Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 shares
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Duke Energy Corporation
Entity Central Index Key	0001326160
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	699,883,528
Trading Symbol	DUK
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, LLC
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, LLC
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, LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0000081020
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Piedmont Natural Gas [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000078460
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer