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Amount of cost disallowed as a result of an audit, excluding interest.

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Number of petitions filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals

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Public Utilities, Proposed Return on Equity, Percentage

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Cost incurred in providing environmental engineering and consulting; environmental testing and analysis; and remediation services during the reporting period.

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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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Fuel costs incurred that are directly related to goods produced and sold and services rendered during the reporting period.

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Percentage of public utility's approved return on equity.

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Percentage of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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Litigation, Other Commitments and Contingencies, and Disclosures about Guarantees, Litigation (Details)			1 Months Ended				24 Months Ended	62 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 19, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2016 petition
Litigation [Abstract]
Provision for rate refund									$ 3,262,000		$ 3,974,000
Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss									4,800,000
Gulf Coast Spinning start up costs [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Allegations by plaintiff, failure to perform				$ 6,500,000
Gulf Coast Spinning construction of cotton spinning facility [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Allegations by plaintiff, failure to perform				$ 60,000,000
Cleco Power [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Provision for rate refund									3,262,000		$ 3,974,000
LPSC 2014-2015 Fuel Audit [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Fuel Costs							$ 582,600,000
Cost disallowance in audit, excluding interest										$ 0
LPSC Nov2010-Dec2015 EAC audit [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Environmental expenses included in audit								$ 81,200,000
Number of petitions filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals \| petition													6
FERC [Member] \| MISO Transmission Rates [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage (In hundredths)		10.32%				12.38%
Public Utilities, Proposed Return on Equity, Percentage (in hundredths)			9.70%			6.68%
Public Utilities, Requested rate increase (decrease), Percentage (in hundredths)					0.50%
FERC [Member] \| MISO Transmission Rates [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Customer Refundable Fees, Refund Payments	$ 1,200,000
FERC [Member] \| Transmission Return on Equity [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Provision for rate refund									$ 1,900,000
Maximum [Member] \| LPSC Nov2010-Dec2015 EAC audit [Member] \| Cleco Power [Member]
Litigation [Abstract]
Cost disallowance in audit, excluding interest												$ 100,000