Reportable Segments (Revenues By Similar Products And Services) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Total revenues	$ 2,097,866	$ 1,587,807	$ 6,061,892	$ 4,822,316
Intrastate Transportation And Storage [Member] | ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	617,244	529,507	1,849,575	1,662,037
Interstate Transportation [Member] | ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	120,065	74,659	330,016	213,007
Midstream [Member] | ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	565,246	458,381	1,492,025	1,484,211
NGL Transportation And Services [Member] | ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	131,284	0	224,970	0
Retail Propane And Other Retail Propane Related [Member] | ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	236,781	205,833	1,037,969	987,114
All Other [Member] | ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	44,696	22,264	96,433	83,962
Gathering And Processing [Member] | Regency [Domain]
Total revenues	339,273	253,054	908,448	775,636
Joint Ventures [Member] | Regency [Domain]
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Contract Compression [Member] | Regency [Domain]
Total revenues	36,024	36,172	112,532	107,197
Contract Treating [Member] | Regency [Domain]
Total revenues	10,573	3,299	29,848	3,299
Corporate And Others [Member] | Regency [Domain]
Total revenues	4,397	4,363	13,189	12,786
ETP [Domain]
Total revenues	1,715,316	1,290,644	5,030,988	4,430,331
Regency [Domain]
Total revenues	$ 390,267	$ 296,888	$ 1,064,017	$ 898,918