Cleco Corporation operates as a utility holding company primarily in Louisiana. The company, through its subsidiary, Cleco Power, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to approximately 283,000 customers in Louisiana; and 10 communities in Louisiana and Mississippi. As of December 31, 2012, it had ownership interests in 3 steam electric generating stations, 2 gas turbines, 1 combined cycle unit with a combined nameplate capacity of 2,565 megawatts, and a combined electric net generating capacity of 2,436 megawatts; and 74 active transmission substations and 222 active distribution substations. The company also owned transmission system consisted of approximately 67 circuit miles of 500-Kilovolt (kV) lines; 534 circuit miles of 230-kV lines; 671 circuit miles of 138 kV lines; and 28 circuit miles of 69-kV lines, as well as distribution system consisted of approximately 3,609 circuit miles of 34.5-kV lines and 8,221 circuit miles of other lines. Cleco Corporation, through its other subsidiary, Midstream, also owns and operates a combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant; and owns a natural gas interconnection system. The company was founded in 1934 and is based in Pineville, Louisiana.

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