Louisiana · Investor Owned
Cleco Power LLC Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 12.33¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 251.9K
- Residential customers
- +4.8%
- vs Louisiana average
- $1,800
- Implied avg annual bill
Cleco Power LLC charged an average of 12.33¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Louisiana average and far below the US average.
Cleco Power LLC is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the Louisiana customer-weighted average (+4.8%). Its customers used well above the national residential norm at about 14,599 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 22 utilities reporting residential rates in Louisiana, Cleco Power LLC comes 13th of 22. The state's range runs from City of Ruston - (LA) at 5.66¢ to Sunnova at 17.28¢, so where a household sits inside Louisiana depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Louisiana, which averaged 12.51¢, Cleco Power LLC is close to its own ownership class within the state (-1.5%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 22 reporting utilities.
Where Cleco Power LLC sits among Louisiana utilities
2024 average residential price across the 22 utilities reporting a rate in Louisiana
12.33¢/kWh 43rd affordability percentile More affordable than 43% of 21 other utilities
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cleco Power LLC | 12.33¢ | - |
| Louisiana (customer-weighted, 22 utilities) | 11.76¢ | +4.8% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -25.2% |
| Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) | 17.36¢ | -29.0% |
Rate against consumption: Louisiana utilities
Scale and consumption
Cleco Power LLC reported 251.9K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 22 utilities in Louisiana by customers served and covering 11.9% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 14,599 kWh per customer per year - well above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,800.
Within Louisiana the median reporting utility sells about 14,394 kWh per customer, so Cleco Power LLC customers use +1.4% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.
Every utility reporting in Louisiana
All 22 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Louisiana, largest first, with Cleco Power LLC marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Investor Owned | 957.5K | 11.05¢ |
| Cleco Power LLC (this page) | Investor Owned | 251.9K | 12.33¢ |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | 207.0K | 13.46¢ |
| Entergy New Orleans, LLC | Investor Owned | 188.2K | 13.03¢ |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | Cooperative | 110.7K | 11.91¢ |
| Southwest Louisiana E M C | Cooperative | 108.4K | 11.55¢ |
| City of Lafayette - (LA) | Municipal | 60.0K | 10.12¢ |
| Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc | Cooperative | 50.9K | 11.85¢ |
| Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 40.1K | 13.70¢ |
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21.4K | 13.00¢ |
| City of Alexandria - (LA) | Municipal | 19.5K | 11.10¢ |
| South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 17.0K | 13.48¢ |
| Concordia Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11.9K | 13.36¢ |
| Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc. | Cooperative | 11.5K | 10.66¢ |
| Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't | Municipal | 11.2K | 10.73¢ |
| City of Ruston - (LA) | Municipal | 9.9K | 5.66¢ |
| Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9.1K | 14.05¢ |
| Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 8.5K | 8.84¢ |
| Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 8.3K | 13.42¢ |
| City of Natchitoches | Municipal | 7.2K | 9.25¢ |
| Spruce Finance | Behind the Meter | 89 | 7.46¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 22 | 17.28¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Louisiana.
Common questions about Cleco Power LLC rates
- How much does Cleco Power LLC charge per kWh?
- Cleco Power LLC reported an average residential price of 12.33¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
- Is Cleco Power LLC expensive compared with the rest of Louisiana?
- Its average residential price is close to the Louisiana customer-weighted average of 11.76¢ per kWh, a difference of +4.8%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 22 utilities reporting residential service in Louisiana.
- What is the average electricity bill for Cleco Power LLC customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 14,599 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,800 a year, or about $150 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Cleco Power LLC?
- EIA classifies Cleco Power LLC as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.
What this page does and does not tell you
- An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
- Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.
See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.