Down in the Louisiana bayous, Cleco comes alive with the click of a light switch. The holding company's utility unit, Cleco Power, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 283,000 residential and business customers in 108 communities in the state. Cleco Power has a net generating capacity of about 2,565 MW from its interests in nine fossil-fueled power plants. It also purchases power from other utilities and energy marketers and sells some excess power to wholesale customers. Subsidiary Cleco Midstream Resources owns and operates two gas-fired wholesale power plants, a gas interconnection link to access the natural gas supply market, and offers energy management services. Cleco was bought in 2016 by an investor group led by Macquarie Infrastructure.