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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of or advances to an entity that is related to it but not strictly controlled (for example, an unconsolidated subsidiary, affiliate, and joint venture or equity method investment) or the acquisition of an additional interest in a subsidiary (controlled entity).

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Indebtedness divided by net capital.

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Schedule I Financial Statements of Cleco Holdings (Parent Company Only) - Cash Distributions and Equity Contributions (Details)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Contribution from member/parent									$ 384,900,000
Distributions to member					$ 10,850,000	$ 20,600,000	$ 20,400,000	$ 19,500,000		$ 71,350,000	$ 84,065,000
CLECO POWER
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Distributions to member	$ 20,000,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 50,400,000	$ 43,000,000	$ 28,000,000	20,000,000	121,400,000	135,000,000
CLECO POWER \| Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Contribution from member/parent									0	0	0
Distributions to member									$ 20,000,000	121,400,000	135,000,000
CLECO POWER \| MAXIMUM
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization	0.65								0.65
Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash distributions received from affiliates									$ 225,000,000	121,842,000	149,010,000
Contribution to subsidiary									962,170,000	1,250,000	0
Cleco Holdings \| CLECO POWER
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash distributions received from affiliates									20,000,000	121,400,000	135,000,000
Cleco Holdings \| Cleco Cajun
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash distributions received from affiliates									205,000,000	0	0
Cleco Holdings \| Perryville
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash distributions received from affiliates									0	225,000	6,850,000
Contribution to subsidiary										1,800,000
Cleco Holdings \| Attala
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash distributions received from affiliates									0	217,000	7,160,000
Contribution to subsidiary										2,100,000
Cleco Holdings \| Cleco Holdings
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Contributions made to affiliates									0		0
Contribution from member/parent									384,900,000	0	0
Distributions to member									0	71,400,000	$ 84,100,000
Cleco Holdings \| Limited Liability Company
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Contributions made to affiliates									$ 962,200,000	$ 1,300,000