IOU · Louisiana · EIA 3265
Cleco Power LLC
IOU · Louisiana · 295K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 311 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Cleco Power LLC shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 146 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (311 minutes including them) across 295K customers.
- 311 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 2.72
- SAIFI 2023
- 146 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 295K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Cleco Power LLC filings show
Cleco Power LLC is an investor-owned utility operating in Louisiana under EIA identifier 3265. It reports service to approximately 294,505 customer accounts and generated about $0.97 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 179 ZIP codes. Investor ownership puts this utility under the regulatory authority of the state public utility commission, which reviews its rate requests and reliability record.
In 2023, the average Cleco Power LLC customer experienced 310.8 minutes of power interruptions, a metric called SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that sits within the 120–180 minute national benchmark range, indicating performance typical of U.S. distribution utilities. The SAIFI figure, which tracks average outage events per customer, came in at 2.72 for the same period, meaning customers statistically saw about 3 distinct interruptions that year. Once major event days (hurricanes, ice storms) are excluded, SAIDI comes down to 146.4 minutes, and the spread against the headline 310.8 indicates how much weather, versus routine infrastructure, drove the outage total.
Cleco Power LLC has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI climbed from 172.2 to 310.8 minutes over that window, a shift that can point to worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
Based on this utility's own EIA Form 861 reliability record -- baseline (major-event- excluded) outage duration, total outage duration, and outage frequency -- each benchmarked against every reporting utility nationwide. Not a measure of electricity rates or customer service, which this portal does not track.
311 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Cleco Power LLC from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Cleco Power LLC SAIDI trend
Cleco Power LLC vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
311 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 30% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more utilities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Cleco Power LLC sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Cleco Power LLC charges more per customer than 83% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 33% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays more but is LESS reliable, a premium price without a reliability payoff. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $3,292/year · Latest SAIDI: 310.8 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 310.8 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 172.2 | 161.4 | 1.700 |
| 2021 | 50.8 | 2.8 | 3.150 |
| 2022 | 187.2 | 165.6 | 2.090 |
| 2023 | 310.8 | 146.4 | 2.720 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Cleco Power LLC serves 179 ZIP codes in Louisiana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Cleco Power LLC?
Cleco Power LLC had a SAIDI of 310.8 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 146.4 minutes excluding them (the IEEE-standard measure of day-to-day reliability, the gap reflects a major storm that year, not chronic performance). Excluding major storm impacts, this tracks roughly with the national average.
What type of utility is Cleco Power LLC?
Cleco Power LLC is classified as a IOU serving Louisiana.
How many customers does Cleco Power LLC serve?
Cleco Power LLC serves approximately 294,505 customers in Louisiana.
How has Cleco Power LLC's reliability changed over time?
Cleco Power LLC has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- IOU
- State
- Louisiana
- Customers
- 294,505
- Annual Revenue
- $0.97B
- EIA ID
- 3265
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Cleco Power LLC. Same-state SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state utilities with at least 10,000 reported customers.
Similar customer count
Nearest utilities by Form 861 customers (295K here), outside Louisiana.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (310.8 here), outside Louisiana, excluding the customer-peer set.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form 861 annual electric power industry survey · ZIP service territory: OpenEI. Disclaimer: informational only, not professional advice. See full disclaimer · methodology.