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Asset Retirement Obligations (Details Textuals) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]  
Asset retirement obligations, liability not recognized Substations, manholes and certain other distribution assets have an indeterminate life. Therefore, no liability has been recorded for these assets
Liabilities balance upon completion of decommissioning $ 0dteelectric_LiabilitiesBalanceUponCompletionOfDecommissioning
Fermi 2 [Member]  
Asset Retirement Obligations [Line Items]  
Nuclear decommissioning liabilities funded through surcharge and included in ARO balance $ 1,700,000,000dteelectric_NuclearDecommissioningLiabilitiesFundedThroughSurchargeAndIncludedInAroBalance
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