Pension Plan and Employee Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

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The components of net periodic pension and other benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016 are as follows:



	PENSION BENEFITS						OTHER BENEFITS
	SUCCESSOR			PREDECESSOR			SUCCESSOR			PREDECESSOR
(THOUSANDS)	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2017			FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2016			FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2017			FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2016
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost	$	2,225		$	2,262		$	385		$	380
Interest cost	5,358			5,507			403			420
Expected return on plan assets	(6,138		)	(6,010		)	—			—
Amortizations
Prior period service (credit) cost	(18		)	(18		)	—			30
Net loss (gain)	2,413			2,469			(3		)	160
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,840		$	4,210		$	785		$	990

401(k) Plan expense

Cleco’s 401(k) Plan expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016 is as follows:



	SUCCESSOR		PREDECESSOR
(THOUSANDS)	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2017		FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2016
401(k) Plan expense	$	1,668	$	1,374

Other Benefits [Member]

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Schedule of current and non-current portions

The current and non-current portions of the other benefits liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, are as follows:



Cleco
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2017		AT DEC. 31, 2016
Current	$	3,854	$	3,854
Non-current	$	39,934	$	40,196

SERP Benefits [Member]

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Net periodic benefit costs

The components of net periodic benefit cost related to SERP for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016 are as follows:



	SUCCESSOR			PREDECESSOR
(THOUSANDS)	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2017			FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2016
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost	$	145		$	583
Interest cost	800			731
Amortizations
Prior period service (credit) cost	(57		)	13
Net loss	419			655
Net periodic benefit cost	1,307			1,982
Special/contractual termination benefits	315			—
Total benefit cost	$	1,622		$	1,982

Schedule of current and non-current portions

The current and non-current portions of the SERP liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, are as follows:



Cleco
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2017		AT DEC. 31, 2016
Current	$	4,308	$	4,308
Non-current	$	77,329	$	73,738

Cleco Power [Member] | Other Benefits [Member]

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Schedule of current and non-current portions



Cleco Power
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2017		AT DEC. 31, 2016
Current	$	3,345	$	3,345
Non-current	$	34,668	$	34,892

Cleco Power [Member] | SERP Benefits [Member]

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Schedule of current and non-current portions



Cleco Power
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2017		AT DEC. 31, 2016
Current	$	885	$	885
Non-current	$	16,075	$	15,145

Other Subsidiaries [Member]

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401(k) Plan expense

The expense of the 401(k) Plan related to Cleco’s other subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016 is as follows:



	SUCCESSOR		PREDECESSOR
(THOUSANDS)	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2017		FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31, 2016
401(k) Plan expense	$	279	$	282