Cleco Power electric rates and bills

Louisiana's highest average among large utilities

In 2025, the 252,816 homes on Cleco Power's system paid an average of 14.26¢ per kWh, according to the annual EIA-861 survey. That was 13.9% above the Louisiana average and the highest among the 16 Louisiana utilities with 10,000 or more bundled residential customers. Cleco has 11.9% of the state's residential customers on its wires; Entergy Louisiana, the largest, has 45.4%¹.

The figure is average revenue per kWh: everything residential customers were billed, divided by the kWh they used. It includes the monthly customer charge, the energy charge, the fuel adjustment and riders, and excludes most taxes, so it does not match any single line in the rate schedules Cleco files with the Louisiana Public Service Commission, which regulates the state's electric public utilities.

SLEMCO (LA)11.57¢

Entergy Louisiana (LA)11.90¢

Entergy New Orleans (LA)13.20¢

DEMCO (LA)13.53¢

SWEPCO (LA)13.85¢

Cleco Power (LA)14.26¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utility	average residential price (bundled customers)
SLEMCO (LA)	11.57¢
Entergy Louisiana (LA)	11.90¢
Entergy New Orleans (LA)	13.20¢
DEMCO (LA)	13.53¢
SWEPCO (LA)	13.85¢
Cleco Power (LA)	14.26¢

Among the other utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers in Louisiana, SWEPCO averaged 13.85¢ per kWh, DEMCO 13.53¢ per kWh, Entergy New Orleans 13.20¢ per kWh, Entergy Louisiana 11.90¢ per kWh and the cooperative SLEMCO 11.57¢ per kWh¹, all in 2025.

Measured against the country, the picture changes. Louisiana's statewide residential average was 4th lowest³ among the states in 2025, so the top of the state's list sits mid-table nationally: among US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Cleco ranked 76th lowest of 177, against a median of 15.07¢ per kWh for that group. Investor-owned utilities nationwide averaged 17.78¢ per kWh¹.

How a 2025 increase moved Cleco to the top

In 2024, Cleco's residential average of 12.33¢ per kWh was below SWEPCO's 13.46¢ per kWh and Entergy New Orleans's 13.03¢ per kWh⁴. By 2025 it had risen 15.7%, to 14.26¢ per kWh. Over the same two years SWEPCO's average changed by +2.9%, Entergy New Orleans's by +1.3%, Entergy Louisiana's by +7.7% and DEMCO's by +13.6%¹. Louisiana's statewide residential average rose 6.7%³.

Use per home edged up at the same time, from 1,217 kWh to 1,245 kWh a month, so the average bill rose faster than the price: from $150.02⁴ to $177.57 (+18.4%¹). EIA's annual data record the size of the change, not its cause; base-rate cases, fuel adjustments and rider updates for Cleco all go through the Public Service Commission, and the guide to electric rate increases explains how those decisions reach a bill.

What the monthly data show for 2026

Cleco is in EIA's monthly EIA-861M sample, which gives a more recent reading than the annual survey. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), its residential customers paid an average of 14.61¢ per kWh, slightly above the 2025 average. In August 2026⁵ alone the average was 15.25¢ per kWh, −1.2%² against the same month a year earlier. Monthly figures for 2026 are preliminary and can be revised.

Cleco PowerLouisiana average, all providers

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).

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Month	Cleco Power (¢/kWh)	kWh per customer	Bill per customer
January 2025	11.60¢	1,562	$181.20
February 2025	13.86¢	1,034	$143.33
March 2025	14.65¢	886	$129.77
April 2025	13.74¢	1,000	$137.41
May 2025	13.98¢	1,217	$170.09
June 2025	14.17¢	1,498	$212.18
July 2025	16.76¢	1,668	$279.47
August 2025	15.44¢	1,585	$244.65
September 2025	14.32¢	1,392	$199.25
October 2025	15.20¢	1,041	$158.19
November 2025	13.17¢	889	$117.10
December 2025	13.54¢	1,168	$158.09
January 2026	13.24¢	1,336	$176.82
February 2026	17.32¢	924	$160.05
March 2026	14.10¢	914	$128.93
April 2026	14.96¢	965	$144.36
May 2026	14.20¢	1,130	$160.41
June 2026	15.90¢	1,509	$239.90
July 2026	14.11¢	1,695	$239.12
August 2026	15.25¢	1,766	$269.16

The single-month figure is higher than the 12-month figure, the opposite of what a fixed customer charge spread over heavy summer use would suggest on its own. One month is a weak guide either way; the comparison to watch is the 12-month average, which EIA will update with September data on November 24, 2026.

Bills: November against August

Louisiana homes used 1,225 kWh a month in 2025, the highest⁶ among the 50 states and DC, and Cleco's customers used 1,245 kWh¹. In EIA's monthly data for the last 12 months, use per home was lowest in November 2025, at 889 kWh and an average bill of $117.10, and highest in August 2026, at 1,766 kWh and $269.16².

1,392Sep

1,041Oct

889Nov

1,168Dec

1,336Jan

924Feb

914Mar

965Apr

1,130May

1,509Jun

1,695Jul

1,766Aug

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.

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Month	kWh per customer	Bill per customer	¢/kWh
September 2025	1,392	$199.25	14.32¢
October 2025	1,041	$158.19	15.20¢
November 2025	889	$117.10	13.17¢
December 2025	1,168	$158.09	13.54¢
January 2026	1,336	$176.82	13.24¢
February 2026	924	$160.05	17.32¢
March 2026	914	$128.93	14.10¢
April 2026	965	$144.36	14.96¢
May 2026	1,130	$160.41	14.20¢
June 2026	1,509	$239.90	15.90¢
July 2026	1,695	$239.12	14.11¢
August 2026	1,766	$269.16	15.25¢

That August bill stands out against Louisiana's other monthly-sample utilities. In the same month, the average bill was $267.15 at SWEPCO, $214.29 at Entergy New Orleans and $209.18 at Entergy Louisiana, whose homes used about as much (1,787 kWh²). Over the full year 2025, though, DEMCO members had a slightly higher average bill ($180.07) than Cleco customers, because they used more electricity (1,331 kWh¹ a month) at a lower average price.

Entergy New Orleans (LA)$138.23

Entergy Louisiana (LA)$146.76

SLEMCO (LA)$162.40

SWEPCO (LA)$162.77

Cleco Power (LA)$177.57

DEMCO (LA)$180.07

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utility	average monthly residential bill
Entergy New Orleans (LA)	$138.23
Entergy Louisiana (LA)	$146.76
SLEMCO (LA)	$162.40
SWEPCO (LA)	$162.77
Cleco Power (LA)	$177.57
DEMCO (LA)	$180.07

Low-income households facing a summer bill they cannot pay can turn to LIHEAP, the federal energy assistance program, which the Louisiana Housing Corporation runs for cooling bills too, not just heating. The state received $57.0 million⁷ for fiscal 2026.

No parish where Cleco is the only utility

EIA's 2025 service-territory records place Cleco in 24⁸ parishes, most of them in central and southwest Louisiana, plus St. Tammany and Washington parishes north of Lake Pontchartrain. In every one of them at least one other utility also reports customers.

The neighbours differ by area. Entergy Louisiana reports customers in most of Cleco's parishes, including Rapides and Calcasieu; SLEMCO overlaps in Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin and Vermilion; SWEPCO in De Soto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and Vernon. Cooperatives such as Beauregard Electric and Jefferson Davis Electric, and city systems such as Alexandria's, serve parts of the same parishes. Two neighbours in one parish can therefore be on different systems with different average prices. Only the utilities' own service maps answer the question for a given street address.

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Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 24 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.

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County	Other utilities reporting service
Acadia Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SLEMCO, City of Rayne
Allen Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative
Assumption Parish	Entergy Louisiana, South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association
Avoyelles Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SLEMCO
Beauregard Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Beauregard Electric Cooperative
Calcasieu Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Town of Vinton
Catahoula Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Concordia Electric Cooperative, City of Jonesville
De Soto Parish	SWEPCO, Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
Evangeline Parish	SLEMCO, Beauregard Electric Cooperative
Grant Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SWEPCO, Concordia Electric Cooperative
Iberia Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SLEMCO
Jefferson Davis Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Town of Welsh
LaSalle Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Concordia Electric Cooperative
Natchitoches Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SWEPCO, City of Natchitoches
Rapides Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Beauregard Electric Cooperative, City of Alexandria, Concordia Electric Cooperative, Town of Boyce
Red River Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SWEPCO
Sabine Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SWEPCO
St. Landry Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SLEMCO
St. Martin Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SLEMCO, South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association, City of St Martinville
St. Mary Parish	South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association, Morgan City
St. Tammany Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Washington-St Tammany E C
Vermilion Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SLEMCO, Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, City of Abbeville, City of Kaplan, City of Erath, Town of Gueydan
Vernon Parish	Entergy Louisiana, SWEPCO, Beauregard Electric Cooperative
Washington Parish	Entergy Louisiana, Washington-St Tammany E C

Homes are Cleco's largest customer class

Unlike Entergy Louisiana, where industrial sales dominate, residential customers bought more of Cleco's electricity in 2025 than its commercial or industrial customers did, according to EIA-861. Cleco's 42,592 commercial accounts paid an average of 13.18¢ per kWh and averaged $732.11 a month; its 484 industrial accounts paid 9.03¢ per kWh, against 5.75¢ per kWh at Entergy Louisiana. Across all 295,892 accounts the average was 12.57¢ per kWh¹, a number that describes the utility's whole customer mix, not a household bill.

Outages, measured another way

Cleco customers averaged 212 minutes without power in 2025 including major events (fewer than the Louisiana average of 267 minutes) and 146 minutes excluding them, with 2.26 interruptions per customer. Cleco reports these figures under another method (not IEEE 1366), while Entergy Louisiana and SWEPCO use the IEEE 1366 standard, so the comparison with them is approximate. For context, Louisiana as a whole ranked 4th highest among the states on outage minutes excluding major events (216 minutes¹⁰).

Smart meters, time-of-use and rooftop solar

Every Cleco residential meter was an advanced meter in EIA's 2025 count (100.0%), which allows billing by time of day. Few customers use that option: 3,743 homes, 1.5% of the total, were enrolled in a time-of-use¹¹ rate, whose hours and prices appear in Cleco's tariffs at the commission; the time-of-use guide explains how such rates change a bill.

Cleco counted 4,419 net-metered rooftop solar systems on homes (27.6 megawatts of capacity), 17.5 per 1,000 residential customers, against 15.8 at Entergy Louisiana and 54.4¹¹ at Entergy New Orleans. For the statewide picture, including co-ops and city systems, see electricity in Louisiana.