Employee Postretirement Benefits - Schedule of Benefit Payments (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Pension Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expected Benefit Payments - 2014	$ 53.5
Expected Benefit Payments - 2015	50.9
Expected Benefit Payments - 2016	55.3
Expected Benefit Payments - 2017	55.9
Expected Benefit Payments - 2018	58.3
Expected Benefit Payments - 2019-2023	298.6
Pension Benefits [Member] \| TECO Energy [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expected Benefit Payments - 2014	53.5
Expected Benefit Payments - 2015	50.9
Expected Benefit Payments - 2016	55.3
Expected Benefit Payments - 2017	55.9
Expected Benefit Payments - 2018	58.3
Expected Benefit Payments - 2019-2023	298.6
Other Postretirement Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expected Benefit Payments - 2014	13.3
Expected Benefit Payments - 2015	13.9
Expected Benefit Payments - 2016	14.6
Expected Benefit Payments - 2017	15.2
Expected Benefit Payments - 2018	15.7
Expected Benefit Payments - 2019-2023	81.9
Other Postretirement Benefits [Member] \| TECO Energy [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expected Benefit Payments - 2014	13.3
Expected Benefit Payments - 2015	13.9
Expected Benefit Payments - 2016	14.6
Expected Benefit Payments - 2017	15.2
Expected Benefit Payments - 2018	15.7
Expected Benefit Payments - 2019-2023	$ 81.9

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Amount of benefits expected to be paid in the five fiscal years after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year from a defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (f)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Amount of benefits expected to be paid in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year from a defined benefit plan.

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