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Pension Plan and Employee Benefits (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Schedule of Net Periodic Pension and Other Benefits Cost The components of net periodic pension cost for the
three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024 were as follows:

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
(THOUSANDS)2025202420252024
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost$966 $1,186 $1,933 $2,375 
Interest cost6,776 6,535 13,553 13,070 
Expected return on plan assets(8,291)(7,607)(16,584)(15,213)
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
$(549)$114 $(1,098)$232 
The components of the net periodic benefit cost related to SERP for the three months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024, were as follows:
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
(THOUSANDS)2025202420252024
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost $14 $34 $29 $67 
Interest cost864 836 1,727 1,671 
Amortizations
Prior period service credit(54)(54)(107)(107)
Net gain
(35)(20)(70)(41)
Net periodic benefit cost$789 $796 $1,579 $1,590 
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in the Balance Sheet
The current and non-current portions of the pension benefits liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, were as follows:

(THOUSANDS)AT JUNE 30, 2025AT DEC. 31, 2024
Current$3,770 $16,344 
Non-current$64,226 $69,250 
The current and non-current portions of the Other Benefits liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, were as follows:
Cleco
(THOUSANDS)AT JUNE 30, 2025AT DEC. 31, 2024
Current$5,279 $5,279 
Non-current$38,196 $38,724 
The current and non-current portions of the SERP liability for Cleco and Cleco Power at June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, were as follows:
Cleco
(THOUSANDS)AT JUNE 30, 2025AT DEC. 31, 2024
Current$4,815 $4,815 
Non-current$58,254 $58,728 
Schedule of Expense of the 401(k) Plan Cleco’s 401(k) Plan expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024, was as follows:
 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30,
(THOUSANDS)2025202420252024
401(k) Plan expense
$2,062 $2,237 $4,971 $5,312 
The expense of the 401(k) Plan related to Cleco’s other subsidiaries for the three months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024, was as follows:
 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30,
(THOUSANDS)2025202420252024
401(k) Plan expense
$397 $737 $1,103 $2,338 
CLECO POWER  
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Schedule of Net Periodic Pension and Other Benefits Cost The components of net periodic Other Benefits cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024 were as follows:
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
(THOUSANDS)2025202420252024
Components of periodic benefit costs
Service cost$395 $420 $789 $899 
Interest cost586 583 1,171 1,167 
Amortizations
Net loss
73 49 148 212 
Net periodic benefit cost$1,054 $1,052 $— $2,108 $2,278 
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in the Balance Sheet
Cleco Power
(THOUSANDS)AT JUNE 30, 2025AT DEC. 31, 2024
Current$4,524 $4,524 
Non-current$29,628 $30,054 
Cleco Power
(THOUSANDS)AT JUNE 30, 2025AT DEC. 31, 2024
Current$833 $833 
Non-current$10,047 $10,160