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Fair Value Accounting, Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2010
Liability Description    
Institutional money market funds cash and cash equivalents $ 83,500,000  
Institutional money market funds current restricted cash 8,700,000  
Institutional money market funds non-current restricted cash 27,100,000  
Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Net current liability 5,300,000  
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 119,327,000 229,748,000
Total Assets 119,327,000 229,845,000
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 8,666,000 15,245,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 97,000
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 5,336,000 15,245,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 3,330,000 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 0 3,317,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 3,317,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 119,327,000 229,748,000
Total Assets 119,327,000 229,845,000
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 8,666,000 11,928,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 97,000
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 5,336,000 11,928,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 3,330,000 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 0 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
Cleco Power [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Institutional money market funds cash and cash equivalents 64,600,000  
Institutional money market funds current restricted cash 8,700,000  
Institutional money market funds non-current restricted cash 27,000,000  
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 100,331,000 224,451,000
Total Assets 100,331,000 224,548,000
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 8,666,000 15,245,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 97,000
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 5,336,000 15,245,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 3,330,000 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 0 3,317,000 [1]
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 3,317,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 100,331,000 224,451,000
Total Assets 100,331,000 224,548,000
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 8,666,000 11,928,000 [1]
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 97,000
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 5,336,000 11,928,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 3,330,000 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Total Liabilities 0 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Derivative assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities $ 0 $ 0
[1] ges.(1) In November 2010, an interest rate swap was terminated. The rem