Schedule I Financial Statements of Cleco Corporation, Business Combinations (Details) - Successor [Member] - Cleco Holdings [Member]	Apr. 13, 2016 $ / shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 1.00
Share price at the time of the Merger (in dollars per share)	$ 55.37

Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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