debt_leverage_profile
Debt-to-equity ~1.8x; regulated utility capital structure with ~$3.5B long-term debt; a 200bps rate rise adds ~$70M annual interest cost on floating/refinanced tranches
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interest_rate_sensitivity
~15-20% of debt exposed to refinancing within 3 years; 200bps rate increase compresses regulated ROE by ~50-80bps, pressuring rate case filings
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Gulf Coast natural gas pipeline chokepoints (Henry Hub/Texas intrastate) and transformer/substation equipment concentrated in Asian manufacturing hubs
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international_expansion_readiness
No material international revenue; sovereign currency devaluation exposure is effectively zero — purely domestic Louisiana regulated utility
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geographic_footprint
Operations entirely within Louisiana, USA; zero international revenue exposure; no foreign-currency risk
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commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Natural Gas, Coal, Uranium, Crude Oil, Copper (grid), Lithium (storage); geopolitical: European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Entergy-operated transmission grid creates non-substitutable dependency; Cleco relies on shared transmission infrastructure representing significant operational lock-in
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business_model_type_primary
Regulated electric utility — not cloud-dependent; core operations run on OT/SCADA systems; cloud termination would disrupt back-office but not power delivery
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business_model_type_secondary
Minimal cloud exposure for enterprise IT; physical grid infrastructure is the primary operational backbone, making cloud termination a manageable business-continuity issue
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switching_cost_profile
Low API coupling risk; utility SCADA/EMS systems use proprietary industrial protocols; switching costs are high due to physical infrastructure, not software APIs
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howey_test_risk_index
Near-zero Howey Test risk; revenue model is rate-regulated electricity sales to captive customers — not an investment contract or securities offering
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regulatory_burden_tier
Very High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Minimal GDPR exposure (no EU customers); CCPA exposure limited to California employees; primary data risk is NERC CIP compliance for grid operational data
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; operates as state-sanctioned regulated monopoly in Louisiana service territory; LPSC oversight substitutes for competitive market regulation
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regulatory_exposure_profile
Very High burden; regimes: FERC, NERC, EPA, NRC, State PUCs, DOE; Rate-case lag and clean-energy mandates compress returns on regulated asset base.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
~95%+ recurring via regulated tariff-based electricity sales under multi-year rate cases; minimal transactional revenue
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monetization_vector
Volumetric kilowatt-hour tariff sales to residential, commercial, and industrial customers under LPSC-approved rate schedules
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pricing_architecture
Cost-of-service rate cases with LPSC; prices set to recover prudent costs plus allowed ROE (~9-10%); limited ability to reprice outside regulatory proceedings
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pricing_power_rating
Low independent pricing power; rate increases require LPSC approval, averaging 12-18 month lag; inflation pass-through is partial and delayed
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target_gross_margin_bracket
Regulated utility gross margin ~35-45%; fuel costs largely pass-through via fuel adjustment clauses, protecting but capping margin expansion
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churn_vulnerability_index
Negligible churn risk; captive regulated monopoly customer base with no competitive alternative for grid-connected electricity in service territory
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headcount_cost_structure
Revenue growth is sublinear to headcount; utility capital investment drives revenue growth; doubling revenue via rate base expansion requires ~20-30% headcount increase, not 100%
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Marginal growth cost is capital-intensive (new generation/T&D assets) but operationally sublinear; incremental O&M per MWh declines modestly at scale
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franchise_compliance_risk
Not a franchise network; operates under LPSC certificate of public convenience; compliance drift risk is regulatory prudency disallowance in rate cases (~$10-50M exposure)
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, customer acquisition is irrelevant (captive monopoly); growth economics driven by rate base CAGR (~5-7%) and regulatory allowed returns
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network_effect_present
No demand-side network effects; grid is a natural monopoly physical network; value does not increase with additional users in a marketplace sense
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asset_efficiency_ratio
AI displacement risk is low for core grid operations; AI may reduce O&M costs 5-10% via predictive maintenance but cannot displace capital-intensive physical infrastructure
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recession_resistance_tier
Tier 1 recession-resistant; electricity is essential service; volumetric revenue dips ~3-5% in recessions due to industrial load reduction but rate base returns are protected
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customer_segment_primary
Residential customers (~35% of revenue); no single residential customer exceeds fraction of a percent; concentration risk is minimal
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customer_segment_secondary
Industrial and large commercial customers (~45% of revenue); top 10 industrial customers may represent 15-20% of revenue, creating moderate concentration risk
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.34 (HIL — ~34% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capital actively redeploying toward grid modernization, renewable integration, and storm hardening; ~$400-500M annual capex shifting from fossil generation toward T&D and clean energy
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sec_cik
1089819
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ticker
Cleco Power LLC is a privately held subsidiary of Cleco Corporate Holdings (owned by Macquarie/BCI since 2016); no publicly traded equity ticker
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