Organization and Basis of Presentation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The table below summarizes the major Consolidated Statements of Financial Position items for consolidated VIEs as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. All assets and liabilities of a consolidated VIE are presented where it has been determined that a consolidated VIE has either (1) assets that can be used only to settle obligations of the VIE or (2) liabilities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary. Assets and liabilities of the DTE Securitization entities have been aggregated due to their similar nature and are separately stated in the table below, comprising the entirety of the DTE Electric amounts. For all other VIEs, assets and liabilities are also aggregated due to their similar nature and presented together with the DTE Securitization entities in the DTE Energy amounts below. VIEs, in which DTE Energy holds a majority voting interest and is the primary beneficiary, that meet the definition of a business and whose assets can be used for purposes other than the settlement of the VIE's obligations have been excluded from the table.

During Q4 2025, a consolidated VIE of DTE Vantage completed a contract that previously restricted certain assets of the VIE to be used only to settle the VIE's obligations. As a result, the assets and liabilities of the VIE, which primarily include receivables and payables, meet the exclusion criteria above. Accordingly, these assets and liabilities have been removed from the DTE Energy amounts for 2025 in the table below.

Amounts for the Registrants' consolidated VIEs are as follows:


	December 31,
	2025				2024
	DTE Energy		DTE Electric		DTE Energy		DTE Electric
	(In millions)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5	$	—	$	6	$	—
Restricted cash	42		42		64		48
Accounts receivable	10		6		27		6
Securitized regulatory assets	619		619		690		690




Notes receivable(a)	68		—		657		—
Other current and long-term assets	1		—		1		—
	$	745	$	667	$	1,445	$	744

LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	$	—	—		$	26	$	—
Accrued interest	11		11		12		12


Regulatory liabilities — current	23		23		27		27

Securitization bonds(b)	636		636		706		706

Other current and long-term liabilities	4		—		20		—
	$	674	$	670	$	791	$	745

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(a)At December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Notes receivable includes $2 million and $14 million, respectively, reported in Current Assets — Other on DTE Energy's Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

(b)Includes $75 million and $71 million reported in Current portion of long-term debt on the Registrants' Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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