Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	May 06, 2014
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2014
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Corporation
Entity Central Index Key	0001326160
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		707,237,462
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Duke Energy Carolinas [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0000030371
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Progress Energy [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Progress Energy, Inc
Entity Central Index Key	0001094093
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Duke Energy Progress [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000017797
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Duke Energy Florida [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Florida, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000037637
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Duke Energy Ohio [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000020290
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Duke Energy Indiana [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000081020
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer