ETE Merger and Pending Holdco Transaction Narrative (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended					3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 years	Mar. 25, 2012 ETECommonUnit	Mar. 25, 2012 Final election results [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Actively elected [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 No election [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Citrus [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Citrus [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Citrus [Member]	Jun. 15, 2012 Holdco [Member] ETE [Member]	Jun. 15, 2012 Holdco [Member] ETP [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Units Acquired for Cash [Member] Final election results [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Units Acquired for Equity [Member] Final election results [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Successor [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Predecessor [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Predecessor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Predecessor [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Transportation and Storage [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Gathering and Processing [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Distribution [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Corporate and other activities [Member]
Plan Of Merger [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 1												$ 0.01		$ 1	$ 1
Cash value of oustanding share		$ 44.25
ETE common unit (in units)		1.00
Percentage of maximum cash consideration in total consideration		60.00%
Percentage of fluctuation in common units allowed											50.00%
Percentage of shares, payable in cash			54.00%
Shares elected and received in cash (in shares)				38,872,598	18,109,262							67,985,929	56,981,860
Percentage of shares, payable in ETE units			46.00%
Percentage owned of Citrus Corp outstanding stock							50.00%
Total merger amount		3,912,868,000						2,000,000,000
Merger amount, in cash								1,895,000,000
Merger amount, in common units						105,000,000
Merger related expenses														70,600,000	18,700,000
Amount of Citrus Merger cash consideration received contributed to Merger Sub in exchange for equity interest in Merger Sub						1,450,000,000
Intangible asset, estimated useful life	17.5
Goodwill		$ 2,030,273,000																$ 1,170,000,000	$ 598,300,000	$ 251,800,000	$ 10,800,000
Equity interest percentage									60.00%	40.00%