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Contractual Obligations, Commercial Commitments and Contingenciesl (Schedule Of Contractual Obligations And Commercial Commitments) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Contractual Obligations, Commercial Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]    
Total long-term debt $ 2,139.6us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 2,129.6us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Long-term debt, Less than 1 year 20.1us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths 30.1us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths
Long-term debt, More than 5 years 1,227.7us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive 1,227.5us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive
Total Purchase orders and other contractual obligations 72.4dpl_PurchaseOrdersAndOtherContractualObligationsNet  
Purchase orders and other contractual obligations, Less than 1 year 39.2dpl_PurchaseOrdersAndOtherContractualObligationsPaymentInNextTwelveMonths  
Purchase orders and other contractual obligations, 2 - 3 years 17.3dpl_PurchaseOrdersAndOtherContractualObligationsPaymentInYearsTwoAndThree  
Purchase orders and other contractual obligations, 4 - 5 years 15.9dpl_PurchaseOrdersAndOtherContractualObligationsPaymentInYearsFourAndFive  
Coal Contracts [Member]    
Contractual Obligations, Commercial Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]    
Total Coal Contracts 486.2dpl_CoalContractsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_CoalContractsMember
 
Coal Contracts, Less than 1 year 255.6dpl_CoalContractsPaymentLessThan1Year
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_CoalContractsMember
 
Coal Contracts, 2 - 3 years 161.2dpl_CoalContractsPaymentInTwoAndThreeYears
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_CoalContractsMember
 
Coal Contracts, 4 - 5 years 69.4dpl_CoalContractsPaymentInYearsFourAndFive
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_CoalContractsMember
 
Limestone Contracts [Member]    
Contractual Obligations, Commercial Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, Less than 1 year 6.1us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_LimestoneContractsMember
 
Total Limestone Contracts 18.3dpl_LimestoneContractsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_LimestoneContractsMember
 
Limestone Contracts, 2 - 3 years $ 12.2dpl_LimestoneContractsPaymentInTwoAndThreeYears
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= dpl_LimestoneContractsMember