

[Federal Register: September 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 183)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 35-28030]

 
Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
Amended (``Act'')

September 16, 2005.
    Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been 
made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules 
promulgated under the Act. All interested persons are referred to the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the 
proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or 
declaration(s) and any amendment(s) is/are available for public 
inspection through the Commission's Branch of Public Reference.
    Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in 
writing by October 11, 2005 to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-9303, and serve a 
copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the 
address(es) specified below. Proof of service (by affidavit or, in the 
case of an attorney at law, by certificate) should be filed with the 
request. Any request for hearing should identify specifically the 
issues of facts or law that are disputed. A person who so requests will 
be notified of any hearing, if ordered, and will receive a copy of any 
notice or order issued in the matter. After October 11, 2005, the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s), as filed or as amended, may be 
granted and/or permitted to become effective.

Cleco Corporation and Cleco Midstream Resources LLC (70-10318)

    Cleco Corporation (``Cleco Corp.''), 2030 Donahue Ferry Road, 
Pineville, Louisiana, a Louisiana corporation and a holding company 
claiming exemption from registration under section 3(a)(1) of the Act 
by rule 2, and its wholly owned-subsidiary at the same address, Cleco 
Midstream Resources, LLC (``Cleco Midstream'') (``Applicants'') have 
filed an application (``Application'') under sections 9(a)(2) and 10 of 
the Act. Applicants seek approval of their proposed acquisition of all 
of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Attala 
Transmission, LLC (``Attala'').
    Attala is a Louisiana limited liability company that will acquire 
transmission facilities from Central Mississippi Generating Company, 
LLC (``Central Mississippi''), an exempt wholesale generator under 
section 32 of the Act (``EWG''), and thus become a public-utility 
company. Central Mississippi is currently the owner of a generating 
plant (``Attala Generating Plant'') located in Attala County, 
Mississippi, as well as interconnection facilities used to transmit 
electric energy from the Attala Generating Plant to the transmission 
system of Entergy Mississippi, Inc. (``Entergy Mississippi''), a public 
utility subsidiary of Entergy, Inc., a register holding company. 
Central Mississippi has proposed to sell the Attala Generating Plant to 
Entergy Mississippi and to sell the interconnection facilities to 
Attala, which will be formed as a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of 
Cleco Corp. and as a direct subsidiary of Cleco Midstream 
(``Transaction''). Following the closing of the Transaction, Attala 
will own, operate and maintain the interconnection facilities, and it 
will use them to provide interconnection service from the Attala 
Generating Plant to the Entergy Mississippi transmission system, in 
accordance with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``FERC'') filed 
rate schedule.
    Cleco Corp. is the parent company of Cleco Power LLC (``Cleco 
Power''), a Louisiana limited liability public-utility company that 
provides electric utility service in central and southeastern 
Louisiana.
    Cleco Midstream is the parent company of Perryville Energy Holdings 
LLC which owns Perryville Energy Partners, LLC (``Perryville''), an 
EWG. Perryville owns a 718-megawatt generating facility as well as 
interconnection facilities used to connect the facility to the 
transmission system of Entergy Louisiana (``Entergy LA''). Perryville 
has entered into an agreement to sell the generating facility to 
Entergy LA (although it will retain ownership of the interconnection 
facilities). Following the sale, Perryville will no longer own 
generating facilities, will cease to qualify as an EWG, and will become 
a public-utility company, as defined in section 2(a)(5) of the Act. 
Consequently, when the Transaction is completed, Cleco Midstream will 
be a holding company with respect to two public-utility companies, 
Perryville and Attala.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-18940 Filed 9-21-05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010-01-P
