Cleco Power LLC

Cleco Power does not offer an EV-specific time-of-use rate. Residential customers who want to lower the cost of overnight charging can opt into Cleco's general TOUCH time-of-use program, which prices electricity by season and time of day. TOUCH charges more during a weekday afternoon and early-evening peak and less at night and on weekends, so shifting charging to off-peak hours is what saves money here, not a dedicated EV rate. The exact peak windows, seasonal definitions, and cents-per-kWh amounts are set through LPSC proceedings and published in Cleco's filed rate schedules.

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 chargers per account. The commercial side of the same program pays $1,000 for a Level 2 charger at a multifamily, workplace, fleet, or public site, and $3,500 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 one of two large investor-owned utilities in Louisiana, distinct from Entergy Louisiana, 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, and rebates are first come, first served.