CLECO CORPORATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   EXHIBIT 32(a)

Cleco Corporation

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Cleco Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David M. Eppler, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Dilek Samil, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/  David M. Eppler

David M. Eppler
President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/  Dilek Samil

Dilek Samil
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer