Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textuals) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Unbilled revenues	$ 2,038,000,000	$ 1,695,000,000
Specific review of probable future collections based on receivable balances, threshold duration	30 days
Intangible assets amortization expense	$ 16,000,000	16,000,000	$ 16,000,000
Excise and sales taxes net impact on statement of operations	0
Charitable contributions	0	25,000,000	$ 20,000,000
Natural gas inventory
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
LIFO inventory amount	44,000,000	50,000,000
Excess of replacement costs over stated LIFO value	152,000,000	136,000,000
Notes receivable
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing receivables	80,000,000
Past due
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing receivables	$ 0
Minimum | Notes receivable
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of days after which receivable is considered delinquent	60 days
Maximum | Notes receivable
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of days after which receivable is considered delinquent	120 days
DTE Electric and DTE Gas
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Threshold period past due for write-off of trade accounts receivable	150 days
DTE Electric and DTE Gas | Accounts Receivable
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of days after which receivable is considered delinquent	21 days
DTE Electric
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Unbilled revenues	$ 727,000,000	694,000,000
DTE Electric | Notes receivable
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing receivables	17,000,000
Unbilled revenues
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Unbilled revenues	1,200,000,000	1,000,000,000
Unbilled revenues | DTE Electric
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Unbilled revenues	$ 290,000,000	$ 270,000,000