ETE Merger and Holdco Transaction Narrative (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 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]	Sep. 30, 2012 Citrus [Member]	Mar. 25, 2012 Citrus [Member]	Oct. 05, 2012 Holdco [Member] ETE [Member]	Oct. 05, 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]	Sep. 30, 2012 Successor [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
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized		24,900,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		136,800,000
ETE Common Units Issued		178,851
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		3,912,866,000						2,000,000,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs														72,100,000	18,700,000
Merger amount, in cash								1,900,000,000
Merger amount, in common units						105,000,000
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		$ 2,030,271,000															$ 1,170,000,000	$ 598,300,000	$ 251,800,000	$ 10,800,000
Post Merger Equity Investment By Affiliate									0.60	0.40