Cleco Power LLC application for approval of electric service arrangements, related generation, and transmission support for Applied Digital
This is the Cleco docket for the Applied Digital Rapides Parish package. The filing describes an expected roughly 430 MW project by 2028 and asks the Commission to approve customer-specific service and supply arrangements.
Whether the Cleco/Applied Digital service structure, proposed generation support, and long-term capacity contract keep dedicated large-load costs and end-of-term risk from shifting to existing customers.
It is the first major Cleco-side data-center power control docket in the tracker and a key source for Central Louisiana large-load cost-allocation and reliability questions.
Track the January 26-27, 2027 hearing, subsequent ALJ record compilation, and Commission consideration no later than the March 2027 meeting.
Open certification proceeding. Cleco's filing seeks approval of an electric service agreement, a capacity contract with Tenaska through May 31, 2037, and related generation and grid-connection support. On September 16, 2026, the Commission unanimously set consideration no later than the March 2027 Business and Executive Session, with an October 15 written order directing the ALJ to compile the record without recommendation and setting hearing dates for January 26-27, 2027.
Status comes from the LPSC public docket details page as of 2026-10-20. Open dockets are not treated as approved until the LPSC posts an order or certification decision.
U-38035 is "Cleco Power LLC application for approval of electric service arrangements, related generation, and transmission support for Applied Digital" — This is the Cleco docket for the Applied Digital Rapides Parish package. The filing describes an expected roughly 430 MW project by 2028 and asks the Commission to approve customer-specific service and supply arrangements.
U-38035 is open as of 2026-10-20. Open certification proceeding. Cleco's filing seeks approval of an electric service agreement, a capacity contract with Tenaska through May 31, 2037, and related generation and grid-connection support. On September 16, 2026, the Commission unanimously set consideration no later than the March 2027 Business and Executive Session, with an October 15 written order directing the ALJ to compile the record without recommendation and setting hearing dates for January 26-27, 2027.
It is the first major Cleco-side data-center power control docket in the tracker and a key source for Central Louisiana large-load cost-allocation and reliability questions.
Whether the Cleco/Applied Digital service structure, proposed generation support, and long-term capacity contract keep dedicated large-load costs and end-of-term risk from shifting to existing customers.
Track the January 26-27, 2027 hearing, subsequent ALJ record compilation, and Commission consideration no later than the March 2027 meeting.
For underwriting or reporting, cite the LPSC docket or primary document directly and treat LouisianAI as an independent index. A suggested citation: “LPSC Docket U-38035, Cleco / Applied Digital service package, Louisiana Public Service Commission, opened 2026-07-01; tracked at louisianai.com/lpsc-dockets/u-38035.”