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Affiliate Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Affiliate Transactions
Note 16 — Affiliate Transactions
Cleco
Cleco has entered into service agreements with affiliates to receive and to provide goods and professional services. Goods and services received by Cleco primarily involve services provided by Support Group. Support Group provides joint and common administrative support services in the areas of information technology; finance, cash management, accounting, tax, and auditing; human resources; public relations; project consulting; risk management; strategic and corporate development; legal, ethics, and regulatory compliance; facilities management; supply chain and inventory management; and other administrative services.
Cleco Power’s affiliates are charged the higher of management’s estimated fair market value or fully loaded costs for goods and services provided by Cleco Power. Cleco, with the exception of Support Group, charges Cleco Power the lower of management’s estimated fair market value or fully loaded costs for goods and services provided in accordance with service agreements. Support Group bills fully loaded costs to affiliates, which includes payroll and non-payroll costs.
All charges and revenues from consolidated affiliates were eliminated in Cleco’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ending December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.
At December 31, 2021, and 2020, Cleco Holdings had an affiliate receivable of $2.6 million and $1.7 million, respectively, from Cleco Group primarily for franchise taxes paid on behalf of Cleco Group. At December 31, 2021, and 2020, Cleco Holdings had an affiliate payable of $51.3 million and $41.3 million, respectively to Cleco Group primarily for settlement of taxes payable.
For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, Cleco Holdings made no distribution payments to Cleco Group.

Cleco Power
Cleco Power has entered into service agreements with affiliates to receive and to provide goods and professional services. Charges from affiliates included in Cleco Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income primarily involve services provided by Support Group in accordance with service agreements. Support Group provides joint and common administrative support services in the areas of information technology; finance, cash management, accounting, tax, and auditing; human resources; public relations; project consulting; risk management; strategic and corporate development; legal, ethics, and regulatory compliance; facilities management; supply chain and inventory management; and other administrative services.
With the exception of Support Group, affiliates charge Cleco Power the lower of management’s estimated fair market value or fully loaded costs for goods and services provided in accordance with service agreements. Support Group charges only fully loaded costs. The following table is a summary of charges from each affiliate included in Cleco Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income:
 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC. 31,
(THOUSANDS)202120202019
Support Group   
Other operations and maintenance$91,915 $94,798 $73,090 
Taxes other than income taxes$40 $— $(73)
Other expense$35 $43 $64 

The majority of the services provided by Cleco Power relates to the lease of office space to Support Group and transmission services to Cleco Cajun. Cleco Power charges affiliates the higher of management’s estimated fair market value or fully loaded costs for goods and services provided in accordance with service agreements.
The following table is a summary of revenue received from affiliates included in Cleco Power’s Consolidated Statements of Income:

 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC. 31,
(THOUSANDS)202120202019
Other operations revenue
Cleco Cajun$7,616 $6,463 $7,471 
Affiliate revenue
Support Group4,783 4,715 3,088 
Cleco Cajun858 441 37 
Other income
Cleco Holdings — 149 
Total$13,257 $11,619 $10,745 

Cleco Power had the following affiliate receivable and payable balances associated with the service agreements:

AT DEC. 31,
 20212020
(THOUSANDS)
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE
ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE
ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE
Cleco Holdings
$10,347 $59,627 $10,353 $57,713 
Support Group2,473 10,038 3,248 14,355 
Cleco Cajun792 64 1,004 — 
Total$13,612 $69,729 $14,605 $72,068 

Oxbow bills Cleco Power its proportionate share of incurred costs related to mineral rights and land leases. These costs are included in fuel inventory and are recoverable from Cleco Power customers through the LPSC-established FAC or related wholesale contract provisions. For the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, Cleco Power recorded $2.7 million, and $17.4 million, respectively, of its proportionate share of incurred costs. At December 31, 2021, and 2020, Cleco Power had less than $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, payable to Oxbow. For more information on Cleco Power’s variable interest in Oxbow, see Note 14 — “Variable Interest Entities.”
During 2021 and 2020, Cleco Power made no distribution payments to Cleco Holdings. During 2019, Cleco Power made $20.0 million of distribution payments to Cleco Holdings. Cleco Power received no equity contributions from Cleco Holdings in 2021, 2020, and 2019.
Cleco Power is the pension plan sponsor and the related trust holds the assets. The net unfunded status of the pension plan is reflected at Cleco Power. The liability of Cleco Power’s affiliates is transferred with a like amount of assets to Cleco Power monthly. The following table shows the expense of the
pension plan related to Cleco Power’s affiliates for the years ended 2021 and 2020:

 FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC. 31,
(THOUSANDS)20212020
Support Group$4,068 $3,155 
Cleco Cajun$496 $351