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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT                          Filed Pursuant To Rule 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated April 20, 1993 and               Registration No. 33-61068
Prospectus Supplement dated April 28, 1993)

$125,000,000

Central Louisiana Electric Company, Inc.

Medium-Term Notes

Due From 9 Months to 30 Years From Date of Issue

The following selected financial information supplements the financial
information appearing in and incorporated by reference into the accompanying 
Prospectus to which this Prospectus Supplement relates.
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                               SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
<CAPTION>         (In thousands, except ratios, percentages and per share data)
                                    Year ended December 31, 
                                    -----------------------
                                         1993      1994
                                         ----      ----
<S>                                   <C>        <C>
Statement of Income Data: 
 Operating revenues                   $382,433   $379,603
 Operating income                     $ 64,745   $ 70,430
 Income before interest charges       $ 67,571   $ 71,417
 Net income                           $ 41,812   $ 45,043
 Primary net income per common share  $   1.78   $   1.92

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<CAPTION>                                    Year ended December 31,
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   1990      1991      1992      1993      1994
                                   ----      ----      ----      ----      ----
S>                                 <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 2.84      2.99      3.16      3.30      3.35
                         
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<CAPTION>                                     December 31, 1994     
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<S>                                          <C>           <C>
Capital Structure:
 First mortgage bonds. . . . . . . . .       $124,000      17.0%
 Medium-term notes . . . . . . . . . .        165,000      22.7 
 Other long-term debt(1)(2). . . . . .         62,741       8.6  
 Cumulative preferred stock(3) . . . .         13,264       1.8  
 Common shareholders' equity . . . . .        363,027      49.9  
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   Total capitalization. . . . . . . .       $728,032     100.0%
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Short-term debt. . . . . . . . . . . .       $ 28,977
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(1)  Excludes current maturities of other long-term debt aggregating 
     approximately $14.7 million.

(2)  Includes approximately $61.3 million aggregate principal amount of 
     continuously remarketed variable rate pollution control revenue bonds due 
     2018.

(3)  Includes approximately $29.7 million of convertible preferred stock issued
     in April 1991 in connection with the establishment of an employee stock
     ownership plan, reduced by approximately $24.4 million of unearned 
     compensation expense related to such employee stock ownership plan.

The date of this Prospectus Supplement is May 24, 1995.             Page 1 of 1

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