Pension Plan and Employee Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]

Net Periodic Pension and Other Benefits Cost

The components of net periodic pension and other benefits cost for the three months ended March 31, 2019, and 2018 were as follows:

	PENSION BENEFITS						OTHER BENEFITS
	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31,						FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31,
(THOUSANDS)	2019			2018			2019			2018
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost	$	2,067		$	2,393		$	288		$	338
Interest cost	5,650			5,183			400			357
Expected return on plan assets	(6,622		)	(5,938		)	—			—
Amortizations
Prior period service credit	(18		)	(18		)	—			—
Net loss (gain)	1,875			2,960			(45		)	5
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,952		$	4,580		$	643		$	700

The components of the net SERP for the three months ended March 31, 2019, and 2018 were as follows:

	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31,
(THOUSANDS)	2019			2018
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost	$	113		$	105
Interest cost	825			760
Amortizations
Prior period service credit	(35		)	(35		)
Net loss	392			585
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,295		$	1,415

Current and Non-Current Portions of Other Benefits Liability

The current and non-current portions of the other benefits liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, were as follows:

Cleco
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2019		AT DEC. 31, 2018
Current	$	4,130	$	4,130
Non-current	$	35,805	$	36,325

The current and non-current portions of the SERP liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, were as follows:

Cleco
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2019		AT DEC. 31, 2018
Current	$	4,478	$	4,478
Non-current	$	73,736	$	73,936

Expense of the 401(k) Plan

Cleco’s 401(k) Plan expense for the three monthsended March 31, 2019, and 2018 was as follows:

	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31,
(THOUSANDS)	2019		2018
401(k) Plan expense	$	2,267	$	2,063

The expense of the 401(k) Plan related to Cleco’s other subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2019, and 2018 was as follows:

	FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAR. 31,
(THOUSANDS)	2019		2018
401(k) Plan expense	$	930	$	402

CLECO POWER

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Current and Non-Current Portions of Other Benefits Liability

Cleco Power
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2019		AT DEC. 31, 2018
Current	$	930	$	930
Non-current	$	12,009	$	12,025

Cleco Power
(THOUSANDS)	AT MAR. 31, 2019		AT DEC. 31, 2018
Current	$	3,584	$	3,584
Non-current	$	31,274	$	31,694