Cleco Power LLC
Cleco Power is an investor-owned utility serving customers across central and southeastern Louisiana, regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission. It has no EV-specific time-of-use rate, but it runs an Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive program that pays residential customers $250 toward a Level 2 charger and pays commercial sites $1,000 for Level 2 chargers or $3,500 for DC fast chargers. There is no managed-charging program at this time.
At a glance
Investor-owned- Serves
- Louisiana
- Customers
- 295,385
- EV rate plan
- –
- EVSE rebate
- Yes
- Managed-charging program
- –
Residential EVSE rebates
Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive (Residential Level 2)
Up to $250 per port
Residential Cleco customers in good account standing who purchase and install a new Level 2 charger at a residence within Cleco's service territory. Limited to two Level 2 charger incentives per account; apply through the online portal within 180 days of purchase or installation.
Apply / learn more →Commercial & multifamily rebates
Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive (Commercial Level 2)
Up to $1,000 per port
Commercial Cleco customers in good account standing installing a new Level 2 charger at a multifamily, workplace, or publicly accessible site within Cleco's service territory. Apply within 180 days of purchase or installation.
Apply / learn more →Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive (DC Fast Charger)
Up to $3,500 per port
Commercial Cleco customers in good account standing installing a new DC fast charger at a site within Cleco's service territory. Apply within 180 days of purchase or installation.
Apply / learn more →Cleco Power does not offer an EV-specific time-of-use rate. Cleco's charger rebate is open to residential customers on the standard residential schedule or on its TOUCH Program schedule. Check Cleco's filed rate schedules for current rates, peak windows, and seasonal definitions before choosing a plan for charging.
Cleco's rebates run through one program, the Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive rider, rather than through the rate you take. A residential customer in good standing can get $250 toward a new Level 2 charger, capped at two Level 2 charger incentives per account. The commercial side of the same program pays $1,000 per port for a Level 2 charger at a multifamily, workplace, or publicly accessible site, and $3,500 per port for a DC fast charger. The rebates do not require enrollment in TOUCH, and TOUCH does not require taking a rebate; the two are independent.
Cleco is an investor-owned utility, distinct from Entergy Louisiana and SWEPCO, and its territory is largely rural and small-city central Louisiana plus a stretch of the southeast. Its base rates and the EV charger incentive rider are set by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, not a deregulated retail market, so the program terms are uniform across the territory and change only through LPSC filings. The charger incentive rider took effect May 1, 2025.
Service territory
Louisiana
- Acadia
- Allen
- Assumption
- Avoyelles
- Beauregard
- Calcasieu
- Catahoula
- DeSoto
- Evangeline
- Grant
- Iberia
- Jefferson Davis
- La Salle
- Natchitoches
- Rapides
- Red River
- Sabine
- St Landry
- St Martin
- St Mary
- St Tammany
- Vermilion
- Vernon
- Washington
Cost to charge
Other utilities in Louisiana
State guides
Sources
- Cleco, Residential EVs program pageRetrieved Jun 2026
- Cleco, Commercial EVs, EV Chargers and Forklifts program pageRetrieved Jun 2026
- Cleco, Electric Vehicle Charger Incentive (EVCI) Rider, Rider Schedule No. 46, effective 05/01/2025Retrieved Oct 2026
- DSIRE, Cleco Power Residential EV RebateRetrieved Jun 2026
- DSIRE, Cleco Power Commercial EV RebateRetrieved Jun 2026
Federal and state-level program details are tracked at DSIRE.
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