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ABBREVIATION OR ACRONYM
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DEFINITION
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2016 Merger
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Merger of Merger Sub with and into Cleco Corporation pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement which was completed on April 13, 2016
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2016 Merger Commitments
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Cleco Partners’, Cleco Group’s, Cleco Holdings’, and Cleco Power’s 77 commitments to the LPSC as defined in Docket No. U-33434 of which a performance report must be filed annually by October 31 for the 12 months ending June 30
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401(k) Plan
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Cleco Power 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
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ABR
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Alternate Base Rate which is the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, or LIBOR plus 1.0%
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Acadia
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Acadia Power Partners, LLC, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Midstream. Acadia Power Partners, LLC was dissolved effective August 29, 2014.
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Acadia Unit 1
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Cleco Power’s 580-MW, combined cycle power plant located at the Acadia Power Station in Eunice, Louisiana
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Acadia Unit 2
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Entergy Louisiana’s 580-MW, combined cycle power plant located at the Acadia Power Station in Eunice, Louisiana, which is operated by Cleco Power
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ADIT
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Accumulated Deferred Income Tax
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AFUDC
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Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
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Amended Lignite Mining Agreement
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Amended and restated lignite mining agreement effective December 29, 2009
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AMI
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Advanced Metering Infrastructure
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AOCI
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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ARO
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Asset Retirement Obligation
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BCI
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British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
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CCR
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Coal combustion by-products or residual
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CEO
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Chief Executive Officer
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CFO
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Chief Financial Officer
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CIP
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Cleco
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Cleco Holdings and its subsidiaries
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Cleco Cajun
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Cleco Cajun LLC (formerly Cleco Energy LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Holdings) and its subsidiaries
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Cleco Cajun Transaction
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The transaction between Cleco Cajun and NRG Energy in which Cleco Cajun acquired all the membership interest in South Central Generating, which closed on February 4, 2019, pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, which includes the Cottonwood Sale Leaseback.
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Cleco Corporation
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Pre-2016 Merger entity that was converted to a limited liability company and changed its name to Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC on April 13, 2016
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Cleco Group
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Cleco Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Partners
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Cleco Holdings
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Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Group
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Cleco Katrina/Rita
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Cleco Katrina/Rita Hurricane Recovery Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Power
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Cleco Partners
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Cleco Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership that is owned by a consortium of investors, including funds or investment vehicles managed by MIRA, BCI, John Hancock Financial, and other infrastructure investors
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Cleco Power
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Cleco Power LLC and its subsidiaries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Holdings
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Consent Decree
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The Consent Decree, entered March 5, 2013, in Civil Action No. 09-100-JJB-DLD, US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, by and among the EPA, the LDEQ, and Louisiana Generating relating to Big Cajun II, Unit 1, New Roads, Louisiana
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Cottonwood Energy
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Cottonwood Energy Company LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Cajun. Prior to the closing of the Cleco Cajun Transaction on February 4, 2019, Cottonwood Energy was an indirect subsidiary of South Central Generating.
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Cottonwood Plant
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Cleco Cajun’s 1,263-MW, natural-gas-fired generating station located in Deweyville, Texas
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Cottonwood Sale Leaseback
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A lease agreement executed and delivered between Cottonwood Energy and a special-purpose entity that is a subsidiary of NRG Energy pursuant to which NRG Energy will lease back the Cottonwood Plant and will operate it no later than May 2025.
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Coughlin
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Cleco Power’s 775-MW, combined-cycle power plant located in St. Landry, Louisiana
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DHLC
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Dolet Hills Lignite Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SWEPCO
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Diversified Lands
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Diversified Lands LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleco Holdings
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Dolet Hills
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A facility consisting of Dolet Hills Power Station, the Dolet Hills mine, and the Oxbow mine
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Dolet Hills Power Station
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A 650-MW generating unit at Cleco Power’s plant site in Mansfield, Louisiana. Cleco Power has a 50% ownership interest in the capacity of Dolet Hills.
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EAC
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Environmental Adjustment Clause
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EBITDA
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
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Entergy Gulf States
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Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC
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Entergy Louisiana
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC
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EPA
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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ERO
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Electric Reliability Organization
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Evangeline
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Cleco Evangeline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Midstream
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FAC
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Fuel Adjustment Clause
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FASB
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Financial Accounting Standards Board
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