The amount of subsidies from ETP to ETE to reduce incentive distributions in connection with certain transactions.

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Number of Regency common units to be issued in an acquisition for each share of acquired company owned.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

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- Definition

The excise taxes collected by a public utility and reported in revenues if the amount of excise taxes is equal to 1 percent or more of such total.

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The consolidated profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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The number of units or percentage investment held in the subsidiary by the limited liability company or limited partnership.

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Operations And Organization Operations And Organization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Revenues			$ 6,601	$ 14,933	$ 28,467	$ 42,048
Net income			393	514	1,500	1,544
ETP [Member]
Revenues			6,601	13,618	27,384	38,879
Net income			393	447	1,582	1,519
Regency [Member]
Revenues			0	1,483	1,300	3,524
Net income			0	107	(29)	115
Adjustments And Eliminations [Member]
Revenues			0	(168)	(217)	(355)
Net income			0	(40)	$ (53)	(90)
Lone Star L.L.C. [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest					100.00%
FEP [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest					50.00%
Citrus [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest					50.00%
Regency [Member] \| Lone Star L.L.C. [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest					30.00%
Fayetteville Express Pipeline, LLC [Member] \| FEP [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest					100.00%
Citrus [Member] \| FGT
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest					100.00%
Retail marketing
Revenues			1,363	5,988	$ 11,705	16,567
Excise Taxes Collected			$ 211	$ 632	$ 1,710	$ 1,740
Sunoco LP Exchange [Member]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares	21,000,000
IDR Subsidies	$ 35
Sunoco LP Exchange [Member] \| Sunoco GP [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Ownership Interest	100.00%
Regency Merger [Member]
Number of Regency Common Units to be Issued in Acquisition Per Share		0.4124
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares		172,200,000
IDR Subsidies		$ 320
ETP Subsidiaries [Member] \| Regency Merger [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares		15,500,000
ETP Series A Preferred Units [Member] \| Regency Merger [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares		1,900,000
First year post closing [Member] \| Regency Merger [Member]
IDR Subsidies		$ 80
Four years post closing [Member] \| Regency Merger [Member]
IDR Subsidies		$ 60