Transmission Planning Summit 2009 Pineville General Office- May 27, 2009 Second Floor Conference Room A & B

Welcome Cleco Representatives Terry Whitmore, Mgr- Trans Planning & Operation Support Cindy Guillot, Dir- Transmission Policy & Contracts James Simms, Lead Engineer- Transmission Planning Chris Thibodeaux, Sr. Engineer- Transmission Planning Robby Michiels, Sr. Engineer- Transmission Planning Matt Bordelon, Lead Engineer- Transmission Planning

Agenda Introduction Economic Planning Studies Transmission Planning Criteria Transmission Construction Plan Acadiana Load Pocket Project Cleco Webroom Stakeholder Registration Any Stakeholder business Adjourn

Introduction Transmission Planning Summit Apart of Cleco’s FERC Order 890 Attachment K filing to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to facilitate coordination, openness, transparency and information exchange Plays an important step in Cleco’s Transmission Planning effort Conducted Annually Open to all applicable Transmission Customers as identified in Cleco’s OATT to register as Stakeholders Provides a means for registered Transmission Stakeholder participation Stakeholders can submit feedback and inputs into the Cleco Transmission Planning Process through committees

Economic Planning Studies Annually a solicitation is made of applicable transmission stakeholders to conduct economic studies as specified in the Cleco FERC Order 890 Attachment K filing None were submitted for the current year

Acadiana Load Pocket Project Presented by Christopher Thibodeaux

Transmission Construction Plan 2009 Presented by James Simms

Cleco Transmission Planning Criteria No comments received during review window

Cleco Webroom

Stakeholder Registration Contact Cindy Guillot: cindy.guillot@cleco.com

Any Stakeholder business Opportunity for Stakeholders to bring up or discuss any business

Thanks for your participation! Adjourn Thanks for your participation!