ORGANIZATION - Ownership Interests in Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 LimitedPartnership
ORGANIZATION
Number of intermediate limited partnerships through which pipeline assets are owned	3

Represents the number of intermediate limited partnerships through which the entity owns its pipeline assets.

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Namespace Prefix:	tcp_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration