Subsidiaries

Cleco Power LLC
Cleco Power LLC, the foundation of Cleco Corp., has been in the electric utility business since 1934. The only investor-owned electric utility in the state that serves Louisiana exclusively, Cleco Power provides power to approximately 265,000 residential and commercial customers in 23 parishes throughout the state, as far north as Mansfield and as far south as Patterson. 

It houses the corporation's utility operations and assets, including 11,000 miles of distribution circuits, 1,200 miles of transmission circuits, and three regulated power plants with a total combined capacity of 2,050 megawatts. Cleco Power owns approximately 1,360 megawatts of this capacity and manages and operates the remaining generation on behalf of its partners.

Cleco Power has earned its well-deserved reputation as a reliable electric utility with a customer-centric strategy. When compared with other electric utilities in the state, Cleco Power ranks among the best in restoring customers power after a storm and limiting the number of outages they experience.

The company has received five national awards for its response to hurricanes. Cleco Power received the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Emergency Response Award for the team effort it took in 2005 to recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the most devastating storms to ever hit the company's system back to back, and for Hurricane Lili in 2002. Cleco Power received EEI's Emergency Response Assistance Award for helping restore power to residents of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi who were affected by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne in 2004 and residents of Virginia and North Carolina after Hurricane Isabel in 2003. In 2009 Cleco received the EEI Award for its response to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008.

Cleco Power is regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Cleco Midstream Resources LLC
Cleco Midstream Resources, our wholesale energy business, houses the corporation's unregulated power generation facilities and has approximately 1,355 megawatts of capacity in Louisiana.

Midstream evolved from Cleco's long history and vast experience in managing and operating power plants. We saw opportunities to build on our skills and experience in the power generation business and develop valuable assets to meet demands for power.

Since its inception in 1998, Midstream has brought three highly efficient, state-of-the art power plants on-line, one of which has been sold. It owns and operates two wholesale generating plants and provides transmission interconnection services for third-party generation facilities.

Cleco Support Group LLC
Cleco Support Group is a shared-services subsidiary whose function is to enhance the revenues and profitability of Cleco's subsidiaries through cost-effective support services. Some of the services provided include human resources, financial and accounting services, information technology services, procurement, audit services, corporate and strategic communications, and safety and environmental services.