Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC
05/06/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/06/2026 08:19
Work underway for the largest grid resiliency investment in Cleco history
Work is underway across Louisiana for Cleco's largest grid resiliency investment in the company's history.
The five-year resiliency plan includes over 550 projects that harden grid infrastructure by replacing electric equipment, undergrounding certain segments of the system, reinforcing utility poles, and elevating substations above flood plains.
"Our resiliency efforts benefit residential customers, and a portion of the projects will focus on critical customers, like hospitals and emergency services, whose work is essential during times of crisis," said Andre Guillory, chief customer officer for Cleco.
Current efforts include the assessment of over 700 utility poles for maintenance or replacement in Covington, Eunice, Jeanerette, Lacombe, Madisonville, New Iberia, Pineville and Slidell.
"These projects will further strengthen systemwide resilience, reduce storm-related costs and result in fewer outages and faster restoration times for our customers," said Danny Rider, director of distribution reliability and resiliency at Cleco.
Cleco is the only Louisiana utility to meet or exceed Louisiana Public Service Commission standards for each of the last 27 years and has consistently kept customer lights on over 99.9% of the time.
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