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

|                                                                                |   | FOR      THE THREEMONTHS      ENDED |   |    | FOR      THE TWELVE MONTHS      ENDED |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------|--------|---------|--------------------------------------------|--------|
| (THOUSANDS,      EXCEPT RATIOS)                                                     |   | MARCH      31, 2009                 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations                                            |   | $                                   | 15,018 |    |                                       | $      | 101,242 |   |
| Income      taxes                                                                   |   |                                | 3,800  |    |                                       |   | 24,798 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes                        |   | $                                   | 18,818 |    |                                       | $      | 126,040 |   |
| Fixed      charges:                                                                 |   |                                |   |    |                                       |   |   |   |
| Interest, long-term      debt                                                       |   | $                                   | 16,944 |    |                                       | $      | 50,459 |   |
| Interest, other (including      interest on short-term debt)                        |   |                                | 3,864  |    |                                       |   | 23,581 |   |
| Amortization of debt expense,      premium, net                                     |   |                                | 541    |    |                                       |   | 2,026 |   |
| Portion of rentals      representative of an interest factor                        |   |                                | 121    |    |                                       |   | 524 |   |
| Total      fixed charges                                                            |   | $                                   | 21,470 |    |                                       | $      | 76,590 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes                        |   | $                                   | 18,818 |    |                                       | $      | 126,040 |   |
| Plus:  total fixed      charges from above                                |   |                                | 21,470 |    |                                       |   | 76,590 |   |
| Earnings      from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed      charges |   | $                                   | 40,288 |    |                                       | $      | 202,630 |   |
| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                             |   |                                | 1.88   |  x |                                       |   | 2.65 |  x |

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