 Funding/Letters of Credit 
 Total Power $2,200
 $213
 $1,987
     
 Total $4,300
 $662
 $3,638
     
             
(A)The primary use of PSEG’s and PSE&G’s credit facilities is to support their respective Commercial Paper Programs, under which as of September 30, 2017,2018, PSEG had $202$379 million outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 1.37%2.54%. PSE&G had no amounts$40 million outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 2.35% under its Commercial Paper Program as of September 30, 2017.2018.

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Note 11.12. Financial Risk Management Activities

Derivative accounting guidance requires that a derivative instrument be recognized as either an asset or a liability at fair value, with changes in fair value of the derivative recognized in earnings each period. Other accounting treatments are available through special election and designation provided that the derivative instrument meets specific, restrictive criteria, both at the time of designation and on an ongoing basis. These alternative permissible treatments include normal purchases and normal sales (NPNS), cash flow hedge and fair value hedge accounting. PSEG, Power and PSE&G have applied the NPNS scope exception to certain derivative contracts for the forward sale of generation, power procurement agreements and fuel agreements. PSEG uses interest rate swaps and other derivatives, which are designated and effective as cash flow or fair value hedges. Power and PSE&G enterenters into additional contracts that are derivatives, but are not designated as either cash flow hedges or fair value hedges. These transactions are economic hedges and are recorded at fair market value.
Commodity Prices
Within PSEG and its affiliate companies, Power has the most exposure to commodity price risk. Power is exposed to commodity price risk primarily relating primarily to changes in the market price of electricity, fossil fuels and other commodities. Fluctuations in market prices result from changes in supply and demand, fuel costs, market conditions, weather, state and federal regulatory policies, environmental policies, transmission availability and other factors. Power uses a variety of derivative and non-derivative instruments, such as financial options, futures, swaps, fuel purchases and forward purchases and sales of electricity, to manage the exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices and optimize the value of Power’s expected generation. Power also uses derivatives to hedge a portion of its anticipated BGSS obligations with PSE&G. For additional information see Note 10. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities. Changes in the fair market value of thethese derivative contracts are recorded in earnings.
Interest Rates
PSEG, Power and PSE&G are subject to the risk of fluctuating interest rates in the normal course of business. Exposure to this risk is managed by targeting a balanced debt maturity profile which limits refinancing in any given period or interest rate environment. In addition, they have used a mix of fixed and floating rate debt and interest rate swaps.
Fair Value Hedges
PSEG enters into fair value hedges to convert fixed-rate debt into variable-rate debt. The changes in fair value of the interest rate swaps are fully offset by changes in the fair value of the underlying forecasted interest payments of the debt. There were no outstanding interest rate swaps as of September 30, 20172018 or December 31, 2016. The fair value hedges reduced interest expense by $2 million and $6 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016.2017.
Cash Flow Hedges
PSEG uses interest rate swaps and other derivatives, which are designated and effective as cash flow hedges, to manage its exposure to the variability of cash flows, primarily related primarily to variable-rate debt instruments. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, PSEG had interest rate hedges outstanding totaling $500 million. Thesemillion were executed and terminated during the second quarter of 2018 and a loss of $(1) million was recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (after tax) and will amortize to interest expense over the remaining life of Power’s $700 million of 3.85% Senior Notes due June 2023. For additional information see Note 11. Debt and Credit Facilities. There were no outstanding interest rate hedges convert PSEG’s $500 million variable rate term loan due November 2017 into a fixed rate loan. As of December 31, 2016, the fair value of these hedges was $1 million and was immaterial as of September 30, 2017. There was no ineffectiveness as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.
2017. The Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (after tax) related to existing and terminated interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges was $1 million and $2$(1) million as of September 30, 20172018 and was immaterial as of December 31, 2016, respectively.2017. The after-tax unrealized gainlosses on these hedges expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next 12 months isare immaterial.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
The following are the fair values of derivative instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following tables also include disclosures for offsetting derivative assets and liabilities which are subject to a master netting or similar agreement. In general, the terms of the agreements provide that in the event of an early termination the counterparties have the right to offset amounts owed or owing under that and any other agreement with the same counterparty. Accordingly, and in accordance with PSEG’s accounting policy, these positions are offset on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets of Power and PSEG.




For additional information see Note 13. Fair Value Measurements.
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The following tabular disclosure does not include the offsetting of trade receivables and payables.
           
   As of September 30, 2018 
   Power (A) Consolidated 
   Not Designated       
 Balance Sheet Location 
Energy-
Related
Contracts
 
Netting
(B)
 
Total
Power
 
Total
Derivatives
 
   Millions 
 Derivative Contracts         
 Current Assets $301
 $(290) $11
 $11
 
 Noncurrent Assets 123
 (121) 2
 2
 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets $424
 $(411) $13
 $13
 
 Derivative Contracts         
 Current Liabilities $(389) $376
 $(13) $(13) 
 Noncurrent Liabilities (149) 147
 (2) (2) 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative (Liabilities) $(538) $523
 $(15) $(15) 
 Total Net Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $(114) $112
 $(2) $(2) 
           
             
   As of September 30, 2017 
   Power (A) PSEG (A) Consolidated 
   Not Designated     Designated as Hedges   
 Balance Sheet Location 
Energy-
Related
Contracts
 
Netting
(B)
 
Total
Power
 
Interest
Rate
Swaps
 
Total
Derivatives
 
   Millions 
 Derivative Contracts           
 Current Assets $352
 $(268) $84
 $
 $84
 
 Noncurrent Assets 178
 (116) 62
 
 62
 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets $530
 $(384) $146
 $
 $146
 
 Derivative Contracts           
 Current Liabilities $(268) $261
 $(7) $
 $(7) 
 Noncurrent Liabilities (110) 109
 (1) 
 (1) 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative (Liabilities) $(378) $370
 $(8) $
 $(8) 
 Total Net Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $152
 $(14) $138
 $
 $138
 
             
               
   As of December 31, 2016 
   Power (A) PSE&G (A) PSEG (A) Consolidated 
   Not Designated     Not Designated Designated as Hedges   
 Balance Sheet Location 
Energy-
Related
Contracts
 
Netting
(B)
 
Total
Power
 
Energy-
Related
Contracts
 
Interest
Rate
Swaps
 
Total
Derivatives
 
   Millions 
 Derivative Contracts             
 Current Assets $435
 $(273) $162
 $
 $1
 $163
 
 Noncurrent Assets 122
 (98) 24
 
 
 24
 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets $557
 $(371) $186
 $
 $1
 $187
 
 Derivative Contracts             
 Current Liabilities $(285) $277
 $(8) $(5) $
 $(13) 
 Noncurrent Liabilities (98) 95
 (3) 
 
 (3) 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative (Liabilities) $(383) $372
 $(11) $(5) $
 $(16) 
 Total Net Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $174
 $1
 $175
 $(5) $1
 $171
 
               
           
   As of December 31, 2017 
   Power (A) Consolidated 
   Not Designated       
 Balance Sheet Location 
Energy-
Related
Contracts
 
Netting
(B)
 
Total
Power
 
Total
Derivatives
 
   Millions 
 Derivative Contracts         
 Current Assets $391
 $(362) $29
 $29
 
 Noncurrent Assets 78
 (71) 7
 7
 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets $469
 $(433) $36
 $36
 
 Derivative Contracts         
 Current Liabilities $(403) $387
 $(16) $(16) 
 Noncurrent Liabilities (95) 90
 (5) (5) 
 Total Mark-to-Market Derivative (Liabilities) $(498) $477
 $(21) $(21) 
 Total Net Mark-to-Market Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $(29) $44
 $15
 $15
 
           
(A)Substantially all of Power’s and PSEG’s derivative instruments are contracts subject to master netting agreements. Contracts not subject to master netting or similar agreements are immaterial and did not have any collateral posted or received as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016. PSE&G does not have any derivative contracts subject to master netting or similar agreements.2017.
(B)Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (where the right of offset exists) and the application of collateral. All cash collateral received or posted that has been allocated to derivative positions, where the right of offset exists, has been offset on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, Power had net cash collateral/margin payments to counterparties of $223 million and $146 million, respectively. Of these net cash/collateral (received) paidmargin payments $112 million as of $(14)September 30, 2018 and $44 million wasas December 31, 2017 were netted against the corresponding net derivative contract positions. Of the $112 million as of September 30, 2018, $(2) million was netted against current assets, and $(1) million was netted against noncurrent assets, $88 million was netted against current liabilities, and $27 million was netted against noncurrent liabilities. Of the $44 million as of December 31, 2017, $(3) million was netted against current assets, $28 million was netted against current liabilities, and $19 million was netted against noncurrent liabilities.
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positions. Of the $(14) million as of September 30, 2017, $(7) million was netted against current assets, and $(7) million was netted against noncurrent assets. As of December 31, 2016, net cash collateral (received) paid of $1 million was netted against the corresponding net derivative contract positions. Of the $1 million as of December 31, 2016, $(3) million was netted against noncurrent assets, and $4 million was netted against current liabilities.
Certain of Power’s derivative instruments contain provisions that require Power to post collateral. This collateral may be posted in the form of cash or credit support with thresholds contingent upon Power’s credit rating from each of the major credit rating agencies. The collateral and credit support requirements vary by contract and by counterparty. These credit risk-related contingent features stipulate that if Power were to be downgraded to a below investment grade rating by S&P or Moody’s, it would be required to provide additional collateral. A below investment grade credit rating for Power would represent a three level downgrade from its current S&P or Moody’s ratings. This incremental collateral requirement can offset collateral requirements related to other derivative instruments that are assets with the same counterparty, where the contractual right of offset exists under applicable master agreements. Power also enters into commodity transactions on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The NYMEX and ICE clearing houses act as counterparties to each trade. Transactions on the NYMEX and ICE must adhere to comprehensive collateral and margin requirements.
The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit risk-related contingent features in a liability position that are not fully collateralized (excluding transactions on the NYMEX and ICE that are fully collateralized) was $16$23 million and $19$30 million as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively. As of each of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, Power had the contractual right of offset of $9$7 million and $13 million, respectively, related to derivative instruments that are assets with the same counterparty under master agreements and net of margin posted. If Power had been downgraded to a below investment grade rating, it would have had additional collateral obligations of $7$16 million and $10$17 million as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively, related to its derivatives, net of the contractual right of offset under master agreements and the application of collateral.
The following showsreconciles the effect on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.
             
 
Derivatives in Cash Flow
Hedging Relationships
 
Amount of Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in AOCI on Derivatives
(Effective Portion)
 
Location of
Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
 
Amount of Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
  Three Months Ended   Three Months Ended 
  September 30,   September 30, 
  2017 2016                                2017 2016 
   Millions   Millions 
 PSEG           
 Interest Rate Swaps $1
 $1
 Interest Expense $2
 $
 
 Total PSEG $1
 $1
   $2
 $
 
             
             
 
Derivatives in Cash Flow
Hedging Relationships
 
Amount of Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in AOCI on Derivatives
(Effective Portion)
 
Location of
Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income
 
Amount of Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
  Nine Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,   September 30, 
  2017 2016                                2017 2016 
   Millions   Millions 
 PSEG           
 Interest Rate Swaps $1
 $3
 Interest Expense $2
 $
 
 Total PSEG $1
 $3
   $2
 $
 
             
There were no pre-tax gains (losses) recognized in income on derivatives (ineffective portion) as of September 30, 2017 and
2016.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


The following reconciles the AOCI(Loss) for derivative activity included in the Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss of PSEG on a pre-tax and after-tax basis.
       
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Pre-Tax After-Tax 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2015 $
 $
 
 Gain Recognized in AOCI 3
 2
 
 Less: Gain Reclassified into Income 
 
 
 Balance as of December 31, 2016 $3
 $2
 
 Gain Recognized in AOCI 1
 
 
 Less: Gain Reclassified into Income (2) (1) 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $2
 $1
 
       
       
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Pre-Tax After-Tax 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2016 $3
 $2
 
 Gain Recognized in AOCI 
 
 
 Less: Gain Reclassified into Income (3) (2) 
 Balance as of December 31, 2017 $
 $
 
 Loss Recognized in AOCI (2) (1) 
 Less: Loss Reclassified into Income 
 
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 $(2) $(1) 
       
The following shows the effect on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments or as NPNS for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017. Power’s derivative contracts reflected in this table include contracts to hedge the purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas, and the purchase of fuel. The table does not include contracts for whichthat Power has designated as NPNS, such as its BGS contracts and certain other energy supply contracts that it has with other utilities and companies with retail load.
             
 Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges 
Location of Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
on Derivatives
 Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
     September 30, September 30, 
     2017 2016 2017 2016 
     Millions 
 PSEG and Power           
 Energy-Related Contracts Operating Revenues $25
 $125
 $221
 $255
 
 Energy-Related Contracts Energy Costs (3) (11) (19) (3) 
 Total PSEG and Power   $22
 $114
 $202
 $252
 
             
The following reflects the gross volume, on an absolute value basis, of derivatives as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.
             
 Type Notional Total PSEG Power PSE&G 
     Millions 
 As of September 30, 2017           
 Natural Gas Dekatherm (Dth) 265
 
 265
 
 
 Electricity MWh 332
 
 332
 
 
 Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) MWh 5
 
 5
 
 
 Interest Rate Swaps U.S. Dollars 500
 500
 
 
 
 As of December 31, 2016           
 Natural Gas Dth 357
 
 348
 9
 
 Electricity MWh 323
 
 323
 
 
 FTRs MWh 9
 
 9
 
 
 Interest Rate Swaps U.S. Dollars 500
 500
 
 
 
             

    ��        
 Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges 
Location of Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
on Derivatives
 Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
     September 30, September 30, 
     2018 2017 2018 2017 
     Millions 
 PSEG and Power           
 Energy-Related Contracts Operating Revenues $(130) $26
 $(154) $216
 
 Energy-Related Contracts Energy Costs 5
 (4) 12
 (14) 
 Total PSEG and Power   $(125) $22
 $(142) $202
 
             
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The following table summarizes the net notional volume purchases/(sales) of open derivative transactions by commodity as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
             
 Type Notional Total PSEG Power PSE&G 
     Millions 
 As of September 30, 2018           
 Natural Gas Dekatherm (Dth) 281
 
 281
 
 
 Electricity MWh (66) 
 (66) 
 
 Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) MWh 24
 
 24
 
 
 As of December 31, 2017           
 Natural Gas Dth 154
 
 154
 
 
 Electricity MWh (63) 
 (63) 
 
 FTRs MWh 6
 
 6
 
 
             
Credit Risk
Credit risk relates to the risk of loss that Power would incur as a result of non-performance by counterparties pursuant to the terms of their contractual obligations. PSEG has established credit policies that it believes significantly minimize credit risk. These policies include an evaluation of potential counterparties’ financial condition (including credit rating), collateral requirements under certain circumstances and the use of standardized agreements, which allow for the netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty. In the event of non-performance or non-payment by a major counterparty, there may be a material adverse impact on Power’s and PSEG’s financial condition, results of operations or net cash flows.
As of September 30, 2017, 99% of the net credit exposure for Power’s operations was with investment grade counterparties. Credit exposure is defined as any positive results of netting accounts receivable/accounts payable and the forward value of open positions (which includes all financial instruments including derivatives, NPNS and non-derivatives).
The following table provides information on Power’s credit risk from others,wholesale counterparties, net of collateral, as of September 30, 2017.2018. It further delineates that exposure by the credit rating of the counterparties, which is determined by the lowest rating from S&P, Moody’s or an internal scoring model. In addition, it provides guidance on the concentration of credit risk to individual counterparties and an indication of the quality of Power’s credit risk by credit rating of the counterparties.
As of September 30, 2018, 97% of the net credit exposure for Power’s wholesale operations was with investment grade counterparties. Credit exposure is defined as any positive results of netting accounts receivable/accounts payable and the forward value of open positions (which includes all financial instruments including derivatives, NPNS and non-derivatives).
              
 Rating 
Current
Exposure
 Collateral Held 
Net
Exposure
 
Number of
Counterparties
>10%
 
Net Exposure of
Counterparties
>10%
  
   Millions   Millions  
 Investment Grade $318
 $55
 $263
 2
 $128
(A)  
 Non-Investment Grade 5
 1
 4
 
 
   
 Total $323
 $56
 $267
 2
 $128
   
              
              
 Rating 
Current
Exposure
 Securities held as Collateral 
Net
Exposure
 
Number of
Counterparties
>10%
 
Net Exposure of
Counterparties
>10%
  
   Millions   Millions  
 Investment Grade $112
 $12
 $100
 2
 $50
(A) 
 Non-Investment Grade 6
 2
 4
 
 
   
 Total $118
 $14
 $104
 2
 $50
  
              
(A)IncludesRepresents net exposure of $97$39 million with PSE&G.&G and $11 million with a non-affiliated counterparty.
As of September 30, 2017,2018, collateral held from counterparties where Power had credit exposure included $3$2 million in cash collateral and $53$12 million in letters of credit.
As of September 30, 20172018, Power had 144137 active counterparties.
PSE&G’s supplier master agreements are approved by the BPU and govern the terms of its electric supply procurement contracts. These agreements define a supplier’s performance assurance requirements and allow a supplier to meet its credit requirements with a certain amount of unsecured credit. The amount of unsecured credit is determined based on the supplier’s credit ratings from the major credit rating agencies and the supplier’s tangible net worth. The credit position is based on the initial market price, which is the forward price of energy on the day the procurement transaction is executed, compared to the forward price curve for energy on the valuation day. To the extent that the forward price curve for energy exceeds the initial market price, the supplier is required to post a parental guaranty or other security instrument such as a letter of credit or cash, as collateral to the extent the credit exposure is greater than the supplier’s unsecured credit limit. As of September 30, 2017,2018, primarily all of the posted collateral was in the form of parental guarantees. The unsecured credit used by the suppliers
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represents PSE&G’s net credit exposure. PSE&G’s BGS suppliers’ credit exposure is calculated each business day. As of September 30, 2017,2018, PSE&G had no net credit exposure with suppliers, including Power.
PSE&G is permitted to recover its costs of procuring energy through the BPU-approved BGS tariffs. PSE&G’s counterparty credit risk is mitigated by its ability to recover realized energy costs through customer rates.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


Note 12.13. Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Accounting guidance for fair value measurement emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement, and establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between assumptions based on market data obtained from independent sources and those based on an entity’s own assumptions. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to fair value measurement into three levels:
Level 1—measurements utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that PSEG, PSE&G and Power have the ability to access. These consist primarily of listed equity securities and money market mutual funds, as well as natural gas futures contracts executed on NYMEX.
Level 2—measurements include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and other observable inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. These consist primarily of non-exchange traded derivatives such as forward contracts or options and most fixed income securities.
Level 3—measurements use unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities, based on the best information available and might include an entity’s own data and assumptions. In some valuations, the inputs used may fall into different levels of the hierarchy. In these cases, the financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. As of September 30, 2017,2018, these consisted primarily of certain electric load contracts and gas contracts.
Certain derivative transactions may transfer from Level 2 to Level 3 if inputs become unobservable and internal modeling techniques are employed to determine fair value. Conversely, measurements may transfer from Level 3 to Level 2 if the inputs become observable.
The following tables present information about PSEG’s, PSE&G’s and Power’s respective assets and (liabilities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, including the fair value measurements and the levels of inputs used in determining those fair values. Amounts shown for PSEG include the amounts shown for PSE&G and Power.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


             
   Recurring Fair Value Measurements as of September 30, 2017 
 Description Total 

Netting  (E)
 
Quoted Market Prices for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) 
   Millions 
 PSEG           
 Assets:           
 Cash Equivalents (A) $220
 $
 $220
 $
 $
 
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $146
 $(384) $11
 $513
 $6
 
 NDT Fund (D)           
 Equity Securities $1,032
 $
 $1,030
 $2
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $249
 $
 $
 $249
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $318
 $
 $
 $318
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $358
 $
 $
 $358
 $
 
 Other Securities $55
 $
 $55
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (D)           
 Equity Securities—Mutual Funds $23
 $
 $23
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $51
 $
 $
 $51
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $33
 $
 $
 $33
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $120
 $
 $
 $120
 $
 
 Other Securities $2
 $
 $2
 $
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $(8) $370
 $(6) $(372) $
 
 PSE&G           
 Assets:           
 Cash Equivalents (A) $220
 $
 $220
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (D)           
 Equity Securities—Mutual Funds $5
 $
 $5
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $10
 $
 $
 $10
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $7
 $
 $
 $7
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $24
 $
 $
 $24
 $
 
 Other Securities $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Power 
         
 Assets:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $146
 $(384) $11
 $513
 $6
 
 NDT Fund (D)           
 Equity Securities $1,032
 $
 $1,030
 $2
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $249
 $
 $
 $249
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $318
 $
 $
 $318
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $358
 $
 $
 $358
 $
 
 Other Securities $55
 $
 $55
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (D)           
 Equity Securities—Mutual Funds $6
 $
 $6
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $13
 $
 $
 $13
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $8
 $
 $
 $8
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $30
 $
 $
 $30
 $
 
 Other Securities $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $(8) $370
 $(6) $(372) $
 
             








             
   Recurring Fair Value Measurements as of September 30, 2018 
 Description Total 

Netting (C)
 
Quoted Market Prices for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) 
   Millions 
 PSEG           
 Assets:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $13
 $(411) $12
 $404
 $8
 
 NDT Fund (B)           
 Equity Securities $1,120
 $
 $1,118
 $2
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $209
 $
 $
 $209
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $311
 $
 $
 $311
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $456
 $
 $
 $456
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (B)           
 Equity Securities $25
 $
 $25
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $60
 $
 $
 $60
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $39
 $
 $
 $39
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $101
 $
 $
 $101
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $(15) $523
 $(10) $(519) $(9) 
 PSE&G           
 Assets:           
 Rabbi Trust (B)           
 Equity Securities $5
 $
 $5
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $12
 $
 $
 $12
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $8
 $
 $
 $8
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $21
 $
 $
 $21
 $
 
 Power 
         
 Assets:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $13
 $(411) $12
 $404
 $8
 
 NDT Fund (B)           
 Equity Securities $1,120
 $
 $1,118
 $2
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $209
 $
 $
 $209
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $311
 $
 $
 $311
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $456
 $
 $
 $456
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (B)           
 Equity Securities $6
 $
 $6
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $15
 $
 $
 $15
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $10
 $
 $
 $10
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $26
 $
 $
 $26
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $(15) $523
 $(10) $(519) $(9) 
             
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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   Recurring Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2016 
 Description Total Netting  (E) 
Quoted Market Prices for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) 
   Millions 
 PSEG           
 Assets:           
 Cash Equivalents (A) $365
 $
 $365
 $
 $
 
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $186
 $(371) $17
 $533
 $7
 
 Interest Rate Swaps (C) $1
 $
 $
 $1
 $
 
 NDT Fund (D)           
 Equity Securities $957
 $
 $954
 $3
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $227
 $
 $
 $227
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $293
 $
 $
 $293
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $337
 $
 $
 $337
 $
 
 Other Securities $44
 $
 $44
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (D)           
 Equity Securities—Mutual Funds $22
 $
 $22
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $37
 $
 $
 $37
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $66
 $
 $
 $66
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $91
 $
 $
 $91
 $
 
 Other Securities $1
 $
 $1
 $
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $(16) $372
 $(18) $(364) $(6) 
 PSE&G           
 Assets:           
 Cash Equivalents (A) $365
 $
 $365
 $
 $
 
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy Related Contracts (B) $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (D)           
 Equity Securities—Mutual Funds $5
 $
 $5
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $7
 $
 $
 $7
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $13
 $
 $
 $13
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $18
 $
 $
 $18
 $
 
 Other Securities $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $(5) $
 $
 $
 $(5) 
 Power           
 Assets:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $186
 $(371) $17
 $533
 $7
 
 NDT Fund (D)           
 Equity Securities $957
 $
 $954
 $3
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $227
 $
 $
 $227
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $293
 $
 $
 $293
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $337
 $
 $
 $337
 $
 
 Other Securities $44
 $
 $44
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (D)           
 Equity Securities—Mutual Funds $5
 $
 $5
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $9
 $
 $
 $9
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $16
 $
 $
 $16
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $23
 $
 $
 $23
 $
 
 Other Securities $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (B) $(11) $372
 $(18) $(364) $(1) 
             
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


             
   Recurring Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2017 
 Description Total Netting  (C) 
Quoted Market Prices for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) 
   Millions 
 PSEG           
 Assets:           
 Cash Equivalents (D) $223
 $
 $223
 $
 $
 
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $36
 $(433) $15
 $442
 $12
 
 NDT Fund (B)           
 Equity Securities $1,147
 $
 $1,145
 $2
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $314
 $
 $
 $314
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $270
 $
 $
 $270
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $402
 $
 $
 $402
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (B)           
 Equity Securities $27
 $
 $27
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $51
 $
 $
 $51
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $34
 $
 $
 $34
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $119
 $
 $
 $119
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $(21) $477
 $(8) $(485) $(5) 
 PSE&G           
 Assets:           
 Cash Equivalents (D) $223
 $
 $223
 $
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (B)           
 Equity Securities $5
 $
 $5
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $10
 $
 $
 $10
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $7
 $
 $
 $7
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $24
 $
 $
 $24
 $
 
 Power           
 Assets:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $36
 $(433) $15
 $442
 $12
 
 NDT Fund (B)           
 Equity Securities $1,147
 $
 $1,145
 $2
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $314
 $
 $
 $314
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $270
 $
 $
 $270
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $402
 $
 $
 $402
 $
 
 Rabbi Trust (B)           
 Equity Securities $6
 $
 $6
 $
 $
 
 Debt Securities—U.S. Treasury $13
 $
 $
 $13
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Govt Other $8
 $
 $
 $8
 $
 
 Debt Securities—Corporate $30
 $
 $
 $30
 $
 
 Liabilities:           
 Derivative Contracts:           
 Energy-Related Contracts (A) $(21) $477
 $(8) $(485) $(5) 
             
(A)Represents money market mutual funds.
(B)Level 1— During 2016 a net fair value of $1 million relating to energy-related contracts was transferred from Level 2 into Level 1. These contracts represent natural gas futures contracts executed on NYMEX, and are being valued solely on settled pricing inputs which come directly from the exchange.
Level 2—Fair values for energy-related contracts are obtained primarily using a market-based approach. Most derivative contracts (forward purchase or sale contracts and swaps) are valued using settled prices from similar assets and liabilities from an exchange, such as NYMEX, ICE and Nodal Exchange, or auction prices. Prices used in the valuation process are also corroborated independently by management to determine that values are based on actual transaction data or, in the absence of transactions, bid and offers for the day. Examples may include certain exchange and non-exchange traded capacity and electricity contracts and natural gas physical or swap contracts based on market prices, basis adjustments and other premiums where adjustments and premiums are not considered
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significant to the overall inputs.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs are used for the valuation of certain contracts. See “Additional Information Regarding Level 3 Measurements” below for more information on the utilization of unobservable inputs.
(C)(B)Interest rate swaps are valued using quoted prices on commonly quoted intervals, which are interpolated for periods different than the quoted intervals, as inputs to a market valuation model. Market inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment.
(D)The fair value measurement tables exclude an immaterial amount of cash as of September 30, 2017 and $1 million as of December 31, 2016, which is part of the NDT Fund. The NDT Fund maintains investments in various equity and fixed income securities classified as “available for sale.”securities. The Rabbi Trust maintains investments in various fixed income securities and a Russell 3000 index fund and various fixed income securities classified as “available for sale” as of September 30, 2017. The Rabbi Trust maintained investments in a S&P 500 index fund and various securities classified as “available for sale” as of December 31, 2016.fund. These securities are generally valued with prices that are either exchange provided (equity securities) or market transactions for comparable securities and/or broker quotes (fixed income securities).
Level 1—Investments in marketable equity securities within the NDT Fund are primarily investments in common stocks across a broad range of industries and sectors. Most equity securities are priced utilizing the principal market close price or, in some cases, midpoint, bid or ask price. Certain open-ended mutualother equity securities in the NDT and Rabbi Trust Funds consist primarily of investments in Dreyfus money market funds which seek a high level of current income as is consistent with mainlythe preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. To pursue its goals, the funds normally invest in diversified portfolios of high quality, short-term, investments are valued based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets.dollar-denominated debt securities and government securities. The funds’ Net Asset Value is priced and published daily. The Rabbi Trust also has an equity index fund which is valued based on quoted prices in an active market.
Level 2—NDT and Rabbi Trust fixed income securities include primarily investment grade corporate bonds, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset backedasset-backed securities and certain government and U.S. Treasury obligations or Federal Agency asset-backed securities and municipal bonds with a wide range of maturities. Since many fixed income securities do not trade on a daily basis, they are priced using an evaluated pricing methodology that varies by asset class and reflects observable market information such as the most recent exchange price or quoted bid for similar securities. Market-based standard inputs typically include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes and issuer spreads. The preferred stocks are not actively traded on a daily basis and therefore, are also priced using an evaluated pricing methodology. Certain short-term investments are valued using observable market prices or market parameters such as time-to-maturity, coupon rate, quality rating and current yield.
(E)(C)Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (where the right of offset exists) and the application of collateral. All cash collateral received or posted that has been allocated to derivative positions, where the right of offset exists, has been offset in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2017, net cash collateral (received) paid of $(14) million was netted against the corresponding net derivative contract positions. The $(14) million of cash collateral as of September 30, 2017 was netted against assets. As of December 31, 2016, net cash collateral (received) paid of $1 million was netted against the corresponding net derivative contract positions. Of the $1 million of cash collateral as of December 31, 2016, $(3) million was netted against assets, and $4 million was netted against liabilities.See Note 12. Financial Risk Management Activities for additional detail.
(D)Represents money market mutual funds.
Additional Information Regarding Level 3 Measurements
For valuations that include both observable and unobservable inputs, if the unobservable input is determined to be significant to the overall inputs, the entire valuation is categorized in Level 3. This includes derivatives valued using indicative price quotations for contracts with tenors that extend into periods with no observable pricing. In instances where observable data is unavailable, consideration is given to the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. This includes assumptions about market risks such as liquidity, volatility and contract duration. Such instruments are categorized in
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Level 3 because the model inputs generally are not observable. PSEG’s Risk Management Committee (RMC) approves risk management policies and objectives for risk assessment, control and valuation, counterparty credit approval and the monitoring and reporting of risk exposures. The RMC reports to the Corporate Governance and Audit Committees of the PSEG Board of Directors on the scope of the risk management activities and is responsible for approving all valuation procedures at PSEG. Forward price curves for the power market utilized by Power to manage the portfolio are maintained and reviewed by PSEG’s Enterprise Risk Management market pricing group and used for financial reporting purposes. PSEG considers credit and nonperformance risk in the valuation of derivative contracts categorized in Levels 2 and 3, including both historical and current market data, in its assessment of credit and nonperformance risk by counterparty. The impacts of credit and nonperformance risk were not material to the financial statements.
For PSE&G, the natural gas supply contract was measured at fair value using modeling techniques taking into account the current price of natural gas adjusted for appropriate risk factors, as applicable, and internal assumptions about transportation costs, and accordingly, the fair value measurements are classified in Level 3. The fair value of Power’s electric load contracts in which load consumption may change hourly based on demand are measured using certain unobservable inputs, such as historic load variability and, accordingly, are categorized as Level 3. The fair value of Power’s gas physical contracts at certain illiquid delivery locations are measured using average historical basis and, accordingly, are categorized as Level 3. While these gas physical contracts have an unobservable component in their respective forward price curves, the fluctuations in fair value have been driven primarily by changes in the observable inputs. The following tables provide details surrounding significant Level 3 valuations as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017.
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   Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements   
             
         Significant   
     Fair Value as of Valuation Unobservable   
 Commodity Level 3 Position September 30, 2017 Technique(s)  Input Range 
     Assets (Liabilities)       
     Millions       
 Power             
 Electricity Electric Load Contracts $5
 $
 Discounted Cash flow Historic Load Variability 0% to +10% 
 Gas Other 1
 
 
 
 
 
 Total Power   $6
 $
       
 Total PSEG   $6
 $
       
               
               
   Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements   
             
         Significant   
     Fair Value as of Valuation Unobservable   
 Commodity Level 3 Position September 30, 2018 Technique(s)  Input Range 
     Assets (Liabilities)       
     Millions       
 Power             
 Electricity Electric Load Contracts $
 $(9) Discounted Cash flow Historic Load Variability 0% to 10% 
 Gas Gas Physical Contracts 8
 
 Discounted Cash flow Average Historical Basis -40% to 0% 
 Total Power   $8
 $(9)       
 Total PSEG   $8
 $(9)       
               
               
   Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements   
             
         Significant   
     Fair Value as of Valuation Unobservable   
 Commodity Level 3 Position December 31, 2016 Technique(s)  Input Range 
     Assets (Liabilities)       
     Millions       
 PSE&G             
 Gas Natural Gas Supply Contract  $
 $(5) Discounted Cash Flow Transportation Costs $0.60 to $0.80/Dth 
 Total PSE&G   $
 $(5)       
 Power             
 Electricity Electric Load Contracts $7
 $(1) Discounted Cash Flow Historic Load Variability 0% to +10% 
 Gas (A) Other 
 
       
 Total Power   $7
 $(1)       
 Total PSEG   $7
 $(6)       
               
               
   Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements   
             
         Significant   
     Fair Value as of Valuation Unobservable   
 Commodity Level 3 Position December 31, 2017 Technique(s)  Input Range 
     Assets (Liabilities)       
     Millions       
 Power             
 Electricity Electric Load Contracts $1
 $(3) Discounted Cash flow Historic Load Variability 0% to 10% 
 Gas Gas Physical Contracts 11
 (2) Discounted Cash flow Average Historical Basis -40% to -10% 
 Total Power   $12
 $(5)       
 Total PSEG   $12
 $(5)       
               
(A)Includes gas positions which were immaterial.
Significant unobservable inputs listed above would have a direct impact on the fair values of the above Level 3 instruments if they were adjusted. For energy-related contracts in cases where Power is a seller, an increase in the load variability would decrease the fair value. For gas-related contracts in cases where Power is a buyer, an increase in the average historical basis would increase the fair value.
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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of Level 3 derivative contracts and securities for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and September 30, 2016,2017, respectively, follows:
Changes in Level 3 Assets and (Liabilities) Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
for the Three Months andNine Months Ended September 30, 20172018
                 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017   
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of July 1, 2017 
Included in
Income (A)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out (D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $6
 $3
 $
 $
 $(3) $
 $6
 
 PSE&G               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $6
 $3
 $
 $
 $(3) $
 $6
 
                 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017   
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of January 1, 2017 
Included in
Income (A)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out (D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $1
 $29
 $5
 $
 $(28) $(1) $6
 
 PSE&G               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $(5) $
 $5
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $6
 $29
 $
 $
 $(28) $(1) $6
 
                 
                 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of July 1, 2018 
Included in
Income (A)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out (D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $4
 $(4) $
 $
 $(1) $
 $(1) 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $4
 $(4) $
 $
 $(1) $
 $(1) 
                 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of January 1, 2018 
Included in
Income (A)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out (D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $7
 $(8) $
 $
 $
 $
 $(1) 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $7
 $(8) $
 $
 $
 $
 $(1) 
                 
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Changes in Level 3 Assets and (Liabilities) Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
for the Three Monthsand Nine Months Ended September 30, 20162017
                 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2016   
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of July 1, 2016 
Included in
Income (E)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out
(D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2016 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $5
 $8
 $(2) $4
 $(4) $
 $11
 
 PSE&G               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $(2) $
 $(2) $
 $
 $
 $(4) 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $7
 $8
 $
 $4
 $(4) $
 $15
 
                 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016   
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of January 1, 2016 
Included in
Income (E)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out (D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2016 
       
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $13
 $24
 $(6) $4
 $(24) $
 $11
 
 PSE&G               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $2
 $
 $(6) $
 $
 $
 $(4) 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $11
 $24
 $
 $4
 $(24) $
 $15
 
                 
                 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of July 1, 2017 
Included in
Income (E)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out
(D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $6
 $3
 $
 $
 $(3) $
 $6
 
 PSE&G               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $6
 $3
 $
 $
 $(3) $
 $6
 
                 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 
     
Total Gains or (Losses)
Realized/Unrealized
         
 Description Balance as of January 1, 2017 
Included in
Income (E)
 
Included in
Regulatory Assets/
Liabilities (B)
 
Purchases
(Sales)
 
Issuances/
Settlements
(C)
 
Transfers
In/Out (D)
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 
   Millions   
 PSEG               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $1
 $29
 $5
 $
 $(28) $(1) $6
 
 PSE&G               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $(5) $
 $5
 $
 $
 $
 $
 
 Power               
 Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities) $6
 $29
 $
 $
 $(28) $(1) $6
 
                 
(A)PSEG’s and Power’s gains and lossesgains(losses) attributable to changes in net derivative assets and liabilities include $3 million and $29 million in Operating Income for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. The $32018 include $(8) million and $(7) million, respectively, in Operating Revenues and $4 million and $(1) million, respectively, in Energy Costs. Both the $(8) million and $(7) million in Operating Income is realized.Revenues are unrealized. Of the $29$4 million and $(1) million in Operating Income, $1Energy Costs, $5 million isand $(1) million are unrealized. Unrealized gains (losses) represent the change in derivative assets and liabilities still held at the end of the reporting period.
(B)Mainly includes gains/losses on PSE&G’s derivative contracts that are not included in either earnings or Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, as they are deferred as a Regulatory Asset/Liability and are expected to be recovered from/returned to PSE&G’s customers.
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(C)
Represents settlements of $(1) million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. Represents settlements of $(3) million and $(28) million in settlements for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. Represents $(4) million and $(24) million in settlements for the three months and nine months
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ended September 30, 2016, respectively.
(D)During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20172018, there were no transfers in tointo or out of Level 3. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, $(1) million of net derivatives assets/liabilities were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3. There were no transfers in tointo or out of Level 3 during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016.2017.
(E)PSEG’s and Power’s gains and lossesgains(losses) attributable to changes in net derivative assets and liabilities include $8 million and $24 million in Operating Income for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. Of the $82017 include $5 million and $22 million, respectively, in Operating Revenues and $(2) million and $7 million, respectively, in Energy Costs. The $5 million in Operating Income, $4Revenues and $(2) million is unrealized. The $24in Energy Costs for the three months ended September 30, 2017 are realized. Of the $22 million in Operating Income is realized.Revenues and the $7 million in Energy Costs, $(2) million and $3 million, respectively, are unrealized for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.
As of September 30, 2017,2018, PSEG carried $2.6$2.3 billion of net assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, of which $6$1 million of net assets wereliabilities was measured using unobservable inputs and classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy.
As of September 30, 20162017, PSEG carried $2.6 billion of net assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, of which $11$6 million of net assets were measured using unobservable inputs and classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy.
Fair Value of Debt
The estimated fair values were determined using the market quotations or values of instruments with similar terms, credit ratings, remaining maturities and redemptions as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017.
          
  As of As of 
  September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 
  
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Long-Term Debt:        
 PSEG (Parent) (A) (B)$1,896
 $1,891
 $1,195
 $1,185
 
 PSE&G (B)8,243
 8,857
 7,818
 8,240
 
 Power - Recourse Debt (B)2,385
 2,657
 2,382
 2,578
 
 Total Long-Term Debt$12,524
 $13,405
 $11,395
 $12,003
 
          
          
  As of As of 
  September 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 
  
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair
Value
 
  Millions 
 Long-Term Debt:        
 PSEG (A) (B)$2,093
 $2,051
 $2,091
 $2,081
 
 PSE&G (B)9,182
 9,292
 8,591
 9,322
 
 Power (B)3,084
 3,254
 2,386
 2,659
 
 Total Long-Term Debt$14,359
 $14,597
 $13,068
 $14,062
 
          
(A)As of September 30, 2017, fair value includes a $700 millionIncludes floating rate term loan in addition to the $500 million floating rate term loan and net offsets as of December 31, 2016.$700 million. The fair values of the term loan debt (Level 2 measurement) approximate the carrying values because the interest payments are based on LIBOR rates that are reset monthly and the debt is redeemable at face value by PSEG at any time.
(B)Given that these bonds do not trade actively, the fair value amounts of taxable debt securities (primarily Level 2 measurements) are generally determined by a valuation model that is based on a conventional discounted cash flow methodology and utilizes assumptions of current market pricing curves. In order to incorporate the credit risk into the discount rates, pricing is obtained (i.e. U.S. Treasury rate plus credit spread) based on expected new issue pricing across each of the companies’ respective debt maturity spectrum. The credit spreads of various tenors obtained from this information are added to the appropriate benchmark U.S. Treasury rates in order to determine the current market yields for the various tenors. The yields are then converted into discount rates of various tenors that are used for discounting the respective cash flows of the same tenor for each bond or note.
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Note 13.14. Other Income and Deductions(Deductions)
          
 Other IncomePSE&G Power Other (A) Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017        
 NDT Fund Gains, Interest, Dividend and Other Income$
 $41
 $
 $41
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction14
 
 
 14
 
 Rabbi Trust Realized Gains, Interest and Dividends1
 1
 
 2
 
 Solar Loan Interest6
 
 
 6
 
 Other2
 1
 
 3
 
 Total Other Income$23
 $43
 $
 $66
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017        
 NDT Fund Gains, Interest, Dividend and Other Income$
 $117
 $
 $117
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction42
 
 
 42
 
 Rabbi Trust Realized Gains, Interest and Dividends5
 6
 11
 22
 
 Solar Loan Interest16
 
 
 16
 
 Other7
 4
 
 11
 
   Total Other Income$70
 $127
 $11
 $208
 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2016        
 NDT Fund Gains, Interest, Dividend and Other Income$
 $21
 $
 $21
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction14
 
 
 14
 
 Rabbi Trust Realized Gains, Interest and Dividends1
 
 3
 4
 
 Solar Loan Interest6
 
 
 6
 
 Other1
 2
 (1) 2
 
 Total Other Income$22
 $23
 $2
 $47
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016        
 NDT Fund Gains, Interest, Dividend and Other Income$
 $69
 $
 $69
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction35
 
 
 35
 
 Rabbi Trust Realized Gains, Interest and Dividends2
 2
 6
 10
 
 Solar Loan Interest17
 
 
 17
 
 Other7
 3
 (2) 8
 
 Total Other Income$61
 $74
 $4
 $139
 
          
          
 Other DeductionsPSE&G Power Other (A) Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017        
   NDT Fund Realized Losses and Expenses$
 $8
 $
 $8
 
   Other1
 
 1
 2
 
     Total Other Deductions$1
 $8
 $1
 $10
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017        
   NDT Fund Realized Losses and Expenses$
 $21
 $
 $21
 
   Other3
 1
 5
 9
 
     Total Other Deductions$3
 $22
 $5
 $30
 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2016        
   NDT Fund Realized Losses and Expenses$
 $5
 $
 $5
 
   Other1
 1
 1
 3
 
   Total Other Deductions$1
 $6
 $1
 $8
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016        
   NDT Fund Realized Losses and Expenses$
 $31
 $
 $31
 
   Other3
 2
 3
 8
 
   Total Other Deductions$3
 $33
 $3
 $39
 
          
          
  PSE&G Power Other (A) Consolidated 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2018        
 NDT Fund Interest and Dividends$
 $13
 $
 $13
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction13
 
 
 13
 
 Solar Loan Interest5
 
 
 5
 
 Other3
 1
 (2) 2
 
   Total Other Income (Deductions)$21
 $14
 $(2) $33
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018        
 NDT Fund Interest and Dividends$
 $40
 $
 $40
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction40
 
 
 40
 
 Solar Loan Interest14
 
 
 14
 
 Other7
 (2) 
 5
 
   Total Other Income (Deductions)$61
 $38
 $
 $99
 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017        
 NDT Fund Interest and Dividends$
 $12
 $
 $12
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction14
 
 
 14
 
 Solar Loan Interest6
 
 
 6
 
 Other2
 (1) 
 1
 
   Total Other Income (Deductions)$22
 $11
 $
 $33
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017        
 NDT Fund Interest and Dividends$
 $35
 $
 $35
 
 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction42
 
 
 42
 
 Solar Loan Interest16
 
 
 16
 
 Other7
 (1) (1) 5
 
 Total Other Income (Deductions)$65
 $34
 $(1) $98
 
          
(A)Other consists of activity at PSEG (as parent company), Energy Holdings, Services, PSEG LI and intercompany eliminations.

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Note 14.15. Income Taxes
PSEG’s, PSE&G’s and Power’s effective tax rates for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 were as follows:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
 PSEG38.9% 36.5% 35.5% 36.3% 
 PSE&G38.8% 36.1% 37.4% 36.1% 
 Power41.9% 39.3% 37.9% 39.4% 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
 PSEG22.1% 38.9% 25.1% 35.5% 
 PSE&G25.5% 38.8% 26.1% 37.4% 
 Power16.7% 41.9% 24.1% 37.9% 
          
For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2018, the differences in PSEG’s effective tax rates as compared to the same periods in the prior year were due primarily to the change in the statutory federal tax rate from 35% to 21% as wella result of the Tax Act and the remeasurement of uncertain tax positions and associated interest in connection with a 2015 claim to carry back tax-defined nuclear decommissioning costs under IRC 172(f) (nuclear carryback claim) and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit, offset by the New Jersey (NJ) surtax, plant-related items and tax credits. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the differences in PSEG’s effective tax rates as compared to the statutory tax rate of 40.85%,28.11% were due primarily to changes inthe remeasurement of uncertain tax positions and associated interest in connection with the NDT Fund. Fornuclear carryback claim and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit, plant-related items and tax credits, offset by the nineNJ surtax.
In August 2018, the IRS completed its audit of PSEG’s nuclear carryback claim and federal tax returns for the years 2011 and 2012. The completion of the IRS’ audit resulted in a settlement agreement with the IRS, which is subject to review by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT). As a result of this new information, PSEG remeasured certain unrecognized tax benefits that impacted the effective tax rate in the amount of $28 million, primarily related to the nuclear carryback claim and the associated interest, in the three months ended September 30, 2017, the effective tax rate was also favorably impacted by interest from a New Jersey State income tax refund.2018.
For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2018, the differences in PSE&G’s effective tax rates as compared to the same periods in the prior year were due primarily to the change in the statutory federal tax rate from 35% to 21% as wella result of the Tax Act, offset by changes in uncertain tax positions, plant-related and other flow-through items. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the differences in PSE&G’s effective tax rate as compared to the statutory tax rate of 40.85%,28.11% were due primarily to plant-related and other flow-through items, tax credits and changes in uncertain tax positions, plant and other flow-through items.positions.
For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2018, the differences in Power’s effective tax rates as compared to the same periods in the prior year were due primarily to the change in the statutory federal tax rate from 35% to 21% as wella result of the Tax Act and the remeasurement of uncertain tax positions and associated interest in connection with the nuclear carryback claim and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit, offset by the NJ surtax. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the differences in Power’s effective tax rates as compared to the statutory tax rate of 40.85%,28.11% were due primarily to changes inthe remeasurement of uncertain tax positions manufacturing deduction and associated interest in connection with the NDT Fund.nuclear carryback claim and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit, offset by the NJ surtax.
Uncertain Tax Positions
In August 2018, the IRS completed its audit of PSEG’s nuclear carryback claim and federal tax returns for the years 2011 and 20122012. The JCT is required to review all claims over $5 million, and the tax years are currently being audited bynot considered concluded until the IRS. The audit and other related claims are reasonably expected to be completed within the next 12 months.JCT’s review has been completed. As a result, it is reasonably possible that a decrease in PSEG’s total unrecognized tax benefits may be necessarydecrease in the range of $80$50 million to $180$120 million based on current estimates.estimates within the next 12 months.
Tax Act
PSEG, PSE&G and Power recorded the impact of the Tax Act in their December 31, 2017 consolidated financial statements, including certain provisional amounts, in accordance with SEC guidance under Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (SAB 118). PSEG’s accounting for certain elements of the Tax Act remains incomplete.
In August 2018, the IRS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) regarding the application of tax depreciation rules as amended by the Tax Act. In September 2018, PSEG recorded additional provisional adjustments thatincreased plant-related deferred taxes in the amount of $53 million and $35 million to the Regulatory Liability for the associated excess deferred taxes.PSEG continues to analyze the Notice and, as such, the amounts recorded for bonus depreciation for 2017 and 2018 remain provisional.
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Further, the Tax Act is unclear in certain respects and will require interpretations and implementing regulations by the IRS, as well as state tax authorities. The Tax Act could also be subject to potential amendments and technical corrections which could impact PSEG’s, PSE&G’s and Power’s financial statements.
The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (Tax(2015 Tax Act) extended, among other provisions, included an extension of the 50% bonus depreciation rules and the 30% investment tax credit for qualified property placed ininto service after 2016. Qualified property that is placed into service from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017. The rate2017 is reduced to 40% and 30%eligible for eligible property placed in service in 2018 and 2019, respectively. On May 8, 2017 the IRS issued guidance allowing for 50% bonus depreciation on long production property that is placed in service in 2018. For long production property placed in service in 2019, qualified costs incurred before January 1, 2019 is afforded a 40% rate, while qualified costs incurred during 2019 receives a 30% rate. For long production property placed in service in 2020, subject to a written binding contract entered into before 2020, a 30% rate is allowed for qualified costs incurred before January 1, 2020, with a 0% rate thereafter.depreciation. The provisions of the 2015 Tax Act also extended the 30% ITC for qualified property placed in service starting January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2019 but reduces the ITC rate to 26% and 22% for projects commenced in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The financial impact of the extensions of the ITC rate will depend upon future transactions.
This provision hashave generated significant cash tax benefits for PSEG, PSE&G and Power through tax benefits related to the accelerated depreciation. These
For the period beginning September 28, 2017, subject to the transition rules, the Tax Act modified the bonus depreciation rules of the 2015 Tax Act. Subject to further review of the Notice, it is expected that Power will be entitled to 100% expensing for qualifying 2018 plant additions and bonus depreciation will no longer apply to PSE&G.
New Jersey State Tax Reform
In July 2018, the State of New Jersey made significant changes to its income tax benefits would have otherwise been received overlaws, including imposing a temporary surtax on allocated corporate taxable income of 2.5% effective January 1, 2018 and 2019 and 1.5% in 2020 and 2021, as well as requiring corporate taxpayers to file in a combined reporting group as defined under New Jersey law starting in 2019. Both provisions include an estimated average 20 year period. However,exemption for public utilities. At this time, PSEG believes PSE&G meets the definition of a public utility and, therefore, will not be impacted by the temporary surtax or be included in the combined reporting group. PSEG expects these new provisions to unfavorably affect its non-utility business. The newly enacted New Jersey tax benefits willlegislation did not have a negativematerial impact on the rate base of several of PSE&G’s programs.PSEG’s deferred income tax balance.

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Note 15.16. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax
           
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2017 $2
 $(386) $158
 $(226) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 25
 25
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 6
 (8) (3) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 6
 17
 22
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $1
 $(380) $175
 $(204) 
           
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2016 $1
 $(370) $117
 $(252) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 1
 
 26
 27
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 9
 (2) 7
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 1
 9
 24
 34
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2016 $2
 $(361) $141
 $(218) 
     
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2016 $2
 $(398) $133
 $(263) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 78
 78
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 18
 (36) (19) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 18
 42
 59
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $1
 $(380) $175
 $(204) 
           
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2015 $
 $(386) $91
 $(295) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 2
 
 44
 46
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 25
 6
 31
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 2
 25
 50
 77
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2016 $2
 $(361) $141
 $(218) 
           
           
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2018 $(1) $(391) $(18) $(410) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 (6) (6) 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 7
 2
 9
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 7
 (4) 3
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 $(1) $(384) $(22) $(407) 
           
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2017 $2
 $(386) $158
 $(226) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 25
 25
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 6
 (8) (3) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 6
 17
 22
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $1
 $(380) $175
 $(204) 
     
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2017 $
 $(406) $177
 $(229) 
 Cumulative Effect Adjustment to Reclassify Unrealized Net Gains on Equity Investments to Retained Earnings 
 
 (176) (176) 
 Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)         
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications (1) 
 (28) (29) 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 22
 5
 27
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 22
 (23) (2) 
 Net Change in Accumulative Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 22
 (199) (178) 
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 $(1) $(384) $(22) $(407) 
           
 PSEG Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2016 $2
 $(398) $133
 $(263) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 78
 78
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 18
 (36) (19) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1) 18
 42
 59
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $1
 $(380) $175
 $(204) 
           
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 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2017 $
 $(330) $158
 $(172) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 24
 24
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 5
 (9) (4) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 5
 15
 20
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $
 $(325) $173
 $(152) 
     
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2016 $
 $(313) $112
 $(201) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 24
 24
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 7
 (2) 5
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 7
 22
 29
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2016 $
 $(306) $134
 $(172) 
           
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2016 $
 $(340) $129
 $(211) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 74
 74
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 15
 (30) (15) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 15
 44
 59
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $
 $(325) $173
 $(152) 
           
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2015 $
 $(327) $87
 $(240) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 40
 40
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 21
 7
 28
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 21
 47
 68
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2016 $
 $(306) $134
 $(172) 
           
           
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2018 $
 $(335) $(15) $(350) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 (5) (5) 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 7
 1
 8
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 7
 (4) 3
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 $
 $(328) $(19) $(347) 
     
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of June 30, 2017 $
 $(330) $158
 $(172) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 24
 24
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 5
 (9) (4) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 5
 15
 20
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $
 $(325) $173
 $(152) 
           
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2017 $
 $(347) $175
 $(172) 
 Cumulative Effect Adjustment to Reclassify Unrealized Net Gains on Equity Investments to Retained Earnings 
 
 (175) (175) 
 Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)         
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 (23) (23) 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 19
 4
 23
 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 19
 (19) 
 
 Net Change in Accumulative Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 19
 (194) (175) 
 Balance as of September 30, 2018 $
 $(328) $(19) $(347) 
           
 Power Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 
 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Cash Flow Hedges Pension and OPEB Plans Available-for-Sale Securities Total 
   Millions 
 Balance as of December 31, 2016 $
 $(340) $129
 $(211) 
 Other Comprehensive Income before Reclassifications 
 
 74
 74
 
 Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 15
 (30) (15) 
 Net Current Period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
 15
 44
 59
 
 Balance as of September 30, 2017 $
 $(325) $173
 $(152) 
           
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 PSEG   Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
    Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of OperationsSeptember 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 
  Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
    Millions 
 Cash Flow Hedges              
 Interest Rate Swaps Interest Expense$2
 $(1) $1
 $2
 $(1) $1
 
 Total Cash Flow Hedges  2
 (1) 1
 2
 (1) 1
 
 Pension and OPEB Plans            
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit O&M Expense3
 (1) 2
 7
 (3) 4
 
    Amortization of Actuarial Loss O&M Expense(13) 5
 (8) (37) 15
 (22) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans(10) 4
 (6) (30) 12
 (18) 
 Available-for-Sale Securities            
 Realized Gains Other Income29
 (15) 14
 99
 (49) 50
 
 Realized Losses Other Deductions(6) 2
 (4) (19) 9
 (10) 
 OTTI OTTI(5) 3
 (2) (9) 5
 (4) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Securities18
 (10) 8
 71
 (35) 36
 
 Total  $10
 $(7) $3
 $43
 $(24) $19
 
                
                
 PSEG   Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
    Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of OperationsSeptember 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 
  Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
    Millions 
 Pension and OPEB Plans            
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)$1
 $
 $1
 $3
 $
 $3
 
 Amortization of Actuarial Loss Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)(11) 3
 (8) (34) 9
 (25) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans(10) 3
 (7) (31) 9
 (22) 
 Available-for-Sale Debt Securities            
 
Realized Gains (Losses) and OTTI

 
Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments

(2) 
 (2) (8) 3
 (5) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities(2) 
 (2) (8) 3
 (5) 
 Total  $(12) $3
 $(9) $(39) $12
 $(27) 
                
                 
 PSEG    Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of Operations September 30, 2016 September 30, 2016 
   Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
     Millions 
 Pension and OPEB Plans               
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit O&M Expense $3
 $(2) $1
 $9
 $(4) $5
 
    Amortization of Actuarial Loss O&M Expense (17) 7
 (10) (51) 21
 (30) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans (14) 5
 (9) (42) 17
 (25) 
 Available-for-Sale Securities             
 Realized Gains Other Income 13
 (6) 7
 41
 (20) 21
 
 Realized Losses Other Deductions (5) 3
 (2) (29) 15
 (14) 
 OTTI OTTI (5) 2
 (3) (25) 12
 (13) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Securities 3
 (1) 2
 (13) 7
 (6) 
 Total   $(11) $4
 $(7) $(55) $24
 $(31) 
                 
                
 PSEG   Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
    Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of OperationsSeptember 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 
  Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
    Millions 
 Cash Flow Hedges              
 Interest Rate Swaps Interest Expense$2
 $(1) $1
 $2
 $(1) $1
 
 Total Cash Flow Hedges2
 (1) 1
 2
 (1) 1
 
 Pension and OPEB Plans            
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)3
 (1) 2
 7
 (3) 4
 
 Amortization of Actuarial Loss Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)(13) 5
 (8) (37) 15
 (22) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans(10) 4
 (6) (30) 12
 (18) 
 Available-for-Sale Securities            
 
Realized Gains (Losses) and OTTI

 
Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments

18
 (10) 8
 71
 (35) 36
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Securities18
 (10) 8
 71
 (35) 36
 
 Total  $10
 $(7) $3
 $43
 $(24) $19
 
                
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 Power    Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of Operations September 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 
   Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
     Millions 
 Pension and OPEB Plans               
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit O&M Expense $2
 $(1) $1
 $6
 $(3) $3
 
    Amortization of Actuarial Loss O&M Expense (11) 5
 (6) (32) 14
 (18) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans (9) 4
 (5) (26) 11
 (15) 
 Available-for-Sale Securities             
 Realized Gains Other Income 29
 (15) 14
 86
 (44) 42
 
 Realized Losses Other Deductions (5) 2
 (3) (15) 7
 (8) 
 OTTI OTTI (5) 3
 (2) (9) 5
 (4) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Securities 19
 (10) 9
 62
 (32) 30
 
 Total   $10
 $(6) $4
 $36
 $(21) $15
 
                 
                 
 Power    Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of Operations September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 
   Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
     Millions 
 Pension and OPEB Plans             
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs) $1
 $
 $1
 $3
 $
 $3
 
 Amortization of Actuarial Loss Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs) (11) 3
 (8) (30) 8
 (22) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans (10) 3
 (7) (27) 8
 (19) 
 Available-for-Sale Debt Securities             
 
Realized Gains (Losses) and OTTI

 
Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments

 (1) 
 (1) (7) 3
 (4) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Debt Securities (1) 
 (1) (7) 3
 (4) 
 Total   $(11) $3
 $(8) $(34) $11
 $(23) 
                 
                 
 Power    Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of Operations September 30, 2016 September 30, 2016 
   Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
     Millions 
 Pension and OPEB Plans               
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit O&M Expense $3
 $(1) $2
 $8
 $(3) $5
 
    Amortization of Actuarial Loss O&M Expense (15) 6
 (9) (44) 18
 (26) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans (12) 5
 (7) (36) 15
 (21) 
 Available-for-Sale Securities             
 Realized Gains Other Income 12
 (5) 7
 37
 (18) 19
 
 Realized Losses Other Deductions (4) 2
 (2) (26) 13
 (13) 
 OTTI OTTI (5) 2
 (3) (25) 12
 (13) 
 Total Available-for-Sale Securities 3
 (1) 2
 (14) 7
 (7) 
 Total   $(9) $4
 $(5) $(50) $22
 $(28) 
                 
                 
 Power    Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Income Statement 
     Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 Description of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location of Pre-Tax Amount In Statement of Operations September 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 
   Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount Pre-Tax Amount Tax (Expense) Benefit After-Tax Amount 
     Millions 
 Pension and OPEB Plans             
 Amortization of Prior Service (Cost) Credit Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs) $2
 $(1) $1
 $6
 $(3) $3
 
 Amortization of Actuarial Loss Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs) (11) 5
 (6) (32) 14
 (18) 
 Total Pension and OPEB Plans (9) 4
 (5) (26) 11
 (15) 
 Available-for-Sale Securities             
 Realized Gains (Losses) and OTTI Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments 19
 (10) 9
 62
 (32) 30
 
 Total Available-for-Sale Securities 19
 (10) 9
 62
 (32) 30
 
 Total   $10
 $(6) $4
 $36
 $(21) $15
 
                 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Note 16.17. Earnings Per Share (EPS) and Dividends
EPS
Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing Net Income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, including shares issuable upon exercise of stock options outstanding or vesting of restricted stock awards granted under PSEG’s stock compensation plans and upon payment of performance units or restricted stock units. The following table shows the effect of these stock options, performance units and restricted stock units on the weighted average number of shares outstanding used in calculating diluted EPS:
                  
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted 
 
EPS Numerator (Millions):
                
 Net Income$395
 $395
 $327
 $327
 $618
 $618
 $985
 $985
 
 
EPS Denominator (Millions):
                
 Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding505
 505
 505
 505
 505
 505
 505
 505
 
 Effect of Stock Based Compensation Awards
 2
 
 3
 
 2
 
 3
 
 Total Shares505
 507
 505
 508
 505
 507
 505
 508
 
                  
 EPS                
 Net Income$0.78
 $0.78
 $0.65
 $0.64
 $1.22
 $1.22
 $1.95
 $1.94
 
                  
                  
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted 
 
EPS Numerator (Millions):
                
 Net Income$412
 $412
 $395
 $395
 $1,239
 $1,239
 $618
 $618
 
 
EPS Denominator (Millions):
                
 Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding504
 504
 505
 505
 504
 504
 505
 505
 
 Effect of Stock Based Compensation Awards
 3
 
 2
 
 3
 ���
 2
 
 Total Shares504
 507
 505
 507
 504
 507
 505
 507
 
                  
 EPS                
 Net Income$0.82
 $0.81
 $0.78
 $0.78
 $2.46
 $2.44
 $1.22
 $1.22
 
                  
There were approximately 0.3 million forFor the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017, andthere were approximately 0.40.3 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016 of stock options excluded from the weighted average common shares used for diluted EPS due to their antidilutive effect.
Dividends
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Dividend Payments on Common Stock2017 2016 2017 2016 
 Per Share$0.43
 $0.41
 $1.29
 $1.23
 
 In Millions$217
 $207
 $652
 $622
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Dividend Payments on Common Stock2018 2017 2018 2017 
 Per Share$0.45
 $0.43
 $1.35
 $1.29
 
 In Millions$227
 $217
 $682
 $652
 
          


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Note 17.18. Financial Information by Business Segment
            
  PSE&G Power Other (A) Eliminations (B) Consolidated Total 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Total Operating Revenues$1,509
 $873
 $135
 $(254) $2,263
 
 Net Income (Loss)246
 136
 13
 
 395
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets729
 327
 9
 
 1,065
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Operating Revenues$4,689
 $3,086
 $334
 $(1,121) $6,988
 
 Net Income (Loss)753
 (131) (4) 
 618
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets2,118
 903
 25
 
 3,046
 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2016          
 Total Operating Revenues$1,684
 $1,075
 $7
 $(316) $2,450
 
 Net Income (Loss)255
 139
 (67) 
 327
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets680
 325
 9
 
 1,014
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016          
 Operating Revenues$4,746
 $3,102
 $256
 $(1,133) $6,971
 
 Net Income (Loss)696
 320
 (31) 
 985
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets2,035
 923
 27
 
 2,985
 
 As of September 30, 2017          
 Total Assets$27,802
 $11,631
 $2,288
 $(564) $41,157
 
 Investments in Equity Method Subsidiaries$
 $90
 $
 $
 $90
 
 As of December 31, 2016          
 Total Assets$26,288
 $12,193
 $2,373
 $(784) $40,070
 
 Investments in Equity Method Subsidiaries$
 $102
 $
 $
 $102
 
            
            
  PSE&G Power Other (A) Eliminations (B) Consolidated Total 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 Total Operating Revenues$1,595
 $868
 $151
 $(220) $2,394
 
 Net Income (Loss)278
 125
 9
 
 412
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets766
 253
 4
 
 1,023
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 Operating Revenues$4,826
 $3,038
 $421
 $(1,057) $7,228
 
 Net Income (Loss)828
 400
 11
 
 1,239
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets2,213
 800
 15
 
 3,028
 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Total Operating Revenues$1,530
 $846
 $135
 $(257) $2,254
 
 Net Income (Loss)246
 136
 13
 
 395
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets729
 327
 9
 
 1,065
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Operating Revenues$4,749
 $3,033
 $334
 $(1,129) $6,987
 
 Net Income (Loss)753
 (131) (4) 
 618
 
 Gross Additions to Long-Lived Assets2,118
 903
 25
 
 3,046
 
 As of September 30, 2018          
 Total Assets$30,694
 $12,681
 $2,249
 $(551) $45,073
 
 Investments in Equity Method Subsidiaries
 88
 
 
 88
 
 As of December 31, 2017          
 Total Assets$28,554
 $12,418
 $2,666
 $(922) $42,716
 
 Investments in Equity Method Subsidiaries
 87
 
 
 87
 
            
(A)Includes amounts applicable to Energy Holdings and PSEG LI, which are below the quantitative threshold for separate disclosure as reportable segments. Other also includes amounts applicable to PSEG (parent corporation) and Services.
(B)Intercompany eliminations primarily relate primarily to intercompany transactions between PSE&G and Power. No gains or losses are recorded on any intercompany transactions; rather, all intercompany transactions are at cost or, in the case of the BGS and BGSS contracts between PSE&G and Power, at rates prescribed by the BPU. For a further discussion of the intercompany transactions between PSE&G and Power, see Note 18.19. Related-Party Transactions.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


Note 18.19. Related-Party Transactions
The following discussion relates to intercompany transactions, which are eliminated during the PSEG consolidation process in accordance with GAAP.

PSE&G
The financial statements for PSE&G include transactions with related parties presented as follows:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Related-Party Transactions2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 Billings from Affiliates:        
 Net Billings from Power primarily through BGS and BGSS (A)$259
 $320
 $1,154
 $1,162
 
 Administrative Billings from Services (B)82
 73
 226
 224
 
 Total Billings from Affiliates$341
 $393
 $1,380
 $1,386
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Related-Party Transactions2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 Billings from Affiliates:        
 Net Billings from Power primarily through BGS and BGSS (A)$229
 $259
 $1,079
 $1,154
 
 Administrative Billings from Services (B)78
 82
 246
 226
 
 Total Billings from Affiliates$307
 $341
 $1,325
 $1,380
 
          
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  As of As of 
 Related-Party TransactionsSeptember 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 
  Millions 
 Receivables from PSEG (C)$
 $76
 
 Payable to Power (A)$86
 $193
 
 Payable to Services (B)46
 67
 
 Payable to PSEG (C)46
 
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies$178
 $260
 
 Working Capital Advances to Services (D)$33
 $33
 
 
Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable 
$83
 $130
 
      
      
  As of As of 
 Related-Party TransactionsSeptember 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 
  Millions 
 Receivables from PSEG (C)$55
 $
 
 Payable to Power (A)$97
 $221
 
 Payable to Services (B)67
 78
 
 Payable to PSEG (C)
 41
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies$164
 $340
 
 Working Capital Advances to Services (D)$33
 $33
 
 
Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable 
$67
 $91
 
      
Power
The financial statements for Power include transactions with related parties presented as follows:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Related-Party Transactions2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 Billings to Affiliates:        
 Net Billings to PSE&G primarily through BGS and BGSS (A)$259
 $320
 $1,154
 $1,162
 
 Billings from Affiliates:        
 Administrative Billings from Services (B)$39
 $44
 $117
 $134
 
          
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Related-Party Transactions2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 Billings to Affiliates:        
 Net Billings to PSE&G primarily through BGS and BGSS (A)$229
 $259
 $1,079
 $1,154
 
 Billings from Affiliates:        
 Administrative Billings from Services (B)$38
 $39
 $113
 $117
 
          
      
  As of As of 
 Related-Party TransactionsSeptember 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 
  Millions 
 Receivables from PSE&G (A)$86
 $193
 
 Receivables from PSEG (C)
 12
 
 Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies$86
 $205
 
 Payable to Services (B)$17
 $25
 
 Payable to PSEG (C)111
 
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies$128
 $25
 
 Short-Term Loan Due (to) from Affiliate (E)$1
 $87
 
 Working Capital Advances to Services (D)$17
 $17
 
 
Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable 
$57
 $77
 
      
      
  As of As of 
 Related-Party TransactionsSeptember 30, 2018 December 31, 2017 
  Millions 
 Receivables from PSE&G (A)$97
 $221
 
 Receivables from PSEG (C)24
 
 
 Accounts Receivable—Affiliated Companies$121
 $221
 
 Payable to Services (B)$21
 $28
 
 Payable to PSEG (C)
 29
 
 Accounts Payable—Affiliated Companies$21
 $57
 
 Short-Term Loan to (from) Affiliate (E)$119
 $(281) 
 Working Capital Advances to Services (D)$17
 $17
 
 
Long-Term Accrued Taxes Payable 
$1
 $52
 
      
(A)PSE&G has entered into a requirements contract with Power under which Power provides the gas supply services needed to meet PSE&G’s BGSS and other contractual requirements. Power has also entered into contracts to supply energy, capacity and ancillary services to PSE&G through the BGS auction process. The rates in the BGS and BGSS contracts are prescribed by the BPU. In addition, Power and PSE&G provide certain technical services for each other generally at cost in compliance with FERC and BPU affiliate rules.
(B)Services provides and bills administrative services to PSE&G and Power at cost. In addition, PSE&G and Power have other payables to Services, including amounts related to certain common costs, such as pension and OPEB costs, which Services pays on behalf of each of the operating companies.
(C)PSEG files a consolidated federal income tax return with its affiliated companies. A tax allocation agreement exists between PSEG and each of its affiliated companies. The general operation of these agreements is that the subsidiary company will compute its taxable income on a stand-alone basis. If the result is a net tax liability, such amount shall be paid to PSEG. If there are net operating losses and/or tax credits, the subsidiary shall receive payment for the tax savings from PSEG to the extent that PSEG is able to utilize those benefits.
(D)PSE&G and Power have advanced working capital to Services. The amounts are included in Other Noncurrent Assets on PSE&G’s and Power’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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(E)Power’s short-term loans with PSEG are for working capital and other short-term needs. Interest Income and Interest Expense relating to these short-term funding activities were immaterial.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


Note 19.20. Guarantees of Debt
Power’s Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally and jointly and severally guaranteed by its subsidiaries, PSEG Fossil LLC, PSEG Nuclear LLC and PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC. The following tables present condensed financial information for the guarantor subsidiaries, as well as Power’s non-guarantor subsidiaries, as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 and for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017.
            
  Power 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 Total 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Operating Revenues$
 $856
 $46
 $(29) $873
 
 Operating Expenses2
 643
 44
 (29) 660
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(2) 213
 2
 
 213
 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries143
 (3) 3
 (140) 3
 
 Other Income24
 58
 (2) (37) 43
 
 Other Deductions
 (8) 
 
 (8) 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
 (5) 
 
 (5) 
 Interest Expense(32) (12) (5) 37
 (12) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)3
 (103) 2
 
 (98) 
 Net Income (Loss)$136
 $140
 $
 $(140) $136
 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$156
 $154
 $
 $(154) $156
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Operating Revenues$
 $3,036
 $145
 $(95) $3,086
 
 Operating Expenses4
 3,315
 139
 (95) 3,363
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(4) (279) 6
 
 (277) 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries(111) (8) 11
 119
 11
 
 Other Income71
 155
 
 (99) 127
 
 Other Deductions(1) (21) 
 
 (22) 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
 (9) 
 
 (9) 
 Interest Expense(96) (30) (14) 99
 (41) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)10
 68
 2
 
 80
 
 Net Income (Loss)$(131) $(124) $5
 $119
 $(131) 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$(72) $(80) $5
 $75
 $(72) 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Operating Activities
$(55) $1,159
 $142
 $3
 $1,249
 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Investing Activities
$738
 $(289) $(343) $(990) $(884) 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Financing Activities
$(683) $(869) $211
 $987
 $(354) 
            
            
  Power 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 Total 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 Operating Revenues$
 $849
 $59
 $(40) $868
 
 Operating Expenses2
 733
 61
 (40) 756
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(2) 116
 (2) 
 112
 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries117
 (7) 5
 (110) 5
 
  Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments
 45
 (1) 
 44
 
 Other Income (Deductions)40
 45
 
 (71) 14
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)
 4
 
 
 4
 
 Interest Expense(65) (28) (7) 71
 (29) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)35
 (64) 4
 
 (25) 
 Net Income (Loss)$125
 $111
 $(1) $(110) $125
 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$128
 $107
 $(1) $(106) $128
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 Operating Revenues$
 $2,982
 $161
 $(105) $3,038
 
 Operating Expenses5
 2,493
 162
 (105) 2,555
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(5) 489
 (1) 
 483
 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries406
 (14) 12
 (392) 12
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments
 31
 (1) 
 30
 
 Other Income (Deductions)116
 118
 
 (196) 38
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)
 10
 1
 
 11
 
 Interest Expense(161) (64) (18) 196
 (47) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)44
 (179) 8
 
 (127) 
 Net Income (Loss)$400
 $391
 $1
 $(392) $400
 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$400
 $374
 $1
 $(375) $400
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018          
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Operating Activities
$(255) $1,169
 $(26) $117
 $1,005
 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Investing Activities
$(417) $(1,132) $(290) $829
 $(1,010) 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Financing Activities
$672
 $(32) $320
 $(946) $14
 
            
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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  Power 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 Total 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2016          
 Operating Revenues$
 $1,059
 $43
 $(27) $1,075
 
 Operating Expenses(2) 826
 40
 (27) 837
 
 Operating Income (Loss)2
 233
 3
 
 238
 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries143
 (1) 3
 (142) 3
 
 Other Income18
 26
 
 (21) 23
 
 Other Deductions(2) (4) 
 
 (6) 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
 (5) 
 
 (5) 
 Interest Expense(30) (12) (3) 21
 (24) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)8
 (97) (1) 
 (90) 
 Net Income (Loss)$139
 $140
 $2
 $(142) $139
 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$168
 $161
 $2
 $(163) $168
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016          
 Operating Revenues$
 $3,061
 $131
 $(90) $3,102
 
 Operating Expenses10
 2,494
 119
 (90) 2,533
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(10) 567
 12
 
 569
 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries347
 (1) 9
 (346) 9
 
 Other Income52
 88
 
 (66) 74
 
 Other Deductions(2) (31) 
 
 (33) 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments
 (25) 
 
 (25) 
 Interest Expense(91) (29) (12) 66
 (66) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)24
 (234) 2
 
 (208) 
 Net Income (Loss)$320
 $335
 $11
 $(346) $320
 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$388
 $381
 $11
 $(392) $388
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016          
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Operating Activities
$175
 $1,261
 $234
 $(410) $1,260
 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Investing Activities
$(588) $(1,166) $(549) $1,152
 $(1,151) 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Financing Activities
$413
 $(95) $315
 $(742) $(109) 
            
            
  Power 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 Total 
  Millions 
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Operating Revenues$
 $829
 $46
 $(29) $846
 
 Operating Expenses2
 618
 44
 (29) 635
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(2) 211
 2
 
 211
 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries143
 (3) 3
 (140) 3
 
  Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments
 19
 
 
 19
 
 Other Income (Deductions)24
 26
 (2) (37) 11
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)
 2
 
 
 2
 
 Interest Expense(32) (12) (5) 37
 (12) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)3
 (103) 2
 
 (98) 
 Net Income (Loss)$136
 $140
 $
 $(140) $136
 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$156
 $154
 $
 $(154) $156
 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 Operating Revenues$
 $2,983
 $145
 $(95) $3,033
 
 Operating Expenses4
 3,268
 139
 (95) 3,316
 
 Operating Income (Loss)(4) (285) 6
 
 (283) 
 Equity Earnings (Losses) of Subsidiaries(111) (8) 11
 119
 11
 
  Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments3
 59
 
 
 62
 
 Other Income (Deductions)67
 66
 
 (99) 34
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)
 6
 
 
 6
 
 Interest Expense(96) (30) (14) 99
 (41) 
 Income Tax Benefit (Expense)10
 68
 2
 
 80
 
 Net Income (Loss)$(131) $(124) $5
 $119
 $(131) 
 Comprehensive Income (Loss)$(72) $(80) $5
 $75
 $(72) 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017          
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Operating Activities
$(55) $1,159
 $142
 $3
 $1,249
 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Investing Activities
$738
 $(289) $(343) $(990) $(884) 
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In)
   Financing Activities
$(683) $(869) $211
 $987
 $(354) 
            
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)








            
  Power 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 Total 
  Millions 
 As of September 30, 2017          
 Current Assets$4,089
 $1,324
 $182
 $(4,433) $1,162
 
 Property, Plant and Equipment, net57
 5,408
 2,607
 
 8,072
 
 Investment in Subsidiaries4,168
 338
 
 (4,506) 
 
 Noncurrent Assets184
 2,211
 116
 (114) 2,397
 
 Total Assets$8,498
 $9,281
 $2,905
 $(9,053) $11,631
 
 Current Liabilities$233
 $3,221
 $1,743
 $(4,433) $764
 
 Noncurrent Liabilities503
 2,192
 524
 (114) 3,105
 
 Long-Term Debt2,385
 
 
 
 2,385
 
 Member’s Equity5,377
 3,868
 638
 (4,506) 5,377
 
 Total Liabilities and Member’s Equity$8,498
 $9,281
 $2,905
 $(9,053) $11,631
 
 As of December 31, 2016          
 Current Assets$4,412
 $1,593
 $152
 $(4,697) $1,460
 
 Property, Plant and Equipment, net55
 6,145
 2,320
 
 8,520
 
 Investment in Subsidiaries4,249
 344
 
 (4,593) 
 
 Noncurrent Assets168
 2,016
 129
 (100) 2,213
 
 Total Assets$8,884
 $10,098
 $2,601
 $(9,390) $12,193
 
 Current Liabilities$171
 $3,752
 $1,454
 $(4,697) $680
 
 Noncurrent Liabilities532
 2,398
 502
 (100) 3,332
 
 Long-Term Debt2,382
 
 
 
 2,382
 
 Member’s Equity5,799
 3,948
 645
 (4,593) 5,799
 
 Total Liabilities and Member’s Equity$8,884
 $10,098
 $2,601
 $(9,390) $12,193
 
            
            
  Power 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Other
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 Total 
  Millions 
 As of September 30, 2018          
 Current Assets$4,497
 $1,353
 $302
 $(4,776) $1,376
 
 Property, Plant and Equipment, net55
 5,074
 3,740
 
 8,869
 
 Investment in Subsidiaries5,086
 1,124
 
 (6,210) 
 
 Noncurrent Assets245
 2,302
 106
 (217) 2,436
 
 Total Assets$9,883
 $9,853
 $4,148
 $(11,203) $12,681
 
 Current Liabilities$616
 $3,030
 $1,999
 $(4,776) $869
 
 Noncurrent Liabilities466
 2,129
 633
 (217) 3,011
 
 Long-Term Debt2,834
 
 
 
 2,834
 
 Member’s Equity5,967
 4,694
 1,516
 (6,210) 5,967
 
 Total Liabilities and Member’s Equity$9,883
 $9,853
 $4,148
 $(11,203) $12,681
 
 As of December 31, 2017          
 Current Assets$4,327
 $1,500
 $200
 $(4,686) $1,341
 
 Property, Plant and Equipment, net54
 5,778
 2,764
 
 8,596
 
 Investment in Subsidiaries4,844
 404
 
 (5,248) 
 
 Noncurrent Assets100
 2,349
 110
 (78) 2,481
 
 Total Assets$9,325
 $10,031
 $3,074
 $(10,012) $12,418
 
 Current Liabilities$689
 $3,586
 $1,846
 $(4,686) $1,435
 
 Noncurrent Liabilities533
 1,966
 459
 (78) 2,880
 
 Long-Term Debt2,136
 
 
 
 2,136
 
 Member’s Equity5,967
 4,479
 769
 (5,248) 5,967
 
 Total Liabilities and Member’s Equity$9,325
 $10,031
 $3,074
 $(10,012) $12,418
 
            

ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (MD&A)
This combined MD&A is separately filed by Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and PSEG Power LLC (Power). Information contained herein relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf. PSE&G and Power each make representations only as to itself and make no representations whatsoever as to any other company.
PSEG’s business consists of two reportable segments, our principal direct wholly owned subsidiaries, which are:
PSE&G—which is a public utility engaged principally in the transmission of electricity and distribution of electricity and natural gas in certain areas of New Jersey. PSE&G is subject to regulation by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). PSE&G also invests in solar generation projects and has implemented energy efficiency and related programs in New Jersey, which are regulated by the BPU, and
Power—which is a multi-regional energy supply company that integrates the operations of its merchant nuclear and fossil generating assets with its power marketing businesses and fuel supply functions through competitive energy sales in well-developed energy markets primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States through its principal direct wholly owned subsidiaries. In addition, Power owns and operates solar generation in various states. Power’s subsidiaries are subject to regulation by FERC, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states in which they operate.
PSEG’s other direct wholly owned subsidiaries include PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (Energy Holdings), which primarily has investments in leveraged leases;are: PSEG Long Island LLC (PSEG LI), which operates the Long Island Power Authority’s (LIPA) electric transmission and distribution (T&D) system under a contractualan Operations and Services Agreement; PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (Energy Holdings), which primarily has investments in leveraged leases; and PSEG Services Corporation (Services), which provides certain management, administrative and general services to PSEG and its subsidiaries at cost.
Our business discussion in Part I, Item 1. Business of our 20162017 Annual Report on 10-K (Form 10-K) provides a review of the regions and markets where we operate and compete, as well as our strategy for conducting our businesses within these markets, focusing on operational excellence, financial strength and making disciplined investments. Our risk factor discussion in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of Form 10-K provides information about factors that could have a material adverse impact on our businesses. The following supplements that discussion and the discussion included in the Executive Overview of 20162017 and Future Outlook provided in Item 7 in our Form 10-K by describing significant events and business developments that have occurred during 20172018 and changes to the key factors that we expect may drive our future performance. The following discussion refers to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Statements) and the Related Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Notes). This discussion should be read in conjunction with such Statements, Notes and the 20162017 Form 10-K.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW OF 20172018 AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
Our business plan is designed to achieve growth while managing the risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices and changes in customer demand. We continue
PSE&G
At PSE&G, our focus is on operational excellence, financial strength and disciplined investment. These guiding principles have provided the base from which we have been able to execute our strategic initiatives, including:
improving utility operations through investmentinvesting capital in T&D and other infrastructure projects designed tothat enhance system reliability and resiliency, and clean energy projects to meet customer expectations and support public policy objectives,
objectives. Over the past few years, our investments have altered our business mix to reflect a higher percentage of earnings contribution by PSE&G. Over the next five years, we expect to invest between $12 billion and $16 billion in our business which is expected to provide an annual rate base growth of 8%—10%. We have completed our Energy Strong Program I (ES I) and are forecasting completion of our Gas System Modernization Program I (GSMP I) early next year.
maintainingIn May 2018, we received approval for the Gas System Modernization Program II (GSMP II), an expanded, five-year program to invest $1.9 billion over five years beginning in 2019 to replace approximately 875 miles of cast iron and expanding a reliable generation fleetunprotected steel mains in addition to other improvements to the gas system. Approximately $1.6 billion will be recovered through periodic rate roll-ins, with the flexibilityremaining $300 million to utilizebe recovered through a diverse mixfuture base rate case. As part of fuels which allows usthe settlement, PSE&G agreed to respondfile a base rate case no later than five years from the commencement of the program, to market volatilitymaintain a base level of gas distribution capital expenditures of $155 million per year and capitalize on opportunitiesto achieve certain leak reduction targets.
In June 2018, we filed for our Energy Strong Program II (ES II), a proposed five-year $2.5 billion program to harden, modernize and make our electric and gas distribution systems more resilient. The size and duration of ES II, as they arise.



well as certain other elements of the program, are subject to BPU approval.

In October 2018, we filed our proposed Clean Energy Future (CEF) program with the BPU, a six-year estimated $3.6 billion investment program focused on achieving New Jersey’s energy efficiency targets, supporting electric vehicle infrastructure, deploying energy storage, and implementing an Energy Cloud program which will include installing 2.2 million advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) smart meters and associated infrastructure.

Also, in October 2018, the BPU issued an Order approving the settlement of our distribution base rate case with new rates effective November 1, 2018. The settlement resulted in a net reduction in overall annual revenues of approximately $13 million, comprised of a $212 million increase in base revenues, which includes the recovery of deferred storm costs, and the return of tax benefits largely due to tax reform of approximately $225 million. The Order provides for a distribution rate base of $9.5 billion, a 9.6% return on equity (ROE) for our distribution business and a 54% equity component of our capitalization structure. In addition to the $13 million annual revenue reduction, the Order provides for a one-time refund for taxes collected at the higher federal income tax rate for the January 1 to March 31, 2018 period. As a result, PSE&G will refund $28 million to customers in November and December 2018.
Power
At Power, we strive to improve performance and reduce costs in order to optimize cash flow generation from our fleet in light of low wholesale power and gas prices, environmental considerations and competitive market forces that reward efficiency and reliability. Power continues to move its fleet towards improved efficiency and believes that its investment program enhances its competitive position with the addition of efficient, clean, reliable combined cycle gas turbine capacity. Our commitments for load, such as basic generation service (BGS) in New Jersey and other bilateral supply contracts, are backed by this generation or may be combined with the use of physical commodity purchases and financial instruments from the market to optimize the economic efficiency of serving our obligations. Power’s hedging practices and ability to capitalize on market opportunities help it to balance some of the volatility of the merchant power business. More than half of Power’s expected gross margin in 2018 relates to our hedging strategy, our expected revenues from the capacity market mechanisms and certain ancillary service payments such as reactive power.
Our investments in Keys Energy Center (Keys), Sewaren 7 and Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5 (BH5) reflect our recognition of the value of opportunistic growth in the Power business. These additions to our fleet both expand our geographic diversity and adjust our fuel mix and are expected to enhance the environmental profile and overall efficiency of Power’s generation fleet.
Financial Results
The results for PSEG, PSE&G and Power for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 20162017 are presented as follows:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Earnings (Losses)2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions 
 PSE&G$246
 $255
 $753
 $696
 
 Power (A)136
 139
 (131) 320
 
 Other (B)13
 (67) (4) (31) 
 PSEG Net Income$395
 $327
 $618
 $985
 
          
 PSEG Net Income Per Share (Diluted)$0.78
 $0.64
 $1.22
 $1.94
 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
 Earnings (Losses)2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions 
 PSE&G$278
 $246
 $828
 $753
 
 Power (A)125
 136
 400
 (131) 
 Other (B)9
 13
 11
 (4) 
 PSEG Net Income$412
 $395
 $1,239
 $618
 
          
 PSEG Net Income Per Share (Diluted)$0.81
 $0.78
 $2.44
 $1.22
 
          
(A)Includes after-tax expenses of $5 million and $568 million in the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and after-tax expenses of $67 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to the early retirement of Power’s Hudson and Mercer coal/gas generation plants. See Item 1. Note 3.4. Early Plant Retirements for additional information.
(B)Other includes after-tax activities at the parent company, PSEG LI, and Energy Holdings as well as intercompany eliminations. Energy Holdings recorded after-tax charges of $45 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, and an after-tax impairment of $86 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to its investments in NRG REMA, LLC’s (REMA) leveraged leases.leases of $14 million and $45 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. See Item 1. Note 6.7. Financing Receivables for additional information.
Power’s results above include the realized gains, losses and earnings on the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund and other related NDT activity and the impacts of non-trading commodity mark-to-market (MTM) activity, which consist of the financial impact from positions with future delivery dates.

The variances in our Net Income include theattributable to changes related to the NDT Fund and MTM are shown in the following table:
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2017 2016 2017 2016 
  Millions, after tax 
 NDT Fund Income (Expense) (A) (B)$10
 $2
 $32
 $(4) 
 Non-Trading MTM Gains (Losses) (C)$(27) $34
 $
 $(54) 
          
          
  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, September 30, 
  2018 2017 2018 2017 
  Millions, after tax 
 NDT Fund Income (Expense) (A) (B)$27
 $10
 $16
 $32
 
 Non-Trading MTM Gains (Losses) (C)$(96) $(27) $(59) $
 
          
(A)NDT Fund Income (Expense) includes the realized gains and losses on NDT securities which are recorded in Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments. See Item 1. Note 8. Trust Investments for additional information. NDT Fund Income (Expense) also includes interest and dividend income and other costs related to the NDT Fund which are recorded in Other Income and Deductions, and impairments on certain NDT securities recorded as Other-Than-Temporary Impairments. Interest(Deductions), interest accretion expense on Power’s nuclear Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) is recorded in Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Expense and the depreciation related to the ARO asset is recorded in Depreciation and Amortization (D&A) Expense.
(B)Net of tax (expense) benefit of $(12) million, $(2) million, $(37)$(16) million and $0$(12) million for the three months and $(12) million and $(37) million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.
(C)Net of tax (expense) benefit of $19 million $(24) million, $0$37 million and $37$19 million for the three months and $23 million and $0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.
Our $68$17 million increase in Net Income for the three months ended September 30, 20172018 was driven primarilylargely by
an impairmenthigher earnings due to continued investment in 2016 related to investmentstransmission and distribution clause programs,
the favorable impact at Power from the lower federal tax rate effective January 1, 2018 and remeasurement of uncertain tax positions and associated interest in certain leveraged leases at Energy Holdings,connection with the nuclear carryback claim and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit, and
higher chargesvolumes of electricity sold in 2016the PJM region generated by our new Keys and Sewaren combined cycle facilities,
largely offset by higher MTM net losses in 2018, and
higher generation costs driven by increased volumes of gas purchased at higher average prices in the PJM region.
Our $621 million increase in Net Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was driven largely by
accelerated depreciation in 2017 related to early retirement of our Hudson and Mercer coal/gas generation units,
the favorable impact at Power
from the lower generation costs driven by lower natural gas costsfederal tax rate effective January 1, 2018 and congestion costs,remeasurement of uncertain tax positions and associated interest in connection with the nuclear carryback claim and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit,
higher earnings due to continued investment in transmission revenues.and distribution clause programs,

These favorable variances were partially offset by
lower saleshigher volumes of electricity sold under wholesale load contracts in the Basic Generation Service contractPJM region, and in PJM, and
MTMlossesin 2017 as compared to MTM gains in 2016.
Our $367 million decrease in Net Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was driven largely by higher charges, primarily accelerated depreciation, related to the early retirement of our Hudson and Mercer coal/gas generation units at Power. These decreases were partially offset by
lower O&M Expense due to cost control efforts,
lower charges in 2018 related to leveraged lease investments in certain leveraged leases at Energy Holdings,(see Item 1. Note 7. Financing Receivables),
partially offset by MTM losses in 2016, and2018,
higher NDT gains fuel generation costs,
and lower NDT losses in 2017.volumes of electricity sold at lower prices under our BGS contracts.
During the first nine months of 2017, we maintained a strong balance sheet. We continued to effectively deploy capital without the need for additional equity, while our solid credit ratings aided our ability to access capital and credit markets. The greater emphasis on capital spending in recent years for projects on which we receive contemporaneous returns at PSE&G our regulated utility, in recent years has yielded strong results, which when combined with the cash flow generated by Power, our merchant generator and power marketer, has allowed us to increase our dividend.dividend annually. These actions to transition our business to meet customer needs, market conditions and investor expectations reflect our long-term approach to managing our company. Our focus has been to invest capital in T&D and other infrastructure projects aimed at maintaining service reliability to our customers and bolstering our system resiliency. At Power, we strive to improve performance and reduce costs in order to enhance the value of our generation fleet in light of low gas prices, environmental considerations and competitive market forces that reward efficiency and reliability.
At PSE&G, we continue to invest in transmission projects that focus on reliability improvements and replacement of aging infrastructure, including our $275 million Newark Switch project that was approved by PJM in July 2017. We also continue to make investments to improve the resiliency of our gas and electric distribution system as part of our Energy Strong program that was approved by the BPU in 2014 and to seek recovery on such investments. We also continue to modernize PSE&G’s gas distribution systems as part of our Gas System Modernization Program (GSMP) that was approved by the BPU in late 2015. Over the past few years, these types of investments have altered our business mix to reflect a higher percentage of earnings contribution by PSE&G.
As a result of our Energy Strong Order from the BPU, we are required to file a distribution base rate case. Following discussions with BPU Staff and Rate Counsel, and as approved by the BPU at its October 20, 2017 meeting, the deadline for filing PSE&G’s distribution base rate case was moved from November 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017. The initial filing will now be based upon three months of actual data and nine months of forecasted data updated for actual data throughout the proceeding. The distribution base rate case will provide PSE&G the opportunity to recover investments made since its last distribution base rate case, including investments that were not recovered through clauses, such as the stipulated base investment associated with GSMP, the portion of Energy Strong investment not recovered through the clause, and investments that exceeded our depreciation levels in revenues. Recovery of these investments, coupled with updates to O&M and other adjustments, are anticipated to result in a proposed mid-single digit percentage increase in PSE&G distribution revenues. The distribution base rate case filing will include a test year through June 30, 2018 and will request the inclusion of known and measurable changes in rate base through December 31, 2018, a 10.3% return on equity (ROE) and a capitalization structure with a 54% equity component, and we expect to request new rates effective October 1, 2018. As part of the filing, we will also request approval to decouple electric and gas revenues from sales volumes for most distribution customer classes. We cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding.
In July 2017, we filed a petition with the BPU for GSMP II, a five-year extension of GSMP, which would accelerate the pace of replacement of our aging cast iron and unprotected steel mains and associated service. We proposed to invest up to $540 million per year over this five-year program beginning in 2019. In August 2017, the BPU approved our request for an extension of our Energy Efficiency program.
Although the weather in the first three months of 2017 was warmer than normal, Power’s results saw a continuing benefit from access to natural gas supplies through existing firm pipeline transportation contracts. Power manages these contracts for the benefit of PSE&G’s customers through the basic gas supply (BGSS) arrangement. The contracts are sized to provide for delivery of a reliable gas supply to PSE&G customers on peak winter demand days. When pipeline capacity beyond the customers’ needs is available, Power can use it to make third-party sales and if excess volume remains after the third-party sales, supply gas to its generating units in New Jersey. Alternatively, gas supply and pipeline capacity constraints could adversely impact our ability to meet the needs of our utility customers and generating units.

Power’s hedging practicesapproach to managing our company. We continue our focus on operational excellence, financial strength and abilitydisciplined investment. These guiding principles have provided the base from which we have been able to capitalize on marketexecute our strategic initiatives.
Operational Excellence
We emphasize operational performance while developing opportunities helpin both our competitive and regulated businesses. Flexibility in our generating fleet has allowed us to take advantage of opportunities in a rapidly evolving market as we remain diligent in managing costs. For the first nine months of 2018, our
utility achieved continued strong reliability and customer satisfaction results, as well as comprehensive storm preparation and restoration efforts, and ongoing cost control,
diverse fuel mix and dispatch flexibility allowed us to generate approximately 42 terawatt hours while addressing fuel availability and price volatility, and
total nuclear fleet achieved a capacity factor of 92.9%.
Financial Strength
Our financial strength is predicated on a solid balance somesheet, positive operating cash flow and reasonable risk-adjusted returns on increased investment. Our financial position remained strong during the first nine months of 2018 as we
maintained sufficient liquidity,
maintained solid investment grade credit ratings, and
increased our indicative annual dividend for 2018 to $1.80 per share.
We expect to be able to fund our planned capital requirements and manage the impacts of the volatilityTax Act without the issuance of new equity. For additional information on the impacts of the merchant power business. Power’s hedging programTax Act, see Item 1. Note 6. Rate Filings and Note 15. Income Taxes.
Disciplined Investment
We utilize rigorous investment criteria when deploying capital and seek to invest in combinationareas that complement our existing business and provide reasonable risk-adjusted returns. These areas include upgrading our energy infrastructure, responding to trends in environmental protection and providing new energy supplies in domestic markets with expected revenues fromgrowing demand. In the capacity market mechanisms and certain ancillary service payments, such as reactive power, has secured approximately 60%first nine months of its estimated gross margin for the 2017-2019 period.2018, we
Ourmade additional investments in KeysT&D infrastructure projects,
continued to execute our GSMP I, Energy Center (Keys),Efficiency and other existing BPU-approved utility programs,
received approval for our GSMP II program and filed our proposed ES II and CEF programs, and
commenced commercial operation of Sewaren 7 and Bridgeport Harbor Station unit 5 (BH5) reflect our recognition of the value of opportunistic growth in the Power business. These highly efficient additions to our fleet both expand our geographic diversity and adjust our fuel mix and are expected to improve our financial performance.
Since 2013, several nuclear generating stations in the United States have closed or announced early retirement due to economic reasons, or have announced as being at risk for early retirement. This situation is generally due to the decline in market prices of energy, resulting from low natural gas prices driven by the growth of shale gas production since 2007, the continuing cost of regulatory compliance and enhanced security for nuclearKeys generation facilities and both federal and state-level policies that provide financial incentives to renewable energy such as wind and solar, but generally do not apply to nuclear generating stations. These trends have significantly reduced the revenuescontinued construction of nuclear generating stations while limiting their ability to reduce the unit cost of production. This may resultour BH5 generation project, which is targeted for commercial operation in the electric generation industry experiencing a shift from nuclear generation to natural gas-fired generation, creating less diversity of the generation fleet.
If the market trends noted above continue or worsen, our New Jersey nuclear generating units could cease being economically competitive, which may cause us to retire such units prior to the end of their useful lives. The costs associated with any such potential retirement, which may include, among other things, accelerated D&A or impairment charges, accelerated asset retirement costs, severance costs, environmental remediation costs, and additional funding of NDT funds would likely have a material adverse impact on future financial results. We continue to advocate for sound policies that recognize nuclear power as a source of reliable and clean energy, free of air emissions and an important part of a diverse and reliable energy portfolio. See Item 1. Note 3. Early Plant Retirements for additional information.
In addition, a number of states have either taken action or are investigating the situation faced by nuclear generating units. Recently, courts in Illinois and New York upheld challenges to the programs which established zero emissions credits, recognizing the importance of nuclear units for providing clean energy, free of air emissions.
In September 2017, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) directing FERC to act within 60 days to develop a mechanism that would allow for the recovery of costs of fuel-secure generation units such as nuclear and coal. To be eligible for compensation under the NOPR, units must be able to provide certain essentialenergy and ancillary reliability services, have a 90-day fuel supply on site and not subject to cost-of-service rate regulation by any State or local authority. PSEG is evaluating the potential effects this NOPR could have on its generating fleet. PSEG filed comments in support of the DOE’s NOPR and contended that it should be implemented immediately as an interim measure to prevent the premature retirement of fuel-secure baseload units. PSEG also requested that FERC direct the regional transmission organizations (RTOs) to work with stakeholders to develop a long-term market-based methodology for valuing resiliency in the generator fleet. Additionally, PSEG argued that FERC should expedite the implementation of pending price formation reforms, including fast-start pricing and uplift allocation and market transparency. Finally, PSEG requested that FERC direct PJM to file its proposal that would allow baseload units to set the locational marginal prices during low load conditions. We cannot predict the outcome of this matter.mid-2019.
Regulatory, Legislative and Other Developments
In our pursuit of operational excellence, financial strength and disciplined investment, we closely monitor and engage with stakeholders on significant regulatory and legislative developments. Transmission planning rules and wholesale power market design are of particular importance to our results and we continue to advocate for policies and rules that promote fair and efficient electricity markets.
Transmission
In April For additional information about regulatory, legislative and other developments that may affect the company, see Part I, Item 1. Regulatory Issues in our 2017 the PJM Board announced that it would be lifting the previously disclosed suspension of the Artificial Island transmission projectAnnual Report on Form 10-K and approved the award to PSE&G of the construction of necessary upgrade work at a cost of approximately $130 million. Also,Item 5. Other Information in April 2017, PJM submitted a proposal to FERC concerning the cost responsibility assigned to certain entities, including PSE&G,our Forms 10-Q for the Artificial Island project. In October 2017, FERC accepted PJM’s filing on the grounds that PJM correctly applied its Tariff, but deferred any further ruling on whether the cost allocation methodology applied to the Artificial Island project is appropriate. FERC will decideperiods ending March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018 and this issue in a separate proceeding that is currently pending before it.Form 10-Q.
Transmission Planning
There are several matters pending before FERC and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) that concernmay impact the allocation of costs associated with transmission projects, including those being constructed by PSE&G. Regardless of how these proceedings are resolved, PSE&G’s ability to recover the costs of these projects will not be affected. However, the result of these proceedings could ultimately impact the amount of costs borne by ratepayerscustomers in New Jersey. In addition, as a basic generation

service (BGS)BGS supplier, Power provides services that include specified transmission costs. If the allocation of the costs associated with the transmission projects were to increase these BGS-related transmission costs, BGS suppliers maywould be entitled to recovery, subject to BPU approval. We do not believe that these matters will have a material effect on Power’s business or results of operations.

Several complaints have been filed and several remain pending at FERC against transmission owners around the country, challenging those transmission owners’ base return on equity (ROE).ROE. Certain of those complaints have resulted in decisions and others have been settled, resulting in reductions of those transmission owners’ base ROEs. The results of these other proceedings could set precedents for other transmission owners with formula rates in place, including PSE&G.
Wholesale Power Market Design
Capacity market design, including the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) in PJM, remainsIn October 2018, FERC issued an important focus for us. During 2015, PJM implementedorder establishing a new “Capacity Performance” (CP) mechanism that createdframework for determining whether a more robust capacity product with enhanced incentives for performance during emergency conditionscompany’s ROE is unjust and significant penalties for non-performance. The CP product was implemented fully in the May 2017 RPM auction for the 2020-2021 Delivery Year. Subsequentunreasonable. FERC proposes to its implementation, FERC approved changesrely on financial models to the CP constructestablish a composite zone of reasonableness that will enhancebe used to determine whether an ROE complaint should be dismissed. If FERC determines that an existing ROE is unjust and unreasonable, it intends to reset the participation of intermittent and demand response resources (seasonal resources). However, two complaints remain pending that ask FERC to investigate the rules governing the participation of seasonal resources and extend the participation of the base resources for future auctions.
In May 2017, PJM announcedROE based on averaging the results of the RPM capacity auction for the 2020-2021 delivery year. Power cleared approximately 7,800 MW of its generating capacity at an average price of $174 per MW-day for the 2020-2021 delivery period. In the two prior capacity auctions covering the 2019-2020 and 2018-2019 delivery years, Power cleared approximately 8,900 MW at an average price of $116 and approximately 8,700 MW at an average price of $215 per MW-day, respectively. Prices in the most recent auction reflect PJM’s downwardly-revised demand forecast, changes in the emergency transfer limits due to transmission expansion and the effects of both the new generation and uncleared generation from the prior year’s auction.
As a result of the efforts of certain entities in PJM to obtainvarious financial support arrangements from their state commissions, a group of suppliers requested that FERC direct PJM to expand the currently effective “minimum offer price rule” to apply to certain existing units seeking subsidies. The suppliers’ request was intended to avoid a scenario where the subsidized generators would submit bids into the PJM capacity market that did not reflect their actual costs of operation and could artificially suppress capacity market prices.models. We are currently awaiting FERC action onstill analyzing the suppliers’ requestpotential impact of these methodologies and cannot predict the outcome of thethis proceeding. See Part II, Item 5. Other Information for additional information.
Wholesale Power Market Design
In June 2017, PJM2018, FERC issued an energyorder finding that PJM’s current capacity market is unjust and unreasonable because it allows resources supported by out-of-market payments to suppress capacity prices. FERC established a proceeding to consider an alternative capacity market design. FERC’s potential action in this proceeding could cause nuclear units that receive zero emissions certificates (ZEC) payments to lose capacity market revenues if states do not take steps to address this potential loss of capacity revenues. In addition, depending on the outcome of this matter, our fossil generating stations could also be impacted. We cannot predict the outcome of this matter.
The PJM Board directed PJM staff to work with stakeholders to implement a series of price formation proposalreforms, including a 30-minute reserve product in real-time, more dynamic reserve requirements to address a flawbetter capture operator actions taken to maintain reliability, and improvement to the curves used to price reserves during reserve shortage conditions. The PJM Board letter directs PJM staff to submit some of these reforms for FERC’s approval so that they can be implemented in the energy market in which energy prices during off-peak periods often do not reflect the production costs of generators during these periods even though they are serving load. PJM’s proposal would allow large, inflexible units to set price.early 2019. If placed into effect, this proposal willthese reforms should improve price formationenergy and reserve prices by ensuring that when operators commit resources to ensure reliability, the marginal costs of units serving load will be bettercommitments are reflected in market clearing prices. We cannot predict the outcome of this matter.
Distribution
In June 2017, theThe BPU issued proposedhas enacted Infrastructure Investment Program (IIP) regulations that would allow utilities to construct, install, or remediate utility plant and facilities related to reliability, resiliency, and/or safety to support the provision of safe and adequate service. Under the proposedthese regulations, utilities couldcan seek authority to make specified infrastructure investments in programs extending for up to five years with accelerated cost recovery mechanisms. The BPU characterized the IIP regulations as a regulatory initiative intended to create a financial incentive for utilities to accelerate the level of investment needed to promote the timely rehabilitation and replacement of certain non-revenue producingtraditional utility infrastructure that enhances reliability, resiliency, and/or safety. The proposed regulations will be subject to comment from interested parties.
Environmental Regulation
We continue to advocate for the development and implementation of fair and reasonable rules by the EPA and state environmental regulators. In particular, section 316(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires that cooling water intake structures, which are a significant part of the generation of electricity at steam-electric generating stations, reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impacts. Implementation of Section 316(b) and related state regulations could adversely impact future nuclear and fossil operations and costs.
In March 2017, the President of the United States issued an Executive Order that instructedAugust 2018, the EPA to reviewreleased the New Source Performance Standards, which establish emissions standardsproposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule as a replacement for CO2 for certain new fossil power plants, and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP),Plan. The proposed ACE rule gives states great flexibility to evaluate specific heat rate improvement technologies and practices to be applied at coal-fired electric generating units. States have three years from the date of finalization to submit a greenhouse gas emissions regulation under the Clean Air Act for existing power plantsplan that establishes state-specific emission rate targets based on implementationa standard of performance that reflects the best systemdegree of emission reduction. In October 2017,limitation through the EPA Administrator signed a proposed repealapplication of the CPP. The Administrator concluded that the CPP exceeds the EPA’s statutory authority by considering measures that are beyond the control of the owners of the affected sources (fossil fuel-fired electric

generating units). Whether the EPA chooses to propose a replacement rule has not been decided. PSEGheat rate improvement technologies and practices. We cannot estimate the impact of these actionsthis action on our business and futureor results of operations at this time.
We are also subject to liability under environmental laws for the costs of remediating environmental contamination of property now or formerly owned by us and of property contaminated by hazardous substances that we generated. In particular, the historic operations of PSEG companies and the operations of numerous other companies along the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers are alleged by Federal and State agencies to have discharged substantial contamination into the Passaic River/Newark Bay Complex in violation of various statutes. We are also currently involved in a number of proceedings relating to sites where other hazardous substances may have been discharged and may be subject to additional proceedings in the future, and the costs of any such remediation efforts could be material.
For further information regarding the matters described above, as well as other matters that may impact our financial condition and results of operations, see Item 1. Note 9. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.
FERC Compliance
Since September 2014, FERC Staff has been conducting a preliminary non-public investigation regarding errors in the calculation of certain components of Power’s cost-based bids for its New Jersey fossil generating units in the PJM energy market and the quantity of energy that Power offered into the energy market for its fossil peaking units compared to the amounts for which Power was compensated in the capacity market for those units. While considerable uncertainty remains as to the final resolution of these matters, based upon developments in the investigation in the first quarter of 2017, Power believes the disgorgement and interest costs related to the cost-based bidding matter may range between approximately $35 million and $135 million, depending on the legal interpretation of the principles under the PJM Tariff, plus penalties. Since no point within this range is more likely than any other, Power has accrued the low end of this range of $35 million by recording an additional pre-tax charge to income of $10 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017. PSEG is unable to reasonably estimate the range of possible loss, if any, for the quantity of energy offered matter or the penalties that FERC would impose relating to either the cost-based bidding or quantity of energy matter. However, any of these amounts could be individually material to PSEG and Power. We cannot predict the final outcome of these matters. For additional information, see Item 1. Note 9.10. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities.

Early Retirement of Hudson and Mercer UnitsPlant Retirements
Fossil
On June 1, 2017, Power completed its previously announced retirement of the generation operations of the existing coal/gas units at the Hudson and Mercer generating stations. The decision to retire the Hudson and Mercer units had a material effect on PSEG’s and Power’s results of operations in 2016 and continued to adversely impact their results of operations in 2017. As of June 1, 2017, Power completed recognition of the incremental D&A Expense of $938 million ($964 million in total) due to the significant shortening of the expected economic useful lives of Hudson and Mercer. During the first nine months of 2017, Energy Costs of $10 million and O&M of $12 million were also incurred and other costs may be incurred during the remaining period in 2017. See Item 1. Note 3.4. Early Plant Retirements for additional information.
Power currently anticipatesis exploring various opportunities with these sites, including using the sites for alternative industrial activity. However, ifactivity or the
disposition of one or both of the sites. If Power determines not to use the sites for alternative industrial activity, the early
retirement of the units at such sites would trigger obligations under certain environmental regulations, including possible
remediation. The amounts for any such remediation are neither currently probable nor estimable but may be material.
In addition, PSEG and Power continue to monitor their other coal assets, including the Keystone and Conemaugh generating stations, to assess their economic viability through the end of their designated useful lives and their continued classification as held for use. The precise timing of a change in useful lives may be dependent upon events out of PSEG’s and Power’s control and may impact their ability to operate or maintain certain assets in the future. These generating stations may be impacted by factors such as environmental legislation, co-owner capital requirements and continued depressed wholesale power prices or capacity factors, among other things. Any early retirement or change in the classification as held for use of our remaining coal units may have a material adverse impact on PSEG’s and Power’s future financial results.
Leveraged Lease PortfolioNuclear
GenOn Energy, Inc. (GenOn), the parent company of REMA, and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 ofSince 2013, several nuclear generating stations in the United States Bankruptcy Code on June 14, 2017. REMA was not includedhave closed or announced early retirement due to economic reasons, or have announced being at risk for early retirement. In September 2018, Exelon, a co-owner of the Salem units, shut down its Oyster Creek nuclear plant located in New Jersey one year earlier than previously planned for economic reasons. In addition, First Energy announced in March 2018 the early retirement of four nuclear units at the Davis-Besse, Perry Nuclear and Beaver Valley nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania by 2021. These closures and retirements are generally due to the decline in market prices of energy, resulting from low natural gas prices driven by the growth of shale gas production since 2007, the continuing cost of regulatory compliance and enhanced security for nuclear facilities, both federal and state-level policies that provide financial incentives to construct renewable energy such as wind and solar and the failure to adequately compensate nuclear generating stations for the attributes they bring similar to renewable energy production. These trends have significantly reduced the revenues of nuclear generating stations while limiting their ability to reduce the unit cost of production. This may result in the GenOn bankruptcy filing. GenOn is currently engagedelectric generation industry experiencing a further shift from nuclear generation to natural gas-fired generation, creating less diversity of the generation fleet.
In May 2018, the governor of New Jersey signed legislation that would provide a safety net in order to prevent the loss of environmental attributes from selected nuclear generating stations referred to as the ZEC program. The legislation calls for the BPU to establish a balance sheet restructuring, whichcollection process for a customer charge, determine eligibility and certification of need, and potentially select nuclear plants to receive ZECs starting in April 2019. The law mandates each New Jersey electric distribution company, including PSE&G, to purchase ZECs and recover its procurement of ZECs through a non-bypassable charge (ZEC charge) in the amount of $0.004 per kilowatt-hour.
In the ordinary course, management, and in the case of the Salem units the co-owner, each makes a number of decisions that impact the operation of our nuclear units beyond the current year, including whether and to what extent these units participate in Reliability Pricing Model capacity auctions, commitments relating to refueling outages and significant capital expenditures, and decisions regarding our hedging arrangements. When considering whether to make these future commitments, management’s decisions will take an undetermined timeprimarily be influenced by the financial outlook of the units, including the progress, timing and continued outlook for selection of the units under the newly enacted legislation in the state of New Jersey. Power and Exelon have agreed to complete. Although all lease payments are current, PSEG cannot predict the outcome of GenOn’s efforts to restructure its balance sheet and improve its liquidity. We continue to monitorassess and, when appropriate, approve the restructuringfunding of GenOnindividual capital projects to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and the possible related impact on REMAsafe operation of the Salem generating station and that the funding of previously postponed projects may be restored as a result of the legislation enacted in New Jersey sufficiently values the attributes of nuclear generation and Salem benefits from such legislation.
Power believes it may be unable to cover its costs and would be inadequately compensated for its market and operational risks at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear units, which would result in Power retiring these units early, if (i) energy market prices continue to discussbe depressed, (ii) there are adverse impacts from potential changes to the situationcapacity market construct being considered by FERC, or (iii) Salem and/or Hope Creek are not selected to participate in the ZEC program or the ZEC program does not adequately compensate our nuclear generating stations for their attributes. The costs associated with GenOn.
Duringany such retirement, which may include, among other things, accelerated depreciation and amortization or impairment charges, accelerated asset retirement costs, severance costs, environmental remediation costs and additional funding of the first quarter of 2017, dueNDT Fund would be material to continuing liquidity issues facing REMA, economic challenges facing coal generation in PJM,both PSEG and based upon an ongoing review of available alternatives as well as discussions with REMA management, Energy Holdings recorded an additional $55 million pre-tax charge for its current best estimate of loss relating to its REMA leveragedPower. If

lease receivables, which was reflectedany or all of the Salem and Hope Creek units were shut down, it would significantly alter New Jersey’s energy supply predominately by increasing New Jersey’s reliance on natural gas generation. Such a decrease in Operating Revenues. Duringfuel diversity could also increase the second quartermarket’s vulnerability to price fluctuations and power disruptions in times of 2017,high demand.
Leveraged Leases
In September 2018, certain subsidiaries of Energy Holdings recorded(PSEG Entities) entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with REMA. Pursuant to the RSA, the PSEG Entities have agreed to support the implementation of restructuring and related transactions with respect to REMA’s indebtedness. Such restructuring transactions will be implemented by REMA on an additional $22 million pre-tax charge for its current best estimatein-court basis under Chapter 11 of loss relatedthe Bankruptcy Code. The RSA outlines a plan of reorganization under which, in addition to lease receivables dueother terms, the ownership interest in the leases relating to collectability of payments ($15 million)the Keystone and economics impacting the residual value ($7 million)Conemaugh investments will be transferred to holders of certain leased assets.debtholders of REMA. Upon consummation of the restructuring transactions, the PSEG continuesEntities will receive $31.5 million in cash in exchange for (a) the full satisfaction of all claims asserted against REMA and (b) approval of certain amendments to monitor anythe Shawville lease. The Shawville lease amendments, among other things, will allow REMA to express tentative interest in a renewal on or after November 24, 2019, with similar changes to REMA’sthe other milestones in the lease renewal procedures. In addition, REMA has agreed to fund qualifying credit support up to $36 million. Energy Holdings will be required upon resolution of this matter to accelerate and GenOn’s statuspay approximately $40 million of state deferred tax liabilities and potential impacts on Energy Holdings’ lease investments, which could include further write-downsaccelerate and pay and/or reduce $85 million of a forecasted federal tax loss to the values of Energy Holdings’ leveraged lease receivables. For additional information, see Item 1. Note 6. Financing Receivables. There can be no assurance that a continuation or worsening of the adverse economic conditions would not lead to additional write-downs at any of our other generation units in our leveraged lease portfolio, and such write-downs could be material.Internal Revenue Service.
Additional facilities in our leveraged lease portfolio include the Joliet and Powerton generating facilities. Similar to Shawville, Joliet was recently converted to use natural gas. Converted natural gas units such as Shawville and Joliet may have higher operating costs and fuel consumption as well as longer start-up times compared to newer combined cycle gas units. Powerton is a coal-fired generating facility in Illinois. Each of these three facilities may not be as economically competitive as newer combined cycle gas units and could continue to be adversely impacted by the same economic conditions experienced by other less efficient natural gas and coal generation facilities, which could require Energy Holdings to write down the residual value of the leveraged lease receivables associated with these facilities.
Tax Legislation
In December 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation (Tax Act), which, among other things, decreased the statutory U.S. corporate income tax rate from a maximum of 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018, and made certain changes to bonus depreciation rules.
As a result of the enacted reduction in the statutory U.S. corporate income tax rate, as well as other aspects of the Tax Act, in December 2017 PSE&G recorded excess deferred taxes of approximately $2.1 billion and recorded an approximate $2.9 billion revenue impact of these excess deferred taxes as Regulatory Liabilities.
Beginning in 2018, PSEG, on a consolidated basis, is incurring lower income tax expense resulting in a decrease in its projected effective income tax rate. This has increased PSEG’s and Power’s net income. To the extent allowed under the Tax Act, Power’s operating cash flows will reflect the full expensing of capital investments for income tax purposes. PSEG and Power expect that the interest on their debt will continue to be fully tax deductible albeit at a lower tax rate. For PSE&G, the Tax Act has led to lower customer rates due to lower income tax expense recoveries and the BPU has approved our proposal to refund excess deferred income tax regulatory liabilities. The impact of the lower federal income tax rate on PSE&G was reflected in PSE&G’s distribution base rate case and its 2018 transmission formula rate filings. The Tax Act is generally expected to result in lower operating cash flows for PSE&G resulting from the elimination of bonus depreciation, partially offset by higher revenues due to the higher rate base.
In August 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) regarding the application of tax depreciation rules as amended by the Tax Act. While the Notice provides some guidance as to the application of the changes made by the Tax Act to the bonus depreciation rules, certain aspects still remain unclear. Until clarity is provided, the amounts recorded for bonus depreciation for 2017 and 2018 remain provisional and are based on a reasonable interpretation of the Notice.
The impact of the Tax Act may differ from these estimates, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions PSEG has made, guidance that may be issued and actions PSEG may take as a result of the Tax Act. For additional information, see Item 1. Note 15. Income Taxes.
As a result of the enactment of the Tax Act, various state regulatory authorities, including the BPU, have taken action to ensure that excess federal income taxes previously collected in rates are returned to customers. We have made filings to adjust the revenue requirement in certain of our rate matters as a result of the change in the federal income tax rate.
In addition, FERC continues to assess whether, and if so how, it will address changes and flow-backs to customers relating to accumulated deferred income taxes and bonus depreciation. See Item 1. Note 6. Rate Filings for additional information.
In July 2018, the State of New Jersey made significant changes to its income tax laws, including imposing a temporary surtax on allocated corporate taxable income of 2.5% effective January 1, 2018 and 2019 and 1.5% in 2020 and 2021, as well as

Salem
Concurrentlyrequiring corporate taxpayers to file in a combined reporting group as defined under New Jersey law starting in 2019. Both provisions include an exemption for public utilities. We believe PSE&G meets the definition of a public utility and, therefore, will not be impacted by the temporary surtax or be included in the combined reporting group. We expect these new provisions to unfavorably affect our non-utility business. In accordance with the planned refueling outageGAAP accounting for income taxes, deferred taxes are required to be measured at the Salem 2 unit that was conductedenacted tax rate expected to apply to taxable income in the second quarter of 2017, we inspected and replaced baffle bolts as part of our strategyperiods in which the deferred taxes are expected to replace baffle bolts at the Salem station.settle. The unit was returned to service in June 2017.

Operational Excellence
We emphasize operational performance, exercising diligence in managing costs, while developing opportunities in both our competitive and regulated businesses. Flexibility in our generating fleet has allowed us to take advantage of opportunities innewly enacted New Jersey tax legislation did not have a rapidly evolving market. For the first nine months of 2017, our
utility continued top decile performance in electric reliability,
total nuclear fleet achieved an average capacity factor of 95%,
diverse fuel mix and dispatch flexibility allowed us to generate approximately 39 terawatt hours, and
combined cycle fleet produced 11 terawatt hours at an equivalent availability factor of 94%.
Financial Strength
Our financial strength is predicatedmaterial impact on a solid balance sheet, positive operating cash flow and reasonable risk-adjusted returns on increased investment. Our financial position remained strong during the first nine months of 2017 as we
maintained sufficient liquidity,
maintained solid investment grade credit ratings, and
increased our indicative annual dividend for 2017 to $1.72 per share.
We expect to be able to fund our planned capital requirements without the issuance of new equity.
Disciplined Investment
We utilize rigorous investment criteria when deploying capital and seek to invest in areas that complement our existing business and provide reasonable risk-adjusted returns. These areas include upgrading our energy infrastructure, responding to trends in environmental protection and providing new energy supplies in domestic markets with growing demand. In the first nine months of 2017, we
made additional investments in transmission infrastructure projects,
continued to execute our BPU-approved utility programs, and
continued construction of our Keys and Sewaren 7 generation projects for targeted commercial operation in 2018 and began construction of BH5 for targeted commercial operations in mid-2019.PSEG’s deferred income tax balance.
Future Outlook    
Our future success will depend on our ability to continue to maintain strong operational and financial performance in a cost-constrainedan environment with low gas prices, to capitalize on or otherwise address appropriately regulatory and legislative

developments that impact our business and to respond to the issues and challenges described below. In order to do this, we must continue to:
focus on controlling costs while maintaining safety and reliability and complying with applicable standards and requirements,
successfully manage our energy obligations and re-contract our open supply positions in response to changes in prices and demand,
successfully launchobtain approval of and grow our retail energy business, which complements our existing wholesale energy business,
execute our utility capital investment program, including ES II, GSMP II, our Energy StrongCEF program GSMP and other investments for growth that yield contemporaneous and reasonable risk-adjusted returns, while enhancing the resiliency of our infrastructure and maintaining the reliability of the service we provide to our customers,
effectively manage construction and start-up of our Keys, Sewaren 7, BH5 and other generation projects,
advocate for measures to ensure the implementation by PJM and FERC of market design and transmission planning rules that continue to promote fair and efficient electricity markets,
engage multiple stakeholders, including regulators, government officials, customers and investors, and
successfully operate the LIPA T&D system and manage LIPA’s fuel supply and generation dispatch obligations.
ForIn addition to the risks describe elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, for 2018 and beyond, the key issues challenges and opportunitieschallenges we expect our business to confront include:
regulatory and political uncertainty, both with regard to future energy policy, design of energy and capacity markets, transmission policy and environmental regulation, as well as with respect to the outcome of any legal, regulatory or other proceeding, settlement, investigation or claim, applicableproceedings,
applying to us and/or the energy industry,
fair and timely rate relief from the BPU and FERC for recovery of costs and return on investments, including with respect to select our distribution base rate case proceedingNew Jersey nuclear generation units to be filed in 2017,receive payments under the ZEC program,
the potential for comprehensive tax reform, particularly in lightcontinuing impacts of public statements by the current U.S. administrationTax Act and key members of Congress,
uncertainty in the national and regional economic performance, continuing customer conservation efforts, changes in energy usage patternsstate tax laws, and evolving technologies, which impact customer behaviors and demand,
the potential for continuedimpact of reductions in demand and sustained lower natural gas and electricity prices both at market hubs and the locations where we operate,
the impact of lower natural gas prices and increasing environmental compliance costs on the competitiveness of our nuclear and remaining coal-fired generation plants, and the potential for retirement of such plants earlier than their current useful lives,costs.
ensuring timely completion of construction of our T&D, generation and other development projects, including obtaining required permits and regulatory approvals,
maintaining a diverse mix of fuels to mitigate risks associated with fuel price volatility and market demand cycles, and
FERC Staff’s continuing investigation of certain of Power’s New Jersey fossil generating unit bids in the PJM energy market.
Our primary investment opportunities are in two areas: our regulated utility business and our merchant power business. We continually assess a broad range of strategic options to maximize long-term stockholder value. In assessing our options, we consider a wide variety of factors, including the performance and prospects of our businesses; the views of investors, regulators, customers and rating agencies; our existing indebtedness and restrictions it imposes; and tax considerations, among other things. Strategic options available to us include:
the acquisition, construction or disposition of transmission and distributionT&D facilities, clean energy investments and/or generation units,projects, in each case including offshore wind opportunities,
the disposition or reorganization of our merchant generation business or other existing businesses or the acquisition or development of new businesses,
the expansion of our geographic footprint,

continued or expanded participation in solar, energy efficiency and related programs, and
investments in capital improvements and additions, including the installation of environmental upgrades and retrofits, improvements to system resiliency, modernizing existing infrastructure and participation in transmission projects through FERC’s “open window” solicitation process.
Power has stopped taking new customers in its retail energy business. Power will continue to meet all of its obligations to our existing customers through the end of their current contracts.

There can be no assurance, however, that we will successfully develop and execute any of the strategic options noted above, or any additional options we may consider in the future. The execution of any such strategic plan may not have the expected benefits or may have unexpected adverse consequences.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
PSEG
Our results of operations are primarily comprised of the results of operations of our principal operating subsidiaries, PSE&G and Power, excluding charges related to intercompany transactions, which are eliminated in consolidation. For additional information on intercompany transactions, see Item 1. Note 18.19. Related-Party Transactions.
                  
  Three Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 Nine Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2017 2016 2017 vs. 2016 2017 2016 2017 vs. 2016 
  Millions Millions % Millions Millions % 
 Operating Revenues$2,263
 $2,450
 $(187) (8) $6,988
 $6,971
 $17
 
 
 Energy Costs638
 866
 (228) (26) 2,100
 2,326
 (226) (10) 
 Operation and Maintenance680
 776
 (96) (12) 2,100
 2,215
 (115) (5) 
 Depreciation and Amortization252
 231
 21
 9
 1,721
 679
 1,042
 N/A
 
 Income from Equity Method Investments3
 3
 
 
 11
 9
 2
 22
 
 Other Income (Deductions)56
 39
 17
 44
 178
 100
 78
 78
 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments5
 5
 
 
 9
 25
 (16) (64) 
 Interest Expense100
 99
 1
 1
 289
 288
 1
 
 
 Income Tax Expense252
 188
 64
 34
 340
 562
 (222) (40) 
                  
                  
  Three Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 Nine Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2018 2017 2018 vs. 2017 2018 2017 2018 vs. 2017 
  Millions Millions % Millions Millions % 
 Operating Revenues$2,394
 $2,254
 $140
 6
 $7,228
 $6,987
 $241
 3
 
 Energy Costs804
 616
 188
 31
 2,356
 2,072
 284
 14
 
 Operation and Maintenance742
 693
 49
 7
 2,221
 2,128
 93
 4
 
 Depreciation and Amortization294
 252
 42
 17
 854
 1,721
 (867) (50) 
 Income from Equity Method Investments5
 3
 2
 67
 12
 11
 1
 9
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments45
 18
 27
 N/A
 31
 71
 (40) (56) 
 Other Income (Deductions)33
 33
 
 
 99
 98
 1
 1
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)19
 
 19
 N/A
 57
 1
 56
 N/A
 
 Interest Expense127
 100
 27
 27
 341
 289
 52
 18
 
 Income Tax Expense117
 252
 (135) (54) 416
 340
 76
 22
 
                  
The following discussions for PSE&G and Power provide a detailed explanation of their respective variances.
PSE&G
                  
  Three Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 Nine Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2017 2016 2017 vs. 2016 2017 2016 2017 vs. 2016 
  Millions Millions % Millions Millions % 
 Operating Revenues$1,509
 $1,684
 $(175) (10) $4,689
 $4,746
 $(57) (1) 
 Energy Costs535
 721
 (186) (26) 1,760
 1,979
 (219) (11) 
 Operation and Maintenance346
 376
 (30) (8) 1,064
 1,110
 (46) (4) 
 Depreciation and Amortization169
 137
 32
 23
 506
 412
 94
 23
 
 Other Income (Deductions)22
 21
 1
 5
 67
 58
 9
 16
 
 Interest Expense79
 72
 7
 10
 223
 214
 9
 4
 
 Income Tax Expense156
 144
 12
 8
 450
 393
 57
 15
 
                  
                  
  Three Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 Nine Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2018 2017 2018 vs. 2017 2018 2017 2018 vs. 2017 
  Millions Millions % Millions Millions % 
 Operating Revenues$1,595
 $1,530
 $65
 4
 $4,826
 $4,749
 $77
 2
 
 Energy Costs593
 543
 50
 9
 1,863
 1,793
 70
 4
 
 Operation and Maintenance389
 357
 32
 9
 1,133
 1,086
 47
 4
 
 Depreciation and Amortization192
 169
 23
 14
 569
 506
 63
 12
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments
 
 
 N/A
 
 2
 (2) N/A
 
 Other Income (Deductions)21
 22
 (1) (5) 61
 65
 (4) (6) 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)14
 (2) 16
 N/A
 44
 (5) 49
 N/A
 
 Interest Expense83
 79
 4
 5
 246
 223
 23
 10
 
 Income Tax Expense95
 156
 (61) (39) 292
 450
 (158) (35) 
                  
Three Months Ended September 30, 20172018 as Compared to 20162017
Operating Revenues decreased $175increased $65 million due to changes in delivery, commodity, clause and other operating revenues.

Delivery Revenues increased $8 million due primarily to
Transmission, electric distribution and gas distribution revenue requirements were $78 million lower as a result of rate reductions due to the Tax Act which reduced the corporate income tax rate. This decrease is offset in Income Tax Expense.
Gas distribution revenues decreased $1 million due primarily to a $2 million decrease from lower sales volumes and a $1 million decrease from ES I investments, partially offset by a $2 million increase from the inclusion of the GSMP I in base rates.
Electric distribution revenues increased $45 million due to $33 million in higher sales volumes, a $10 million increase from higher ES I investments in base rates and higher Green Program Recovery Charges (GPRC) of $2 million.
Transmission revenues were $42 million higher due to revenue requirements calculated through our transmission formula rate, primarily to recover increased investments.
Commodity Revenues increased $50 million as a result of higher Electric and Gas revenues. The changes in Commodity revenues for both electric and gas are entirely offset by the changes in Energy Costs. PSE&G earns no margin on the provision of BGS and basic gas supply service (BGSS) to retail customers.
Electric commodity revenues increased $47 million due to $79 million in higher BGS sales volumes, partially offset by $32 million from lower BGS prices.
Gas commodity revenues increased $3 million due primarily to higher BGSS sales prices of $4 million, partially offset by lower BGSS sales volumes of $1 million.
Clause Revenues increased $5 million due primarily to higher collections of Societal Benefit Charges (SBC) of $6 million and a $5 million increase in Margin Adjustment Clause (MAC) revenues, partially offset by a $7 million decrease in collections of GPRC. The changes in the SBC, MAC and GPRC amounts are entirely offset by changes in the amortization of Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities and related costs in O&M, D&A and Interest Expense. PSE&G does not earn margin on SBC, MAC or GPRC collections.
Operating Expenses
Energy Costs increased. This is entirely offset by the change in Commodity Revenues.
Operation and Maintenance increased $32 million due primarily to increases of $7 million in clause and renewable related net expenditures, $7 million in distribution maintenance, $6 million in transmission maintenance, $5 million in injuries and damages and $4 million in appliance service costs.
Depreciation and Amortization increased $23 million due primarily to an increase in transmissiondepreciation due to additional plant placed into service.
Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs) reflected an increase of $16 millionin creditsdue to the adoption of new accounting guidance effective January 1, 2018 which no longer allows capitalization of any portion of these benefit costs. See Item 1. Note 2. Recent Accounting Standards.
Interest Expense increased $4 million due primarily to $6 million related to net debt issuances in May and September 2018 and December 2017, partially offset by a reduction of $1 million related to clauses.
Income Tax Expense decreased $61 million due primarily to the decrease in the federal statutory income tax rate from 35% in 2017 to 21% in 2018.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 as Compared to 2017
Operating Revenues increased $77 million due to changes in delivery, commodity, clause and other operating revenues.
Delivery Revenues increased $9 million due primarily to
Transmission, electric distribution and gas distribution revenue requirements were $207 million lower as a result of rate reductions due to the Tax Act which reduced the corporate income tax rate. This decrease is offset in Income Tax Expense.
Transmission revenues were $34$122 million higher due to higher revenue requirements calculated through our transmission formula rate, primarily to recover requiredincreased investments.
GasElectric distribution revenues increased $5$52 million due to $36 million in higher sales volumes and a $1$16 million increase from the inclusion of Energy Strongincreased ES I investments in base rates, and $1rates.

Gas distribution revenues increased $42 million increases in both GSMP collections and Green Program Recovery Charges (GPRC) anddue primarily to a $44 million increase due to higher sales volumes.
Electric distribution revenues decreased $29 million due tovolumes, a $38 million decrease due to lower sales volumes and lower GPRC of $6 million, partially offset by a $15$24 million increase from the inclusion of Energy Strongthe GSMP I in base rates.rates and a $3 million increase in GPRC collections. These increases were partially offset by a $29 million decrease in WNC collections.
Commodity RevenueRevenues decreased $186increased $70 million as a result of lowerhigher Electric andrevenues partially offset by lower Gas revenues. The changes in Commodity revenuerevenues for both electric and gas are entirely offset by the changes in Energy Costs. PSE&G earns no margin on the provision of BGS and BGSS to retail customers.
Electric commodity revenues decreased $176increased $77 million due primarily to $127 million in higher BGS sales volumes and a $153$3 million decrease in BGS revenues due to $97increase from sales of solar renewable energy credits, partially offset by $53 million in lower sales volumes and $56 million from lower prices and $23 million of lower revenues from collections of Non-Utility Generation Charges (NGC).BGS prices.
Gas commodity revenues decreased $10$7 million due to lower BGSS sales prices of $22$47 million, partially offset by higher BGSS sales volumes of $12$40 million.
Clause Revenues increased $1decreased $7 million due primarily to the return of $20a $6 million to customersdecrease in 2016 of overcollections of Securitization Transition Charges (STC), partially offset by lower Societal Benefit Charges (SBC) of $12 millionMAC revenues and a $6 million decrease in 2017GPRC. These decreases were partially offset by higher SBC collections of $4 million and a $1 million increase in Margin Adjustment Clause (MAC) revenues.collections of Solar Pilot Recovery Charges (SPRC). The changes in the STC,MAC, GPRC, SBC and MACSPRC amounts are entirely offset by changes in the amortization of Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities and related costs in O&M, D&A and Interest Expense. PSE&G does not earn margin on STC,MAC, GPRC, SBC or MACSPRC collections.
Other Operating Revenues increased $5 million due primarily to an increase in appliance service revenues.
Operating Expenses
Energy Costs decreased $186increased $70 million. This is entirely offset by the change in Commodity Revenue.Revenues.
Operation and Maintenance decreased $30increased $47 million, due primarily due to a $17 million reduction in clause-related costs, $6increases of $13 million in lowertransmission maintenance, $12 million in appliance service costs, $6$9 million of lowerin storm costs, $9 million in distribution corrective and preventative maintenance and a $5$7 million reduction in GPRC related costs,the gas distribution tariff. These increases were partially offset by a net increase of $4 million decrease in certain operational expenses.clause and renewable related expenditures.
Depreciation and Amortization increased $32$63 million due primarily to a $61 million increase in depreciation related to additional plant placed into service and an increase of $5 million in amortization of Regulatory Assets, partially offset by a $4 million increase in capitalized depreciation.
Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs) reflected an increase of$49 millionin creditsdue to the adoption of new accounting guidance effective January 1, 2018 which no longer allows capitalization of any portion of these benefit costs. See Item 1. Note 2. Recent Accounting Standards.
Interest Expense increased $23 million due primarily to an increase of $19$17 million in amortization of Regulatory Assets and a $14 million increase in depreciation due to additional plant in service.
Interest Expense increased $7 million due primarily to an increase of $5 million duerelated to net debt issuances in 2016May and September 2018 and December 2017 and a $2$6 million increase in other interest.related to clauses.
Income Tax Expense increased $12decreased $158 million due primarily to the decrease in the federal statutory income tax rate from 35% in 2017 to 21% in 2018, partially offset by uncertain tax positions, plant-related and plant-relatedflow-through items.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 as Compared to 2016
Operating Revenues decreased $57 million due to changes in delivery, commodity, clause and other operating revenues.
Delivery Revenues increased $119 million due primarily to an increase in transmission revenues.
Transmission revenues were $116 million higher due to higher revenue requirements calculated through our transmission formula rate, primarily to recover required investments.
Gas distribution revenues increased $29 million due to a $14 million increase due to the inclusion of Energy Strong in base rates, $8 million in higher Weather Normalization Clause (WNC) revenue, a $7 million increase due to the GSMP and higher GPRC of $3 million, partially offset by $3 million of lower delivery volumes.
Electric distribution revenues decreased $26 million due to a $36 million decrease due to lower sales volumes and lower GPRC of $14 million, partially offset by a $24 million increase due to the inclusion of Energy Strong in base rates.
Commodity Revenue decreased $219 million as a result of lower Electric revenues partially offset by higher Gas revenues. The changes in Commodity revenue for both electric and gas are entirely offset by the changes in Energy Costs. PSE&G earns no margin on the provision of BGS and BGSS to retail customers.
Electric commodity revenues decreased $266 million due primarily to a $188 million decrease in BGS revenues due to $116 million in lower sales volumes and $72 million of lower prices, $64 million of lower revenues from collections of NGC and a decrease of $14 million due to lower volumes of Non-Utility Generation energy sold.

Gas commodity revenues increased $47 million due primarily to $69 million of higher BGSS sales prices, partially offset by $22 million of lower sales volumes.
Clause RevenuesPower increased $41 million due primarily to the 2016 return to customers of $50 million of overcollections of STC, and higher MAC revenues of $2 million in 2017, partially offset by a $12 million decrease in collections of SBC. The changes in the STC, MAC and SBC amounts are entirely offset by changes in the amortization of Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities and related costs in O&M, D&A and Interest Expense. PSE&G does not earn margin on STC, MAC or SBC collections.
Operating Expenses
Energy Costs decreased $219 million. This is entirely offset by the change in Commodity Revenue.
Operation and Maintenance decreased $46 million, of which the most significant components were decreases of $17 million in distribution corrective and preventative maintenance, $14 million in appliance service costs, $11 million in clause-related costs and $11 million in GPRC costs, partially offset by a $10 million net increase in certain operational expenses.
Depreciation and Amortization increased $94 million due primarily to an increase of $51 million in amortization of Regulatory Assets and a $43 million increase in depreciation due to additional plant in service.
Other Income and (Deductions) increased $9 million due primarily to an increase of $7 million in allowance for funds used during construction and a $3 million increase in realized gains on Rabbi Trust investments, partially offset by a net $1 million decrease in Solar Loan interest.
Interest Expense increased $9 million due primarily to an increase of $16 million due to net debt issuances in 2016 and 2017, partially offset by a $7 million decrease predominantly driven by a reduction in clause interest.
Income Tax Expense increased $57 million due primarily to higher pre-tax income and changes in uncertain tax positions.

Power
                  
  Three Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 Nine Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2017 2016
 2017 vs. 2016 2017 2016 2017 vs. 2016 
  Millions Millions % Millions Millions % 
 Operating Revenues$873
 $1,075
 $(202) (19) $3,086
 $3,102
 $(16) (1) 
 Energy Costs357
 462
 (105) (23) 1,461
 1,481
 (20) (1) 
 Operation and Maintenance227
 289
 (62) (21) 711
 807
 (96) (12) 
 Depreciation and Amortization76
 86
 (10) (12) 1,191
 245
 946
 N/A
 
 Income from Equity Method Investments3
 3
 
 
 11
 9
 2
 22
 
 Other Income (Deductions)35
 17
 18
 N/A
 105
 41
 64
 N/A
 
 Other-Than-Temporary Impairments5
 5
 
 
 9
 25
 (16) (64) 
 Interest Expense12
 24
 (12) (50) 41
 66
 (25) (38) 
 Income Tax Expense (Benefit)98
 90
 8
 9
 (80) 208
 (288) N/A
 
                  
                  
  Three Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 Nine Months Ended 
Increase/
(Decrease)
 
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2018 2017
 2018 vs. 2017 2018 2017 2018 vs. 2017 
  Millions Millions % Millions Millions % 
 Operating Revenues$868
 $846
 $22
 3
 $3,038
 $3,033
 $5
 
 
 Energy Costs431
 330
 101
 31
 1,550
 1,408
 142
 10
 
 Operation and Maintenance231
 229
 2
 1
 745
 717
 28
 4
 
 Depreciation and Amortization94
 76
 18
 24
 260
 1,191
 (931) (78) 
 Income from Equity Method Investments5
 3
 2
 67
 12
 11
 1
 9
 
 Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments44
 19
 25
 N/A
 30
 62
 (32) (52) 
 Other Income (Deductions)14
 11
 3
 27
 38
 34
 4
 12
 
 Non-Operating Pension and OPEB Credits (Costs)4
 2
 2
 100
 11
 6
 5
 83
 
 Interest Expense29
 12
 17
 N/A
 47
 41
 6
 15
 
 Income Tax Expense (Benefit)25
 98
 (73) (74) 127
 (80) 207
 N/A
 
                  
Three Months Ended September 30, 20172018 as Compared to 20162017
Operating Revenues decreased $202increased $22 million due primarily to changes in generation and gas supply revenues.
Gas Supply Revenues increased $24 million due primarily to an increase in sales to third parties due primarily to higher average sale prices coupled with an increase in sales volumes.
Generation Revenues decreased $200$1 million due primarily to
a decrease of $110$84 million due to higher net MTM losses in 20172018 as compared to MTM gains in 2016.2017. Of this amount, $98$136 million was due to changes in forward power prices, and $12partially offset by $52 million was due to greater gainslower losses on positions reclassified to realized upon settlement this year as compared to last year, and
a net decrease of $83$14 million in electricity sold under our BGS contracts due primarily to lower volumes and lower prices, and
a decrease of $25 million in energy sales in the PJM region due to lower generation volumes and lower average realized prices,

partially offset by a net increase of $18$48 million in energy sales due primarily to higher capacity revenuenet volumes sold, which includes the commencement of commercial operations of Keys and Sewaren 7, partially offset by lower average realized prices in the PJM region,
an increase of $41 million due to higher volumes of electricity sold under wholesale load contracts at higher averageprimarily in the PJM region, and
a net increase of $8 million in capacity revenues due primarily to increases in cleared capacity and auction prices coupled with new solar projects.
Gas Supply Revenues decreased $2 million due to lower MTM gains in 2017 as compared to 2016.the PJM region.
Operating Expenses
Energy Costs represent the cost of generation, which includes fuel costs for generation as well as purchased energy in the market, and gas purchases to meet Power’s obligation under its BGSS contract with PSE&G. Energy Costs decreased $105increased $101 million due to
Generation costs decreased $108increased $75 million due primarily to
a net decrease higher fuel costs reflecting utilization of $59 million due to charges associated with the early retirementhigher volumes of the Mercergas and Hudson units announced in October 2016, primarily related to a coal inventory write-down, partially offset by additional retirement costs incurred in 2017,
a net decrease of $26 million due primarily to lowerhigher natural gas costs reflecting lowerprices in the PJM region. Higher gas volumes
a net decrease were primarily driven by the commencement of $11 million primarily due to lower congestion costs in PJM due to lower congestion rates coupled with less congestion volumes,commercial operations of Keys and
a decrease of $8 million due to MTM gains in 2017 as compared to MTM losses in 2016. Sewaren 7.
Gas costs increased $3$26 million due mainly to a netan increase of $2 million related toin sales to third parties of which $5 million was due primarily to higher average gas costs partially offset by $3 million due to lowercoupled with an increase in volumes sold.
Operation and Maintenance decreased $62 million due primarily to
a $51 million decrease at our fossil plants, due to the retirement of the Hudson and Mercer units on June 1, 2017, and
a $10 million net decrease related to our nuclear plants due primarily to lower labor-related costs.
Depreciation and Amortization decreasedincreased $1018 million due primarily to
$19 million of lower depreciation due to the retirement of the Hudson and Mercer units,
partially offset by $4 million of increased depreciation due to the accelerated retirement date at Bridgeport Harbor Station unit 3 (BH3),
$3 million of higher depreciation due to new solar projects, and
a $2an $11 million increase due to additional nuclear plantKeys and Sewaren 7 fossil stations placed into service.service, and


a $6 million increase due primarily to a higher nuclear asset base from increased capitalized asset retirement costs.
Other Income (Deductions)Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments increased $18$25 million due primarily to higherthe inclusion in 2018 of $34 million of net unrealized gains on equity investments in the NDT Fund in accordance with new accounting guidance and a $5 million decrease in other-than-temporary impairments of equity securities in the NDT Fund, offset by a $14 million decrease in net realized gains in theon NDT Fund.Fund investments.
Interest Expense decreased $12increased $17 million due primarily to
a $7 $11 million decrease due toin lower interest capitalized from Keys and Sewaren 7 fossil stations being placed into service, partially offset by higher interest capitalized for the construction of three new fossil stations: BH5 Sewaren 7 and Keys, and
a $5$7 million decreaseincrease due to a June 2018 debt maturities in September 2016.issuance.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) reflected anincreased tax expense of $8decreased $73 million due primarily to changeslower pre-tax income resulting in $34 million of the decrease, the remeasurement of the reserve for uncertain tax positions in connection with the nuclear carryback claim and 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit of $28 million and the decrease in the manufacturing deduction and higher pre-taxfederal statutory income tax rate from 35% in 2017.2017 to 21% in 2018 of $19 million, partially offset by the New Jersey surtax of $7 million.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172018 as Compared to 20162017
Operating Revenuesdecreased$16 million increased $5 million due primarily to changes in generation and gas supply revenues.
Gas Supply Revenuesincreased $54 million due primarily to
an increase of $40 million related to sales to third parties due primarily to an increase in sales volumes, and
a net increase of $31 million in sales under the BGSS contract, of which $43 million was due to an increase in sales volumes due to colder average temperatures during the 2018 heating season, partially offset by $12 million due to lower average sales prices,
partially offset by a decrease of $17 million due to net MTM losses in 2018 compared to net gains in 2017.
Generation Revenues decreased $101$48 million due primarily to
a net decrease of $115 million in energy sales in the PJM and New England regions due primarily to lower average realized prices,
a decrease of $91 million in electricity sold under our BGS contracts due to lower volumes and lower prices,
a net decrease of $11 million in operating reserves in the PJM region, and
a charge of $10$73 million due to an increasehigher net MTM losses in the FERC reserve accrual related2018 as compared to the PJM bidding matter see Item 1. Note 9. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities,



2017. Of this amount, there was a $214 million decrease due to changes in forward prices, partially offset by an increase of $86$141 million due to lower MTM losses in 2017 as compared to 2016. Of this amount, $110 million was due to lower gains on positions reclassified to realized upon settlement this year as compared to last year,
a decrease of $43 million in electricity sold under our BGS contracts due primarily to lower prices, and
a net decrease of $39 million in energy sales due primarily to lower average realized prices in the PJM region partially offset by higher net volumes in PJM, which includes the commencement of commercial operations of Keys and Sewaren 7, and higher average prices in the New England (NE) and New York (NY) regions,
partially offset by a decrease of $24 million due to changes in forward power prices.
a net increase of $31$77 million due primarily to higher volumes of electricity sold under wholesale load contracts in the PJM region, partially offset by lower volumes of electricity sold under wholesale load contracts in the NE region, and
ana net increase of $10 million due to new solar projects.
Gas Supply Revenuesincreased $84 million due primarily to
an increase of $45$16 million in sales under the BGSS contractcapacity revenues due primarily to higher average salesincreases in cleared capacity and auction prices
an increase of $25 million related to sales to third parties, of which $52 million was due to higher average sales prices, partially offset by $27 million of lower volumes sold, in the PJM and NE regions, and
a net increase of $14$7 million due to MTM gains in 2017 as comparedhigher sales related to MTM losses in 2016.new solar projects.

Operating Expenses
Energy Costs represent the cost of generation, which includes fuel costs for generation as well as purchased energy in the market, and gas purchases to meet Power’s obligation under its BGSS contract with PSE&G. Energy Costs decreased $20increased $142 million due to
Generation costs decreased $76increased $72 million due primarily to
a net decrease of $57 million primarily due to lower congestion costs in PJM due to lower congestion rates coupled with less congestion volumes, partially offset by higher transmission charges due to higher rates,
a net decrease of $49 million due to charges associated with the announced early retirement of the Mercer and Hudson units in 2016, primarily related to a coal inventory write-down partially offset by additional retirement costs incurred in 2016,
partially offset by higher fuel costs of $12$109 million reflecting higher average realized prices for natural gas coupled with the utilization of higher volumes of gas and oil in the PJM region, due primarily to the commencement of commercial operations of Keys and Sewaren 7, coupled with higher prices of natural gas in the PJM and NY regions and higher coal costs in the PJM and NE regions,
partially offset by the utilization of lower volumes of gas and oil,
a net increasedecrease of $10$24 million due primarily due to an increasea decrease in the volume of energy purchase volumespurchased in the NE region to serve load obligations, and
an increasea decrease of $9$10 million due to MTM gains in 2018 as compared to losses in 2017 as compareddue to MTM gainschanges in 2016.forward prices.


Gas costs increased $56$70 million due mainly to
ana net increase of $32$38 million related to sales under the BGSS contract due primarily to higherincreased volumes sold due to colder average temperatures during the 2018 heating season, partially offset by lower average gas costs, and
ana net increase of $24$32 million related to sales to third parties due primarily to an increase in the volume of which $48 million was due to higher average gas costs,purchased, partially offset by a $24 million decrease in volumes sold.lower average gas costs.
Operation and Maintenance decreased $96increased $28 million due primarily to
a $71 million decrease at our fossil plants, due primarily to the retirement of the Hudson and Mercer units and higher planned outage costs in 2016 as compared to 2017,
a $20 million net decreaseincrease related to our nuclear plants, due primarily to lower labor-related costs andplanned outage costs and
an $8 million legal accrualat our 100%-owned Hope Creek nuclear plant in 2018 as compared to planned outage costs incurred in 2017 for environmental expenses recorded in 2016,
partially offset by $3 million of costs related to new solar plants placed into service since September 2016.our 57%-owned Salem Unit 2.
Depreciation and Amortization increaseddecreased $946931 million due primarily to
$914964 million of higher depreciation in 2017 for Hudson and Mercer due to the early retirement of the Hudson and Mercerthose units,
$11partially offset by a $15 million ofincrease in 2018 due primarily to a higher nuclear asset base from increased depreciation due to the acceleratedcapitalized asset retirement date at BH3,
$9 million of higher depreciation due to new solar projects,costs, and
a $9$14 million increase due to additional nuclear plantKeys and Sewaren 7 fossil stations placed into service.
Other Income (Deductions)Net Gains (Losses) on Trust Investments increased $64decreased $32 million due primarily to $57a $22 million decrease in net realized gains on NDT Fund investments and the inclusion in 2018 of $16 million of higher net realized gainsunrealized losses on equity investments in the NDT Fund and $3in accordance with new accounting guidance, partially offset by a $9 million of higher net realized gainsdecrease in the Rabbi Trust Fund.



Other-Than-Temporary Impairments decreased $16 million due to lowerother-than-temporary impairments of equity securities in the NDT Fund in 2017.Fund.
Interest Expense decreased $25increased $6 million due primarily to
a $16$9 million decreaseincrease due to higher interest capitalized for the construction of three new fossil stations: BH5, Sewaren 7 and Keys, and
a net $7 million decrease due toJune 2018 debt maturities in September 2016,issuance, partially offset by a debt issuancedecrease of $2 million in June 2016.capitalized interest.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) decreased $288increased $207 million in 2017 due primarily to pre-tax income in 2018 as compared to a pre-tax loss in 2017. This increase in income tax expense was diminished by the decrease in the federal statutory income tax rate from 35% in 2017 as compared to pre-tax income21% in 2016.2018 and the remeasurement of the reserve for uncertain tax positions in connection with the nuclear carryback claim and the 2011 and 2012 federal tax audit.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The following discussion of our liquidity and capital resources is on a consolidated basis, noting the uses and contributions, where material, of our two direct major operating subsidiaries.
Operating Cash Flows
We expect our operating cash flows combined with cash on hand and financing activities to be sufficient to fund capital expenditures and shareholder dividend payments.
For the nine months ended September 30, 20172018, our operating cash flow decreased $27241 million as compared to the same period in 2016.2017. The net change was due primarily to the net changeschange from PSE&G and Power as discussed below as well as net tax payments at PSEG and its other subsidiaries.below.
PSE&G
PSE&G’s operating cash flow decreasedincreased $85 million from $1,4011,392 million to $1,3931,397 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172018, as compared to the same period in 20162017, due primarily to lower tax refunds and a decreasean increase of $49$86 million due to a change in regulatory deferrals, partiallyhigher earnings, and an increase of $48 million due primarily to a reduction in unbilled revenues resulting from lower prices and volumes in 2018, offset by higher earnings.a tax refund in 2017.
Power
Power’s operating cash flow decreased $11244 million from $1,2601,249 million to $1,2491,005 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172018, as compared to the same period in 2016,2017, due primarily to tax payments in 2017 as compared to tax refunds in 2016 and lower earnings, partially offset by a $68 million decreasean increase in margin deposit requirements of $141 million, and higher generation costs, offset by lower tax payments in 2018 compared to 2017, a $30$23 million increase from net collectioncollections of counterparty receivables.receivables, and a decrease of $10 million in payments to counterparties.
Short-Term Liquidity
PSEG meets its short-term liquidity requirements, as well as those of Power, primarily with cash and through the issuance of commercial paper. PSE&G maintains its own separate commercial paper program to meet its short-term liquidity requirements. Each commercial paper program is fully back-stopped by its own separate credit facilities.


We continually monitor our liquidity and seek to add capacity as needed to meet our liquidity requirements. Each of our credit facilities is restricted as to availability and use to the specific companies as listed below; however, if necessary, the PSEG facilities can also be used to support our subsidiaries’ liquidity needs.
Our total credit facilities and available liquidity as of September 30, 20172018 were as follows:
         
 Company/Facility As of September 30, 2017 
 
Total
Facility
 Usage 
Available
Liquidity
 
   Millions 
 PSEG $1,500
 $215
 $1,285
 
 PSE&G 600
 15
 585
 
 Power 2,100
 182
 1,918
 
 Total $4,200
 $412
 $3,788
 
         
         
 Company/Facility As of September 30, 2018 
 
Total
Facility
 Usage 
Available
Liquidity
 
   Millions 
 PSEG $1,500
 $393
 $1,107
 
 PSE&G 600
 56
 544
 
 Power 2,200
 213
 1,987
 
 Total $4,300
 $662
 $3,638
 
         
As of September 30, 2017,2018, our credit facility capacity was in excess of our projected maximum liquidity requirements over our 12 month planning horizon. Our maximum liquidity requirements are based on stress scenarios that incorporate changes in commodity prices and the potential impact of Power losing its investment grade credit rating from S&P or Moody’s, which would represent a three level downgrade from its current S&P or Moody’s ratings. In the event of a deterioration of Power’s



credit rating certain of Power’s agreements allow the counterparty to demand further performance assurance. The potential additional collateral that we would be required to post under these agreements if Power were to lose its investment grade credit rating was approximately $899$888 million and $783$848 million as of September 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.
For additional information, see Item 1. Note 10.11. Debt and Credit Facilities.
Long-Term Debt Financing
During the next twelve months, PSEG has a $700 million floating rate $500 million term loan maturing in November 2017.June 2019, PSE&G has $400$250 million of 5.30%1.80% Medium-Term Notes maturing in May 2018June 2019 and $350$250 million of 2.30%2.00% Medium-Term Notes maturing in SeptemberAugust 2019 and Power has $250 million of 2.45% Senior Notes maturing in November 2018.
For a discussion of our long-term debt issuances and maturities during 2017,additional information see Item 1. Note 10.11. Debt and Credit Facilities.
Common Stock Dividends
On July 18, 2017,17, 2018, our Board of Directors approved a $0.43$0.45 dividend per share of common stock for the third quarter of 2017. This reflects2018. These declarations reflect an indicative annual dividend rate of $1.72$1.80 per share. We expect to continue to pay cash dividends on our common stock; however, the declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend upon many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements of our businesses, alternate investment opportunities, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice and other factors that the Board of Directors deems relevant. For additional information related to cash dividends on our common stock, see Item 1. Note16.Note17. Earnings Per Share (EPS) and Dividends.
Credit Ratings
If the rating agencies lower or withdraw our credit ratings, such revisions may adversely affect the market price of our securities and serve to materially increase our cost of capital and limit access to capital. Credit Ratings shown are for securities that we typically issue. Outlooks are shown for Corporate Credit Ratings (S&P) and Issuer Credit Ratings (Moody’s) and can be Stable, Negative, or Positive. There is no assurance that the ratings will continue for any given period of time or that they will not be revised by the rating agencies, if, in their respective judgments, circumstances warrant. Each rating given by an agency should be evaluated independently of the other agencies’ ratings. The ratings should not be construed as an indication to buy, hold or sell any security.
In April 2017, S&P published updated research and affirmed the ratings and outlooks


       
   Moody’s (A) S&P (B) 
 PSEG     
 Outlook Stable Stable 
 Senior Notes Baa1 BBB 
 Commercial Paper P2 A2 
 PSE&G     
 Outlook Stable Stable 
 Mortgage Bonds Aa3 A 
 Commercial Paper P1 A2 
 Power     
 Outlook Stable Stable 
 Senior Notes Baa1 BBB+ 
       
(A)Moody’s ratings range from Aaa (highest) to C (lowest) for long-term securities and P1 (highest) to NP (lowest) for short-term securities.
(B)S&P ratings range from AAA (highest) to D (lowest) for long-term securities and A1 (highest) to D (lowest) for short-term securities.




CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
We expect that all of our capital requirements over the next three years will come from a combination of internally generated funds and external debt financing. There were no material changes to our projected capital expenditures as compared to amounts disclosed in our 20162017 Form 10-K.10-K other than the inclusion of GSMP II, which was approved in May 2018. See Executive Overview of 2018 and Future Outlook for additional information.
PSE&G
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2018, PSE&G made capital expenditures of $2,118$2,228 million, primarily for T&D system reliability. This does not include expenditures for cost of removal, net of salvage, of $72$121 million, which are included in operating cash flows.
In July 2017, PSE&G filed a petition with the BPU for a GSMP II program, requesting extension of our gas system modernization program through which PSE&G has proposed investing up to $540 million per year beginning in 2019 to continue to modernize our gas system. Under this proposed program, PSE&G plans to replace up to 1,250 miles of gas mains and associated service lines. This is not included in PSE&G’s projected capital expenditures.
Power
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2018, Power made capital expenditures of $779$679 million, excluding $124121 million for nuclear fuel, primarily related to our Keys, Sewaren 7, BH5 and other generation projects.

ACCOUNTING MATTERS
For information related to recent accounting matters, see Item 1. Note 2. Recent Accounting Standards.




ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The risk inherent in our market-risk sensitive instruments and positions is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in commodity prices, equity security prices and interest rates as discussed in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. It is our policy to use derivatives to manage risk consistent with business plans and prudent practices. We have a Risk Management Committee comprised of executive officers who utilize a risk oversight function to ensure compliance with our corporate policies and risk management practices.
Additionally, we are exposed to counterparty credit losses in the event of non-performance or non-payment. We have a credit management process, which is used to assess, monitor and mitigate counterparty exposure. In the event of non-performance or non-payment by a major counterparty, there may be a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or net cash flows.
Commodity Contracts
The availability and price of energy-related commodities are subject to fluctuations from factors such as weather, environmental policies, changes in supply and demand, state and federal regulatory policies, market rules and other events. To reduce price risk caused by market fluctuations, we enter into supply contracts and derivative contracts, including forwards, futures, swaps and options with approved counterparties. These contracts, in conjunction with physical sales and other services, help reduce risk and optimize the value of owned electric generation capacity.
Value-at-Risk (VaR) Models
VaR represents the potential losses, under normal market conditions, for instruments or portfolios due to changes in market factors, for a specified time period and confidence level. We estimate VaR across our commodity businesses.
MTM VaR consists of MTM derivatives that are economic hedges. The MTM VaR calculation does not include market risks associated with activities that are subject to accrual accounting, primarily our generating facilities and some load serving activities.
The VaR models used are variance/covariance models adjusted for the change of positions with 95% and 99.5% confidence levels and a one-day holding period for the MTM activities. The models assume no new positions throughout the holding periods; however, we actively manage our portfolio.
From July through September 2017,2018, MTM VaR remainedwas relatively stable between a low of $5$6 million and a high of $9$11 million at the 95% confidence level. The range of VaR was narrower for the three months ended September 30, 20172018 as compared with the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.



       
   MTM VaR 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 Year Ended December 31, 2016 
   Millions 
 95% Confidence Level, Loss could exceed VaR one day in 20 days     
 Period End $8
 $26
 
 Average for the Period $7
 $16
 
 High $9
 $32
 
 Low $5
 $10
 
 99.5% Confidence Level, Loss could exceed VaR one day in 200 days     
 Period End $13
 $40
 
 Average for the Period $11
 $25
 
 High $15
 $51
 
 Low $8
 $16
 
       
       
   MTM VaR 
   Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 Year Ended December 31, 2017 
   Millions 
 95% Confidence Level, Loss could exceed VaR one day in 20 days     
 Period End $10
 $39
 
 Average for the Period $7
 $10
 
 High $11
 $39
 
 Low $6
 $5
 
 99.5% Confidence Level, Loss could exceed VaR one day in 200 days     
 Period End $16
 $60
 
 Average for the Period $11
 $15
 
 High $17
 $60
 
 Low $9
 $8
 
       
See Item 1. Note 11.12. Financial Risk Management Activities for a discussion of credit risk.



ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
PSEG, PSE&G and Power
We have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported and is accumulated and communicated to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of each respective company, as appropriate, by others within the entities to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We have established a disclosure committee which includes several key management employees and which reports directly to the CFO and CEO of each of PSEG, PSE&G and Power. The committee monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of these disclosure controls and procedures. The CFO and CEO of each of PSEG, PSE&G and Power have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures and, based on this evaluation, have concluded that disclosure controls and procedures at each respective company were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by the report.
Internal Controls
PSEG, PSE&G and Power
There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the third quarter of 20172018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, each registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are party to various lawsuits and environmental and regulatory matters, including in the ordinary course of business. For additional information regarding material legal proceedings, including updates to information reported in Item 3 of Part I of the 20162017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, see Part I, Item 1. Note 9.10. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities and Item 5. Other Information.

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS
The discussion of our business and operations in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read together with the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A of our 20162017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, which describedescribes various risks and uncertainties that could have a material adverse impact on our business, prospects, financial position, results of operations or cash flows and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed elsewhere in this report. Except as discussed below, thereThere have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in the above-referenced filings as of September 30, 2017.



Cybersecurity attacks or intrusions could adversely impact our businesses.
Cybersecurity threats to the U.S. energy market infrastructure are increasing in sophistication, magnitude and frequency. We rely on information technology systems that utilize sophisticated digital systems and network infrastructure to operate our generation, transmission and distribution systems. We also store sensitive data, intellectual property and proprietary or personally identifiable information regarding our business, employees, shareholders, customers and vendors on our systems and conduct power marketing and hedging activities. In addition, the operation of our business is dependent upon the information technology systems of third parties, including our vendors, regulators, RTOs and Independent System Operators (ISOs), among others. Our and third-party information technology systems may be vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks involving domestic or foreign sources. A cybersecurity attack may also leverage such information technology to cause disruptions at a third party. Cybersecurity impacts to our operations include:
disruption of the operation of our assets and the power grid,
theft of confidential company, employee, shareholder, vendor or customer information, which may cause us to be in breach of certain covenants and contractual obligations, 
general business system and process interruption or compromise, including preventing us from servicing our customers, collecting revenues or the ability to record, process and/or report financial information correctly, and
breaches of vendors’ infrastructures where our confidential information is stored.
We have experienced and expect to continue to experience actual or attempted cyber-attacks on our information technology systems; however, none of these incidents has had a material impact on our operations or financial condition. If a significant cybersecurity event or breach should occur within our company or with one of our material vendors, we could be exposed to significant loss of revenue, material repair costs to intellectual and physical property, significant fines and penalties for non-compliance with existing laws and regulations, significant litigation costs, increased costs to finance our businesses, reputational damage and loss of confidence from our customers, regulators, investors, vendors and employees. Similarly, a significant cybersecurity event or breach experienced by a competitor, regulatory authority, RTO, ISO, or vendor could also materially impact our business and results of operations via enhanced legal and regulatory requirements. For a discussion of state and federal cybersecurity regulatory requirements and information regarding our cybersecurity program, see Part 1, Item 1. Regulatory Issues in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Item 5. Other Information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The market for cybersecurity insurance is relatively new and coverage available for cybersecurity events may evolve as the industry matures. While we maintain insurance relating to cybersecurity events, such insurance is subject to a number of exclusions and may be insufficient to offset any losses, costs or damage we experience.2018.

ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
The following table indicates ourIn December 2017, we entered into a share repurchase plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, solely with respect to the repurchase of shares to satisfy obligations under equity compensation awards that are expected to vest or be exercised in 2018 and under PSEG’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan for expected employee purchases in 2018. There were no common share repurchases in the open market to satisfy obligations under various equity compensation awards during the third quarter of 20172018.
      
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
 
Average
Price Paid
per Share
 
 July 1 - July 31
 $
 
 August 1 - August 31135,277
 $45.25
 
 September 1- September 30
 $
 
      


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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Certain information reported in the 20162017 Annual Report on Form 10-K is updated below. Additionally, certain information is provided for new matters that have arisen subsequent to the filing of the 20162017 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Quarterly ReportReports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 20172018 and June 30, 2017.2018. References are to the related pages on the FormsForm 10-K and 10-Q as printed and distributed.
Employee Relations


Federal Regulation
Capacity Market IssuesPJM
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 15. In 2016, six of our eight labor unions ratified extensions of their collective bargaining agreements with us, with expiration dates from 2019 to 2021. In 2017 each of the remaining two unions ratified extensions of their collective bargaining agreements with us with expiration dates in 2021 and 2022.
Federal Regulation
FERC
Energy Clearing Prices/Price Formation Initiatives
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 16, and March 31, 20172018 Form 10-Q on page 76.80 and June 30, 2018 Form 10-Q on page 88. Energy clearing prices in the marketsIn June 2018, FERC issued an order finding that PJM’s current capacity market is unjust and unreasonable and established a new proceeding to address an alternative approach in which we operate arePJM would: (1) modify PJM’s Minimum Offer Price Rule so that it would apply to new and existing resources that receive out-of-market payments, regardless of resource type; and (2) establish an option that would allow, on a resource-specific basis, resources receiving out-of-market support to be removed from the PJM capacity market, along with a commensurate amount of load, for some period of time. In response, PJM proposed a two-settlement auction mechanism in which the first stage would set the resource commitment and the second stage would establish the clearing price. During the second stage, the resources receiving out-of-market support would be removed from the auction before the price is established. We generally based on bids submitted by generating units. Under FERC-approvedsupport PJM’s proposal, but have some concerns about aspects of it that could reduce payments to nuclear units that receive out-of-market support payments. FERC’s potential action in this proceeding could cause nuclear units that receive ZEC payments to lose capacity market rules, bids are subjectrevenues if states do not take steps to price caps and mitigation rules applicable to certain generation units. FERC rules also governaddress the overall designpotential loss of these markets. At present, all units within a delivery zone receive a clearing price basedcapacity revenues. In addition, depending on the bidoutcome of the marginal unit (i.e. the last unit that mustthis matter, our fossil generating stations could be dispatched to serve the needs of load) which can vary by location. In addition, recent rule changes in the energy markets administered by PJM and ISO-NE (see Capacity Market Issues below) impose rigorous performance obligations and nonperformance penalties on resources during times of system stress. These FERC rules provide an opportunity for bonus payments or require the payment of penalties depending on whether a unit is available during a performance hour.
FERC has also recently ordered certain favorable changes to energy market price formation rules improving shortage pricing and enhancing bidding flexibility for units. We continue to advocate in this context for additional changes in market rules that would provide more transparency about energy market prices. We cannot predict what action FERC might ultimately take, but such an examination could lead to future rule changes.
In June 2017, PJM issued an energy price formation proposal to address a flaw in the energy market in which energy prices during off-peak periods often do not reflect the production costs of generators during these periods even though they are serving load. PJM’s proposal would allow large, inflexible units to set price. If placed into effect, this proposal will improve price formation by ensuring that the marginal costs of units serving load will be better reflected in clearing prices.impacted. We cannot predict the outcome of this matter.
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Baseload Generation
In September 2017, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to allow a full recovery of costs for certain eligible units physically located within the FERC-approved organized markets. The NOPR directs FERC to take final action within 60 days. The NOPR contemplates a cost-of-service payment and a fair rate of return for units that are able to provide certain essential energy and ancillary reliability services, have a 90-day fuel supply on site and are not subject to cost-of-service rate regulation by any State or local authority. We are participating in this proceeding, but we are unable to predict the outcome.
Capacity Market Issues
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 16, Transmission Regulation-Transmission Policy Developments
March 31, 20172018 Form 10-Q on page 7680. In February 2018, FERC issued an order finding that the transmission planning procedures used by the PJM transmission owners, a group that includes PSE&G, for supplemental projects do not adhere to the coordination and June 30, 2017 Form 10-Q on page 83. transparency principles of FERC’s Order No. 890. FERC determined that certain terms and conditions in the PJM the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO)governing documents are unjust and unreasonable. FERC directed PJM and the Independent System Operator New England, Inc. each have capacity markets that have beenPJM transmission owners to submit certain revisions to the manner in which the stakeholder process for supplemental projects is conducted. PSE&G participated in the PJM transmission owners’ compliance filing, which was approved by FERC. FERC regulates these markets and continues to examine whether the market design for each of these three capacity markets is working optimally. Various forums are considering how the competitive market framework can incorporate or be reconciled with state public policies that support particular resources or resource attributes, whether generators are being sufficiently compensated in the capacity market and whether subsidized resources may be adversely affecting capacity market prices. FERC held a technical conference to seek input from the industry on potential options to integrate public policy goals in wholesale markets. We cannot predict what action, if any, FERC might take with regard to capacity market designs.
Capacity Market Issues—PJM
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 16, March 31, 2017 Form 10-Q on page 76 and June 30, 2017 Form 10-Q page 83. PJM issued a series of white papers in response to public policies that seek to recognize value associated with generation plants beyond their cost effectiveness and reliability attributes. The three proposals are intended to spur stakeholder discussion and include both potential capacity and energy market reforms. The first energy market reform (see Energy Clearing Prices/Price Formation Initiatives) would allow inflexible generating units to set prices resulting in reduced uplift payments and improved



price signals while the second energy market reform contemplates a voluntary carbon pricing program where states that elect to participate in the program would agree to put a price on carbon emissions. The capacity market proposal contemplates a two-stage capacity auction which, in its current form, would improve prices for unsubsidized resources, but would still continue to provide capacity payments for subsidized resources.
Transmission Regulation
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 18. In October 2017, PSE&G filed its 2018 Annual Formula Rate Update with FERC which requests approximately $212 million in increased annual transmission revenues effective January 1, 2018, subject to true-up. Each year, transmission revenues are adjusted to reflect items such as updating estimates used in the filing with actual data. For additional information about our transmission formula rate, see Part I Item 1. Note 5. Rate Filings.
Transmission RegulationTransmission Policy Developments
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 18, March 31, 2017 Form 10-QReturn on page 77 and June 30, 2017 Form 10-Q on page 83.Equity (ROE)
In a February 2016 order,October 2018, FERC reversed a previous order and accepted a filing by the PJM transmission owners seeking authority to assign costs for Regional Transmission Expansion Plan projects (subject to PJM Board approval requirements) solely addressing localized needs to customers within the local transmission owner’s zone. FERC’s action in this order provides an exemption from the Order 1000 open window procedures for projects constructed by transmission owners to meet local transmission planning criteria. FERC’s orders have been challenged at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) and PSE&G has intervened in support of FERC.
In April 2017, the PJM Board announced that it would be lifting the previously disclosed suspension of the Artificial Island transmission project and approved the award to PSE&G of the construction of necessary upgrade work at a cost of approximately $130 million. In October 2017, FERC accepted PJM’s filing on the grounds that PJM correctly applied its Tariff. However, FERC deferred a ruling on whether the cost allocation methodology applied to the Artificial Island project is appropriate. FERC will decide this issue in a separate proceeding that is currently pending. We are unable to predict the outcome.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 20. The NRC continues to evaluate potential revisions to its requirements in connection with its operational and safety reviews of nuclear facilities in the United States as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi incident. We are also subject to cybersecurity regulations promulgated by the NRC.
We are unable to predict the final outcome of these reviews or the cost of any actions we would need to take to comply with any new regulations, including possible modifications to our Salem, Hope Creek and Peach Bottom facilities, but such cost could be material.
State Regulation
Cybersecurity Requirements for Regulated Entities
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 21. In March 2016, the BPU issued an order establishing a new framework for determining whether a company’s ROE is unjust and unreasonable. The order was issued in a proceeding that was remanded to FERC from D.C. Circuit concerning the regulated electric, natural gasestablishment of the New England Transmission Owners’ ROE. FERC’s order proposes a new method for evaluating whether an existing ROE remains just and water/wastewater utilitiesreasonable. Under FERC’s approach, FERC will determine a composite zone of reasonableness based on the results of three financial models, and if the targeted utility’s existing ROE falls within the range of just and reasonable ROEs for its risk profile, FERC will dismiss the complaint. However, if FERC determines that an existing ROE is unjust and unreasonable, it proposes to further reducerely on four financial models: a discounted cash flow, a risk premium analysis, a capital-asset pricing model analysis and an expected earnings analysis. We are still analyzing the potential for cyber threats toimpact of these methodologies and cannot predict the reliability and resiliencyoutcome of utility service and to protect customers’ information. The order requires these regulated utilities, including PSE&G, to, among other conditions, implement a cybersecurity program that defines and implements organization accountabilities and responsibilities for cyber risk management activities, and establishes policies, plans, processes and procedures for identifying and mitigating cyber risk to critical systems. New Jersey utilities, including PSE&G, were required to be compliant with these requirements by October 1, 2017. We have submitted the required certification of compliance to the BPU. 
In an effort to reduce the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents, we have a comprehensive cybersecurity program designed to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our company and our customers’ information and our systems. In addition, we are subject to maintaining key cybersecurity controls to meet mandatory cybersecurity regulatory requirements. Our cybersecurity program is built on technical, procedural, and people-focused measures to detect, protect against, respond to, and recover from cyber threats to our systems and information including company, employee and customer data. Features of our program include: identifying critical information and systems; conducting cyber risk assessments of our and third party systems; maintaining awareness of cyber threats and vulnerabilities through partnerships with public and private entities, as well as industry groups; maintaining and testing our cybersecurity incident response plans and systems; training personnel on cybersecurity issues; and raising cybersecurity awareness throughout our company with electronic notices and seminars. We cannot assure that our cybersecurity program will be effective in preventing or mitigating cybersecurity incidents. For a discussion of the risks associated with cybersecurity threats, see Item 1A. Risk Factors.



Energy Efficiency 2017 Program (EE 2017)
In August 2017, the BPU approved PSE&G’s petition for an Energy Efficiency 2017 Program (EE 2017) to extend three existing energy efficiency subprograms (multi-family, direct install and hospital efficiency) and establish two new residential energy efficiency offerings. The two new offerings include deployment of smart thermostats and a pilot program to provide residential customers with energy usage information enabling them to reduce consumption. The Order allows PSE&G to extend the subprogram offerings and establish the residential energy efficiency sub-programs under its existing energy efficiency clause recovery process. The EE 2017 allows for $69 million of additional investment and $16 million of additional administrative and information technology costs. The EE 2017 was added as the 11th component of the GPRC rate effective September 1, 2017.
Consolidated Tax Adjustments (CTA)
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 21. New Jersey is one of only a few states that make CTA in setting rates for regulated utilities. These adjustments to rate base are madeduring the rate setting process andare intended to allocate to utility customers a portion of the tax benefits realized from the filing of a consolidated federal tax return by the utility’s parent corporation. The BPU has been considering the appropriateness of the adjustment and the methodology and mechanics of the calculation for some time. In October 2014, the BPU approved a proposal by its Staff that limits the tax benefit period to be considered in the calculation to five years, sets the distribution rate base adjustment at 25% of any such tax benefit and eliminates from the process any tax benefits tied to transmission earnings. In accordance with this October action, this CTA policy will be applied only with respect to future distribution rate base cases. In November 2014, the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel appealed the BPU’s decision and in September 2017, the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division granted that appeal on procedural grounds. While the issue has now been remanded to the BPU, it is not expected that application of a CTA will have a material impact on PSE&G’s current earnings or in its upcoming rate case filing.proceeding.
Environmental Matters
Air Pollution Control
Hazardous Air Pollutants Regulation
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 22. In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held that it was unreasonable for the EPA to refuse to consider the materiality of costs in determining whether to regulate hazardous air pollutants from power plants. In April 2016, the EPA released the final Supplemental Finding that considers the materiality of costs in determining whether to regulate hazardous air pollutants from power plants in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling. Industry participants and various state authorities have filed petitions with the D.C. Circuit challenging the EPA’s Supplemental Finding. The D.C. Circuit is holding the case in abeyance pending further directions from the EPA. We do not expect this Supplemental Finding to impact operation of our facilities.
Climate Change
COChange—C02Regulation under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
December 31, 20162017 Form 10-K on page 23.22. In March 2017, the President of the United States issued an Executive Order that instructedAugust 2018, the EPA to reviewreleased the New Source Performance Standards that establish emissions standardsproposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule as a replacement for CO2 for certain new fossil power plants and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), a greenhouse gas emissions regulation under the CAA for existing power plants that establishes state-specific emission rate targets based on implementation of the best system of emission reduction.. In April 2017, the D.C. Circuit granted the EPA’s motion to hold the case in abeyance for at least 60 days while the agency reviews the rule, which was subsequently extended by the D.C. Circuit in August 2017. In October 2017, upon completion of the review, theThe EPA Administrator signed a proposed repeal of the CPP. The EPA Administrator concludedCPP which had established state-specific greenhouse gas emissions targets on the basis that the CPP exceedsexceeded the EPA’s statutory authority by considering measures that arewere beyond the control of the owners of the affected sources (fossilexisting fossil fuel-fired electric generating units). Whetherunits. The proposed ACE rule gives states great flexibility to evaluate specific heat rate improvement technologies and practices to be applied at coal-fired electric generating units. States have three years from the EPA choosesdate of finalization to proposesubmit a replacement rule has not been decided. PSEGplan that establishes a standard of performance that reflects the degree of emission limitation through the application of heat rate improvement technologies and practices. We cannot estimate the impact of these actionsthis action on our business and futureor results of operations at this time.operations.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 23. In response to concerns over global climate change, some states have developed initiatives to stimulate national climate legislation through CO2 emission reductions in the electric power industry. New Jersey withdrew from RGGI in 2012. However, certain northeastern states (RGGI States), including New York and Connecticut where we have generation facilities, havestate-specific rules in place to enable the RGGI regulatory mandate in each state to cap and reduce CO2 emissions. These rules make allowances available through a regional auction whereby generators may acquire allowances that are each equal to one ton of CO2 emissions. Generators are required to submit an allowance for each ton emitted over a three-year period. Allowances are available through the auction or through secondary markets.



In September 2017, the RGGI States announced their new post-2020 program for a cap on regional CO2 emissions, which would require a decline in CO2 emissions in 2021 and each year thereafter, resulting in a 30% reduction in the CO2 emissions cap by 2030.
Water Pollution Control
Steam Electric Effluent Guidelines
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 23, March 31, 2017 Form 10-Q on page 77 and June 30, 2017 Form 10-Q on page 85. In September 2015, the EPA issued a new Effluent Limitation Guidelines Rule (ELG Rule) for steam electric generating units. The rule establishes new best available technology economically achievable (BAT) standards for fly ash transport water, bottom ash transport water, flue gas desulfurization and flue gas mercury control wastewater, and gasification wastewater. The EPA provides an implementation period for currently existing discharges of three years or up to eight years if a facility needs more time to implement equipment upgrades and provide supporting information to its permitting authority. In the intervening time period, existing discharge standards continue to apply. Power’s Bridgeport Harbor station and the jointly-owned Keystone and Conemaugh stations, have bottom ash transport water discharges and that are regulated under this rule. Keystone and Conemaugh also have flue gas desulfurization wastewaters regulated by the rule.
In April 2017, the EPA announced that it had granted a petition for reconsideration of the ELG Rule and issued an administrative stay of the compliance dates in the rule that were the subject of pending litigation. In June 2017, the EPA proposed a rule to postpone the compliance deadlines for the BAT limitations for the aforementioned waste streams. In September 2017, the EPA issued a rule postponing for two years compliance dates related solely to bottom ash transport water and flue gas desulfurization wastewater. The EPA has announced plans to issue a new rule by November 2020 addressing revised requirements and compliance dates for these two waste streams. Power is unable to determine how this will ultimately impact its compliance requirements or its financial condition and results of operations.
Cooling Water Intake Structure
December 31, 2016 Form 10-K page 24. In May 2014, the EPA issued a final cooling water intake rule under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) that establishes new requirements for the regulation of cooling water intakes at existing power plants and industrial facilities with a design flow of more than two million gallons of water per day. In September 2014, several environmental non-governmental groups and certain energy industry groups filed petitions for review of the rule and the case has been assigned to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Second Circuit). Environmental organizations, including but not limited to the environmental petitioners in the Second Circuit, have also filed suit under the Endangered Species Act. The cases were subsequently consolidated at the Second Circuit and a decision remains pending.



ITEM 6.EXHIBITS
A listing of exhibits being filed with this document is as follows:
a. PSEG:  
Exhibit 10
Exhibit 12: 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.INS: XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
Exhibit 101.CAL: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
Exhibit 101.LAB: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
Exhibit 101.PRE: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
Exhibit 101.DEF: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document
   
b. PSE&G:  
Exhibit 10
Exhibit 12.1: 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.INS: XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
Exhibit 101.CAL: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
Exhibit 101.LAB: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
Exhibit 101.PRE: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
Exhibit 101.DEF: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document
   
c. Power:  
Exhibit 10
Exhibit 12.2: 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 101.INS: XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
Exhibit 101.CAL: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
Exhibit 101.LAB: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
Exhibit 101.PRE: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
Exhibit 101.DEF: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document






SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature of the undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such company and any subsidiaries thereof.
 
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
  
By:
/S/ STUART J. BLACK
 
Stuart J. Black
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: October 31, 201730, 2018

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature of the undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such company and any subsidiaries thereof.
 
PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
(Registrant)
  
By:
/S/ STUART J. BLACK
 
Stuart J. Black
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: October 31, 201730, 2018




SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature of the undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such company and any subsidiaries thereof.
 
PSEG POWER LLC
(Registrant)
  
By:
/S/ STUART J. BLACK
 
Stuart J. Black
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: October 31, 201730, 2018


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