Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 15, 2015	Nov. 20, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease revenue	$ 29,372,000	$ 24,837,000
Due from affiliates	21,039,000		21,039,000			27,822,000
Payments to acquire plant, and equipment	67,210,000	65,493,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	13,785,000		13,785,000			25,295,000
Members capital, shares issued						35,053,186
Management fee	2,500,000	1,300,000
Prepaid management fee	0		0			0
Accrued management fee	0		0			0
Secondment fees		100,000
Total purchase price of assets sold						41,211,000
Hunt Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee			10,000,000
Reimbursement of annual software license and maintenance fees	200,000	200,000
Effective date of management agreement	Feb. 04, 2015
Management agreement expiration date	Dec. 31, 2019
Agreement successive renewal terms	5 years
Management fee, description	The base fee for each twelve month period beginning April 1 thereafter will equal 1.50% of our total equity as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year, subject to a $30.0 million cap
Investment management fee equity multiplier	1.50%		1.50%
Management fee cap	30,000,000		30,000,000
Hunt Manager | Scenario, Forecast
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee				13,100,000
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. and affiliates | Cross Valley and GSEC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total purchase price of assets sold							41,200,000
Sharyland
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease revenue	29,400,000	24,800,000
Payments to acquire plant, and equipment	67,400,000	46,400,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	4,100,000		4,100,000			16,100,000
Hunt-InfraREIT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of capital expenditure agreed to issue upon operating partnership units	5.00%
Hunt-InfraREIT | Class A OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares issued price per share	$ 10.65		$ 10.65
Members capital, shares issued	17,600	31,088	17,600
Hunt And Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate legal fees	5,000,000
Hunt Consolidated Incorporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Borrowings from related parties								1,000,000
Accrued interest bearing note								2.50%
Interest bearing note, maturity date	Nov. 01, 2015
Interest bearing note, maturity date, description	This note and accrued interest was repaid in February 2015 with proceeds from our IPO for a total of $1.0 million
Repayments of related party debt					$ 1,000,000