Customer refundable fees, expected refund

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- Definition

The percentage of retail earnings to be returned to retail customers, as per the Formula Rate Plan, when the return on equity falls within a certain range.

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- Definition

The high range of the return on equity which triggers a retail customer partial refund obligation. All retail earnings must be returned to customers when the return on equity exceeds this high range.

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- Definition

The low range of the return on equity which triggers a retail customer partial refund obligation.

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- Definition

Amount of refund payments made to customers during the period.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 605

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 13.A.4(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012821&loc=d3e214044-122780

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 13

-Section A

-Paragraph a

-Subsection 4

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- Definition

Current regulatory liabilities generally represent obligations to make refunds to customers for various reasons including overpayment.

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- Definition

Percentage of public utility's approved rate increase (decrease) by regulatory agency.

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- Definition

Percentage of public utility's approved return on equity.

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Electric Customer Credits (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	53 Months Ended
Electric Customer Credits (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			$ 2,264,000us-gaap_CustomerRefundLiabilityCurrent		$ 3,533,000us-gaap_CustomerRefundLiabilityCurrent
Cleco Power [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			2,264,000		3,533,000
Louisiana Public Service Commission [Member] \| FRP extension [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Target return on equity allowed by FRP (in hundredths)		10.00%
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Percentage		10.90%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers (in hundredths)		60.00%
Return on equity for customer credit, low range (in hundredths)		10.90%
Return on equity for customer credit, high range (in hundredths)		11.75%
Customer Refundable Fees, Refund Payments	22,300,000
Louisiana Public Service Commission [Member] \| 2014 FRP Monitoring Report [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Customer refundable fees, expected refund			1,600,000
Louisiana Public Service Commission [Member] \| 2013 FRP Monitoring Report [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Customer Refundable Fees, Refund Payments	$ 2,200,000
Louisiana Public Service Commission [Member] \| 2010 FRP [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Target return on equity allowed by FRP (in hundredths)				10.70%
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Percentage				11.30%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers (in hundredths)				60.00%
Return on equity for customer credit, low range (in hundredths)				11.30%
Return on equity for customer credit, high range (in hundredths)				12.30%