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| CLECO POWER   | EXHIBIT12(b) |
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Computation of Ratios of Earningsto Fixed Charges 

|                                                                                   | **   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                                               | ** $  17,324**                                             |       | **  $     24,934**                                            |       | **  $     55,234**                                            |       |
| Income taxes                                                                      | **      10,783**                            |       | **         15,456**                            |       | **         30,553**                            |       |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes                          | ** $  28,107**                                             |       | **  $     40,390**                                            |       | **  $     85,787**                                            |       |
| Fixed charges:                                                                    |                                                                      |       | ** **                                                                             |       | ** **                                                                             |       |
|      Interest, long-term debt                                 | ** $    5,345**                                  |       | **  $     11,844**                                            |       | **  $     25,307**                                            |       |
|      Interest, other (including interest on  short-term debt) | **           924** |       | **           1,482**                 |       | **           2,583**                 |       |
|      Amortization of debt expense, premium, net               | **           327** |       | **              774** |       | **           1,672**                 |       |
|      Portion of rentals representative of an  interest factor | **           109** |       | **              153** |       | **              282** |       |
| Total fixed charges                                                               | ** $    6,705**                                  |       | **  $     14,253**                                            |       | **  $     29,844**                                            |       |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes                          | ** $  28,107**                                             |       | **  $     40,390**                                            |       | **  $     85,787**                                            |       |
|      Plus:  total fixed charges from above               | **        6,705**                 |       | **         14,253**                            |       | **         29,844**                            |       |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes and fixed charges        | ** $  34,812**                                             |       | **  $     54,643**                                            |       | **  $   115,631**                                                       |       |
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                | **          5.19**      | **x** | **             3.83**      | **x** | **             3.87**      | **x** |

 

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