Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Cleco’s total long-term indebtedness as of December 31, 2020, and 2019 was as follows:


Cleco
	AT DEC. 31,
(THOUSANDS)	2020		2019
Total Cleco Power long-term debt and finance leases, net	$	1,502,257	$	1,327,372
Cleco Holdings’ long-term debt, net
Senior notes, 3.250%, due 2023	165,000		165,000
Senior notes, 3.743%, due 2026	535,000		535,000
Senior notes, 3.375%, due 2029	300,000		300,000
Senior notes, 4.973%, due 2046	350,000		350,000
Bank term loan, variable rate, due 2022	266,000		300,000
Bank term loan, variable rate, due 2022	—		30,000

Long-term debt due within one year	(66,000)		(64,398)
Unamortized debt issuance costs(1)	(6,423)		(6,271)
Fair value adjustment	119,553		127,976
Total Cleco long-term debt and finance leases, net	$	3,165,387	$	3,064,679

(1) For December 31, 2020, and 2019, this amount includes unamortized debt issuance costs for Cleco Holdings of $11.7 million and $11.9 million, respectively, partially offset by deferred debt issuance costs eliminated as a result of the 2016 Merger of $5.3 million and $5.6 million, respectively. For more information, see Note 6 — “Regulatory Assets and Liabilities — Cleco Holdings’ 2016 Merger Adjustments.”

Schedule of Future Amounts Payable Under Long-Term Debt Agreements

The principal amounts payable under long-term debt agreements for each year through 2025 and thereafter are as follows:


(THOUSANDS)	CLECO		CLECO POWER
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2021	$	—	$	—
2022	$	416,000	$	150,000
2023	$	265,000	$	100,000
2024	$	50,000	$	50,000
2025(1)	$	75,000	$	75,000
Thereafter	$	2,310,000	$	1,125,000

(1) Does not include Series A GO Zone bonds that have a maturity date of December 2038 but a mandatory tender in May 2025.

As of December 31, 2020, Cleco Holdings was in compliance with these commitments. The cumulative minimum principal amounts committed to be repaid for each year through 2024 are as follows:


(THOUSANDS)
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2019	$	66,700
2020	$	133,300
2021	$	200,000
2022	$	267,700
2023	$	333,300
2024	$	400,000

Schedule of Principal Amounts Payable Under Finance Lease Agreement

The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments due under the finance lease together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2020:


(THOUSANDS)
Years ending Dec. 31,
2021	$	2,203
2022	2,203
2023	2,203
2024	2,203
2025	2,203
Thereafter	15,472
Total minimum lease payments	26,487
Less: amount representing interest	11,243
Present value of net minimum finance lease payments	$	15,244
Current liabilities	$	682
Non-current liabilities	$	14,562

The principal amounts payable under the finance lease agreement for each year through 2025 and thereafter are as follows:


(THOUSANDS)	CLECO		CLECO POWER
For the year ending Dec. 31,
2021	$	682	$	682
2022	$	755	$	755
2023	$	836	$	836
2024	$	925	$	925
2025	$	1,023	$	1,023
Thereafter	$	11,023	$	11,023

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Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Total Indebtedness

Cleco Power’s total long-term indebtedness as of December 31, 2020, and 2019 was as follows:


Cleco Power
	AT DEC. 31,
(THOUSANDS)	2020		2019
Bonds
Senior notes, 2.94%, due 2022	$	25,000	$	25,000
Senior notes, 3.08%, due 2023	100,000		100,000
Senior notes, 3.17%, due 2024	50,000		50,000
Senior notes, 3.68%, due 2025	75,000		75,000
Senior notes, 3.47%, due 2026	130,000		130,000
Senior notes, 4.33%, due 2027	50,000		50,000
Senior notes, 3.57%, due 2028	200,000		200,000
Senior notes, 6.50%, due 2035	295,000		295,000
Senior notes, 6.00%, due 2040	250,000		250,000
Senior notes, 5.12%, due 2041	100,000		100,000
Series A GO Zone bonds, 2.50%, due 2038, mandatory tender in 2025	50,000		50,000
Series B GO Zone bonds, 4.25%, due 2038	50,000		50,000


Cleco Katrina/Rita’s storm recovery bonds, 5.61%, due 2023	—		11,055
Total bonds	1,375,000		1,386,055
Bank term loan, variable rate, due 2022	125,000		—
Finance leases


Barge lease obligations	15,244		15,861
Gross amount of long-term debt and finance leases	1,515,244		1,401,916
Less: long-term debt due within one year	—		60,970
Less: finance leases classified as long-term debt due within one year	682		617
Unamortized debt discount	(5,053)		(5,368)
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(7,252)		(7,589)
Total long-term debt and finance leases, net	$	1,502,257	$	1,327,372