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| CLECO CORPORATION   | EXHIBIT12(a) |
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Computation of Ratios of Earningsto Fixed Charges and of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends  

|                                                                                   | **  ****FOR THE THREE    MONTHS ENDED**                    |       | **      ****FOR THE SIX    MONTHS ENDED**               | ** ** | **FOR THE TWELVE    MONTHS ENDED**                                               | ** ** |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT RATIOS)                                                        |                                                                      |       | **JUNE****30, 2005**                                                             | ** ** | ** **                                                                       | ** ** |
| Earnings from continuing operations                                               | ** $  20,699**                                             |       | **  $    30,273**                                            | ** ** | **  $    71,768**                                            | ** ** |
| Income taxes                                                                      | **      12,548**                            |       | **       18,543**                                  | ** ** | **       40,957**                                  | ** ** |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes                          | ** $  33,247**                                             |       | **  $    48,816**                                            | ** ** | **  $  112,725**                                                       | ** ** |
| Fixed charges:                                                                    |                                                                      |       | ** **                                                                       | ** ** | ** **                                                                       | ** ** |
|      Interest, long-term debt                                 | ** $    8,807**                                  |       | **  $    19,541**                                            | ** ** | **  $    41,107**                                            | ** ** |
|      Interest, other (including interest on  short-term debt) | **        1,334**                 |       | **         2,094**                       | ** ** | **         3,415**                       | ** ** |
|      Amortization of debt expense, premium, net               | **           789** |       | **         1,414**                       | ** ** | **         2,964**                       | ** ** |
|      Portion of rentals representative of an  interest factor | **           110** |       | **             153** | ** ** | **             296** | ** ** |
| Total fixed charges                                                               | ** $  11,040**                                             |       | **  $    23,202**                                            | ** ** | **  $    47,782**                                            | ** ** |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes                          | ** $  33,247**                                             |       | **  $    48,816**                                            | ** ** | **  $  112,725**                                                       | ** ** |
|      Plus:  total fixed charges from above               | **      11,040**                            |       | **       23,202**                                  | ** ** | **       47,782**                                  | ** ** |
|      Plus:  amortization of capitalized interest         | **           102** |       | **             204** | ** ** | **             407** | ** ** |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes and fixed charges        | ** $  44,389**                                             |       | **  $    72,222**                                            | ** ** | **  $  160,914**                                                       | ** ** |
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                | **          4.02**      | **x** | **            3.11**      | **x**      | **            3.37**      | **x**      |
| Total fixed charges from above                                                    | **     11,040**                                  |       | **       23,202**                                  |            | **       47,782**                                  |            |
| Preferred stock dividends                                                         | **           470** |       | **             982** |            | **         1,987**                       |            |
| Total fixed charges and preferred stock dividends                                 | **      11,510**                            |       | **       24,184**                                  |            | **       49,769**                                  |            |
| Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and  preferred stock dividends        | **          3.86**      | **x** | **            2.99**      | **x**      | **            3.23**      | **x**      |

 

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