Price Risk Management Assets And Liabilities Table - Outstanding Commodity-Related Derivatives (Details)	Mar. 31, 2014 barrels	Dec. 31, 2013 barrels
Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Crude Oil [Member] | Future [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	343,000	103,000
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Power [Member] | Call Option [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	104,800	103,200
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Power [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	527,550	351,050
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Power [Member] | Future [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(1,161,949)	(772,476)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Power [Member] | Options - Puts [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(160,000)	(52,800)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Crude Oil [Member] | Future [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	0	(30,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives		2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Refined Products [Member] | Future [Member]
Notional Volume	(123,000)	(280,000)
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Basis Swaps IFERC/NYMEX [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(14,502,500)	(487,500)
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Swing Swaps IFERC [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	0	1,937,500
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	10,475,000	9,457,500
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Basis Swaps IFERC/NYMEX [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2015	2017
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Swing Swaps IFERC [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives		2016
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2019	2019
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Basis Swaps IFERC/NYMEX [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Swing Swaps IFERC [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives		2014
Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | NGL [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(904,000)	(1,133,600)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | WTI Crude Oil [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | Regency [Member]
Notional Volume	(392,000)	(521,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas Liquids [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | Regency [Member]
Notional Volume	(330,000)	(438,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Refined Products [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Basis Swaps IFERC/NYMEX [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	3,520,000	570,000
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Swing Swaps IFERC [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	32,690,000	(9,690,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(1,402,500)	(8,195,000)
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | Regency [Member]
Notional Volume	(23,425,000)	(24,455,000)
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Forward Physical Contracts [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(5,483,135)	5,668,559
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Propane [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | Regency [Member]
Notional Volume	(40,782,000)	(52,122,000)
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Swing Swaps IFERC [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives		2016
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2015	2015
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | Regency [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2015	2015
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Forward Physical Contracts [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2015	2015
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Propane [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | Regency [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2015	2015
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Swing Swaps IFERC [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives		2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | Regency [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Forward Physical Contracts [Member] | ETP [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Mark-To-Market Derivatives [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Propane [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | Regency [Member]
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Fair Value Hedging [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Basis Swaps IFERC/NYMEX [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	0	(7,352,500)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives		2014
Non Trading [Member] | Fair Value Hedging [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(4,500,000)	(50,530,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Fair Value Hedging [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Hedged Item - Inventory (MMBtu) [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	4,500,000	50,530,000
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | NGL [Member] | Forwards Swaps [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(765,000)	(780,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Basis Swaps IFERC/NYMEX [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(1,375,000)	(1,825,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014
Non Trading [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed Swaps/Futures [Member] | ETP [Member]
Notional Volume	(9,625,000)	(12,775,000)
Maximum Term Of Commodity Derivatives	2014	2014