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Electric Customer Credits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	53 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			$ 5,444	$ 2,264
Cleco Power [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			5,444	$ 2,264
Cleco Power [Member] \| FERC [Member] \| Transmission ROE [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			2,400
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| 2010 FRP [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP (in hundredths)		10.70%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers (in hundredths)		60.00%
ROE for customer credit, low range (in hundredths)		11.30%
ROE for customer credit, high range (in hundredths)		12.30%
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| FRP extension [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP (in hundredths)	10.00%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers (in hundredths)	60.00%
ROE for customer credit, low range (in hundredths)	10.90%
ROE for customer credit, high range (in hundredths)	11.75%
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| 2014 FRP Monitoring Report [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			1,600		$ 1,600
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| Energy Efficiency Programs [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			1,100
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| 2015 FRP Monitoring report [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund			$ 300
Maximum [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| 2010 FRP [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP (in hundredths)		11.30%
Maximum [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| FRP extension [Member]
Electric Customer Credits [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP (in hundredths)	10.90%