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CLECO POWER LLC

LA · US

Electric Utility

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Tracked direct giving

$535,701

LDA reported lobbying spend

$240,000

Connections

1

The Money Trail

How money flowed from CLECO POWER LLC

$375K
15 transactions across 10 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

CLECO POWER LLC directed $215K to Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana) across 3 contributions between September 2024 and September 2026.

Sep 2024 – Sep 2026corporate

CLECO POWER LLC directed $31K to Cajun PAC II across 2 contributions between November 2024 and January 2026.

Nov 2024 – Jan 2026corporate

CLECO POWER LLC directed $25K to Cleco PAC.

Mar 2023corporate

CLECO POWER LLC directed $20K to CameronPac across 2 contributions between April 2025 and March 2026.

Apr 2025 – Mar 2026corporate

CLECO POWER LLC directed $20K to Foundation PAC across 2 contributions between April 2025 and March 2026.

Apr 2025 – Mar 2026corporate

CLECO POWER LLC also gave to 5 other entities totaling $64K.

$375K tracked across 10 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

ENGENG
$540K
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$120K

Lobbying Firms Retained

K&L Gates, LLP$540K

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$100,000Sep 23, 2026
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$90,000Sep 27, 2024
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$25,000Feb 20, 2026
Cleco PAC$25,000Mar 21, 2023
Cajun PAC II$25,000Nov 19, 2024
LA Democrats (formerly Democratic PAC of the Demo. St. Central Comm., DEMOPAC)$15,000Dec 6, 2022
Jambalaya PAC$15,000Oct 28, 2022
Stephanie Hilferty$12,000Sep 23, 2026
Protect St. Tammany's Future$12,000Aug 27, 2026
Foundation PAC$10,000Mar 9, 2026
John Bel Edwards for Louisiana Leadership PAC, LLC$10,000Sep 26, 2017
CameronPac$10,000Mar 6, 2026
Foundation PAC$10,000Apr 7, 2025
CameronPac$10,000Apr 14, 2025
Cajun PAC II$6,000Jan 23, 2026
Jeff Landry$5,000Aug 1, 2024
Jeff Landry$5,000Aug 7, 2023
John Bel Edwards for Louisiana Leadership PAC, LLC$5,000Sep 26, 2017
Craig C. Greene$5,000Nov 8, 2017
John Bel Edwards$5,000Sep 14, 2016
John Bel Edwards$5,000Nov 10, 2015
David Vitter (Louisiana)$5,000Nov 13, 2015
Jean-Paul Coussan$5,000Oct 1, 2024
Julie Quinn$5,000Sep 23, 2024
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$5,000Sep 18, 2024
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$5,000Sep 5, 2023
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$5,000Jul 6, 2023
Lambert C. Boissiere, III$5,000Oct 19, 2022
John Schroder$5,000Dec 31, 2021
Republican Party of Louisiana (Louisiana)$5,000Jun 17, 2021
Edward L. Rispone (Louisiana)$5,000Nov 6, 2019
John Bel Edwards$5,000Nov 1, 2019
Cajun PAC II$5,000Aug 1, 2024
Mike Francis$2,500Feb 1, 2017
Eric Skrmetta$2,500Dec 12, 2016
St Tammany Chamber PAC$2,500Jun 10, 2025
Republican Legislative Delegation Campaign Committee, Inc.$2,500Feb 7, 2025
Republican Legislative Delegation Campaign Committee, Inc.$2,500Mar 25, 2024
Mike Francis$2,500Sep 14, 2023
Republican Legislative Delegation Campaign Committee, Inc.$2,500Jan 24, 2023
Stephen Waguespack$2,500Apr 3, 2023
Mike Johnson (Louisiana)$2,500Oct 19, 2022
Republican Legislative Delegation Campaign Committee, Inc.$2,500Apr 1, 2022
Eric Skrmetta$2,500Nov 19, 2020
Eric Skrmetta$2,500Nov 19, 2020
Eric Skrmetta$2,500Nov 27, 2020
Eric Skrmetta$2,500Nov 27, 2020
Foster Campbell$2,500Mar 16, 2020
Foster Campbell$2,500Mar 16, 2020
Wendell Jay Luneau$2,500Sep 9, 2019

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
RetainedK&L Gates, LLPHired K&L GATES, LLP to lobby on Energy / Fossil FuelsSource