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The aggregate refunds recognized during an accounting period. Returns are a deduction from gross revenue in arriving at net income.

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The low range of the return on equity which triggers a retail customer partial refund obligation.

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The percentage of retail earnings to be returned to retail customers as ordered by the regulatory agency when the return on equity falls within a certain range.

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The high range of the return on equity which triggers a retail customer partial refund obligation. All retail earnings must be returned to customers when the return on equity exceeds this high range.

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Bill Credit

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Bill Credit, Change In Tax Rate

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Bill Credit, Unprotected Excess ADIT

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, Customer Refund Liability, Current

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Discloses the amount of any reduction to the carrying amounts of regulated assets that result from impairment (for example, rate actions of a regulator).

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Current regulatory liabilities generally represent obligations to make refunds to customers for various reasons including overpayment.

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Percentage of public utility's approved return on equity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of disallowed costs for rate making purposes for recently completed plants in regulated industries.

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The amount for the individual regulatory asset as itemized in a table of regulatory assets as of the end of the period.

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The amount for the individual regulatory liability as itemized in a table of regulatory liabilities as of the end of the period.

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Amortization period for the recovery of regulatory liability, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount for the individual regulatory current liability as itemized in a table of regulatory current liabilities as of the end of the period.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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Regulation and Rates - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 21, 2022	Mar. 15, 2022	Jun. 16, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Jul. 01, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	$ 13,256				$ 13,256	$ 13,256		$ 5,682		$ 13,256
Electric customer credits						6,728	$ 691			6,992	$ 40,185
Current regulatory liabilities	44,129				44,129	44,129		44,072		44,129
Cleco Katrina/Rita storm recovery charges
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	0				0	0		1,611		0
FRP
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	95				95	95		1,229		95
St. Mary Clean Energy Center
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	10,400				10,400	10,400		0		10,400
CLECO POWER
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	13,256				13,256	13,256		5,682		13,256				$ 79,200
Electric customer credits						6,728	$ 691			6,992	$ 40,429
Regulatory assets	675,386				675,386	675,386		759,165		675,386
Regulatory liabilities	167,101				167,101	167,101		95,544		167,101
Current regulatory liabilities	44,129				44,129	44,129		44,072		44,129
CLECO POWER \| SSR, refund of cost sharing \| Affiliated entity \| MISO
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Transaction amount			$ 4,300
CLECO POWER \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Regulatory assets	8,607				8,607	8,607		6,089		8,607
CLECO POWER \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center, refund liability
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Regulatory assets	3,800				3,800	3,800				3,800
CLECO POWER \| Cleco Katrina/Rita storm recovery charges
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Customer refund payments, bill credits					1,600
Refund due to customers	0				0	0		1,611		0
CLECO POWER \| FRP
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	95				95	95		1,229	$ 1,200	95
CLECO POWER \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	10,400				10,400	10,400		$ 0		10,400
CLECO POWER \| LPSC
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Electric customer credits	6,600	$ 6,600
TCJA, bill credit per month													$ 7,000
Bill credit related to unprotected excess ADIT													4,400
Bill credit per month related to change in federal statutory tax rate													$ 2,600
Estimated refund for the tax-related benefits from the TCJA	2,100				2,100	2,100				2,100
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Refund due to customers	10,400	10,400			10,400	10,400				10,400
Disallowed recovery costs		15,000
Impairment of regulatory asset		13,800
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center, refund liability
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Regulatory assets	3,800	$ 3,800			3,800	3,800				$ 3,800
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP								9.50%	10.00%	9.50%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers								60.00%	60.00%	60.00%
ROE for customer credit, low range								10.00%	10.90%	10.00%
ROE for customer credit, high range								10.50%	11.75%	10.50%
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP \| Maximum
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP								10.00%	10.90%	10.00%
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| Excess ADIT
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Bill credit related to unprotected excess ADIT												$ 2,500
Regulatory liability, amortization period				3 years
Regulatory liabilities	267,700				267,700	267,700				$ 267,700
Current regulatory liabilities	$ 44,100				$ 44,100	$ 44,100				$ 44,100