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Schedule I Financial Statements of Cleco Holdings (Parent Company Only) - Debt (Details)			1 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 05, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Short-term debt outstanding					$ 0	$ 0
Long-term debt outstanding					3,190,000,000
Repayments of long-term debt					390,571,000	19,193,000	$ 17,896,000
Payments on credit facilities					108,000,000	0	179,000,000
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2020					133,300,000
2021					200,000,000
2022					267,700,000
2023					333,300,000
Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Short-term debt outstanding					0	0
Long-term debt outstanding					1,670,000,000
Long-term debt and capital leases due within one year					63,300,000
Debt term		3 years
Repayments of long-term debt					370,000,000	0	0
Payments on credit facilities					75,000,000	$ 0	$ 73,000,000
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2019					66,700,000
2020					133,300,000
2021					200,000,000
2022					267,700,000
2023					333,300,000
2024					400,000,000
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2020					0
2021					330,000,000
2022					0
2023					165,000,000
2024					0
Thereafter					$ 1,185,000,000
Bridge Loan \| Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 300,000,000.0
Term Loan \| Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 100,000,000.0
Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Debt term		3 years
Debt to capital ratio		0.65
Cleco Holdings \| Senior Notes 3.375% Due September 15, 2029
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 300,000,000.0
Interest rate				3.375%
Cleco Holdings \| Bridge Loan Agreement
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt				$ 300,000,000
Cleco Holdings \| Bank Term Loan Agreement
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt				$ 100,000,000
Cleco Holdings \| Line of Credit
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Increase in credit facility capacity		$ 75,000,000.0
Maximum borrowing capacity		175,000,000
Payments on credit facilities	$ 75,000,000
Cleco Holdings \| Bridge Loan
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		300,000,000.0
Cleco Holdings \| Term Loan
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		100,000,000.0
NRG South Central
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt		400,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Payments on credit facilities	$ 75,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 175,000,000.0