

Note 1 — The Company

Cleco is composed of the following:

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Cleco Power, a regulated electric utility subsidiary, which owns nine generating units with a total nameplate capacity of 3,310 MW and serves approximately 290,000 customers in Louisiana through its retail business and supplies wholesale power in Louisiana and Mississippi. Cleco Power also owns a 50% interest in an entity that owns lignite reserves. Cleco Power owns all of the outstanding membership interests in Cleco Katrina/Rita, a special purpose entity that is consolidated with Cleco Power in its financial statements.


•	Cleco’s other operations consist of the following:


◦	Cleco Holdings, a holding company,


◦	Support Group, a shared services subsidiary,


◦	Diversified Lands, an investment subsidiary, and


◦	Attala and Perryville, two subsidiaries that owned and operated transmission interconnection facilities prior to the assets being sold by Cleco on December 29, 2017.

On April 13, 2016, Cleco Holdings completed its merger with Merger Sub whereby Merger Sub merged with and into Cleco Corporation, with Cleco Corporation surviving the Merger, and Cleco Corporation converting to a limited liability company and changing its name to Cleco Holdings, as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Group and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Partners. As a result, Cleco Corporation is presented as the predecessor entity and Cleco Holdings is presented as the successor entity. For more information on the Merger, see Note 3 — “Business Combinations.”

On February 6, 2018, Cleco Energy entered into the Purchase and Sale Agreement with NRG Energy and NRG South Central. For more information on the Purchase and Sale Agreement and related transactions, see Note 20 — “Subsequent Event - Plan of Acquisition.”