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| CLECO POWER |  EXHIBIT      12(b) |
|-------------|--------------------------|

|                                                                                |   | FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED |   |    | FOR THE NINE MONTHS      ENDED |   |    | FOR      THE TWELVEMONTHS ENDED |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------|--------|---------|--------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------------------------|--------|
| (THOUSANDS,      EXCEPT RATIOS)                                                     |   |                       |   |    | SEPTEMBER      30, 2009        |   |    |                            |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations                                            |   | $                          | 43,552 |    |                           | $      | 88,776  |                            |   | $ | 111,801 |   |
| Income      taxes                                                                   |   |                       | 1,316  |    |                           |   | 14,033  |                            |   |   | 14,854 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes                        |   | $                          | 44,868 |    |                           | $      | 102,809 |                            |   | $ | 126,655 |   |
| Fixed      charges:                                                                 |   |                       |   |    |                           |   |    |                            |   |   |   |   |
| Interest, long-term      debt                                                       |   | $                          | 15,713 |    |                           | $      | 49,122  |                            |   | $ | 64,751 |   |
| Interest, other (including      interest on short-term debt)                        |   |                       | 3,918  |    |                           |   | 8,708   |                            |   |   | 13,518 |   |
| Amortization of debt expense,      premium, net                                     |   |                       | 537    |    |                           |   | 1,613   |                            |   |   | 2,138 |   |
| Portion of rentals      representative of an interest factor                        |   |                       | 134    |    |                           |   | 383     |                            |   |   | 528 |   |
| Interest, capitalized      lease                                                    |   |                       | 515    |    |                           |   | 1,452   |                            |   |   | 1,452 |   |
| Total      fixed charges                                                            |   | $                          | 20,817 |    |                           | $      | 61,278  |                            |   | $ | 82,387 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes                        |   | $                          | 44,868 |    |                           | $      | 102,809 |                            |   | $ | 126,655 |   |
| Plus:  total fixed      charges from above                                |   |                       | 20,817 |    |                           |   | 61,278  |                            |   |   | 82,387 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed      charges |   | $                          | 65,685 |    |                           | $      | 164,087 |                            |   | $ | 209,042 |   |
| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                             |   |                       | 3.16   |  X |                           |   | 2.68    |  X                         |   |   | 2.54 |  X |

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