Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cleco Power LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$423M
Total assets
394
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$1.1M
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cleco Power LLC · Louisiana · Utilities

$423M in assets, 394 participants

Cleco Power LLC's Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan reported $423M in total assets and 394 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan holds $423M for 394 participants - about $1.1M per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 5.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$423M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
394
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$1.1M
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Utilities

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Cleco Power LLC, headquartered in Louisiana. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $423M in total end-of-year assets and covers 394 participants across the Utilities industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 720244480, and the plan has been effective since 1981-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $402M at the beginning of 2023 to $423M at year-end - up 5.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $422M, with reported net income of $20M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Cleco Power LLC has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $797M to $890M, a gain of 11.7%, while reported participants moved from 1,714 to 1,725 (+0.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $890M; the softest was 2022 at $797M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $797M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,714 participants; 2023 - $874M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,706 participants; 2024 - $890M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,725 participants.

By assets, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 4.2x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$402M
Total Assets (End of Year)$423M
Net Assets (End of Year)$422M
Net Income$20M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN720244480
Plan Effective Date1981-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cleco Power LLC)

$750M$800M$850M$900M 202220232024 $797M $890M ▲ +11.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Cleco Power LLC 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,714 $797M
2023 2 1,706 $874M
2024 2 1,725 $890M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan holds $423M in total assets with 394 participants. It is sponsored by Cleco Power LLC.
What type of plan is Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan?
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1981-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 720244480.
Who sponsors the Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan?
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan is sponsored by Cleco Power LLC, located in Louisiana. The sponsor's EIN is 720244480 and the plan operates in the Utilities industry.
How did Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan perform in 2023?
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.1% during 2023, moving from $402M to $423M in total assets. Net income was $20M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Louisiana. Compare plans
  • Cleco Power LLC's sponsor-wide assets have grown 11.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 720244480.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.