Fair Value Accounting, Restricted Investments (Details) (Cleco Power [Member], USD $)			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2007	Jun. 30, 2014 Restricted Storm Reserve [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Available-For-Sale Debt Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Municipal Bonds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Corporate Bonds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Federal Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial Paper [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
LPSC authorized storm reserve funding		$ 50,000,000
Amount of restricted cash and cash equivalents transfered to an investment manager	13,000,000
Reconciliation of available-for-sale debt securities from amortized cost to fair value[Abstract]
Amortized Cost				12,834,000	9,838,000	513,000	1,000,000	1,483,000
Total Unrealized Gains				10,000	8,000	2,000	0	0
Total Unrealized Losses				(15,000)	(15,000)	0	0	0
Fair Value				12,829,000	9,831,000	515,000	1,000,000	1,483,000
Realized gain on available-for-sale debt securities			$ 100,000