CLECO Plants

Question 1

Acadia Power Station

Answer 1

• Combined Cycle (nat gas)
• Plant Manager: Russ Snyder
• Two 2x1 CCs
• 1160 MW (580 MW per unit)
• Cod: 2002
• CLECO power owns unit 1, half of plants assets, and operates entire plant. Entergy owns unit 2 and half plants assets.
• Siemens 501FD2 CTs (210 MW), Siemens STG, & Nooter HRSGs
• As of 2/2013 it has lowest heat rate in fleet so running intermediate to base.
• Acadia Power Partners, Calpine and Cleco Midstream, built Acadia. Calpine went bankrupt and sold 50% interest to Cajun Gas Energy in 2007 for $189mil. Around 2009/2010 Entergy bought 50% interest and Cleco Power bought other 50%.
• Location: South of Eunice

Question 2

Dolet Hills Power Station

Answer 2

• 650 MW (1 unit)
• Plant Manager: Pat Dupuy
• Lignite or Nat Gas Fuel
• Cod: 1986
• Location: DeSoto Parish
• 50% owned by CLECO power, 40% AEP-SWEPCO, 6% Northeast Texas Electric Coop, 4% Oklahoma Municipal Power
• Operated by CLECO Power
• Lignite is mined by Dolet Hills Lignite Company, subsidiary of AEP-SWEPCO
• 7 mile conveyor b/t mine and plant
• Ash is sold as cement additive

Question 3

Brame Energy Center; Nesbitt Unit 1

Answer 3

• 440 MW
• Plant Manager: Greg Coco
• Asst Plant Manager: Steve Holmes
• COD: 1975
• 100% Owned and operated by Cleco Power
• Fuel: Nat gas and Low Sulfur Oil

Question 4

Brame Energy Center; Rodemacher Unit 2

Answer 4

• 523 MW
• COD: 1982
• 50% owned by Lafayette Public Power, 30% Cleco Power, 20% Louisiana Energy and Power Authority
• Fuel: PRB Coal

Question 5

Brame Energy Center; Madison Unit 3

Answer 5

• 600 MW
• COD: 2010
• CFBs
• Fuel: Petcoke, but can use multiple types of solid fuels like biomass
• 100% Owned and operated by Cleco Power

Question 6

Teche Power Station

Answer 6

• Unit 1 COD: 1956, 32 MW used for peaking
• Unit 2 is retired (2011)
• Unit 3 COD: 1971, 350 MW
• Unit 4: 33 MW Nat gas blackstart generating unit (2011)
• Fuel: Nat gas and oil
• Plant Manager: Joey Rosamond
• 100% Owned and Operated by Cleco Power

Question 7

Coughlin Power Station

Answer 7

• 775 MW
• COD: 1948/2000
• Owned and operated by Cleco Evangeline LLC under the umbrella of Cleco Midstream Resources LLC, a subsidiary of Cleco Corp.
• Combined cycle, natural gas
• Units 6 & 7 were repowered in 2000
• Plant Manager: Joe Sepulvado