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Income Taxes (Details Textuals) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Deferred tax asset, general business tax credit carryforwards   $ 29,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness  
Deferred tax asset, alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards   267,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax  
Deferred tax assets, state net operating loss and credit carry-forwards   39,000,000dte_DeferredTaxAssetsStateNetOperatingLossAndCreditCarryForwards 43,000,000dte_DeferredTaxAssetsStateNetOperatingLossAndCreditCarryForwards
Valuation allowance   31,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 37,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate   2,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 2,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Significant change in unrecognized tax benefit is reasonable possible, amount of unrecorded benefit   6,000,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit  
Interest on income taxes accrued   1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued
Income tax penalties accrued   0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued  
Interest on income taxes expense $ (1,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense