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Fair Value Accounting, Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details) (USD $)
Sep. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Liability Description    
Institutional money market funds cash and cash equivalents $ 58,500,000  
Institutional money market funds current restricted cash 3,400,000  
Institutional money market funds non-current restricted cash 12,800,000  
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 74,712,000 118,951,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 4,470,000 0
Total Assets 79,182,000 118,951,000
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 1,553,694,000 1,542,867,000
Total Liabilities 1,557,757,000 1,551,533,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 5,336,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 4,063,000 3,330,000
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
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 0 0
Total Liabilities 0 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
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 74,712,000 118,951,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 4,470,000 0
Total Assets 79,182,000 118,951,000
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 1,553,694,000 1,542,867,000
Total Liabilities 1,557,757,000 1,551,533,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 5,336,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 4,063,000 3,330,000
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 0 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 0 0
Total Liabilities 0 0
Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
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 45,000,000  
Institutional money market funds current restricted cash 3,400,000  
Institutional money market funds non-current restricted cash 12,700,000  
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 61,115,000 99,955,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 4,470,000 0
Total Assets 65,585,000 99,955,000
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 1,553,694,000 1,532,867,000
Total Liabilities 1,557,757,000 1,541,533,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 5,336,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Estimated Fair Value [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 4,063,000 3,330,000
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
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 0 0
Total Liabilities 0 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 0
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 61,115,000 99,955,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 4,470,000 0
Total Assets 65,585,000 99,955,000
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 1,553,694,000 1,532,867,000
Total Liabilities 1,557,757,000 1,541,533,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 0 5,336,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Interest Rate Derivatives [Member]
   
Liability Description    
Derivative liabilities 4,063,000 3,330,000
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
   
Asset Description    
Institutional money market funds 0 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure 0 0
Total Assets 0 0
Liability Description    
Long-term debt, excluding debt issuance costs 0 0
Total Liabilities 0 0
Cleco Power [Member] | Measured On A Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Energy Market Derivatives [Member]
   
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