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Billing Credit Settlement

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Public Utilities, Adjustment Provided To Residential Customer Per Year

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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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Amount of deferred cost, excluding capitalized cost related to contract with customer; classified as noncurrent.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 210
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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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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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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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 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended
Regulation and Rates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 01, 2024	Apr. 19, 2024	Feb. 02, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Current regulatory liabilities					$ 9,127	$ 8,327
CLECO POWER
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities					121,426	86,005
Current regulatory liabilities					9,127	8,327
CLECO POWER \| FRP
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Public utilities, adjustment provided to residential customer per year	$ 3,000
CLECO POWER \| LPSC
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Deferred costs					2,800	$ 4,000
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| Dolet Hills
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Annual billing credit settlement		$ 20,000		$ 20,000
Billing credit settlement		$ 60,000	$ 60,000
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP	9.70%
Percentage of retail earnings within range to be returned to customers	60.00%
ROE for customer credit, low range	10.30%
ROE for customer credit, high range	10.90%
CLECO POWER \| LPSC \| FRP \| Maximum
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Target ROE allowed by FRP	10.30%
CLECO POWER \| Excess ADIT \| LPSC
Regulation and Rates [Line Items]
Regulatory liabilities					187,800
Current regulatory liabilities					$ 6,800