Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Purchase Commitments

The Registrants estimate the following commitments from 2017 through 2051 for DTE Energy, and 2017 through 2033 for DTE Electric, as detailed in the following table:

	DTE Energy		DTE Electric
	(In millions)
2017	$	2,394	$	515
2018	1,226		520
2019	570		165
2020	412		104
2021	373		104
2022 and thereafter	2,745		904
	$	7,720	$	2,312