Litigation, Other Commitments and Contingencies, and Disclosures about Guarantees, On-Balance Sheet Guarantees (Details) - Cleco Power [Member] - Financial Guarantee [Member] $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Disclosures about Guarantees [Abstract]
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted	$ 106.5
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	$ 3.8

Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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