Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

DTE Energy enters into related party transactions with certain equity method investees, primarily NEXUS.

DTE Gas is party to a 15-year capacity lease agreement with NEXUS for the transportation of natural gas. Under the lease agreement, DTE Gas provides firm pipeline capacity in the DTE Gas system in order for NEXUS to provide service to its customers from an interconnect between NEXUS and DTE Gas. DTE Gas charges NEXUS a fixed daily pipeline reservation charge for this capacity.

DTE Electric and DTE Gas are also party to respective 20-year and 15-year service agreements with NEXUS for the transportation of natural gas. Under the service agreements, NEXUS provides firm pipeline capacity to transport natural gas to DTE Electric and to service DTE Gas customers. DTE Electric and DTE Gas incur a firm daily pipeline reservation charge, which is recovered through the respective PSCR and GCR mechanisms.

DTE Energy Trading also enters into related party transactions with NEXUS for the transportation of natural gas.

The following table summarizes the amounts resulting from these transactions included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations:


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(In millions)
Operating Revenues — Utility operations
DTE Gas	$	8	$	8	$	16	$	16
Fuel, purchased power, and gas — utility
DTE Electric	$	2	$	2	$	4	$	4
DTE Gas	$	6	$	6	$	12	$	13
Fuel, purchased power, and gas — non-utility
DTE Energy Trading	$	6	$	1	$	13	$	3

Other related party transactions with equity method investees include transactions with Vector Pipeline and Millennium Pipeline. These transactions were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.