Cleco to Present at the Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference

Presentation to Be Webcast Over the Internet

PINEVILLE, LA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/06/09 -- R. Russell Davis, vice president of investor relations and chief accounting officer of Cleco Corp. (NYSE: CNL), will speak Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at the Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference in Dallas, Texas. Davis' presentation will begin at 3:55 p.m. Central time (4:55 p.m. Eastern time). He will provide an overview of Cleco and discuss the company's long-term growth strategy.

The presentation will be webcast live over the Internet. To access the webcast, go to www.cleco.com, select "For Investors" and "Cleco Corp. Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference presentation" under webcasts.

Co-sponsored by Three Point Advisors, LLC and the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Dallas/Ft. Worth, the Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference is an annual independent conference that allows quality companies to tell their stories to professional investors with the express purpose of generating investor interest.

Cleco Corp. is a regional energy company headquartered in Pineville, La. It operates a regulated electric utility company that serves about 276,000 customers across Louisiana. Cleco also operates a wholesale energy business with approximately 1,350 megawatts of nameplate generating capacity. For more information about Cleco, visit www.cleco.com.