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Cleco Power is an investor-owned utility serving 252,816 residential customers in Louisiana (EIA-861, 2025). Gridpol files Cleco Power interconnection applications for licensed installers – solar, storage and EV chargers – with single-line diagram and site plan, unlimited for $500 a month.
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Partly researched from official sources. verify on first project: cleco.com returned HTTP 403 again on 2026-11-13. Confirm application form/portal, documents, fees, LPSC size limits, timelines, storage rules and current DG avoided-cost credit. Archive.org is not reachable from our fetch tool and web search budget was exhausted on 2026-11-13.
Cleco Power at a glance
Cleco Power LLC (Cleco Holdings)
TypeInvestor-owned utility
EIA utility ID3265
Residential customers252,816 (EIA-861, 2025)
Net-metered residential customers4,419 (EIA-861, 2025)
Service territory24 counties in Louisiana
Who submitsCustomer reviews tariff and agreement, then calls Cleco (1-800-622-6537) to meet with an engineer.
Export compensationNet billing – Distributed Generation Service Tariff
Customers interconnected on/after Jan 1, 2020 (all customers after Dec 31, 2034) credited at avoided cost rate updated annually; meter records delivered and received separately
Documents Cleco Power asks for
- Interconnection agreementCustomer Owned Generation Interconnection Agreement
How the Cleco Power process runs
- Review DG Service Tariff and Interconnection Agreement
- Call Cleco customer service to meet with an engineer
- Sign agreement; install; meter
Size levels and limits
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LPSC DG rules apply (not confirmed on Cleco page)
Sources
- Cleco – Distributed Generation (search snippet; site blocks automated access): https://www.cleco.com/residential-commercial/interconnections/distributed-generation (retrieved 2026-11-13)
Louisiana interconnection rule
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Interconnection ruleLPSC General Order dated 09-19-2019 (Docket R-33929), Distributed Generation Rule, incl. Standard Interconnection Agreement – Distributed Generation Rules · source
Applies toLPSC-jurisdictional electric utilities: investor-owned utilities and electric cooperatives (definition of Electric Utility, La. R.S. 45:1161); not municipal utilities; Entergy New Orleans is regulated by the New Orleans City Council
Application formStatewide Standard Interconnection Agreement (Part I standard information sections 1-4 + terms) filed by each utility
TimelinesResidential: submit Standard Interconnection Agreement at least 30 business days before interconnection, 30-day review (best efforts 14 days). Commercial/community: submit at least 45 business days before, 45-day review. Customer must document date of notification (Sec. 5.2).
FeesUtility may assess greater fees or customer charges to DG customers only if authorized by the Commission after notice in a rate case or formula rate plan proceeding (Sec. 6.3). Interconnection costs for inadequate facilities per utility extension policies.
InsuranceNot addressed in the rule text reviewed.
External disconnectVisibly open, lockable, manual, clearly labeled disconnect switch accessible to utility required, unless waived by utility under Section 4 of the Standard Interconnection Agreement: waiver if inverter cannot be manually overridden and shuts down on loss of utility, manufacturer warrants it, and inverter is properly installed and inspected/tested by utility (utility discretion).
Export compensationNet billing – LPSC General Order 09-19-2019 (R-33929)
For interconnection requests/installations after 2019-12-31: customer pays full retail rate for all energy purchased, zero rate for self-consumed energy, and exports credited at the utility's avoided cost (published annually by LPSC). Earlier customers grandfathered (15 years).
Electric cooperatives are bound. Municipal utilities (e.g. Lafayette Utilities System) are not LPSC-jurisdictional and set their own policies; New Orleans follows City Council rules.
- LPSC General Order 09-19-2019 (R-33929) Distributed Generation Rules: https://www.lpsc.louisiana.gov/docs/orders/GO-09-19-2019.pdf (retrieved 2026-11-13)
- LPSC Net Metering page: https://www.lpsc.louisiana.gov/Utilities_NetMetering (retrieved 2026-11-13)
$500 / month
Unlimited interconnection applications. 12-month agreement, signed online. The agreement starts the day you sign; first invoice right away, then monthly.
- Unlimited interconnection applications
- Single-line diagram and site plan for every application
- Pre-submission check against the utility’s requirements
- Homeowner e-signature link for the authorization
- Filing in your utility portal accounts or by the utility’s method
- Utility questions, corrections and resubmissions
- Follow-up through approval, inspection and PTO
- Customer list, exports, API and webhooks
Applications are typically submitted within 2 business days after complete documents. Utility review times are set by each utility.