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House committee urges PSC to prioritize Cleco headquarters jobs if utility is sold
Summary
The House Committee on Commerce voted to report a resolution asking the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Cleco Power to consider preserving Pineville headquarters jobs if the regulated utility is sold, after lawmakers and a PSC official described previous sale conditions that protected local staffing.
The House Committee on Commerce on Monday voted to send a resolution urging the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the Louisiana portion of Cleco Power to consider protections for local jobs if the regulated utility is sold.
Speaker Pro Tempore Neil Johnson, who introduced House Concurrent Resolution 11, said the request was aimed at preserving positions at Cleco’s corporate headquarters in Pineville. "I do not want them to sell the company unless they preserve those jobs," Johnson said, citing concern for roughly 600 permanent headquarters positions and additional service jobs tied to operations in central Louisiana.
The resolution asks the PSC and Cleco to use the commission’s established criteria — a 1994 General Order that lists 18 factors — when reviewing any transfer…
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