Fair Value (Fair Value and Unrealized Gains and Losses for the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Funds) (Details) - DTE Electric - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 1,924	$ 1,855
Unrealized Gains	534	501
Unrealized Losses	(12)	(7)
Cash equivalents
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	20	27
Private equity and other
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	122	104
Unrealized Gains	12	0
Unrealized Losses	0	0
Equity securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	1,204	1,169
Unrealized Gains	504	481
Unrealized Losses	(6)	(6)
Fixed income securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	578	555
Unrealized Gains	18	20
Unrealized Losses	$ (6)	$ (1)

Decommissioning Fund Investments, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, Before Tax

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Decommissioning Fund Investments, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, Before Tax

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The fair value of investments held in a trust fund to pay for the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning facilities, whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure on the balance sheet. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
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