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| CLECO POWER LLC | EXHIBIT 12(b) |
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Computation of Ratios of Earningsto Fixed Charges 

| UNAUDITED (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT RATIOS)                                              | **                     2005** |        |                      2004      |        |                      2003      |        |                      2002      |        |                      2001      |        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Earnings from continuing operations                                               | ** $    59,081**                                                                                              |        |    $        52,202                                                                    |        |    $        57,008                                                                    |        |    $        59,574                                                                    |        |    $        59,138                                                                    |        |
| Income taxes                                                                      | **        37,495**                                                                             |        |                 27,691                                  |        |                 29,846                                  |        |                 32,172                                  |        |                 31,290                                  |        |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes                          | ** $    96,576**                                                                                              |        |    $        79,893                                                                    |        |    $        86,854                                                                    |        |    $        91,746                                                                    |        |    $        90,428                                                                    |        |
| Fixed charges:                                                                    |                                                                                                                                   |        |                                                                                                                                    |        |                                                                                                                                    |        |                                                                                                                                    |        |                                                                                                                                    |        |
|      Interest, long-term debt                                 | ** $    24,583**                                                                                              |        |    $        26,909                                                                    |        |    $        25,841                                                                    |        |    $        24,762                                                                    |        |    $        23,813                                                                    |        |
|      Interest, other (including interest on  short-term debt) | **          2,431**                                                                  |        |                       984 |        |                   2,220                       |        |                   4,001                       |        |                   3,304                       |        |
|      Amortization of debt expense, premium, net               | **          1,482**                                                                  |        |                   1,797                       |        |                   1,526                       |        |                       931 |        |                       879 |        |
|      Portion of rentals representative of an  interest factor | **             283**                                                  |        |                       267 |        |                       513 |        |                       528 |        |                       527 |        |
| Total fixed charges                                                               | ** $    28,779**                                                                                              |        |    $        29,957                                                                    |        |    $        30,100                                                                    |        |    $        30,222                                                                    |        |    $        28,523                                                                    |        |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes                          | ** $    96,576**                                                                                              |        |    $        79,893                                                                    |        |    $        86,854                                                                    |        |    $        91,746                                                                    |        |    $        90,428                                                                    |        |
|      Total fixed charges from above                           | **        28,779**                                                                             |        |                 29,957                                  |        |                 30,100                                  |        |                 30,222                                  |        |                 28,523                                  |        |
| Earnings from continuing operations before income  taxes and fixed charges        | ** $  125,355**                                                                                                         |        |    $      109,850                                                                               |        |    $      116,954                                                                               |        |    $      121,968                                                                               |        |    $      118,951                                                                               |        |
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                | **            4.36**                                                       | x      |                     3.67            | x      |                     3.89            | x      |                     4.04            | x      |                     4.17            | x      |
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