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Public Utilities, Approved Acceleration Of Amortization, Regulatory Liability, Tax Cuts And Jobs Act

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Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Net Increase (Decrease) To Customers

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Amount of public utility's approved rate increase (decrease) by regulatory agency.

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Percentage of public utility's approved return on equity.

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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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The amount of indirect disallowance of costs of a recently completed plant. When it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made, the estimated amount of the probable disallowance is deducted from the reported cost of the plant and recognized as a loss. If part of the cost is explicitly, but indirectly, disallowed (for example, by an explicit disallowance of return on investment on a portion of the plant), an equivalent amount of cost is deducted from the reported cost of the plant and recognized as a loss.

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Amount of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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Percentage of public utility's requested return on equity.

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The amount for the individual regulatory liability as itemized in a table of regulatory liabilities as of the end of the period.

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Regulatory Matters (Details Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Millions					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 17, 2020	May 08, 2020	Nov. 25, 2019	Jul. 08, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Jul. 09, 2020
DTE Electric \| COVID-19 Pandemic
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Uncollectible expense deferred as a Regulatory asset					$ (1)		$ 5
DTE Electric \| COVID-19 Pandemic \| Forecast
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Proposed regulatory liability								$ 30
DTE Electric \| MPSC \| 2019 Electric Rate Case Filing
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Requested rate increase				$ 351
Return on equity percent		9.90%		10.00%
Return on equity requested percent				10.50%
Approved rate increase		$ 188
Disallowed cost, capital expenditures related to incentive compensation		$ 41
Regulatory liability for non-plant-related accumulated deferred income tax balances that resulted from the TCJA, accelerated amortization approved									$ 102
DTE Gas \| COVID-19 Pandemic
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Uncollectible expense deferred as a Regulatory asset					$ (1)		$ 1
DTE Gas \| MPSC \| 2019 Gas Rate Case Filing
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Requested rate increase			$ 204
Return on equity percent	9.90%		10.00%
Return on equity requested percent			10.50%
Approved rate increase	$ 110
Disallowed cost, capital expenditures related to incentive compensation						$ 14
Regulatory liability for non-plant-related accumulated deferred income tax balances that resulted from the TCJA, accelerated amortization approved	20
Net increase to customers due to rate increase	$ 51