Schedule I Financial Statements of Cleco Holdings (Parent Company Only) - Condensed Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 30,472	$ 122,576
Other accounts receivable	23,979	30,518
Cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies	61,891	56,922
Other current assets	0	918
Total current assets	849,273	790,667
Equity investment in subsidiaries - continuing operations	1,916	1,992	$ 2,072
Other deferred charges	17,247	24,484
Total assets	7,369,606	8,100,393	8,253,749
Current liabilities
Long-term debt due within one year	0	66,497
Short-term debt	120,000	110,000
Taxes payable	59,629	19,963
Interest accrued	19,919	22,209
Deferred compensation	17,013	14,277
Other current liabilities	29,565	24,378
Total current liabilities	771,445	808,136
Postretirement benefit obligations	166,702	196,321
Other deferred credits	31,154	27,186
Total liabilities	4,528,592	5,227,220
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Member’s equity
Member’s equity	2,841,014	2,873,173	$ 2,947,067	$ 2,954,156
Total liabilities and member’s equity	7,369,606	8,100,393
Affiliate
Current assets
Accounts receivable - affiliate	35,459	24,216
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	21,368	10,683
Parent Company
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	6,758	5,153
Other accounts receivable	743	2,441
Taxes receivable, net	0	44,025
Cash surrender value of company-owned life insurance policies	51,768	47,129
Other current assets	90	66
Total current assets	103,517	137,178
Equity investment in subsidiaries - continuing operations	3,674,855	3,623,898
Accumulated deferred federal and state income taxes, net	87,574	123,950
Receivable - Cleco Cajun Divestiture	98,153	0
Other deferred charges	844	570
Total assets	3,964,943	4,441,780
Current liabilities
Long-term debt due within one year	0	66,497
Accounts payable	2,435	842
Short-term debt	10,000	110,000
Taxes payable	44,714	6
Interest accrued	8,138	10,458
Deferred compensation	17,013	14,277
Other current liabilities	679	255
Total current liabilities	115,968	222,270
Postretirement benefit obligations	2,726	2,851
Other deferred credits	679	313
Long-term debt, net	1,004,556	1,343,173
Total liabilities	1,123,929	1,568,607
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Member’s equity
Member’s equity	2,841,014	2,873,173
Total liabilities and member’s equity	3,964,943	4,441,780
Parent Company | Discontinued Operations
Current assets
Equity investment in subsidiaries - continuing operations	0	556,184
Parent Company | Affiliate
Current assets
Accounts receivable - affiliate	44,158	38,364
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$ 32,989	$ 19,935