Variable Interest Entities (Sales and Cash Flows) (Details) - Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] - Cinergy Receivables [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Duke Energy Ohio [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Receivables sold	$ 1,987	$ 1,879	$ 1,926
Loss recognized on sale	13	10	9
Cash proceeds from receivables sold	1,967	1,865	1,882
Collection fees received	1	1	1
Return received on retained interests	6	3	2
Duke Energy Indiana [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Receivables sold	2,842	2,711	2,635
Loss recognized on sale	16	12	11
Cash proceeds from receivables sold	2,815	2,694	2,583
Collection fees received	1	1	1
Return received on retained interests	$ 9	$ 7	$ 5

The amount of any sales of receivables during the reporting period.

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- Definition

Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Cash Flows between a transferee and a transferor attributable to servicing fees related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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- Definition

Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment.

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- Definition

Amount of cash inflow from collection on beneficial interest in securitization of receivables.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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