Cleco Power Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 190,830	$ 122,576
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current	7,684	15,818
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, noncurrent	114,977	113,573
CLECO POWER
Cash and cash equivalents	71,092	49,211
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, current	7,684	15,818
Restricted cash and cash equivalents, noncurrent	$ 114,953	$ 113,549

Amount of cash and cash equivalents restricted as to withdrawal or usage, classified as current. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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