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Derivative Instruments (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013
Electricity [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Electricity
Settlement Dates	December 2013
Volume	88,340 MWh
Electricity one [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Electricity
Settlement Dates	January 2014
Volume	44,000 MWh
Electricity two [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Electricity
Settlement Dates	February 2014
Volume	40,000 MWh
Electricity three [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Electricity
Settlement Dates	July 2014
Volume	52,800 MWh
Electricity four [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Electricity
Settlement Dates	August 2014
Volume	50,400 MWh
Electricity five [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Electricity
Settlement Dates	September 2014
Volume	16,800 MWh
Natural Gas [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Natural gas
Settlement Dates	November 2013
Volume	150,000 Dth
Natural Gas one [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Natural gas
Settlement Dates	December 2013
Volume	775,000 Dth
Natural Gas Two [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Natural gas
Settlement Dates	January 2014
Volume	375,000 Dth
Natural Gas Three [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Natural gas
Settlement Dates	February 2014
Volume	1,425,000 Dth
Natural Gas Four [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Natural gas
Settlement Dates	March 2014
Volume	225,000 Dth
Natural Gas Five [Member]
Summarized volume of IDT Energy's outstanding future contracts
Commodity	Natural gas
Settlement Dates	July 2014
Volume	77,500 Dth

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5580258-113959



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