PINEVILLE, La. – July 1, 2020 – Carol H. Whipp (left), executive director of the Iberia Council on Aging, and Adrean James, outreach case manager, display a fan donated by Cleco during the company’s 20th Annual Fan Drive which helps elderly customers stay cool and lower their energy usage during the hot summer months. 

“The fan drive is important to us because fans help our elderly customers keep cool during our hot summer months,” said Ron Smith, director of customer experience.  “Furthermore, fans can help customers conserve energy.  Air conditioners are typically the largest energy users in a home, and raising the thermostat to 78 degrees and using a fan can help the air temperature feel 10 degrees cooler and help reduce energy usage.”

Councils on Aging offices within Cleco’s service territory are accepting fans and monetary donations by appointment only June 22 through July 3. 

The agencies will begin distributing fans to the elderly by appointment only beginning July 6.  To request a fan, seniors should contact the agency in their area and make an appointment.  To receive a fan, seniors must be a Cleco customer and 60-years of age or older.

In addition to adjusting thermostats, Cleco recommends the following tips to help lower energy usage:

• Install a programmable thermostat and raise the setting to the highest comfortable temperature.
• Use heat generating appliances such as dryers and ovens at night when temperatures are cooler outside.
• Seal holes and cracks around windows.
• Keep curtains and blinds closed during the day.

For energy-savings tips or to learn more about Cleco in the community, visit www.cleco.com or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/clecopower.

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC is a regional energy holding company that conducts its business operations through its subsidiaries, Cleco Power LLC and Cleco Cajun LLC. Cleco Power is a regulated electric public utility company that owns 10 generating assets with a total nameplate capacity of 3,360 MWs and serves approximately 288,000 customers in Louisiana through its retail business and supplies wholesale power in Louisiana and Mississippi.  Cleco Cajun is an unregulated utility company that owns eight generating assets with a total nameplate capacity of 3,555 MWs, with contracts serving nine Louisiana cooperatives, three wholesale municipal customers and one electric utility.  For more information about Cleco, visit us at www.cleco.com.