Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Entity Information [Line Items]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rates

The following table details the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2020	2019	2020	2019
DPL	55.2%	(35.6)%	71.1%	(9.8)%

Subsidiaries [Member]

Entity Information [Line Items]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rates

The following table details the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

	Three months ended		Nine months ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2020	2019	2020	2019
DP&L	16.4%	(19.1)%	4.8%	4.7%