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Retirement Benefits and Trusteed Assets (Details Textuals) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Mar. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Defined contribution plan, cost recognized (less than $1 million in 2012) $ 24,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized $ 21,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized $ 19,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized  
Retiree Health Care Allowance will increase at lower of the rate of medical inflation or a set percentage 2.00%dteelectric_RetireeHealthCareAllowancewillincreaseatloweroftherateofmedicalinflationorasetpercentage      
Qualified Pension Plan [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Company contributions 145,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanContributionsByEmployer
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Pension Plan [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Company contributions 149,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanContributionsByEmployer
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282,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanContributionsByEmployer
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Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return on Plan Assets 7.75%dteelectric_Definedbenefitplanexpectedreturnonplanassetsnextfiscalyear
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Discount rate 4.12%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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4.95%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Company contributions 0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanContributionsByEmployer
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239,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanContributionsByEmployer
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Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return on Plan Assets 8.00%dteelectric_Definedbenefitplanexpectedreturnonplanassetsnextfiscalyear
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Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Transfers into Level 3 0us-gaap_FairValueNetDerivativeAssetLiabilityMeasuredOnRecurringBasisUnobservableInputsReconciliationTransfersIntoLevel3
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Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Transfers out of Level 3 0us-gaap_FairValueNetDerivativeAssetLiabilityMeasuredOnRecurringBasisUnobservableInputsReconciliationTransfersOutOfLevel3
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Annual allocation to Retiree Reimbursement Account Per Participant, Retired on or before January 1, 2013 3,570dteelectric_AnnualallocationtoRetireeReimbursementAccountPerParticipantRetiredonorbeforeJanuary12013
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3,500dteelectric_AnnualallocationtoRetireeReimbursementAccountPerParticipantRetiredonorbeforeJanuary12013
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Annual allocation to Retiree Reimbursement Account Per Participant, Retired after January 1, 2013 3,315dteelectric_AnnualallocationtoRetireeReimbursementAccountPerParticipantRetiredafterJanuary12013
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3,250dteelectric_AnnualallocationtoRetireeReimbursementAccountPerParticipantRetiredafterJanuary12013
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Defined Benefit Plan, Effect of One Percentage Point Increase on Service and Interest Cost Components 5,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanEffectOfOnePercentagePointIncreaseOnServiceAndInterestCostComponents
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Defined Benefit Plan, Effect of One Percentage Point Increase on Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation 89,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanEffectOfOnePercentagePointIncreaseOnAccumulatedPostretirementBenefitObligation
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Defined Benefit Plan, Effect of One Percentage Point Decrease on Service and Interest Cost Components 4,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanEffectOfOnePercentagePointDecreaseOnServiceAndInterestCostComponents1
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Defined Benefit Plan, Effect of One Percentage Point Decrease on Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation 77,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanEffectOfOnePercentagePointDecreaseOnAccumulatedPostretirementBenefitObligation1
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Discount rate 4.10%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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4.95%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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4.15%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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4.30%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
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Retirement Savings Plan        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Company contributions to employee savings plan 4.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent
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Maximum [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Defined Benefit Plans, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Next Fiscal Year 145,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInNextFiscalYear
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Maximum [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Defined Benefit Plans, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Next Fiscal Year 175,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInNextFiscalYear
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Retiree Healthcare Plan [Member]        
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]        
Defined contribution plan, cost recognized (less than $1 million in 2012) $ 2,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
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$ 1,000,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
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