PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 6                      Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
(To Prospectus dated April 20, 1993           Registration No. 33-61068
 and 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
                                                                     
Principal Amount . . . . .  $15,000,000     Initial Redemption Date. . . . . .Not Applicable

Original Issue Date. . . .  June 13, 1995   Initial Redemption Percentage. . .Not Applicable

                                            Annual Redemption Percentage
Maturity Date. . . . . . .  June 13, 2001   Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . .Not Applicable

Price (As of % of 
Principal Amount). . . . .  100%            Limitation Date. . . . . . . . . .Not Applicable

Interest Rate. . . . . . . .6.42%           Refunding Rate . . . . . . . . . .Not Applicable

Agents' Commission (As a                    Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X  Book-Entry Note
% of Principal Amount). .   0.55%                                             _  Certified Note

   





Including the Medium-Term Notes issued pursuant to this Pricing Supplement,
Central Louisiana Electric Company, Inc. (the "Company") has issued to date
(I) $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Medium-Term Notes under the
Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement to which this Pricing Supplement relates
(the "Notes") at interest rates then in effect and (ii) $-0- aggregate
principal amount of the Company's First Mortgage Bonds under the Prospectus
to which this Pricing Supplement relates.

If an Initial Redemption Date has been specified above, the Notes will be
redeemable as a whole or in part, in increments of $1,000 (provided that any
remaining principal amount of any such Note shall be at least $100,000), on
the Initial Redemption Date or on any date subsequent thereto, at the option
of the Company upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at
the applicable redemption price set forth below, with accrued interest to the
date of redemption; provided, however, that if a Limitation Date has been
specified above, no Notes shall be redeemed prior to the Limitation Date
specified above as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation
by the application, directly or indirectly, of monies borrowed having an
interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than the Refunding Rate specified above.
The redemption price shall initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage
specified above of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and
shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction specified above of the principal amount to
be redeemed until the redemption price is 100% of such principal amount.

Salomon Brothers Inc and CS First Boston (each an "Agent") purchased $15,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Notes offered hereby at a price of 99.45%
of the principal amount thereof, for resale to investors at varying prices
related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale, as determined by the
Agents.  The Agents have advised the Company that they may sell all or a part
of the Notes to one or more dealers at varying prices related to prevailing
market prices at the time of such sale, as determined by the Agent, less a
concession to be agreed upon between the Agent and any such dealer.

Salomon Brothers Inc
                             CS First Boston
                                                          Smith Barney Inc.



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The following selected financial information supplements the financial
information appearing in and incorporated by reference into the Pricing
Supplement relates.


                                     
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
     (In thousands, except ratios, percentages and per share data)

                                         Year ended December 31, 
                      
                                             1993         1994
                                    
                                                    
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





                                           Year Ended December 31,           
                                       1990      1991      1992      1993      1994

                                                                     
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges     2.84      2.99       3.16      3.30     3.35                               





 
                                                December 31, 1994     

                                                          
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  
  
       Total capitalization. . . . . . . . . . .$728,032    100.0%


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.



                           PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

As used herein and in the Prospectus Supplement to which this Pricing
Supplement relates, the term "Agents" shall mean Salomon Brothers Inc, CS
First Boston Corporation and Smith Barney Inc.  




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