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The percentage of retail earnings to be returned to retail customers as ordered by the regulatory agency when the return on equity exceeds a certain range.

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The percentage of retail earnings to be returned to retail customers as ordered by the regulatory agency when the return on equity falls within a certain range.

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

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Rate Credits issued to customers

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For transactions that are recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination, such as related to pre-existing relationships with the acquiree, this element represents the disclosure of the amount of acquisition related costs.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (f)
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Current regulatory liabilities generally represent obligations to make refunds to customers for various reasons including overpayment.

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Amount of cash outflow to customers for refund payments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 605
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 13.A.4(a))
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Percentage of public utility's approved return on equity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Regulation and Rates (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	33 Months Ended
Regulation and Rates (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2017	Sep. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016	Apr. 07, 2016
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers					$ 3,262,000	$ 3,262,000	$ 3,974,000
FERC [Member] \| MISO Transmission Rates [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP (in hundredths)		10.32%		12.38%
Public Utilities, Proposed Return on Equity, Percentage (in hundredths)			9.70%	6.68%
Cleco Power [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers					3,262,000	3,262,000	3,974,000
Cleco Power [Member] \| FERC [Member] \| MISO Transmission Rates [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Customer Refundable Fees, Refund Payments	$ 1,200,000
Cleco Power [Member] \| FERC [Member] \| ROE reduction of transmission rates [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers					1,900,000	$ 1,900,000
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| FRP Monitoring report for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers								$ 0
Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| FRP [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Percentage of retail earnings exceeding range to be returned to customers (in hundredths)						100.00%
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] \| Merger Commitment Monitoring report for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers								$ 300,000
Maximum [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member] \| FRP [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP (in hundredths)						10.90%
Merger Commitments, rate credits [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									$ 136,000,000
Merger Commitments, rate credits [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									136,000,000
Rate Credits issued to customers					125,000,000
Merger Commitments, economic development contribution [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									7,000,000
Merger Commitments, economic development contribution [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments							$ 7,000,000		7,000,000
Merger Commitments, charitable contribution, disbursed over 5 years [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									6,000,000
Merger Commitments, charitable contribution, disbursed over 5 years [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									6,000,000
Merger Commitments, economic development contribution, disbursed over 5 years [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									2,500,000
Merger Commitments, economic development contribution, disbursed over 5 years [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									2,500,000
Merger Commitments, cost savings [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Merger Commitments									1,200,000
Merger Commitments, cost savings [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member] \| LPSC [Member]
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers					$ 1,200,000	$ 1,200,000
Merger Commitments									$ 1,200,000