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| CLECOPOWER |  EXHIBIT      12(b) |
|------------|--------------------------|

|                                                                                |   | FOR      THE THREEMONTHS      ENDED |   |    | FOR      THE TWELVE MONTHS      ENDED |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------|--------|---------|--------------------------------------------|--------|
| (THOUSANDS,      EXCEPT RATIOS)                                                     |   | MARCH      31, 2008                 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations                                            |   | $                                   | 27,608 |    |                                       | $      | 100,004 |   |
| Income      taxes                                                                   |   |                                | 6,958  |    |                                       |   | 33,455 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes                        |   | $                                   | 34,566 |    |                                       | $      | 133,459 |   |
| Fixed      charges:                                                                 |   |                                |   |    |                                       |   |   |   |
| Interest, long-term      debt                                                       |   | $                                   | 9,376  |    |                                       | $      | 33,824 |   |
| Interest, other (including      interest on short-term debt)                        |   |                                | 2,230  |    |                                       |   | 7,728 |   |
| Amortization of debt expense,      premium, net                                     |   |                                | 406    |    |                                       |   | 1,456 |   |
| Portion of rentals      representative of an interest factor                        |   |                                | 123    |    |                                       |   | 526 |   |
| Total      fixed charges                                                            |   | $                                   | 12,135 |    |                                       | $      | 43,534 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes                        |   | $                                   | 34,566 |    |                                       | $      | 133,459 |   |
| Plus:  total fixed      charges from above                                |   |                                | 12,135 |    |                                       |   | 43,534 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed      charges |   | $                                   | 46,701 |    |                                       | $      | 176,993 |   |
| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                             |   |                                | 3.85   | X  |                                       |   | 4.07 | X  |

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