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Business Acquisition, Total Plant Capacity

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph (b)

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Acquisition (Details) household in Thousands, $ in Millions		6 Months Ended
Acquisition (Details) household in Thousands, $ in Millions	Jan. 21, 2015 USD ($) household MW	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price		$ 241	$ 0
DTE Electric
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price		$ 241	$ 0
DTE Electric \| Natural Gas Facility in Carson City Michigan
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gas facility capacity \| MW	732
Number of additional households served \| household	260
Equity interest acquired	100.00%
Total purchase price	$ 241