Incentives available to homeowners

PINEVILLE, LA - Aug. 20, 2015 - Cleco's Residential Solutions Program offers energy solutions to help customers save energy and money. Cleco encourages customers to act now and take advantage of the company's energy-saving programs.

"We have programs to help our customers use less energy and keep energy bills low," said Richard Sharp, manager of Resource Planning. "Our energy efficiency programs offer incentives to help offset customers' expenses for energy upgrades to their homes."

Residential customers can get up to $1,500 in instant rebates to increase the energy efficiency of their homes. Some of the energy efficiency measures offered to customers include attic insulation, duct sealing, air-infiltration sealing and incentives for replacing central air conditioning systems and heat pumps with high-efficiency ones. Cleco also offers rebates on other qualifying appliances at participating retail locations.

For more information about Cleco's energy efficiency programs, call the toll-free number (877) 662-4047 or visit the Cleco website at www.cleco.com.

Cleco Corporation is a public utility holding company headquartered in Pineville, La. Cleco owns a regulated electric utility company, Cleco Power LLC, which is engaged principally in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity, primarily in Louisiana. Cleco Power owns 11 generating units with a total nameplate capacity of 3,340 megawatts. Cleco Power serves approximately 286,000 customers in Louisiana through its retail business, and it supplies wholesale power in Louisiana and Mississippi. Cleco Corporation announced on Oct. 20, 2014, that it entered into an agreement to be acquired by a North American investor group led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. Louisiana Public Service Commission approval is pending.www.cleco.com.

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Robbyn Cooper
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