Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 04, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 15, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Nov. 20, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from affiliates						$ 32,554,000		$ 31,172,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, cash payments	$ 172,400,000
Maximum | CREZ Project
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business combination, contingent consideration, cash payments						737,000,000
Hunt Utility Services L L C
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment for management fee						10,300,000		12,300,000
Prepaid management fee								0
Accrued management fee						3,500,000		0
Reimbursement of annual software license and maintenance fees and other expenses						$ 500,000		500,000
Effective date of management agreement						Feb. 04, 2015
Management fee							$ 13,100,000		$ 10,000,000
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 each April 1 thereafter will equal 1.50% of the Company’s 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%
Management fee cap						$ 30,000,000
Hunt Utility Services L L C | Scenario, Forecast
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee				$ 14,200,000	$ 14,000,000
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. and affiliates | Cross Valley
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase price of assets sold											$ 34,200,000
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. and affiliates | Golden Spread Project
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase price of assets sold											$ 7,000,000
Sharyland
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease revenue from related party						172,100,000		151,200,000		$ 134,400,000
Deferred rent liability						15,600,000		11,500,000
Payments to acquire plant, and equipment						231,600,000		245,100,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities						13,700,000		9,200,000
Due from affiliates						$ 32,600,000		$ 31,200,000
Hunt-InfraREIT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common Unit, Issuance Value										6,800,000
Percentage of capital expenditure agreed to issue upon operating partnership units						5.00%
Hunt-InfraREIT | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common Unit, Issuance Value						$ 82,500,000
Hunt-InfraREIT | Class A OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Members capital, shares issued												70,846
Merger of shares related obligation						983,418
Hunt And Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate legal fees			$ 100,000			$ 5,000,000				$ 4,900,000
Hunt Consolidated Incorporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayments of related party debt						$ 1,000,000
Hunt Consolidated Incorporation | Promissory Notes at 2.5% Accrued Percentage
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 were repaid in February 2015 with proceeds from the IPO for a total of $1.0 million.
Repayments of related party debt		$ 1,000,000