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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 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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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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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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Regulation and Rates - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 21, 2022	Jun. 16, 2021	Oct. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 01, 2022	Jul. 01, 2021	Aug. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund						$ 5,682	$ 3,074	$ 5,682
Electric customer credits							7,674	40,634	$ 53,271
Current regulatory liabilities						44,072	42,890	44,072
Cleco Katrina/Rita storm recovery charges
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund						1,611	0	1,611
FRP
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund						1,229	0	1,229
LPSC \| Excess ADIT
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities						302,000	257,400	302,000
CLECO POWER
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund						5,682	3,074	5,682					$ 79,200
Electric customer credits							7,674	40,878	$ 53,119
Regulatory asset						759,165	589,297	759,165
Regulatory liabilities						95,544	152,849	95,544
Current regulatory liabilities						44,072	42,890	44,072
CLECO POWER \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory asset						6,089	4,350	6,089
CLECO POWER \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center, Refund Liability
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory asset							3,800			$ 3,800
CLECO POWER \| Cleco Katrina/Rita storm recovery charges
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Refund to retail customers				$ 1,600
Provision for rate refund						1,611	0	1,611
CLECO POWER \| FRP
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund						$ 1,229	0	1,229
CLECO POWER \| LPSC
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Electric customer credits	$ 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
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| Cost savings
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities							4,300
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Return on equity established by FERC					10.00%	9.50%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers					60.00%	60.00%
Return on equity for customer credit, low range					10.90%	10.00%
Return on equity for customer refund, high range					11.75%	10.50%
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP \| MAXIMUM
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Return on equity established by FERC					10.90%	10.00%
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Refund to retail customers			$ 10,400
Provision for rate refund	10,400
Disallowed recovery costs	15,000
Impairment of regulatory asset	13,800
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| St. Mary Clean Energy Center, Refund Liability
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Regulatory asset	$ 3,800
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Provision for rate refund				$ 1,200
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| Excess ADIT
Public Utilities, General Disclosures [Line Items]
Bill credit related to unprotected excess ADIT											$ 2,500
Regulatory liabilities amortization period		3 years
Regulatory liabilities						$ 302,000	257,400	$ 302,000
Current regulatory liabilities							$ 42,900