Retirement Benefits and Trusteed Assets (Details Textuals) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Pension plans \| Qualified Plan \| Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Anticipated contributions, current fiscal year	$ 107,000,000
Postretirement benefit plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Anticipated contributions, current fiscal year	0
DTE Electric \| Pension plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Pension cost	26,000,000	$ 26,000,000
DTE Electric \| Pension plans \| Qualified Plan \| Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Anticipated contributions, current fiscal year	$ 100,000,000

Amount of contributions received and expected to be received by defined benefit plan from employer in current fiscal year.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e2709-114920

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118257860&loc=d3e4587-114921

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