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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
Net income $ 109us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 152us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 56us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 49us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Amortization of deferred financing costs 2us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 2us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Deferred income taxes 68us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 89us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Write-down of natural gas inventory 2us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown 0us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net of distributions 20us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions (22)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions
Changes in other assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable and unbilled revenues, net 62us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndOtherReceivables (272)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsAndOtherReceivables
Accounts receivable/payable - affiliated companies 0cerc_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivablePayableAffiliates (18)cerc_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivablePayableAffiliates
Inventory 170us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories 116us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Taxes receivable 0us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxesReceivable 18us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxesReceivable
Accounts payable (174)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable 141us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Fuel cost recovery 86us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOverUnderEnergyRecovery (27)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOverUnderEnergyRecovery
Interest and taxes accrued 1cerc_IncreaseDecreaseInterestAndTaxesAccrued 9cerc_IncreaseDecreaseInterestAndTaxesAccrued
Non-trading derivatives, net 1us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDerivativeAssetsAndLiabilities 0us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDerivativeAssetsAndLiabilities
Margin deposits, net (4)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInMarginDepositsOutstanding 1us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInMarginDepositsOutstanding
Other current assets 7us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets 13us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
Other current liabilities (18)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentLiabilities (6)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentLiabilities
Other assets 12us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentAssets 16us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentAssets
Other liabilities 11us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentLiabilities 23us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentLiabilities
Other, net 0us-gaap_OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement 2us-gaap_OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement
Net cash provided by operating activities 411us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 286us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:    
Capital expenditures (102)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (89)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Other, net 2us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities (1)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Net cash used in investing activities (100)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (90)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:    
Decrease in short-term borrowings, net (53)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfShortTermDebt (43)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfShortTermDebt
Payments of commercial paper, net (62)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper (118)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper
Decrease in notes payable - affiliated companies (188)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInNotesPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent (19)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInNotesPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Other, net 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities 1us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Net cash used in financing activities (303)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (179)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents 8us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 17us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period 2us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 1us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period 10us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 18us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash Payments:    
Interest, net of capitalized interest 28us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 28us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income taxes (refunds), net 3us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet (18)us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Non-cash transactions:    
Accounts payable related to capital expenditures $ 27us-gaap_CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid $ 16us-gaap_CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid