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Short-Term Credit Arrangements and Borrowings (Details Textuals) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Short-term Debt [Line Items]    
Long-term Commercial Paper, Current $ 50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit $ 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital 0.51us-gaap_RatioOfIndebtednessToNetCapital1  
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate 0.50%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate 0.00%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
Unsecured revolving credit facility expiring April 2018 [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]    
Short-term Debt [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 300,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= dteelectric_UnsecuredrevolvingcreditfacilityexpiringApril2018Member
 
Maximum [Member]    
Short-term Debt [Line Items]    
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital 0.65us-gaap_RatioOfIndebtednessToNetCapital1
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember