Fair Value Accounting Instruments - Short-term Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 34,272	$ 21,562
CLECO POWER
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	30,872	15,263
Current restricted cash and cash equivalents
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	29,587	15,918
Current restricted cash and cash equivalents \| CLECO POWER
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	29,587	15,918
Non-current restricted cash and cash equivalents
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	139,210	116,492
Non-current restricted cash and cash equivalents \| CLECO POWER
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	$ 139,185	$ 116,467

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC 10-Q