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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2015
Gross Balance, Subject to Amortization   $ 66.5dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross [1] $ 67.2dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross [1]  
Amortization of intangibles 0.3us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets (35.2)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets [1] (30.5)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets [1]  
Net Balance, Subject to Amortization   31.3us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet [1] 36.7us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet [1]  
Intangible Assets, Gross (Excluding Goodwill)   72.6us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill 73.3us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill  
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)   37.4us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 42.8us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 31.7us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Parent Company [Member]        
Amortization of intangibles   1.2us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Customer Contracts [Member]        
Gross Balance, Subject to Amortization   27.0dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
27.0dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
 
Amortization of intangibles   (27.0)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
(25.8)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
 
Net Balance, Subject to Amortization     1.2us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
 
Customer Relationships [Member]        
Gross Balance, Subject to Amortization   31.8dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
[2] 31.8dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
[2]  
Amortization of intangibles   (6.9)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
[2] (4.6)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
[2]  
Net Balance, Subject to Amortization   24.9us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
[2] 27.2us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
[2]  
Other Intangible Assets [Member]        
Gross Balance, Subject to Amortization   7.7dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
[3] 8.4dpl_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
[3]  
Amortization of intangibles   (1.3)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
[3] (0.1)us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
[3]  
Net Balance, Subject to Amortization   6.4us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
[3] 8.3us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
[3]  
Trademarks [Member]        
Gross Balance, Not Subject to Amortization   6.1dpl_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
6.1dpl_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
 
Net Balance, Not Subject to Amortization   $ 6.1us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
$ 6.1us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
 
[1] (c)Consists of various intangible assets including renewable energy credits, emission allowances, and other intangibles, none of which are individually significant.
[2] Represents above market contracts that DPLER has with third-party customers existing as of the Merger date.
[3] (b)Represents relationships DPLER has with third-party customers as of the Merger date, where DPLER has regular contact with the customer, and the customer has the ability to make direct contact with DPLER.